British Literature Final Exam

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Who wrote The Rockinghorse Winner?
Type?

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DH Lawrence
Short Story

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Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels?
Type?

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Jonathon Swift
Novel

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Who wrote Oroonoko?

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Aphra Behn

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Who wrote Canterbury Tales?
Type?

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Geoffrey Chaucer
Poetry

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Who wrote Macbeth?
Type?

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William Shakespeare
Play

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Who wrote To Althea, From Prison?

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Richard Lovelace

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Who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
Type?

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Pearl-poet
Poetry

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Who wrote Le Morte d’ Arthur?

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Sir Thomas Malory

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Who wrote The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?
Type?

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Marlowe
Poetry

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Who wrote The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd?
Type?

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Sir Walter Raleigh
Poetry

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Who wrote Frankenstein?
Type?

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Mary Shelley
Novel

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Who wrote A Tale of Two Cities?
Type?

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Charles Dickens
Novel

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Who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest?
Type?

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Oscar Wildes
Play

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Abhorrence:

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hate coupled with disgust

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Acquiesce:

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to agree or express agreement

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Altruistic:

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showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Ambiguous:

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open to two or more interpretations

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Articulate:

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To make clear or effective

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Belligerent:

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Aggressive

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Cajole:

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To encourage or persuade by effort

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Capricious:

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Corroborate:

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To confirm

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Esoteric:

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Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

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Exacerbate:

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Make worse

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Fallacy:

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Deceptive or false appearance

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Fastidious:

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Giving careful attention to detail

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Imminent:

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Close in time; about to occur

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Incorrigible:

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Impervious to correction by punishment

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Juxtapose:

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Place side by side

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Lethargic:

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Sluggish, slow

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Lucid:

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Clear; easily understood

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Precocious:

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Characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity

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Prodigious:

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Huge

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Prudent:

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Careful and sensible

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Quandary:

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A state of not knowing what to decide

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Querulous:

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Fretful: habitually complaining

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Rancor:

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A feeling of deep and bitter anger

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Scrupulous:

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Exactly and carefully conducted

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Substantiate:

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Confirm

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Superfluous:

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In excess of what is required

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Tedious:

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Boring

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Verbose:

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Using or containing too many words

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Vicarious:

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Experienced at secondhand

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Volatile:

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Changing or changeable

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Voracious:

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Eating with greediness