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In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Bennet is most concerned with

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finding husbands for her daughters

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The men in Pride and Prejudice are described by the amount of money they make per year because

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women cannot own property and must marry a man with some wealth

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At the ball, Mr. Darcy appears to be

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arrogant

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Pride and Prejudice is told from what point of view

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third

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Pride and Prejudice was written by

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Jane Austen

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In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, how does the Wedding Guest change over the course of the Mariner's tale?

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He is frightened by the Mariners tale, but wiser for hearing the tale

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What is the Mariner's crime?

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he killed an albatross

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In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner the final stanza of Part III connects

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the sailors death to the killing of the albatross

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What is the turning point or climax of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

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the mariner blessing the sea creatures

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The woman described in "She Walks in Beauty Like the Night" is beautiful because of her appearance only.

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false

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"Ode on a Grecian Urn" is an apostrophe to

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the urn

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Keats focuses on the urn by not referring to himself, the speaker, in the "Ode on a Grecian Urn."

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true

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She Walks in Beauty is by

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George Gordon

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Ode on a Grecian Urn is by

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John Keats

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The speaker in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" envies the "fair youth," "bold lover," and "melodist" because they will not be affected by time.

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true

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The speaker in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" describes the urn with a series of similes in lines 1-3.

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false

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In the poem "Ulysses," how does Ulysses feel about his life at home?

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he feels his life at home is not exciting or fulfilling

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Based on the poem, we know that Ulysses is

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an older man

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Which is a theme of the poem "Ulysses"?

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a life well lived is one that continues to strive for achievement

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What Victorian values are exhibited by Ulysses?

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interest in progress and optimism about the future

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While at Gateshead, Jane Eyre is treated like a (an)

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servant

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Which of the following describes Mrs. Reed from Jane Eyre?

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believes she is kind to Jane because she has taken her in

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Which of the following is a theme of both these excerpts from Oliver Twist and Jane Eyre?

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cruelty can be disguised as kindness

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Jane Eyre is by

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Charlotte Bronte

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Who is the speaker in "My Last Duchess"?

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a duke

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How does the speaker of "My Last Duchess" feel about the duchess?

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She is too friendly with other men

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What happens to the Duchess in "My Last Duchess"?

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she is either murdered or sent away

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My Last Duchess is by

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Robert Browning

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Jekyll asks Utterson to help Hyde because

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Jekyll has a great interest in Hyde

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How does Mr. Utterson know about the connection between Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll?

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Dr. Jekylls will mentions him

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hat is the importance of the door mentioned in the first chapter?

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Mr. Hyde has been seen entering that door

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What is foreshadowed by revelations such as Lanyon's disagreement with Jekyll and Hyde's entering only through the laboratory entrance?

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Science is somehow at the root of the mystery

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At the beginning of the chapter "Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease," Utterson is glad to speak to Jekyll after his dinner party because

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Utterson thinks Jekyll will be in danger if Mr. Hyde knows about the will

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What happens first in the chapter "The Remarkable Incident of Doctor Lanyon"?

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Jekyll returns to normal life

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When Utterson and Enfield see Jekyll in his upper window, what is unusual about their conversation?

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Jekyll suddenly appears to be terrified and shuts the window

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What is the climax of the story?

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when Utterson and Poole brake down the laboratory door and find Mr. Hyde already dead

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Lanyon understands Jekyll's secret because

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Hyde drinks the mixture while in Lanyon's home

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Jekyll's letter asks Lanyon to

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break into Jekyll's room and remove a drawer

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The atmosphere of "The Demon Lover" can be described as

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eerie

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n "The Demon Lover," flashback is used to

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reveal the relationship between Kathleen and a solider

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In "The Demon Lover," the appearance of the letter and the ending of the story reveal

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a supernatural event

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Through her flashbacks, Mrs. Drover, from "The Demon Lover," realizes that

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the soldier never really loved her

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In "A Room of One's Own," Woolf shows that a woman could not have written poetry during the 16th century because

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two of these

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n "A Room of One's Own," Woolf's idea that gifted women during the 16th century would have either gone crazy or committed suicide could be considered an example of

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overstatement

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In "A Room of One's Own," why does Woolf mention authors who used "Anon" rather than a name when publishing their works?

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because women may have written these works but could not use their name

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In "Not Waving but Drowning," why didn't anyone rescue the man?

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the people thought he was playfully waving

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n "Not Waving but Drowning," "they" believe he died because

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the cold water caused his heart to fail

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In "Not Waving but Drowning," what is one connotation of the words "too far out"?

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emotional distance

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"B. Wordsworth" is set in

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Trinidad

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In the story, B. Wordsworth uses standard English. What does this indicate about him?

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he may be in a higher social class or educated in British schools

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Why does B. Wordsworth ask the boy never to return?

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Wordsworth does not want the boy to witness his death

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In "B. Wordsworth," the boy's tears show that he

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he has learned to be a poet like B. Wordsworth

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B. Wordsworth is by

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V. S Naipaul

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Do not go Gentle into the Good Night is by

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Dylan Thomas

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Not Waving but Drowning is by

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Stevie Smith

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The Demon Lover is by

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Elizabeth Bowen

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A Room of Ones Own is by

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Virginia Woolf

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is by

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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