What impulse probably accounts for the rise of distinguished translations of works, such as Homer’s lliad and Odyssey, into English during the sixteenth century ?

A. Human reverence for the classics
B. The belief that the english were direct descendants of the ancient greeks
C. Pride for the vernacular language
D. A and c only

Which of the following poems describe or celebrate an apocalyptic regeneration of humanity and the world effected by the creative capacity of the human mind ?

A. Coleridge’s dejection: an ode
B. Blake’s “prophetic books”
C. Wollstonecraft’s vindication of the rights of woman
D. All but c

Who remained without the vote following the Reform Bill of 1832 ?

A. About half of middle class men
B. Almost all working class men
C. All women
D. A, b and c

Which one is Gaskell’s first novel ?

A. Mary barton
B. Ruth
C. Cranford
D. North and south

Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory ?

A. E. m. forster’s a passage to india
B. Jean rhys’s wide sargasso sea
C. Joseph conrad’s heart of darkness
D. Paul scott’s staying on

Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces, which of these was not in his charge ?

A. Westminster palace
B. Tower of london
C. St. george’s chapel at windsor
D. Buckingham palace

Which writer was not active under both Elizabeth I and James I ?

A. William shakespeare
B. Ben jonson
C. John donne
D. John milton

Which of these words or usages did Milton NOT coin ?

A. Space used to mean “outer space”
B. Unaccountable
C. Pandemonium
D. Blatant

Which social philosophy, dominant during the Industrial Revolution, dictated that only the free operation of economic laws would ensure the general welfare and that the government should not interfere in any person’s pursuit of their personal interests ?

A. Economic independence
B. The rights of MAN
C. Laissez-faire
D. Enclosure

Who composed The Preludes ?

A. S t coleridge
B. William wordsworth
C. William shakespeare
D. William blake