A. English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during their explorations of the Continent.
B. English was fast supplanting Latin as the second language of most European intellectuals.
C. English travelers often returned from the Continent with foreign fashions, much to the delight of moralists.
D. Intending his Utopia for an international intellectual community, Thomas More wrote in Latin, since English had no prestige outside of England.
Related Mcqs:
- What was the only acknowledged religion in England during the early sixteenth century ?
A. Atheism
B. Protestantism
C. Catholicism
D. Ancestor-worship - Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?
A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear
C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III
D. Thomas More’s Utopia - Which of the following sixteenth-century poets was not a courtier ?
A. George Puttenham
B. Philip Sidney
C. Walter Ralegh
D. Thomas Wyatt - What impulse probably accounts for the rise of distinguished translations of works, such as Homer’s lliad and Odyssey, into English during the sixteenth century ?
A. human reverence for the classics
B. the belief that the English were direct descendants of the ancient Greeks
C. pride for the vernacular language
D. a and c only - 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 - All of the following are ways in which “The Castle of Otranto” reflects the values of Enlightenment England EXCEPT_________________?
A. The concern for the sanctity of legal inheritance
B. The interest in the lessons and values of the Middle Ages for England in the 18th century
C. The support for the British class system
D. The belief in British superiority to foreign countries - All of the following are ways in which “The Mysteries of Udolpho” reflects the values of England the 1790s EXCEPT_____________?
A. The triumph of reason over passion
B. The rise of individual responsibility
C. The social and fiscal independence of women
D. The negative critique of Catholicism - Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the relationship between Italian Futurism and its historical context ?
A. The Italian Futurists were fascinated by the age of electric and chemical power, and they praised the beauty of automobiles.
B. The Italian Futurists lived within a quickly changing social world, and they praised speed.
C. Marinetti and other Italian Futurists supported Mussolini’s fascism.
D. All of these answers - Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Robinson Crusoe’s and Oroonoko’s relationship to central features of the early English novel ?
A. Where Oroonoko foregrounds supernatural agents, Robinson Crusoe avoids religion completely.
B. Both are largely set in South America, reflecting the relationship between empire and the early English novel.
C. Oroonoko seems to defend the aristocracy, where Robinson Crusoe elaborates the struggles of the middle class.
D. Both make claims to historical veracity. - How does this quotation from Behn’s Oroonoko most suggest its status as an early novel: “I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, to entertain my reader with adventures of a feigned hero, whose life and fortunes fancy may manage at the poet’s pleasure.” ?
A. It focuses on a royal hero.
B. It denies being imagined in favor of claims of realism.
C. It focuses on adventures.
D. It connects to poetry.
