Who was deposed from the English throne in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution in 1688 ?
A. Elizabeth I
B. James II
C. George II
D. William and Mary
In which work do you read: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!” ?
In which work do you read: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!” ?
A. The Man of Feeling
B. In Memoriam
C. Song to Aella
D. Ozymandias
Romantic poets would have enjoyed, agreed with, and perhaps written about which of the following figures as depicted ?
Romantic poets would have enjoyed, agreed with, and perhaps written about which of the following figures as depicted ?
A. Goethe’s Faust in Faust, who is sinful because he attempts to exceed the bounds of human knowledge by making a pact with the devil but is nonetheless redeemed in his striving to break free of the bounds of mortality
B. Icarus, who is killed in attempting to fly because only Gods have the power to fly and mortals must be taught the limitations of human existence
C. Prometheus, who succeeds in stealing fire from the Gods and thereby surpasses the limitations placed on humans by the Gods
D. A and C only
In which work do you read: “There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.” ?
In which work do you read: “There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt.” ?
A. A Doll’s House
B. Riders to the Sea
C. A Handful of Dust
D. The Fatal Curiosity
Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu ?
Which group of intellectual women established literary clubs of their own around 1750 under the leadership of Elizabeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu ?
A. the bluestockings
B. the coteries of plenty
C. the Pre-Raphaelites
D. the tattlers and spectators
The Gothic novel, a popular genre for the Romantics, exemplified in the writing of Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe, could contain which of the following elements ?
The Gothic novel, a popular genre for the Romantics, exemplified in the writing of Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe, could contain which of the following elements ?
A. supernatural phenomenon
B. perversion and sadism, often involving a maiden’s persecution
C. plots of mystery and terror set in inhospitable, sullen landscapes
D. all of the above
Who wrote: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!” ?
Who wrote: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!” ?
A. Lord Byron
B. Percy Bysshe Shelley
C. William Woodsworth
D. Emily Dickinson
Who became the first “prime minister” of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?
Who became the first “prime minister” of Great Britain in the reign of George II ?
A. Henry St. John
B. Robert Harley
C. John Churchill
D. Robert Walpole
Who applied the term “Romantic” to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
Who applied the term “Romantic” to the literary period dating from 1785 to 1830 ?
A. Wordsworth because he wanted to distinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien régime, especially satire
B. English historians half a century after the period ended
C. “The Satanic School” of Byron, Percy Shelley, and their followers
D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Village (1770)
In which work do you read: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ?
In which work do you read: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ?
A. Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock
B. Sonnets from the Portuguese
C. Prelude
D. The Last Decalogue