Tennyson's poem____ is a story of a princess who cannot look at the world except through a reflection in a mirror. As Sir Lancelot rides by the tower where she must stay, she looks at him, and the curse comes to term; she dies after she places herself in a small boat and floats down the river to Camelot, her name written on the boat's stern.
A. “Ulysses”
B. “The Lotus-eaters”
C. “The Lady of Shalott”
D. “Mariana”
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Tennyson's friend Hallam’s sudden death devastated Tennyson, but inspired him to produce a body of poetry that has become some of the world's most beloved verse, _____, which would take him 17 years to complete.
A. Idylls of the King
B. “Ulysses”
C. “The Lady of Shalott”
D. In Memoriam
In____Arnold argued instead that the “Philistines” were not so much wicked as ignorant, narrow-minded, and suffering from the dullness of their private lives.
A. “Dover Beach”
B. “The Study of Poetry
Culture and Anarchy
D. Essays in Criticism
The following are the common characteristics shared by the three Bronte sisters EXCEPT_______.
A. unmarried
B. literary
C. talented
D. dying young
Which one is NOT Thackeray's works?
A. Sylvia's Lover
B. The Newcomes
C. The Virginians
D. The History of Pendennis