Complete the following sentence. Keats’s idea of “negative capability” refers to the idea that______________? A. certain people are simply incapable of understanding poetry.B. the true poet must be comfortable with balancing conflicting ideas. C. the poet cannot express anything beyond…
Complete the following sentence. The politics of Radcliffe’s medieval settings______________? A. indicates her longing for the older aristocracy. B. suggests her commitment to the Catholic Church. C. is at odds with her explicit socialist politics.D. implies that contemporary British society…
Complete the following sentence. Wordsworth’s advocacy of poets drawing on the “language really used by men” in his preface to Lyrical Ballads represents______________? A. a radical break with 18th-century rules on elevated diction. B. a continuity with poets such as…
The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “reclin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy” went forth. This poem reflects which of the following features common to much Romantic poetry ?…
Complete the following sentence. In Pope’s The Rape of the Lock, elevated language functions primarily to______________? A. demonstrate the importance of the topic.B. set up the parody of the pretensions of the characters and their concerns. C. reveal the learnedness…
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein most reflects which central romantic themes or concerns ? A. Nature as mirroring the human mind and its imaginationB. The limits of scientific attempts to understand and control the world C. The poet as special interpreter of…
Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victoria’s moral crusade ? A. There should be more missionary work in less civilized parts of the world. B. Concerts in the parks that were attended by ordinary people should be…
Which of the following best characterizes Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French Revolution ? A. He thought it did not go far enough in granting women rights. B. He opposed it in favor of supporting the king and the ancien régime.C.…
The main plot of Richardson’s Pamela reflects the main characteristics of the sentimental novel through its emphasis on which of the following ? A. Pamela’s attempt to seduce her employer B. Pamela’s parents’ attempt to marry her to a wealthy…
Which of the following statements best describes the behavior of the upper-class characters in Congreve’s The Way of the World ? A. They are somewhat jaded, but all are finally good at heart.B. They are almost universally selfabsorbed and willing…