A. Henry Wriothesley, the third earl of Southampton
B. Thomas Wriothesley,forth earl of Southampton
C. William Fitzwilliam, first earl of Southampton
D. Henry Wriothesley, the second earl of Southampton
Related Mcqs:
- In Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis,” how is Adonis killed ?
A. In a hunting accident
B. By Venus
C. By execution
D. By old age - To which category that two works of William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece belong to ?
A. Tragedies
B. Historical Plays
C. Narrative Poems
D. Comedies - What literary genre is Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis” ?
A. Short story
B. Tragedy play
C. Comedy play
D. Poetry - Fill in the blank. The plot of “Venus and Adonis” is based on passages from_____________?
A. The Bible
B. A Christopher Marlowe play
C. Ovid’s Metamorphoses
D. An early Shakespeare play - Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?
A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice. - Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?
A. Narration of a deserved punishment.
B. Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.
C. Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.
D. The author’s father is often a white man. - According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?
A. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
D. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist. - In the narrative poem, “The Rape of Lucrece,” who is Lucretia ?
A. A fairy queen
B. A Roman matron
C. A villainess
D. A beggar woman - In his reading of Shakespeare’s “Fair Youth Sonnets,” who does Charlton Ogburn suppose Shakespeare to have really been ?
A. Marlowe
B. Swift
C. Oxford
D. Bacon - Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Crane’s poem “Legend,” Crane introduces himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: “As silent as a mirror is believed/ Realities plunge in silence by …/I am not ready for repentance;” according to Professor Hammer, Crane’s refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?
A. His political views
B. His will to imaginative freedom
C. His will to sexual freedom
D. Both B and C
