Expressed in Elizabethan poetry as well as court rituals and events, a cult of_________formed around Elizabeth and dictated the nature of relations between herself and her court ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. In the play, “Twelfth Night,” what does Viola refer to herself as when she disguises herself as a man ?

   A. Orsino
   B. Sir Toby
   C. Antonio
   D. Cesario

3. Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu ?

   A. the Behnites
   B. the bluestockings
   C. the coteries of plenty
   D. the Pre-Raphaelites

4. Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu ?

   A. the bluestockings
   B. the coteries of plenty
   C. the Pre-Raphaelites
   D. the tattlers and spectators

5. Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?

   A. The Futurists apotheosized technology, whereas World War II poets often focused on technology’s destructive powers.
   B. The Futurists praised speed, whereas World War II poets often evoked images of nature to describe the human condition.
   C. The Futurists privileged the part over the whole, whereas World War II poets did not deal with the problem of modernity and alienation.
   D. The Futurists focused on advancements in technology and industry, whereas World War II poets ignored advancements in technology, especially in modern warfare.

6. Which of the following statements best expresses the difference between how visual images functioned in World War I poetry and Imagist poetry ?

   A. There were no significant differences in the functioning of visual images in these two types of poetry.
   B. The Imagists relied on visual images to achieve clarity of expression, whereas World War I poets relied on visual images to subtly punctuate their often desperate political messages.
   C. The Imagists valued brevity, which could be achieved with precise visual images, whereasWorldWar I poets preferred declamatory statements in their poems.
   D. WorldWar I poets valued clarity of expression through visual images, whereas Imagists relied on complex expression through emotional visual images.

7. Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Georgian poetry and English World War I poetry ?

   A. Georgian poetry was modeled on World War I poetry and adapted its insights to postwar realities.
   B. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with the effects of urbanization and industrialization.
   C. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with women’s rights.
   D. World War I poets like Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen adapted the Georgian poetic manner to write about modern subjects; most Georgian poets focused on individual experience and avoided writing about the upheavals of modernity.

8. Which of the following best characterizes the contrast between Gertrude Stein’s poetry and Imagist poetry ?

   A. Stein experimented only with the sound qualities of language, whereas the Imagists focused on visual imagery.
   B. Stein experimented with language that skirted the edges of sense, whereas the Imagists sought precision and clarity of expression.
   C. Stein sought to combine classical poetic form with contemporary content, whereas the Imagists used traditional poetic subject matter but experimented with form.
   D. Stein sought precision and clarity in her poems, whereas the Imagists sought experimental forms that enhanced visual imagery.

9. The intellectual movement that believed that the observation of nature elevates the nature of humans, that deep truths can be grasped through intuition, and that God, Nature and humanity are united in a shared universe is______________?

   A. Transcendentalism
   B. Communism
   C. Totalitarianism
   D. Feudalism

10. 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