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Early 17th Century

What is the delicate balancing act of Marvell’sHoratian Ode ?

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What is the delicate balancing act of Marvell’sHoratian Ode ?

A. praising Roman virtues whilst endorsing Christian beliefs
B. praising feminine virtue whilst mocking the fixation on chastity
C. celebrating Cromwell’s victories whilst inviting sympathy for the executed king
D. celebrating the Restoration whilst regretting the frivolity of the new regime

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Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs

Which of the following colonial ventures took place in the reign of James I (1603-25) ?

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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

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Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs

Which religious radical advocated the civic toleration of all religions, including Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam ?

Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs /
Which religious radical advocated the civic toleration of all religions, including Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam ?

A. John Lilburne
B. William Laud
C. Roger Williams
D. Oliver Cromwell

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Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs

Which of the following was not an expressed objective of the Long Parliament when it convened in 1640 ?

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Which of the following was not an expressed objective of the Long Parliament when it convened in 1640 ?

A. abolishing extra-legal taxes and courts
B. mounting a revolution and executing the king
C. bringing to trial the king’s hated ministers, Strafford and Laud
D. remaining in session until they themselves agreed to disband

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Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs

The idea that God predestines human beings to be saved or damned is associated with which Protestant reformer ?

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The idea that God predestines human beings to be saved or damned is associated with which Protestant reformer ?

A. Martin Luther
B. John Calvin
C. Henry VIII
D. Arminius

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Early 17th Century, English Literature 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 ?

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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

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Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs

Which poem testifies to the profound doubts and uncertainties attending Donne’s conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism ?

Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs /
Which poem testifies to the profound doubts and uncertainties attending Donne’s conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism ?

A. Air and Angels
B. Satire 3
C. The Apparition
D. The Indifferent

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Early 17th Century, English Literature Mcqs