A. lead poisoning contracted from handling printer’s ink
B. the brutal punishment for printing without a license
C. the pre-Reformation ban on printing the Bible in English
D. the perception among court poets that printed verses were less exclusive
Related Mcqs:
- What does the phrase “White Man’s Burden,” coined by Kipling, refer to ?
A. Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize the world
B. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world
C. the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world
D. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems - What does the phrase \White Man’s Burden,\ coined by Kipling, refer to ?
A. Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize the world
B. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world
C. the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world
D. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems - According to Dr. Mazzotta, what does the phrase “the little bark” mean ?
A. It means that sinners must resign themselves to life in hell.
B. It implies that Beatrice will return later in the poem.
C. It suggests that paradise is close to purgatory.
D. It highlights the idea that Dante is on a journey of poetry. - 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 - In the play, “Twelfth Night,” what does Viola refer to herself as when she disguises herself as a man ?
A. Orsino
B. Sir Toby
C. Antonio
D. Cesario - To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?
A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
B. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
C. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
D. All of the above answers are correct - This critical approach assumes that language does not refer to any external reality. It can assert several, contradictory interpretations of one text ?
A. Deconstructionism
B. Formalist Criticism
C. Structuralism
D. Mimetic Criticism - A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
A. Reader Response
B. Feminist
C. Mimetic
D. Formalist - To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?
A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
B. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
C. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
D. The formulaic shift between economic and political themes - To what idea does the ancient Greek term aporia refer in terms of deconstruction theory ?
A. The ability of a text to contain truth
B. The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text
C. The idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a process of deconstruction
D. Jacques Derrida’s style of writing
