Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by_____ is taken as a model of sentimentalist poetry, esp. the Graveyard School.
Alexander Pope.
B. Henry Fielding.
C. Thomas Gray.
D. Robert Browning.
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In the 18th century, heroic couplet as a poetic medium reached its perfection in the hands of______.
A. Jonathan Swift.
B. Thomas Gray.
C. Alexander Pope.
D. Richard Steele.
Which of the following concerns NOT the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century?
A. To promote reason, rationality and science.
B. To enlighten people with modern philosophical and artistic ideas.
C. To hold the belief that human beings are unlimited, with infinite potential for intellectual development.
D. To hold the belief that human beings are limited, dualistic, imperfect, and yet capable of rationality and perfection through education.
What is NOT TRUE about graveyard poets and Thomas Gray?
A. Images displayed in such poems include skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms, etc.
B. As a sign of pre-romanticism, elegy centers on the death of a person or persons, and they are lyrical rather than narrative.
C. They are marked by vivid reflections on the joy of living, and on the boundless possibilities of an afterlife.
D. Gray’s poem reflects on the lives of humble people buried in the cemetery of a church.
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Jonathan Swift is known for his Gulliver’s Travel which is a biting satire of the selfish, corrupted, and hierarchical English society.
B. Henry Fielding is known for his Tom Jones that presents a panorama of the English society marked by its comprehensiveness and worldliness.
C. The rise of gothic novels was a noticeable phenomenon during the late 18th century.
D. Letter to Lord Chesterfield is written by Samuel Johnson in order to praise the lord of his majesty and graciousness.
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