Complete the following sentence. Unlike many Enlightenment thinkers, Adam Smith and Rousseau_____________?

A. Traveled to america.
B. Believed in god.
C. Emphasized the importance of human emotions as guiding behavior.
D. Rejected newton’s view of the universe.

What does the shift in weather in Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre reflect about the plot ?

A. It functions as a metaphor for the women’s rights movement.
B. It foreshadows a negative shift in mood.
C. It symbolizes the increase in scientific knowledge.
D. It acts as an allusion to the importance of nature in the romantic period.

How was the philosophical and popular emphasis on sensibility in the 18th century related to the development of the novel ?

A. Like the novel, it focused on romantic relationships.
B. Like the novel, it foregrounded abstract reason over experience and emotion.
C. Like the novel, it emphasized the importance of sympathy and individual feelings.
D. Like the novel, it demonized the aristocracy.

With which text is the term mock-epic most closely associated ?

A. Wordsworth’s “we are seven”
B. Pope’s rape of the lock
C. Swift’s “a modest proposal”
D. Benn’s oroonoko

Which of the following characteristics is NOT closely associated with a comedy of manners ?

A. Witty banter
B. Epic heroes
C. Sexual promiscuity
D. Hidden identities

Complete the following sentence. We can best understand the medieval setting of Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto as______________?

A. Revealing his interest in chaucer.
B. Enabling his 18th-century readers access to a world they would see as less rational.
C. Promoting the rise of museums.
D. Commenting on the french and indian war.

Radcliffe’s version of the Gothic differs most from Walpole’s in its use of which of the following ?

A. The sublime
B. The explained supernatural
C. Its medieval settings
D. Its use of mysterious events to spur readers’ interests and emotional responses

Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language most reflects an 18thcentury interest in which of the following ?

A. Classification, order, and judgment
B. Romantic origins
C. Linguistic indeterminacy
D. Subjective experience

Which of the following novelists was NOT associated with the rise of the novel as a literary form ?

A. Samuel richardson
B. Laurence sterne
C. Daniel defoe
D. Charles dickens

Which event did Percy Shelley call “the master theme of the epoch in which we live” ?

A. Industrial revolution
B. French revolution
C. Scientific revolution
D. Technological revolution