The quote “take then henceforth thy pleasure for guide” comes from which text ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our foe,” “thy” refers to__________________?

   A. Sin
   B. Eden
   C. Satan
   D. Eve

2. What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe” ?

   A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
   B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
   C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
   D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

3. What did Thomas Carlyle mean by \Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe\ ?

   A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
   B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
   C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
   D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

4. The quote “women who have intellect of love” is from which text ?

   A. Vita Nuova
   B. De Monarchia
   C. De Vulgari Eloquentia
   D. The Divine Comedy

5. The quote “abandon all hope ye who enter here” is from which text ?

   A. Vita Nuova
   B. The Divine Comedy
   C. De Vulgari Eloquentia
   D. De Monarchia

6. This quote comes from what writing: “God holds you over the pit of Hell much as one holds a spider over the fire________________”?

   A. Spiders of the World
   B. Hands of Satan
   C. Hell and Salem
   D. Sinners in the Hand…

7. Please identify the text from which “then must any what you like in the power of empthoo” comes ?

   A. “Araby”
   B. “The Dead”
   C. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
   D. Finnegans Wake

8. In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our foe,” the “seed” refers to______________?

   A. The Tree of Knowledge
   B. Adam
   C. Cane and Abel
   D. Jesus Christ

9. Who says, “Good night, sweet prince,/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” ?

   A. Fortinbras
   B. Marcellus
   C. Chorus
   D. Horatio

10. In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy lyre” ?

    A. To help drive his ideas across the universe
    B. To help him reach the afterlife
    C. To help him hear nature’s music
    D. To help him start a new revolutionary war