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Test: Literatures from the United Kingdom and Ireland
Jaime Hache Uve
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Question 1

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is...
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  • An anonymous alliterative verse.
  • A romantic poem.
  • Divided into 5 fits.

Question 2

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (fit 1) is named...
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  • The three temptations.
  • The rite of passage.
  • The meeting.
  • The challenge.

Question 3

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is settled in...
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  • New Year's Day
  • Christmas
  • New Year's Eve

Question 4

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In the Fit 1...
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  • The Green Knight arrives to the court and firstly challenges Sir Gawain.
  • The Green Knights proposes a Christmas Game.
  • Sir Gawain kills the Green Knight.

Question 5

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In the Christmas Game....
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  • The Green Knight would be hit by his own axe, and in exchange, he would do the same in Autumm
  • The Green Knight would be hit by his own axe and, in exchange, he would do the same after a year and a day.
  • The Green Knight would kill the King Arthur if he wins.

Question 6

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The Fit 2 is named....
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  • The Challenge.
  • The Three temptations.
  • The rite of passage.

Question 7

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In this fit, Sir Gawain...
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  • prepares himself to go in search of the Green Knight.
  • meets Bertilak and his wife.

Question 8

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Bertilak is...
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  • A wizard.
  • A noble.
  • A traitor.

Question 9

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Bertilak proposes Sir Gawain...
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  • a deal in which he would die if he does not accomplish his part.
  • a deal with one condition: he must stay at home while he is hunting.
  • a deal with one condition: when Bertilak went out to hunt and Sir Gawain stayed at home, they will have to share their achievements of the day.

Question 10

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The Fit 3 is named:
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  • The three temptations.
  • The rite of passage.
  • The Death of Sir Gawain.

Question 11

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The first day in the Bertilak's castle...
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  • Bertilak's wife sleeps with Sir Gawain.
  • Bertilak's wife steals a kiss from Sir Gawain.
  • Bertilak's wife proposes Sir Gawain to escape with him.

Question 12

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In the third day in the castle...
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  • Bertilak's wife sleeps with Sir Gawain.
  • Bertilak's wife offers Sir Gawain a love token.
  • Bertilak's wife gives Sir Gawain a glove.
  • Bertilak's wife gives Sir Gawain a ring.
  • Bertilaks wife steals 3 kisses from Sir Gawain.
  • Bertilak's wife gives Sir Gawain a girdle.

Question 13

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In the Fit 4...
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  • New Year's Eve arrives.
  • New Year's Day arrives.
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight meet up.

Question 14

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The girdle is...
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  • supposed to protect him.
  • Blue and white.
  • Green and guilded.

Question 15

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When Sir Gawain and the Green Knight met...
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  • The Green Knight strikes Sir Gawain' s neck thrice.
  • The Green Knight tries to strike Sir Gawain's neck thrice.
  • The Green Knight kills Sir Gawain in the third attempt.
  • The Green Knight makes a superficial cut in Gawain's neck.

Question 16

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The Green Knight's real identity is...
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  • King Arthur.
  • Bertilak.
  • Bertilak's wife.

Question 17

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The Green Knight shed blood in Gawain's neck in the third day because...
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  • He slept with Bertilak's wife.
  • He didn't accomplish his part of the deal.
  • He didn't accomplish his part of the deal in the third day.

Question 18

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Astrophil and Stella is written by....
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  • anonymous.
  • Aphra Behn.
  • Philip Sydney.
  • Oscar Wilde.

Question 19

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Astrophil and Stella was composed in...
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  • 1469
  • 1581
  • 1585
  • 1591

Question 20

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Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence composed by...
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  • 109 sonnets.
  • 108 sonnets.
  • 320 sonnets.
  • 92 sonnets.

Question 21

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In the sonnet 1...
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  • Astrophil explains his motivation for composing the sonnet sequence.
  • Astrophil hints that Stella is in love with him.
  • Astrophil describes how easy is writing for him.

Question 22

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The author finds inspiration in...
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  • Stella's beauty.
  • his own pain.
  • nature.
  • other poet's works.

Question 23

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In the sonnet, there is a conflict between...
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  • passion and reason.
  • Astrophil and Stella.
  • Astrophil and Stella's father.

Question 24

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the second poem to analyse is...
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  • The sonnet 2.
  • The sonnet 20.
  • The sonnet 8.
  • The sonnet 11.

Question 25

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In this sonnet, there is a mention to the classical tradition with the appearance of...
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  • Hermes.
  • Cupid.
  • Ares.
  • Afrodita.

Question 26

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Cupid travels to Astrophil's side because...
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  • the hearts of the British people were soft, unlike the Turkish's ones.
  • he was bored in Grece.
  • Cupide felt cold in the new climate and sought a warm place to be near.

Question 27

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Astrophil describes his love for Stella as a force of nature because...
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  • Is natural to be in love with such a beautiful woman.
  • He has no control over Cupid's actions.
  • It is so devastating as a hurricane.

Question 28

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The Metaphysical Poetry belongs to the
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  • 19th C.
  • 18th C.
  • 17th C.
  • 16th C.

Question 29

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Reacting against the deliberately smooth and sweet tones of much 16th C. verse, the metaphysical poets adopted...
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  • a style full of wit and puns of words.
  • a style that is energic, uneven and rigorous.
  • a style which mainly abroaded classical themes.

Question 30

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________, who mainly wrote direct poems, sometimes used common language, is one of the most acclaimed representatives of this particular literary movement.
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  • Philip Sydney.
  • John Dryden.
  • John Donne.
  • Shakespeare.

Question 31

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Batter my heart consists on...
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  • 5 sonnets.
  • 3 stanzas.
  • 19 lines.

Question 32

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The 1st stanza starts with....
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  • lust.
  • original sin.
  • unmoral behaviour.

Question 33

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In the second stanza, Donne progresses to....
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  • the original sin.
  • sins that he wanted to commit, but he didn't.
  • sins that he has brought others to.

Question 34

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FInally, the poem concludes with...
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  • the sin of fear.
  • The sin of lust.
  • The sin of anger.

Question 35

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The use of words such as 'done', or 'more', adds useful information about the poem.
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  • True
  • False

Question 36

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Batter my Heart
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  • belongs the the collection 'Holly Sonnets'
  • was written around 1618.
  • is a single poem, not included in any collection.

Question 37

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Batter my heart represents...
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  • a quarrel with his wife.
  • his conflict between secular and religious love.
  • the image of God as his saver.

Question 38

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The poetic voice begins...
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  • admiting to love God.
  • asking God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost to enter agressively and violently his heart.
  • saying that he would like to be imprisoned by God.

Question 39

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In the first part of the sonnet,
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  • the poetic voice personifies God.
  • The poet compares himself with a captured town.
  • The poet states that he believe in God's goodness.

Question 40

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In the second part of the poem...
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  • the poet admits to be sick of Gos's word, contradicting all he said previously.
  • the poet admits to love God and wants God to love him in return.
  • the poet expresses to be tied to God's enemy: reason (Satan)

Question 41

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Finally, through the use of double meanings, he paradoxically states that...
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  • he wants to be metaphorically imprisoned by God.
  • he wants to be freed by God.

Question 42

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Macbeth belongs to...
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  • Early Modern theatre.
  • Victorian theatre.
  • Classical theatre.
  • Renaissance theatre.

Question 43

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Macbeth is...
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  • the longest comedy written by Shakespeare.
  • the longest tragedy written by Shakespeare.
  • the shortest comedy written by Shakespeare.
  • the shortest tragedy written by Shakespeare.

Question 44

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Macbeth
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  • tells the story of an Irish soldier who comes back from war and becomes king.
  • tells the story of an English poet who is obligued to go on war.
  • tells the story of a Scottish general who becomes king.

Question 45

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Macbeth mainly represents...
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  • the comical story of a corrupted general who wants to rule the world.
  • the tragic fate of a good character corrupted by ambition.
  • how power rules daily life.

Question 46

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In Macbeth's personality,
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  • we cannot see any evolution.
  • we can see a marked evolution.

Question 47

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'Her ayes are open but her sense is shut' represents metaphorical darkness.
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  • True
  • False

Question 48

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Lady Macbeth...
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  • washes her face in order to purify her sins.
  • rubs her hands as an act of purification.

Question 49

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Oroonoko is published in...
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  • 1692
  • 1745
  • 1903
  • 1688

Question 50

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Her author, Aphra Behn, is presumably the first English woman who earns her living by her pen. That's why...
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  • she was beloved by anybody.
  • she was proclaimed a Laureate Poet.
  • she was accused of being a whore.

Question 51

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Oroonoko is a story of...
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  • war.
  • idealized love.
  • adventures.
  • moral contradictions.

Question 52

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The idea of 'noble savage', appearing through the novella, means...
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  • an individual unexposed to the corrupted influenzes of civilization.
  • a savage who is offered lands and slaves, which are accepted at the end of the novel.
  • a person who is so savage as noble.

Question 53

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The novella is narrated by a masculine voice.
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  • True
  • False

Question 54

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There is a conflict between...
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  • the self and the other.
  • the rich and the poor.
  • the coloniser and the colonised.
  • women and men.
  • white and black.
  • the English and the native language.
  • civilization and brutality.

Question 55

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Oroonoko is portrayed as...
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  • a current negroe.
  • a special negroe.
  • white man.

Question 56

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'A modest proposal, for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden for their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public' is published in...
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  • 1730
  • 1729
  • 1703
  • 1799

Question 57

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'A modest proposal, for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden for their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the public' is considered by some...
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  • an insult to the society.
  • a masterpiece.

Question 58

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The targets of criticism of the novel are...
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  • English colonization of Scotland.
  • English exploitation of Ireland.
  • Benevolent humanitarism and social projectors.
  • Anglican Church.
  • Irish landlord, in particular Irish Catholics.

Question 59

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Ode on a Grecian Urn is from...
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  • The 19th Century.
  • The Romantic period.
  • The victorian period.
  • The 20th Century.

Question 60

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In the first stanza...
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  • the poet describes a landscape.
  • the poet describes an urn.
  • the poet realizes that he is immortal.

Question 61

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The urn is presented as...
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  • a magical object.
  • an unravished bride.
  • the last feature of civilization in nature.

Question 62

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The poet loves the melodies he is listening to.
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  • True
  • False

Question 63

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A strong idea of the poem is that art changes through time.
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  • True
  • False

Question 64

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The poet thinks that the best part of being in love is...
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  • confidence.
  • sex.
  • respect, earned through the pass of time.
  • hook up your lover with you.

Question 65

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In the poem, there is an abruptly change when....
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  • the urn breaks down.
  • appears an animal sacrifice in the urn.
  • the poet's lover appears.

Question 66

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Kubla Khan is written by...
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  • James Joyce.
  • Coleridge.
  • John Keats.
  • Behn Johnson.

Question 67

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This poem is settled in...
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  • a palace.
  • a natural heaven on earth.
  • the Garden of Heaven.

Question 68

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Kubla Kahn is...
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  • a Chinese militar.
  • a Mongol leader.

Question 69

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Coleridge was known to be addicted to
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  • cocaine.
  • weed.
  • opium.
  • heroine.

Question 70

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It is said that...
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  • Coleridge composed this poem when he woke up from an opium dream.
  • Coleridge composed this poem in a dream, which was interrupted by a business man.
  • Coleridge composed this poem in a dream, and he tried to write it when he woke up.

Question 71

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Jane Eyre was written by...
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  • the Bronte Sisters.
  • Emily Bronte.
  • Charlotte Bronte.
  • Anne Bronte.
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