A. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein
B. William Worsworth’s Lyrical Ballads
C. John Keats’s “To Autumn”
D. all but C
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following might be addressed/represented by pastoral poetry ?
A. shepherd and shepherdesses who fall in love and engage in singing contests
B. heroic stories in epic form
C. a celebration of the humility, contentment, and simplicity of living in the country
D. A and C only - This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?
A. Mimetic
B. Psychological
C. Historical/Biographical
D. Mythological/Archetypal - Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas most fundamentally emphasizes which theme from Johnson’s other works or other 18thcentury works ?
A. The need for linguistic correctness as exemplified in his Dictionary
B. The promise of universal knowledge as epitomized by the Encyclopédie
C. The ultimate impossibility of achieving happiness, as espoused in his poem “The Vanity of Human Wishes”
D. The need for self-sufficiency as detailed in novels like Robinson Crusoe - Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ?
A. religious identity
B. national identity
C. married relationships
D. All of the Above - Who is addressed as “you” in the poem ?
A. a romantic achiever
B. a frustrated romantic idealist
C. an under achiever
D. an accomplished royal - In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the \flowering\of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
B. the Gawain poet
C. the Beowulf poet
D. Chr´tien de Troyes - In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the “flowering”of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers ?
A. Geoffrey of Monmouth
B. the Gawain poet
C. the Beowulf poet
D. Chrétien de Troyes - 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 - Which of the following works was NOT written by John Milton ?
A. ’L’Allegro’
B. ’Lycidas’
C. ’Il Penseroso’
D. ’Absolom and Achitophel’ - As well as poetry, Milton published extensively on politics, philosophy and religion. Which of the following was NOT one of his works ?
A. Of Prelatical Episcopacy
B. The Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings from the Church
C. Of Practical Exorcisme
D. Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
