A. people brought tales of romance from different literary and cultural traditions back from their trips
B. merchants started to import rare silks and spices from new trade roots
C. architects from Western Europe were influenced by new Eastern styles
D. All of the Above
Related Mcqs:
- How did increased lay participation in religious life impact monasteries ?
A. it made them more valuable sources of information
B. it made them seem irrelevant since they separated religious life from worldly life
C. it made them more important since there were few literate lay worshipers
D. it made them symbols of the Church’s progress - It was the very witching time of night that he, heavyhearted and crestfallen, pursued his travel homeward. Far below, the Tappan Zee spread its dusky waters. In the dead hush of midnight he could hear the faint barking of a watchdog from the opposite shore. The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. This passage is from________________?
A. A fairy tale
B. An autobiography
C. A detective story
D. A Gothic tale - The French Revolution had a tremendous impact on which of the following aspects of British life ?
A. Politics
B. Literature
C. Relations with France
D. All of the above - What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?
A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
C. a popular thirst for the “classics,” driving contemporary writers to the margins
D. a, b and c - What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?
A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
C. a popular thirst for the \classics,\
driving contemporary writers to the margins
D. none of the above - Which thinker had a major impact on early-twentieth-century writers, leading them to reimagine human identity in radically new ways?
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Sir James Frazer
C. Immanuel Kant
D. all but C - Which thinker had a major impact on early-twentieth-century writers, leading them to re-imagine human identity in radically new ways ?
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Sir James Frazer
C. Immanuel Kant
D. all but C - Which of the following best describes the reasons why World War I had a profound impact on modern poetry ?
A. The devastation wrought by World War I was so enormous that it put Europe’s cultural and political norms and values into question.
B. The mechanized killing, which took place on a massive scale during World War I, made it necessary to reflect about the effects of technological progress.
C. World War I was the first global conflict where the distinction between combatants and civilians was erased, and this had a devastating effect on the European psyche.
D. Both A and B - Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century?
A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam - Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century ?
A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam
