The development of the novel is associated with all of the following EXCEPT__________________? A. scientific emphasis on detailed observation. B. the political focus on individuals and their rights. C. philosophical theories of sympathy and human emotions.D. the continuing importance of…
Complete the following sentence. The scientific revolution paralleled Enlightenment political thought and political revolutions through its similar______________? A. devotion to traditional authority in political and theoretical matters.B. emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through…
Which writer is most closely associated with the serialized novel ? A. William Congreve B. Ann Radcliffe C. Matthew LewisD. Charles Dickens
“Do we now live in an enlightened age? The answer is, ‘no,’ but we do live in an age of enlightenment.” ? A. Immanuel Kant B. John Locke C. David Hume D. Denis Diderot
Which of the following statements best characterizes Romanticism’s relationship to the Enlightenment ? A. Romanticism continued the Enlightenment’s focus on a universal order best apprehended through reason.B. Romanticism challenged the Enlightenment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth. C.…
The Pre-Raphaelites are best known for which of the following ? A. A return to neoclassical aesthetics B. Disassociating painting and poetryC. Lavish attention to the sensuous elements of life D. Rejecting English poetic tradition
Which of the following ideas does NOT come from Edmund Burke’s Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime ? A. The effect of the sublime on the physical body B. The distinction between the sublime and…
Which of the following events was NOT associated with the Victorian period ? A. Repeal of the corn laws B. Opium Wars C. Great ExhibitionD. French Revolution
In which of the following ways does Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho combine the features of the Gothic and the sentimental ? A. It emphasizes emotion over reason. B. It has a didactic moral focus. C. There is a focus…
John Dryden’s poem “Annus Mirabilis” emphasizes the solution to which of the following important Restoration problems or events ? A. England’s power to overcome the recent plague and the great fire of London B. The monarch’s ability to squelch continuing…