What was common amongst D.G Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne ?

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1. Which of the following is a central theme of Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Market” ?

   A. The dangers of sensuality to women
   B. The links between sexuality and economics
   C. The importance of sisterly bonds
   D. All of these answers

2. What is common amongst Cardinal Newman, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley ?

   A. They were all poets
   B. They were all associated with Pre- Raphaelite School
   C. They were all atheists
   D. They were all associated with the Oxford Movement

3. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descendant of ?

   A. Keats
   B. Byron
   C. Shelley
   D. Wordsworth

4. Identify the work by Swinburne which begins “when the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces..” ?

   A. Chastelard
   B. A Song of Italy
   C. Atalanta in Calydon
   D. Songs before Sunrise

5. Swinburne’s poems such as “Hermaphroditus” are best known for which of the following ?

   A. Their conservative poetics
   B. Their frank depiction of sexuality
   C. Their radical politics
   D. Their nationalistic tone

6. The study of relationships between two or more languages and the investigation whether the common languages have a common ancestor is called___________?

   A. Psycho linguistics
   B. Sociolinguistics
   C. Comparative linguistics
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

7. Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?

   A. courtly ideals of the good life
   B. carpe diem
   C. loyalty to the king
   D. pious devotion to religious virtues

8. Which of the following is not a common feature of neoclassical poetry ?

   A. Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology
   B. An effort to represent human nature
   C. Use of the rhymed couplet
   D. Fantastic comparisons

9. Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?

   A. William Blake
   B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
   C. Samuel Johnson
   D. William Wordsworth

10. Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?

    A. William Blake
    B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
    C. Samuel Johnson
    D. William Wordsworth