AP European History : Literature and Art
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Example Question #21 : Literature And Art
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein __________.
reflected the values of Romanticism, which were suspicious of the weight placed on logic and reason over human feeling and emotion
rejected innovations in industrialization because of the harm they caused workers
All of the answers are correct.
reflected her confidence in the ability of science and man's reason to solve humanity's problems
promoted further investigations into alchemy and the preservation of human life
reflected the values of Romanticism, which were suspicious of the weight placed on logic and reason over human feeling and emotion
Shelley's generation was disillusioned with the values of the Enlightenment that touted reason above all else. She and other Romantics believed that feeling and emotion were important, too. Her work did not discuss improving the lives of workers, nor did it encourage further alchemical studies.
Example Question #22 : Literature And Art
One of the gems of Tudor England, ____________ was the theater most commonly associated with William Shakespeare.
Dominion Theatre
the London Palladium
the Globe Theatre
Aldwych Theatre
the Globe Theatre
The Globe was a quintessential part of London during the time of William Shakespeare. It opened in 1599 and closed in 1642.
Example Question #22 : Literature And Art
Which English author is credited as the author of Frankenstein, publishing the work anonymously in 1818?
George Gordon Byron
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Thomas Love Peacock
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft was the mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and was a philosopher and feminist. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was her husband and may have partially contributed to (although this claim has come under serious doubt recently), but was not the primary author of, Frankenstein. George Gordon Byron, or Lord Byron, was a contemporary poet associated with the Shelleys. The author was Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
Example Question #23 : Literature And Art
Who wrote the book Utopia, and under which English King was this book published?
Thomas More, while in the employ of King Henry VIII
Thomas Cromwell, when Henry VIII was king
Thomas More, when Edwards VI was king
Thomas Wolsey, when Henry VIII was king
Thomas More, while in the employ of King Henry VIII
Sir Thomas More wrote the book Utopia (1516) during the reign of Henry VIII. In More's Utopia he dealt with the idea of a society where there was uniformity is all things - religion, government, punishment, etc.
Example Question #24 : Literature And Art
What major work of Christopher Marlowe dealt with central ideas of the time by dealing with themes such as sin, redemption, damnation, and the divided nature of man?
Dido, Queen of Carthage
The Jew of Malta
Dr. Faustus
Ovid's Amores
Dr. Faustus
In Dr. Faustus (1592), a German doctor whose name inspires the play, is influenced to participate in the Dark arts selling his soul to the devil. The work was adapted from a storied German Folk tale, but Marlowe's retelling was, until Goethe's adaptation in the 18th century, the dominant cultural appropriation of the tale.
Example Question #25 : Literature And Art
In which Shakespeare play does a character demand a pound of flesh as repayment for a loan and in what city does it take place?
The Merchant of Venice, takes place in Venice
Hamlet, takes place in Denmark
Romeo and Juliet, takes place in Verona
Macbeth, takes place in Scotland
The Merchant of Venice, takes place in Venice
In the Merchant of Venice (1605), which takes place in, you guessed it Venice, features a character named Shylock who is a Jewish Moneylender. Bassanio, a venetian noble needs to borrow money in order to woo the woman he loves so he is sent to Shylock by a merchant friend, Antonio. Instead of requiring payment of interest on the loan, Shylock requires that Antonio, as guarantor on the loan, to give a pound of flesh if Bassanio does not pay back the money.
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