A. The historical evolution of language
B. The language of different literary genres
C. The difference between grammar and language
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- In De Vulgari Eloquentia, Dante writes primarily in which language ?
A. Tuscan
B. Italian
C. Latin
D. English - Which of the following is the theme of Dante’s Vita Nuova ?
A. His dislike of the vernacular language
B. His opposition to the separation of Church and State
C. His love for Beatrice
D. His experiences in exile - According to Dr. Mazzotta, what is the central allegorical theme in The Purgatorio ?
A. The poet’s attempt to climb the mountain
B. The poet’s attempt to find his way back to Florence from Jerusalem
C. The poet’s descent into hell
D. The poet’s tour of earthly paradise - Which of the following is a theme of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s book Epistemology of the Closet ?
A. Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture.
B. Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture.
C. Literary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Which of the following is a central theme of Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Market” ?
A. The dangers of sensuality to women
B. The links between sexuality and economics
C. The importance of sisterly bonds
D. All of these answers - Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” ?
A. Nature loses its ability to affect human emotion over time.
B. Sensitivity to nature’s message comes with age.
C. Life experience does not have to power to alter human opinions.
D. It is not possible to appreciate beauty once one has aged. - Which of the following is NOT a central theme of Wordsworth’s poetry ?
A. The common man
B. The promises of technology
C. The outcast figure
D. The movement of time - Which of the following would most likely be the theme of a medieval romance ?
A. The story of an English village’s conversion to Christianity
B. A first-person story of the Norman invasion
C. The adventure of a knight who rescues a maiden
D. A poem that features courtly love but denounces supernaturalism - Which of the following is NOT a theme of “The Castle of Otranto” ?
A. Unnatural forces overwhelming human endeavor
B. The rupture of the everyday by acts of violence
C. The destruction of humanity through scientific experimentation
D. The return of the past to the present - Which of the following was NOT a prominent theme of American and English modernist poetry ?
A. The search for a new poetic language and the idea that language can be reinvented by poets
B. The quest to describe objects with precision and without emotion
C. The idea that the self is neither unitary nor permanently stable
D. The approval of the norms and values of bourgeois culture
