Paul O’Brien contends that _____________make(s) Shelley a “radical.”?

Related Mcqs:

1. Paul O’Brien’s essay on Shelley suggests that Shelley was______________?

   A. Not an atheist
   B. In love with Lord Byron
   C. Suicidal
   D. Fiercely anti-war

2. Paul O’Brien argues that Shelley did not lose his passion for the French Revolution, but that _____________did?

   A. Lord Byron and John Clare
   B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   C. John Keats and William Blake
   D. Lord Byron and William Blake

3. Which Romantic author is the subject of Paul O’Brien’s essay “Prophet of the Revolution” ?

   A. Lord Byron
   B. Percy Shelley
   C. William Blake
   D. William Wordsworth

4. Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?

   A. Shelley himself dismissed the poem
   B. The poem was incomplete
   C. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
   D. Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it

5. In “Of Poetry in General,”William Hazlitt contends that good poetry comes from ____________?

   A. The intellect
   B. The author’s personal pain
   C. Strong feeling
   D. Rewriting Homer

6. In his introductory lecture, how does Paul Fry define literary theory ?

   A. A hypothesis about how literary texts can be understood
   B. A methodology for applying ideas to literary texts
   C. The practice of interpreting literary texts
   D. A trend in university English departments

7. The churchyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral was well-known for its____________?

   A. ruinous condition.
   B. performing bears.
   C. graffiti.
   D. bookshops.

8. Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________?

   A. Strengthened the African American’s place in the world of literature
   B. Perpetuated stereotypes
   C. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences
   D. Showed that African Americans couldn’t speak properly.

9. In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “A Cabin Tale,” which character is a trickster figure?

   A. Weasel.
   B. Bear.
   C. The farmer.
   D. The young boy.

10. In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?

    A. Cakewalk tunes.
    B. Gospel.
    C. Jazz.
    D. Blues.