In the late seventeenth century, a “battle of the books” erupted between which two groups ?
A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning
A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery
B. round-earthers and flat-earthers
C. the Welsh and the Scots
D. champions of ancient and modern learning
A. John Dryden
B. Henry Vaughan
C. Alexander Pope
D. Ben Jonson
A. William Carlos Williams
B. T.S. Eliot
C. Ernest Hemingway
D. Hart Crane
A. The dramaturge and playwright had to be related.
B. All of the actors were male.
C. All of the actors were British.
D. The play was spoken.
A. a field of daffodils
B. the “Orient”
C. a graveyard
D. All of the above would be appropriate settings for Romantic literature.
A. To err is human, to forgive divine
B. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath
C. A little learning is a dangerous thing
D. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
A. New York City
B. Stanford, Connecticut
C. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
D. Boston, Massachusetts
A. London and Rome
B. Paris and Rome
C. London and Paris
D. Berlin and London
A. Commercial and public lending libraries were established in order to provide for an enlarged reading public
B. Education reform increased literacy, thus creating a demand for commercial and public lending libraries.
C. A new aesthetics of valuing literature for its own sake emphasized reading for pleasure.
D. all of the above
A. Danes and English
B. Dutch and English
C. Normans and English
D. French and English