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101.

What is the name of Ahab’s ship?

A. the town-ho
B. the rachel
C. the samuel enderby
D. the pequod
Answer» E.
Discussion
102.

What is the "hobgoblin of little minds as mentioned in “Self Reliance?”

A. greed
B. lust
C. consistency
D. envy
Answer» D. envy
Discussion
103.

Which body part has Ahab lost to Moby Dick?

A. his leg
B. his arm
C. his eye
D. his fingers
Answer» B. his arm
Discussion
104.

According to Emerson, what does every educated man eventually realize in “Self Reliance?”

A. perspective is flawed
B. life is fleeting
C. wealth is subjective
D. envy is ignorance
Answer» E.
Discussion
105.

Why do people not trust themselves as mentioned in “Self Reliance?”

A. they\ve never had a pure thought
B. societal disapproval and foolish consistency
C. fear of failure
D. they are separated from nature
Answer» C. fear of failure
Discussion
106.

What does Emerson say has made men weak and afraid of truth in “Self Reliance?”?

A. politics
B. indifference
C. fear
D. pretence
Answer» E.
Discussion
107.

On what basis does progress occur as mentioned in “Self Reliance?”

A. spiritual
B. individual
C. societal
D. corporate
Answer» C. societal
Discussion
108.

What does Emerson consider a valid form of prayer in “Self Reliance?”?

A. latin liturgy
B. a long, quiet walk
C. meditation
D. right action
Answer» E.
Discussion
109.

Why must men seek solitude as mentioned in “Self Reliance?”?

A. to value society upon return
B. to experience nature
C. to think without the influence of society
D. to find god
Answer» D. to find god
Discussion
110.

What is society compared to in “Self Reliance?”

A. chaos
B. joint-stock company
C. conspiracy
D. nothing
Answer» C. conspiracy
Discussion
111.

What is NOT one of the influences upon Emerson's thinking?

A. idealism
B. epicureanism
C. stoicism
D. romanticism
Answer» C. stoicism
Discussion
112.

What is the name of the journal launched by the Transcendentalists?

A. the eye
B. transcend
C. the dial
D. nature
Answer» D. nature
Discussion
113.

In "Self-Reliance," Emerson talks about how individuals should not conform to what?

A. the church\s morals
B. societal norms
C. the ego
D. their intuition
Answer» C. the ego
Discussion
114.

In his essay, "Self-Reliance" Emerson likens self-esteem with what?

A. the ego
B. nature
C. a child
D. a psalm
Answer» D. a psalm
Discussion
115.

The only novel written by Sylvia Plath is?

A. ariel
B. the colossus
C. life studies
D. the bell jar
Answer» E.
Discussion
116.

Which character from Greek mythology is used by Plath in her poem “Edge?”

A. medusa
B. medea
C. aerope
D. canace
Answer» C. aerope
Discussion
117.

Sylvia Plath's poetry is considered part of which movement?

A. modernism
B. confessional poetry
C. realism
D. romanticism
Answer» C. realism
Discussion
118.

What is the literary device used throughout the poem “Edge?”

A. enjambment
B. alliteration
C. assonance
D. internal rhyme
Answer» B. alliteration
Discussion
119.

Ginsberg’s vision of America in “America” is inspired from?

A. walt whitman
B. ralph waldo emerson
C. robert frost
D. edgar alan poe
Answer» B. ralph waldo emerson
Discussion
120.

Ginsberg had an ambition to become which of the following in “America”?

A. sailor.
B. president.
C. rabbi.
D. cartoonist.
Answer» C. rabbi.
Discussion
121.

Which industrial tycoon does Ginsberg cite in "America?"

A. larry miles
B. henry ford
C. warren buffett
D. cornelius vanderbilt
Answer» C. warren buffett
Discussion
122.

Allen Ginsberg is traditionally associated with what literary movement?

A. the hippie poets
B. the beat poets
C. the flower children
D. the romantic poets
Answer» C. the flower children
Discussion
123.

What is St. Gauden's relief made of in “For the Union Dead?”?

A. stone
B. copper
C. marble
D. bronze
Answer» E.
Discussion
124.

What desert does Lowell reference in the first stanza in “For the Union Dead?”

A. sonoran
B. mojave
C. sahara
D. gobi
Answer» D. gobi
Discussion
125.

What does Colonel Shaw's father want in “For the Union Dead?”

A. a better monument
B. the ditch
C. nothing
D. his son\s weapon
Answer» C. nothing
Discussion
126.

What does Colonel Shaw wait for at the end of the poem “For the Union Dead?”

A. a greyhound\s gentle tautness
B. a parking spot
C. an end to violence
D. the blessed break
Answer» E.
Discussion
127.

The waists on the stone statues of soldiers are compared to what in “For the Union Dead?”

A. mosquitos
B. swans
C. herons
D. wasps
Answer» E.
Discussion
128.

Colonel Shaw served in which war in “For the Union Dead?”

A. world war i
B. world war ii
C. the vietnam war
D. the civil war
Answer» E.
Discussion
129.

What animal does the final stanza compare cars to in “For the Union Dead?”

A. zebras
B. fish
C. snakes
D. cats
Answer» C. snakes
Discussion
130.

An advertisement for what insensitively uses an image of Hiroshima in “For the Union Dead?”

A. a movie
B. a brand of safes
C. a brand of watch
D. a skin care product
Answer» C. a brand of watch
Discussion
131.

In "I, Too," the speaker says that tomorrow, no one will dare to

A. insult him
B. throw him out
C. hurt him
D. tell him to eat in the kitchen
Answer» E.
Discussion
132.

What is the speaker referring to when he says "I am the darker brother" in “I, Too?”

A. his family role
B. his troubled past
C. his skin colour
D. his angry mood
Answer» D. his angry mood
Discussion
133.

What is the tone of this poem?

A. optimistic
B. angry
C. solemn
D. energetic
Answer» B. angry
Discussion
134.

In the poem, "I, Too," America is a symbol for . . .

A. death
B. slavery
C. money
D. freedom
Answer» E.
Discussion
135.

What is the point of view in the poem, "I, Too"?

A. 1st person
B. 2nd person
C. 3rd person
D. 4th person
Answer» B. 2nd person
Discussion
136.

What is the original name of ‘Buffalo Bill’?

A. william scout
B. william cody
C. william bill
D. william west
Answer» C. william bill
Discussion
137.

The poem “I, Too” references which dark portion of America's past?

A. the civil war
B. slavery
C. the civil rights movement
D. prohibition
Answer» C. the civil rights movement
Discussion
138.

What colour is the stallion in "Buffalo Bill's defunct"?

A. red
B. black
C. silver
D. white
Answer» D. white
Discussion
139.

What are the wenches doing in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”?

A. wrapping up the body
B. taking care of the boys
C. complaining
D. hanging around
Answer» E.
Discussion
140.

What part of the woman’s body might remain visible in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”?

A. her wrinkled hands
B. her closed eyes
C. her stringy hair
D. her horny feet
Answer» E.
Discussion
141.

Who is the blue-eyed boy in E.E. Cummings' poem 'Buffalo Bill's/defunct'?

A. buffalo bill
B. mr. death
C. e.e. cummings
D. e.e. cummings\ son
Answer» B. mr. death
Discussion
142.

What is embroidered on the sheet used to cover the body in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”?

A. birds
B. hearts
C. flowers
D. leaves
Answer» B. hearts
Discussion
143.

Which is NOT an adjective you could apply to the cigar man in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”, based on the poem's description of him?

A. masculine
B. capable
C. strong
D. arrogant
Answer» E.
Discussion
144.

Who makes the ice cream in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”?

A. the mother
B. the speaker
C. the roller of big cigars
D. the newspaper boys
Answer» D. the newspaper boys
Discussion
145.

What does the wife see through the window at the beginning of “Home Burial”?

A. horsemen approaching
B. the coroner’s wagon
C. her child’s grave
D. her husband returning
Answer» D. her husband returning
Discussion
146.

What is the literal meaning of the title “Home Burial”?

A. death of marriage
B. a broken home
C. the death of the child
D. a broken marriage
Answer» D. a broken marriage
Discussion
147.

What is the metaphorical meaning of the title "Home Burial"?

A. the end of the marriage
B. end of life
C. beginning of a new life
D. a new chapter in their lives
Answer» B. end of life
Discussion
148.

When the landscape "listens" in “There is a certain slant of Light”, it brings to mind the poem's theme of

A. society and class
B. awe and amazement
C. truth
D. transformation
Answer» C. truth
Discussion
149.

In "Home Burial", what is the mother's name?

A. paris
B. sabrina
C. amy
D. winifred
Answer» D. winifred
Discussion
150.

That "seal Despair" in “There is a certain slant of Light” is a sort of metaphor for the speaker's

A. perseverance
B. mortality
C. versions of reality
D. suffering
Answer» E.
Discussion