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1181

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.
Hardy employs the character of Henchard to propagate the notion of

  • A. confessing our weaknesses
  • B. courageously combating adversity
  • C. taking steadfast decisions
  • D. accepting inevitable defeat
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1182

This question is based on Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbirdge.
The goal of the novel is to expose the

  • A. effect of poverty on human behaviour
  • B. life of debauchery of farmers and sailors
  • C. predicament of women
  • D. influence of environment and morality in human conduct
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1183

This question is based on Thomas Hardy''s The Mayor of Casterbirdge.

What makes the novel a tragedy?

  • A. The poetic justice in Henchard''s punishment
  • B. All the character in the novel are failures
  • C. A mixture of individual and circumstantial misfortune
  • D. Thomas Hardy is a romantic and rustic pessimist
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1184
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An inherent quality of the lyric is that it must
  • A. be sung to a musical instrument
  • B. be sung by the poet who composes it
  • C. express the poet's subjective emotions
  • D. be simple and successful.
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1185
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The narrator that tells his story as if all actions in the story revolve around him is
  • A. an omniscient narrator
  • B. a first person narrator
  • C. a scond person narrator
  • D. a tird person narrator
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