What did Thomas Carlyle mean by Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe ? – McqOptions

MCQOPTIONS

1.	What did Thomas Carlyle mean by Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe ?
A.	Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
B.	Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
C.	Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
D.	In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.
Answer» D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively.

Discussion

No Comment Found

Related MCQs

Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry ?
Which of the following statements is not an accurate reflection of education during the English Renaissance ?
Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art ?
Which of the following terms is defined as the application of a scientific attitude of mind toward studying the Bible, seen as a mere text of history and not an infallibly sacred document?
Which of the following texts addresses class as a social and economic reality ?
Which of the following texts published in the 1790s did not epitomize the radical social thinking stimulated by the French Revolution ?
Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?
Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodicals ?
Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of Great Britain during the eighteenth century ?
Which of the following was a typically Romantic means of achieving visionary states ?