Statements mcqs


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.

C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.