According to Samuel Johnson, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for_____________?

A. Love.”
B. Honor.”
C. Money.”
D. His party.”

Horace’s doctrine \ut pictura poesis\was interpreted to mean______________?

A. A picture is worth a thousand words.
B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form.
C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature.
D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art.

Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill ?

A. Seagull
B. Albatross
C. Humming bird
D. Crow

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

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

Who wrote: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ?

A. William carlos williams
B. T.s. eliot
C. Ernest hemingway
D. Hart crane

Alexander Pope coined many a modern day cliché. Which of the following did not originate with him ?

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

The Catcher in the Rye takes place in what city ?

A. New york city
B. Stanford, connecticut
C. Philadelphia, pennsylvania
D. Boston, massachusetts

Which of the following factors contributed to literature becoming a profitable business ?

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

Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its detractors at the dawn of the Romantic era ?

A. Too many of its readers were women.
B. It required less skill than other genres.
C. It lacked the classical pedigree of poetry and drama.
D. All of the above