On which of the following topics did Sir Thomas More focus in his “Utopia” ?

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1. What doctrine significantly influenced Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia” ?

   A. Marxism
   B. Christian Humanism
   C. Feminism
   D. New Historicism

2. 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

3. Thomas More’s Utopia placed the blame for society’s problems on_______________?

   A. human nature
   B. God’s will
   C. society itself
   D. the Church

4. Thomas More utopia was originally written in _________?

   A. Roman
   B. Latin
   C. English
   D. Spanish

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5. Sir Thomas More held which of the following positions in the English court ?

   A. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
   B. Speaker of the House of Commons
   C. Master of Requests
   D. All of the above

6. Sir Thomas More wrote what famous text ?

   A. “Toxophilus”
   B. “Utopia”
   C. “The Inferno”
   D. “Paradise Lost”

7. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

   A. Long, wide petticoats
   B. A trench-coat
   C. Loose, wide breeches
   D. Underpants

8. The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?

   A. Narrative frame
   B. Hortatory sermon
   C. Snaring
   D. Jamming

9. Who translated Utopia in English language ?

   A. Thomas More
   B. Thomas lodge
   C. Ralph Robinson
   D. William Tyndale

10. Utopia is an ideal state written by_______________?

    A. Thomas Gray
    B. William Shakespeare
    C. George Bernard Shaw
    D. Thomas More