A. it thematizes the importance of choosing action over complacency.
B. it reflects a Victorian attitude of continuing to fight against loss of hope or faith.
C. it uses Greek mythology to comment on contemporary questions.
D. it emphasizes the internal life of the mind over social action.
Related Mcqs:
- Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is a transitional text in all of the following ways EXCEPT________________?
A. like a romance, it focuses on an aristocratic character considered superior to average individuals.
B. like a novel, it tells its story with an emphasis on realistic detail and the everyday passage of time.
C. like an epic, it involves gods and goddesses.
D. like a novel, it makes claims to historical realism. - Complete the following sentence. Tennyson’s In Memoriam and Browning’s dramatic monologues can best be seen as combining neoclassicism with romanticism through their ?
A. neoclassical emphasis on traditional form and romantic subjectivism.
B. romantic rejection of science and neoclassical use of mythology.
C. romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus on social context.
D. romantic critique of industrialization and neoclassical use of satire. - Which of the following themes is/are addressed in Ulysses ?
A. religious identity
B. national identity
C. married relationships
D. All of the Above - Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson “Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.” ?
A. Oxymoron
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Synecdoche - In Ulysses, to what does Bloom often compare life ?
A. a newspaper
B. a stream
C. a law
D. a book - In Ulysses, which character best exemplifies anti-Semitism ?
A. Leopold Bloom
B. Mr. Deasy
C. Gabriel Conroy
D. Molly Ivors - In Ulysses, which experimental technique(s) does Joyce use ?
A. puns
B. parodies
C. unconventional syntax
D. All of the Above - In Ulysses, with which mythical character does Stephen best correspond ?
A. Odysseus
B. Telemachus
C. Nestor
D. Nausicaa - In Ulysses, which characteristic(s) can be considered Modernist ?
A. the sequential construction of time
B. the lack of taboo topics
C. the use traditional language
D. the inclusion of various types of media - What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses when it was first published ?
A. it was considered inferior by most authors who read it
B. it was banned for obscenity
C. it was considered too conventional for publication
D. it was praised by the government and churches
