A. Alchemy
B. Metallurgy
C. Geocentricity
D. Astrology
Related Mcqs:
- The complex ranking system that Elizabethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as_______________?
A. The Great Order of Life
B. The Great Chain of Being
C. The Great System of Shakespeare
D. The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker - She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen, plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father’s peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. . . . She wore ornaments of pure yellow gold to set off her charms, and a provokingly short petticoat to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round. This is_______________?
A. Faith
B. Madeline
C. Magawisca
D. Katrina - Crime was ardently followed by punishment. Elizabethans had devised various ways to fine, humiliate, torture, and kill offenders. Which crime was punishable by death ?
A. Skipping church on Sunday
B. A woman screaming at her husband in public
C. Stealing a horse
D. Public drunkenness - Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothecary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still ended up being very poor. In order to survive, what illegal activity did a large number of citizens pursue ?
A. Begging
B. Money lending
C. Fortune-telling
D. Wine bottling - Staying alive was a difficult task for Elizabethans. Disease, infection, poverty, childbirth, and occupational accidents could all result in one’s untimely demise. Most people never reached the age of fifty. When an Elizabethan died, intricate rituals were followed. What was NOT a funeral custom ?
A. Long processionals
B. Mourning clothes
C. Strict simplicity
D. Tolling of church bells - Which of the following authors is NOT considered to be a practitioner of “Magical Realism” ?
A. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
B. Isabel Allende
C. James Joyce
D. Allejo Carpentier - Which of the following statements best describes “Magical Realism” ?
A. Magical realism often accepts both a materialist and a supernatural view of the real.
B. Magical realism differs from fantasy and science fiction in that it considers the impossible as normal.
C. The term “magical realism” was first coined by Franz Roh, a German art critic.
D. All of the above - Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches ?
A. An armed head
B. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.
C. A bloody child.
D. A child crowned, with a tree in his hand - Fill in the blank. In the play, “Macbeth,” a number of characters refer to the Three Witches as________________?
A. “The violent trio”
B. “The Fatal Sisters”
C. “The Weird Sisters”
D. “The Dead Sisters” - The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. This work draws upon_____________?
A. A European fairy tale
B. A local ghost story
C. An Indian legend
D. A European ghost story
