A. Execution
B. Going to extremes
C. Extermination
D. Expatriating
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who joy in the smart of their subjects; on the contrary, he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burthen off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. What is the meaning of the word “smart” in this context ?
A. Stupidity
B. Silliness
C. Pain
D. Intelligence - How did the Christian laws about marriage differ from those of Germanic tribes’ customs ?
A. the Germanic tribes allowed relationships between family members, while the Church prohibited marriage between relatives
B. the Church outlawed marriages between children, while Germanic tribes tolerated them
C. the Germanic tribes tolerated polygamy, while the Church made monogamy the only acceptable type of union
D. All of the Above - One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Which Romantic poet was famous for being “mad, bad and dangerous to know” ?
A. Lord Byron
B. Percy Shelley
C. John Keats
D. William Blake - “It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet no more than a long gown maketh an advocate”. Whose view is this ?
A. Shakespeare’s
B. Marlowe’s
C. Spenser’s
D. Sidney’s - Which of the following did Milton not advocate in print in the 1640s and 1650s ?
A. the disestablishment of the church and the removal of bishops
B. the right of the people to dismiss and even execute their rulers
C. the free circulation of ideas without prior censorship
D. the restoration of the monarchy - Which of Uncle Tom’s personal characteristics guided his interactions with others and his responses to his circumstances ?
A. His gentle and soft-spoken nature
B. His honesty and deep devotion to God
C. His overwhelming fear of violence
D. His ability to hide his rebellious nature. - To which character in Hamlet does the following description apply? “The tedious wiseacre who meddles his way to his doom.” ?
A. Claudius
B. Hamlet
C. Polonius
D. Rosencrantz - How does the following representative quotation from Brontë’s Jane Eyre reflect on Victorian social conventions? “You have nothing to do with the master of Thornfield, further than to receive the salary he gives you for teaching his protégée, and to be grateful for such respectful and kind treatment as, if you do your duty, you have a right to expect at his hands” ?
A. It reiterates the class divisions that kept both men and women from social mobility.
B. It suggests that women were increasingly accepted as professionals.
C. It indicates that British society had become much more egalitarian.
D. It reveals the stern consequences of the Industrial Revolution.
