BRIT LIT SURVEY I: QUIZ 8

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1. The Test Act (1673) required...
   (click here) All English citizens to pass a literacy test All government and military officials to swear allegiance to the Crown All government and military officials to swear allegiance to the Pope and aver their belief in transubstantiation All government and military officials to take the sacrament in an Anglican Church and deny belief in transubstantiation

2. Johnson asserts that the test of Shakespeare's literary merit is...
   (click here) His masterful representation of time and place That he has outlived his century His larger-than-life characters The prodigality of his puns ("quibbles")

3. After London had been on fire for several days, Pepys tells us...
   (click here) People believed it was God's punishment for their evil ways Rumor was that the labor unions had started the blaze It was believed the fire started in a cookshop It was suspected the French had started the fire

4. In arguing that people should discard any ideas that are not "determinate," Locke was rejecting...
   (click here) Humanism Poetry Mysteries of faith The principles of Whig politics

5. Dryden finds fault with Chaucer in...
   (click here) His bawdy humor What he perceives as imperfect versification His implicit critique of royal power The rude sweetness of his language

6. Dryden is renowned for being...
   (click here) The most personal of poets A solitary, subjective poet listening to the murmur of his own voice The least personal of poets The first English novelist

7. The proportion of Gulliver's size to that of the Lilliputians is...
   (click here) 100:1 25:1 10:1 12:1

8. Lilliput lies in the vicinity of...
   (click here) Tasmania France India America

9. People aspiring to high position in the government of Lilliput must demonstrate...
   (click here) Their knowledge of the Law and Government Their loyalty to the Emperor Their ability to jump the highest without falling while walking a tightrope Their keen understanding of the principles of economics

10. Lilliputians read...
    (click here) From left to right From right to left From one corner slantwise to the other Top to bottom