A. The knightly ideal
B. Conversion to Christianity
C. Sexual purity
D. Feudal loyalty
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?
A. courtly ideals of the good life
B. carpe diem
C. loyalty to the king
D. pious devotion to religious virtues - Which of the following political themes was explored by American Objectivist poets ?
A. Slavery
B. American attitudes toward Jews and Israel
C. Capitalism and social inequalities
D. All of these answers - What is the significance of the “Green Knight” ?
A. He suggests the lack of knightly themes in Middle English poetry.
B. He alludes to an ancient Anglo-Saxon ruler.
C. He represents the link with Celtic mythology.
D. He suggests a continued tie with paganism. - In Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale,” why would the miller’s determination to speak following the knight appear unsettling to the 14th century audience ?
A. The knight had not finished his tale.
B. The miller did not ask politely.
C. A member of the clergy should have spoken next.
D. The miller was far beneath the knight in social order, so the miller should have deferred to the person who ranked above him. - Etheridge Knight’s “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane,” what is Hard Rock’s function in the prison ?
A. To help the other inmates escape.
B. To win money by fighting.
C. To do what the other inmates were afraid to do.
D. To keep the Blacks and Whites separated. - According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste Land” ?
A. Is authentic poetry possible in the aftermath of the carnage of World War I?
B. Given the diversity of the world’s poetic traditions, can there be a universal language of poetic symbolism?
C. How can a shared world be created out of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people?
D. Given that each person experiences trauma differently, is it possible for all to understand the modern world as a shared “waste land”? - Which topic(s) is/are explored in The Lais of Marie de France ?
A. superstition
B. adultery
C. jealous fathers
D. All of the Above - Lauren Beth Signore’s essay, “Anne of Green Gables: The Transformation from Bildungsroman to Romantic Comedy”, argues that Anne of Green Gables is ultimately what kind of character ?
A. A romantic awaiting true love
B. A cynic awaiting the world’s destruction
C. A delusional girl with no grasp on reality
D. A young girl with a particularly dark Mindset - Which of the following epic themes are invoked in The Wanderer ?
A. Exile
B. Abandoned mead-halls
C. Loneliness
D. All of these answers - Which of the following themes appears in “The Miller’s Tale” ?
A. The misuse of scripture
B. The contrast between vulgar love and courtly love
C. The misdirected kiss
D. All of these answers
