A. The notoriety of the \Lake School\
B. Technological developments, such as the steam-driven printing press
C. Innovations in retailing, such as the cut-price sale of remaindered books
D. Increased literacy, thanks in large part to Sunday schools
Related Mcqs:
- 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 of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of literacy in the 19thcentury ?
A. More magazines on the market
B. The rise in serialized fiction
C. Lower prices for magazines
D. The passage of the Reform Bills - Which was not an objection raised against the public theaters in the Elizabethan period ?
A. They caused excessive noise and traffic.
B. They charged too much.
C. They excited illicit sexual desires.
D. They drew young people away from work. - The period of maturation, intellectual growth and social graces during the Renaissance is called the____________?
A. aristocracy
B. New Age
C. Reformation
D. Enlightenment - 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 - For a time the narrator comforts Roderick by reading and painting with him; one of Roderick’s paintings is described as follows: “A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth.” What later event in the story does this picture foreshadow ?
A. The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion.
B. The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion.
C. Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel.
D. The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the mansion. - The statements below are steps on “How to Read a Short Story Critically”. Which comes in as the last thing to do in the critical reading of a narrative ?
A. Analyze the Structure of the Story
B. Analyze Rhetorical Elements
C. Analyze the Meaning of the Story (Interpretation)
D. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Story - 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. - This literary critic warned: “We must remember that the greater part of our current reading matter is written for us by people who have no real belief in a supernatural order . . . And the greater part . . . is coming to be written by people who not only have no such belief, but are even ignorant of the fact that there are still people in the world so ’backward’ or so ’eccentric’ as to continue to believe.” ?
A. C.S. Lewis
B. T.S. Eliot
C. G.K. Chesterton
D. Matthew Arnold
