A. agnosticism
B. optimism
C. pessimism
D. skepticism
Related Mcqs:
- Browning’s famous poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is included in ?
A. Dramatis Personae
B. Dramatic Idyls
C. Asolando
D. Red Cotton Night-Cap Country - Complete the following sentence. Tennyson’s In Memoriam and Browning’s dramatic monologues can best be seen as combining neoclassicism with romanticism through their ?
A. neoclassical emphasis on traditional form and romantic subjectivism.
B. romantic rejection of science and neoclassical use of mythology.
C. romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus on social context.
D. romantic critique of industrialization and neoclassical use of satire. - Complete the following sentence. Robert Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” is_______________?
A. a sonnet expressing his devotion to his wife.
B. a dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer.
C. a dramatic monologue spoken by Browning.
D. an epic describing a great romance. - Which of the following statements about Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet 43 (“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”) is false ?
A. Sonnet 43 is similar to most other sonnets in its focus on love.
B. Sonnet 43 is part of a sonnet sequence “Sonnets from the Portuguese.”
C. Sonnet 43 consists of fourteen lines, like other sonnets.
D. Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” is a romantic poem. - Which of the following features of Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” make it classifiable as a Victorian poem ?
A. It has a regular rhyme scheme (aa/bb/cc/dd…), which is sustained throughout the poem.
B. It is primarily a narrative poem.
C. It is concerned with conventional 19thcentury relations between a man and a woman.
D. All of these answers - Browning is famous for his______________?
A. Sensory images
B. Dramatic Monologues
C. Narrative ballads
D. Blank Verse - Would you tell Sordelo (Browning) as a______________?
A. Dramatic Monologue
B. Dramatic Lyrics
C. Tragic Drama
D. None of these - Who was more under the influence of Godwin’s philosophy of life ?
A. Byron
B. Browning
C. Shelley
D. Keats - A side note: Which drug/substance was Samuel Taylor Coleridge addicted to ?
A. Heroine
B. Cocaine
C. Alcohol
D. Opium - Which social philosophy, dominant during the Industrial Revolution, dictated that only the free operation of economic laws would ensure the general welfare and that the government should not interfere in any person’s pursuit of their personal interests ?
A. economic independence
B. the Rights of Man
C. laissez-faire
D. enclosure
