A. The shift from agriculturally-based to industrial societies in the West
B. The decline of traditional religious beliefs in Europe
C. The rise of traditional social identities and the decline of personal identity
D. Both A and B
Related Mcqs:
- The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is a rejection of all standard, and mere antinomianism – and the bold sensualist will use the name of philosophy to gild his crimes. But the law of consciousness abides. There are two confessionals, in one or the other of which we must be shriven. What is “antinomianism” ?
A. Doctrine of Stoicism
B. Doctrine of Gnosticism
C. Doctrine of Materialism
D. Doctrine of salvation by faith alone - A work of literary criticism that considers how social and economic power structures are depicted in a 19th-century English novel would be an example of which type of literary criticism ?
A. Marxist criticism
B. Reader-response criticism
C. Psychoanalytic criticism
D. New Criticism - Which text exemplifies the anti- Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth century ?
A. Eminent Victorians
B. Jungle Books
C. The Way of All Flesh
D. both A and C - Which text exemplifies the anti- Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth century ?
A. Eminent Victorians
B. Jungle Books
C. The Way of All Flesh
D. both A and C - In what way does the Gothic novel of the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the 17th century and flourished in the 18th century ?
A. The focus on the middle and working classes
B. The consideration of the sensibilities of the protagonists
C. Plots taken from everyday life
D. The exploration of cultural taboos - Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
A. art for intellect’s sake
B. art for God’s sake
C. art for the masses
D. art for art’s sake - Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?
A. art for intellect’s sake
B. art for God’s sake
C. art for the masses
D. art for art’s sake - Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century?
A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam - Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century ?
A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam - Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often convenient. The majority of English literary periods are named after_______________?
A. The leading characteristic of the age
B. Monarchs or political events
C. The primary author of the age
D. The language of the age
