“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
English Literature Mcqs
Which of the following statements best characterizes Romanticism’s relationship to the Enlightenment ?
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. Romanticism largely abandoned the
Enlightenment’s hope in progressive political change.
D. Unlike the Enlightenment, Romanticism deemed the natural world unimportant
The Pre-Raphaelites are best known for which of the following ?
The Pre-Raphaelites are best known for which of the following ?
A. A return to neoclassical aesthetics
B. Disassociating painting and poetry
C. 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 ?
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 beauty
C. An aesthetic explanation of the sublime through painting
D. The important role surprise plays in creating pleasure
Which of the following events was NOT associated with the Victorian period ?
Which of the following events was NOT associated with the Victorian period ?
A. Repeal of the corn laws
B. Opium Wars
C. Great Exhibition
D. French Revolution
In which of the following ways does Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho combine the features of the Gothic and the sentimental ?
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 on a central love story.
D. All of these answers
John Dryden’s poem “Annus Mirabilis” emphasizes the solution to which of the following important Restoration problems or events ?
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 Puritan resistance
C. The church’s potential to unify the populace after the English revolution
D. Parliament’s ability to restrain the power of the King
Which of the following best characterizes the ways that Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho links the Gothic novel with the sentimental form ?
Which of the following best characterizes the ways that Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho links the Gothic novel with the sentimental form ?
A. Its use of a medieval setting to reflect on rational progress
B. Its focus on having readers vicariously experience the dangers that a heroine faces
C. Its ambivalent treatment of its leading villain
D. Its use of the sublime
Which of the following is a requirement of a dramatic monologue ?
Which of the following is a requirement of a dramatic monologue ?
A. It has a speaker as well as an implied reader.
B. It includes elements of parody.
C. There is a “spontaneous overflow of emotion.”
D. It is written in common, ordinary language.
How does the Encyclopédie best epitomize the mission of the Enlightenment ?
How does the Encyclopédie best epitomize the mission of the Enlightenment ?
A. By dismissing all knowledge from outside Europe
B. By questioning the nature of scientific method
C. By rejecting the divine right of kings
D. By emphasizing the idea that gathering knowledge together can lead to human improvement