A. gluttonous feasting
B. hard drinking
C. hunting
D. all of the above
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 colonial ventures took place in the reign of James I (1603-25) ?
A. the founding of the Jamestown settlement
B. the founding of the Plymouth colony
C. Henry Hudson’s fruitless search for the Northwest Passage
D. all of the above - Which writer was not active under both Elizabeth I and James I ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Ben Jonson
C. John Donne
D. John Milton - James I liked to imagine himself as a modern version of which ruler ?
A. Pericles
B. Genghis Khan
C. Richard Lionheart
D. Augustus Caesar - Which of the following best describes James Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” ?
A. It begins with the famous line: “Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo…”?
B. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Joyce’s “coming of age” as an artist.
C. It captures the conflict that Stephen Dedalus has with his Irish and Catholic heritage.
D. All of the above - Which of the following best describes James Joyce’s “Araby” ?
A. It begins with the famous line: “North Richmond Street being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free.”
B. It speaks of the author’s illicit relationship with a young girl.
C. It is a dramatization of the relationship between Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
D. It is an analysis of “Exodus” from “The Holy Bible.” - What did Henry James describe as \loose baggy monsters\ ?
A. novels
B. plays
C. the English
D. publishers - What did Henry James describe as “loose baggy monsters” ?
A. novels
B. plays
C. the English
D. publishers - The word “Jacobean” is derived from the ___________ name Jacob, which is the original form of the English name James?
A. Samaritan Hebrew language
B. Biblical Hebrew
C. Mishnaic Hebrew
D. Hebrew language - What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?
A. 1592-1608
B. 1603-1625
C. 1607-1627
D. 1608-1639
