’George Eliot’ was the pen-name of______________?
A. Mary Collins
B. Marian Evans
C. Lara Evans
D. Clare Reeve
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Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?
Which of the following best defines Utilitarianism ?
A. a farming technique aimed at maximizing productivity with the fewest tools
B. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number
C. a critical methodology stating that all words have a single meaningful function within a given piece of literature
D. a philosophy dictating that we should only keep what we use on a daily basis.
What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe” ?
What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe” ?
A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.
Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century?
Which city became the perceived center of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century?
A. Paris
B. Tokyo
C. London
D. Amsterdam
Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after_____________?
Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after_____________?
A. George IV
B. George III
C. William IV
D. Edward VII
The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as____________?
The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as____________?
A. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine
B. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn
C. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries
D. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries
The Oxford Movement was basically a_____________?
The Oxford Movement was basically a_____________?
A. Religious Movement
B. Political Movement
C. Social Movement
D. Literary Movement
Dunstan is a character from the novel________________?
Dunstan is a character from the novel________________?
A. Silas Marner
B. Emma
C. Hard Times
D. Adam Bede
Who were the Two Nationsreferred to in the subtitle of Disraeli’s Sybil (1845) ?
Who were the Two Nationsreferred to in the subtitle of Disraeli’s Sybil (1845) ?
A. the rich and the poor
B. Anglicans and Methodists
C. England and Ireland
D. Britain and Germany
The title Vanity Fair has been taken from_____________?
The title Vanity Fair has been taken from_____________?
A. Paradise Lost
B. Divine Comedy
C. Utopia
D. Pilgrims Progress