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English Literature Mcqs

Referring to poets as “unacknowledged legislators of the world” suggests that_____________?

Referring to poets as “unacknowledged legislators of the world” suggests that_____________?

A. Most Romantic poets were politicians
B. Poets have no actual effect upon the world
C. Poets actually help the world grow and develop
D. Hardly anyone actually reads Romantic poetry

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English Literature Mcqs, English Romantic Poetry

Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?

Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?

A. Thomas Paine
B. James Mackintosh
C. Edmund Burke
D. John Locke

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English Literature Mcqs, English Romantic Poetry

Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?

Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________?

A. Shelley himself dismissed the poem
B. The poem was incomplete
C. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it
D. Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality in it

Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shelley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsidering Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- Tyrannus” is important because a_______________? Read More »

English Literature Mcqs, English Romantic Poetry

The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line suggests that________________?

The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line suggests that________________?

A. The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life.
B. The little girl is insane or delusional
C. The little girl’s siblings have not died
D. The little girl herself is dead

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English Literature Mcqs, English Romantic Poetry