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1
In his Diary, Napoleon places great emphasis on the power of:
A)his army
B)religious inspiration
C)imagination
D)university education
2
Prometheus was a favorite fictional hero because:
A)he defied the Greek gods
B)he was transformed into a monster
C)he risked his soul to gain knowledge
D)all of the above
3
Pushkin's general attitude toward Napoleon was:
A)condemnation for his bravado
B)admiration for his heroic actions
C)disapproval of his political policies
D)anger at his ultimate failure
4
In My Bondage and My Freedom, Douglass confesses that he stole food:
A)on the grounds of morality
B)as an act of revenge against his master
C)because other slaves did so
D)on a misguided impulse
5
The protagonist in Goethe's Faust is:
A)a corrupt king who wants to rule the world
B)a scientist with an unlimited thirst for knowledge
C)a valiant war hero who frees his people from captivity
D)a farmer struggling to keep his family together
6
The stereotype of the female LEAST often presented by 19th-century male writers pictured womankind as:
A)jealous and seductive
B)procreative and nurturing
C)independent-minded
D)angelic and chaste
7
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein parallels the tragedy of which mythological hero?
A)Odysseus
B)Hercules
C)Sisyphus
D)Prometheus
8
What tragic ending does Goethe's Young Werther meet?
A)He is sold into slavery.
B)He commits suicide.
C)He drowns at sea.
D)He is executed for a crime he did not commit.





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