Complete the following sentence. Keats’s idea of “negative capability” refers to the idea that______________?

A. Certain people are simply incapable of understanding poetry.
B. The true poet must be comfortable with balancing conflicting ideas.
C. The poet cannot express anything beyond his own experience.
D. It is only in the absence of experience that true poetry can emerge.

The main plot of Richardson’s Pamela reflects the main characteristics of the sentimental novel through its emphasis on which of the following ?

A. Pamela’s attempt to seduce her employer
B. Pamela’s parents’ attempt to marry her to a wealthy landowner
C. Pamela’s struggle to overcome her poverty through hard-work
D. Pamela’s attempts to protect her chastity from the advances of her employer

Which of the following best characterizes Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French Revolution ?

A. He thought it did not go far enough in granting women rights.
B. He opposed it in favor of supporting the king and the ancien régime.
C. He favored its democratic impulses but was appalled by its destructive nature.
D. He did not think it concerned him and his relationship to nature.

Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victoria’s moral crusade ?

A. There should be more missionary work in less civilized parts of the world.
B. Concerts in the parks that were attended by ordinary people should be banned.
C. Civil servants should talk more openly and publicly about their moral work.
D. Members of the jewish and catholic faiths should be excluded from public office.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein most reflects which central romantic themes or concerns ?

A. Nature as mirroring the human mind and its imagination
B. The limits of scientific attempts to understand and control the world
C. The poet as special interpreter of the world
D. The centrality of subjective experience to apprehending the world

Complete the following sentence. Wordsworth conceives of himself as a “chosen son” primarily because_____________?

A. His brothers died in their youth.
B. He was endowed with a great poetic talent.
C. He was given special educational opportunities.
D. He feels especially connected to nature due to his experience as a youth.

In Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach,” the speaker refers to the “melancholy, long, withdrawing roar” of “The Sea of Faith.” This reference alludes to which of the following ?

A. The protestant reformation
B. Religious interpretations of changes to the oceans
C. The decline of religion’s importance in the modern west
D. His lover’s betrayal

Both the Gothic and sentimental fiction emphasize which of the following ?

A. Reason over emotions
B. The necessity for an aristocracy
C. The power of feelings
D. A sense of adventure

Which of the following statements accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” ?

A. Nature loses its ability to affect human emotion over time.
B. Sensitivity to nature’s message comes with age.
C. Life experience does not have to power to alter human opinions.
D. It is not possible to appreciate beauty once one has aged.

Which of the following statements best describes the behavior of the upper-class characters in Congreve’s The Way of the World ?

A. They are somewhat jaded, but all are finally good at heart.
B. They are almost universally selfabsorbed and willing to do anything to get what they want.
C. They tend to value love above money and honor.
D. They provide a moral example for the lower classes.