Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?

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1. Against which of the following principles did Jonathan Swift inveigh ?

   A. theoretical science
   B. metaphysics
   C. abstract logical deductions
   D. A, B, and C

2. Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?

   A. its mocking tone.
   B. its absurd response to a real issue.
   C. its sentimental plea to its audience.
   D. its attempt to shock readers into acting.

3. Philip Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie is a defence of poetry against the charges brought against it by____________?

   A. Henry Howard
   B. Roger Ascham
   C. John Skelton
   D. Stephen Gosson

4. Martin Luther’s translation of what text helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several principles to the art of translation ?

   A. “Paradise Lost”
   B. “Canterbury Tales”
   C. “The Bible”
   D. “Piers Plowman”

5. The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a number of literary and cultural movements which amounted to a rejection of the principles of Victorianism because of which social transformations ?

   A. The shift from agriculturally-based to industrial societies in the West
   B. The decline of traditional religious beliefs in Europe
   C. The rise of traditional social identities and the decline of personal identity
   D. Both A and B

6. The French novelist J.K. Huysmans, in his work “Against the Grain,” is intended to convey which of the following ideas ?

   A. The work celebrates the young Jean and his Jesuit school education as a model for the best possible education of the young.
   B. It ends with the famous line “the horror, the horror.”
   C. It explores Jean’s decision to become a recluse and a social drop-out.
   D. All of the above

7. Which was not an objection raised against the public theaters in the Elizabethan period ?

   A. They caused excessive noise and traffic.
   B. They charged too much.
   C. They excited illicit sexual desires.
   D. They drew young people away from work.

8. Who began to ignite the embers of dissent against the Catholic church in November 1517 in a movement that came to be known as the Reformation ?

   A. Anne Boleyn
   B. Martin Luther
   C. Pope Leo X
   D. Ulrich Zwingli

9. The term for the reaction against corruption in the Catholic Church was known as_____________?

   A. The Protestant Revolution
   B. The Protestant Reformation
   C. The Protestant Restoration
   D. The Protestant Resolution

10. Who issued an interdict against Elizabeth ?

    A. Pope Pius V
    B. Pope Innocent III
    C. Pope Gregory XIII
    D. Pope Boniface