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| 251. |
I know that many say that they are willing, perhaps the majority of the people, that we should enjoy our rights and privileges as they do. If so, I would ask why are not we protected in our persons and property throughout the Union? Is it not because there reigns in the breast of many who are leaders, a most unrighteous, unbecoming and impure black principle, and as corrupt and unholy as it can be–while these very same unfeeling, self-esteemed characters pretend to take the skin as a pretext to keep us from our unalienable and lawful rights? I would ask you if you would like to be disfranchised from all your rights, merely because your skin is white, and for no other crime? I’ll venture to say, these very characters who hold the skin to be such a barrier in the way, would be the first to cry out, injustice! Awful injustice! ? |
| A. | Fredrick Douglass |
| B. | John Winthrop |
| C. | Benjamin Franklin |
| D. | William Apess |
| Answer» E. | |
| 252. |
I have said that the sole effect of my somewhat childish experiment—that of looking down within the tarn—had been to deepen the first singular impression. There can be no doubt that the consciousness of the rapid increase of my superstition— for why should I not so term it?—served mainly to accelerate the increase itself. Such, I have long known, is the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis. This work exemplifies ? |
| A. | Unity of effect |
| B. | Ratiocinactive effect |
| C. | Cataleptic effect |
| D. | Didactic effect |
| Answer» B. Ratiocinactive effect | |
| 253. |
“ I hear my being dance from ear to ear”. Here ear to ear refers to_____________? |
| A. | a round about way of telling things |
| B. | a heart warming smile |
| C. | listening through an ear and pass it off through the other |
| D. | a complete experience |
| Answer» E. | |
| 254. |
I ask: Is it not the case that everybody that is not white is treated with contempt and counted as barbarians? And I ask if the word of God justifies the white man in so doing. When the prophets prophesied, of whom did they speak? When they spoke of heathens, was it not the whites and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if all nations with the exception of the Jews were not counted heathens. This passage exemplifies________________? |
| A. | Jamming |
| B. | Snaring |
| C. | Hortatory sermon |
| D. | Framing |
| Answer» D. Framing | |
| 255. |
How was the priest’s son’s prayer answered ? |
| A. | The prayer was not answered and the people continued to live in sin |
| B. | The dead uncle sent a hail storm to destroy the land |
| C. | The priest’s son was told to set fire to the village |
| D. | The dead uncle sent an earthquake to punish the corn clan for their wrongdoings |
| Answer» E. | |
| 256. |
How old is Emmeline ? |
| A. | Ten |
| B. | Thirteen |
| C. | Seventeen |
| D. | Fifteen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 257. |
How many children does Uncle Tom have ? |
| A. | one |
| B. | seven |
| C. | five |
| D. | three |
| Answer» E. | |
| 258. |
How long is Rip asleep in the woods ? |
| A. | Fifty years |
| B. | Twenty years |
| C. | One hundred years |
| D. | Eighty years |
| Answer» C. One hundred years | |
| 259. |
How does St. Clare die ? |
| A. | He drowns |
| B. | He suffers a heart attack |
| C. | He is poisoned |
| D. | He is stabbed |
| Answer» E. | |
| 260. |
How does Sam secretly alert Eliza to Mr.Haley’s presence outside the inn ? |
| A. | Throws a rock |
| B. | Shouts about his hat |
| C. | Sneezes loudly |
| D. | Bucks his horse |
| Answer» C. Sneezes loudly | |
| 261. |
How does Hare outsmart Sharp-elbow to retrieve his stolen arrow ? |
| A. | He sends a young man to retrieve it |
| B. | He sends his grandmother to cast a spell on him that causes Sharp-elbow to consent to anything asked of him |
| C. | He takes a whetstone with him to retrieve the arrow and when Sharp-elbow attacks he uses the whetstone for protection against the attack |
| D. | He lights four prayersticks and asks the gods to retrieve it for him |
| Answer» D. He lights four prayersticks and asks the gods to retrieve it for him | |
| 262. |
How does Eliza cross the Ohio river ____________? |
| A. | By ferry |
| B. | On a makeshift raft |
| C. | In a stolen canoe |
| D. | Hopping rafts of ice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 263. |
How do the Shelby’s treat their slaves ? |
| A. | Kindly but firmly |
| B. | Set them all free |
| C. | Beat them everyday |
| D. | They do not have slaves |
| Answer» B. Set them all free | |
| 264. |
His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ? |
| A. | Long, wide petticoats |
| B. | A trench-coat |
| C. | Loose, wide breeches |
| D. | Underpants |
| Answer» D. Underpants | |
| 265. |
Henry David Thoreau lived for a while_______________? |
| A. | At Lake Tahoe. |
| B. | At Willow Pond. |
| C. | At the Feather River. |
| D. | At Walden Pond. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 266. |
He wrote a journal about his expedition in northern Florida _____________? |
| A. | De Vaca |
| B. | Johnathan Edwards |
| C. | Cortez |
| D. | Vasco de Gama |
| Answer» B. Johnathan Edwards | |
| 267. |
“He will give the gloom of gloom, and the sunshine of sunshine”. The pronoun “He” refers to_______________? |
| A. | God |
| B. | Painter |
| C. | Sculptor |
| D. | Author |
| Answer» C. Sculptor | |
| 268. |
He was famed for great skill in horsemanship; he was foremost at all races and cockfights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic, but had more mischief and good humor than ill will in his composition. Who is this ? |
| A. | Cotton Mather |
| B. | Diedrich Knickerbocker |
| C. | Brom Bones |
| D. | Geoffrey Crayon |
| Answer» D. Geoffrey Crayon | |
| 269. |
He had heard this destruction of the original possessors of the soil described, as we find it in the history of the times, where, we are told, “the number destroyed was about four hundred;” and “it was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the same, and the horrible scent thereof; but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the praise thereof to God.” This work is___________? |
| A. | A hortatory sermon |
| B. | A historial novel |
| C. | Gothic fiction |
| D. | A narrative frame |
| Answer» C. Gothic fiction | |
| 270. |
“He glanced with rapid eyes_____________ they looked like frightened beads”. The figure of speech used here is ? |
| A. | Metahor |
| B. | Oxymoron |
| C. | Simile |
| D. | Irony |
| Answer» D. Irony | |
| 271. |
Hawthorne’s ancestors are associated with what historical American event ? |
| A. | History of puritans |
| B. | History of slavery |
| C. | Transcendentalism |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. History of slavery | |
| 272. |
Having emerg’d from the Poverty and Obscurity in which I was born and bred, to a State of Affluence and some Degree of Reputation in the World, and having gone so far thro’ Life with a considerable Share of Felicity, the conducing Means I made use of, which, with the Blessing of God, so well succeeded, my Posterity may like to know, as they may find some of them suitable to their own Situations, and therefore fit to be imitated ? |
| A. | Fredrick Douglass |
| B. | John Winthrop |
| C. | Benjamin Franklin |
| D. | William Apess |
| Answer» D. William Apess | |
| 273. |
“Gradually light returns to the street” means_______________? |
| A. | life resumes to normal routine |
| B. | it is day break |
| C. | streets are bright |
| D. | life is unpredictable |
| Answer» B. it is day break | |
| 274. |
gave a hint of the rich culture that was forgotten________________? |
| A. | The life of the Indians |
| B. | The influence of the missionaries in lives of the Indians |
| C. | Reported speech poems |
| D. | Narratives captivity |
| Answer» D. Narratives captivity | |
| 275. |
Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken is included in his poetical collection______________________? |
| A. | A Boy’s Will |
| B. | A Witness Tree |
| C. | North of Boston |
| D. | Mountain Interval |
| Answer» E. | |
| 276. |
From where does Eliza cross into Cananda ? |
| A. | Lake Erie |
| B. | Lake Huron |
| C. | Niagara Falls |
| D. | Northern Minnesota |
| Answer» B. Lake Huron | |
| 277. |
For a time the narrator comforts Roderick by reading and painting with him; one of Roderick’s paintings is described as follows: “A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth.” What later event in the story does this picture foreshadow ? |
| A. | The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion. |
| B. | The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion. |
| C. | Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel. |
| D. | The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the mansion. |
| Answer» B. The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion. | |
| 278. |
During the Revolutionary time period, what great document was written ? |
| A. | The first romance novel. |
| B. | The Declaration of Independence. |
| C. | Confessional poetry. |
| D. | The Heiner Papers |
| Answer» C. Confessional poetry. | |
| 279. |
During the Colonial Time Period, the writing was influenced most by what religious persuasion ? |
| A. | The Puritans |
| B. | The Catholics |
| C. | The Pilgrims |
| D. | The Anglo Saxons |
| Answer» B. The Catholics | |
| 280. |
Dumas, whose father was a General in the French Army, is a Mulatto; Soulie, a Quadroon. He went from New-Orleans, where, though to the eye a white man, yet, as known to have African blood in his veins, he could never have enjoyed the privileges due to a human being. A Mulatto is a person who has one white parent and one black parent; what, then, is a Quadroon ? |
| A. | A person who has two black parents. |
| B. | A person who has one Meranto parent and one black. |
| C. | A person who has two Delfigo parents. |
| D. | A person who has one white parent and one parent who is a Mulatto |
| Answer» E. | |
| 281. |
Define trickster tale ? |
| A. | A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work. |
| B. | The struggle found in fiction |
| C. | Giving human qualities to animals or objects |
| D. | A story about a mischievous, supernatural being |
| Answer» E. | |
| 282. |
Define oral tradition______________? |
| A. | The passing on from one generation to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions after it has been written down. |
| B. | The telling of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions to a single generation within and between nonliterate cultures |
| C. | The use of “like” or “as” to draw a comparison between two unlike things |
| D. | The passing on from one generation (and/or locality) to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-liter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 283. |
“Can this be so!” cried goodman Brown, with a stare of amazement at his undisturbed companion. Howbeit, I have nothing to do with the governor and council – they have their own ways, and are no rule for a simple husbandman, like me. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbathday and lecture-day!” The word “husbandman” usually means farmer, but in this context it means something else – what ? |
| A. | Rancher |
| B. | Male partner in a marriage |
| C. | Cowboy |
| D. | Man of ordinary status |
| Answer» E. | |
| 284. |
By 1600 Holland had____________________? |
| A. | Emerged as a supreme power among the European countries |
| B. | a huge collection of paintings and sculptures |
| C. | the wisest men of the time |
| D. | many scholars and sceptics |
| Answer» E. | |
| 285. |
But when a Boy, and Barefoot I more than once at Noon Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash Unbraiding in the Sun The speaker of this poem is_____________? |
| A. | A boy |
| B. | An alien |
| C. | A girl |
| D. | A communist |
| Answer» B. An alien | |
| 286. |
But when to their feminine rage the indignation of the people is added, when the ignorant and the poor are aroused, when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow, it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment. What does “mow” mean in this context ? |
| A. | To grimace |
| B. | To bleat like sheep |
| C. | To lift heavy things |
| D. | To cut grass |
| Answer» B. To bleat like sheep | |
| 287. |
But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. This victim is killed because of_____________? |
| A. | A letter |
| B. | His clouded eye |
| C. | His pact with the devil |
| D. | His loud heart beat |
| Answer» C. His pact with the devil | |
| 288. |
Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” took place in_______________? |
| A. | The Rocky Mountains. |
| B. | The Appalachian Mountains. |
| C. | The Sierra Nevada Mountains. |
| D. | The Sierra Madre Mountains. |
| Answer» D. The Sierra Madre Mountains. | |
| 289. |
Black English is the creation of the____________________? |
| A. | Linguistics Society |
| B. | Unites States of American -English |
| C. | Black Diaspora Association |
| D. | Black Diaspora |
| Answer» E. | |
| 290. |
Black Boy is an autobiographical account of whose Southern boyhood ? |
| A. | Thomas |
| B. | Pynchon |
| C. | John Dos Passos |
| D. | Saul Bellow |
| Answer» C. John Dos Passos | |
| 291. |
Berryman’s The Ball Poem can be categorized as a_______________? |
| A. | Confessional poem |
| B. | Metaphorical poem |
| C. | Fragmental poem |
| D. | Delusional poem |
| Answer» B. Metaphorical poem | |
| 292. |
Before humans were sold as commodities, what item was highly sought after in West Africa ? |
| A. | Diamonds |
| B. | Land |
| C. | Gold |
| D. | Gasoline |
| Answer» D. Gasoline | |
| 293. |
Before advocating on behalf of the enslaved in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel Sewall participated in what early American crisis event ? |
| A. | Mayflower compact |
| B. | Salem Witch Trails |
| C. | No involvement |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. No involvement | |
| 294. |
Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to illustrate the evils of_________________? |
| A. | Alcohol |
| B. | Slavery |
| C. | Foreign |
| D. | Imperialism |
| Answer» C. Foreign | |
| 295. |
Bear is supposed to be brave, so how does Hare trick him into being afraid ? |
| A. | Hare told him of a large beast living near Bear’s home. |
| B. | Hare took out his quiver and showed him four arrows. |
| C. | Hare told thim that the country is full of wars. |
| D. | Hare threated to kill him. |
| Answer» C. Hare told thim that the country is full of wars. | |
| 296. |
Bartolome de Las Casas wrote_____________? |
| A. | The devastation of the indies |
| B. | Flor Y Canto |
| C. | A Very Old Man with Enormous wings |
| D. | Hopskotch |
| Answer» B. Flor Y Canto | |
| 297. |
At the end of Hare’s adventure with the headless bodies how does he turned them into “fast-fish.” ? |
| A. | The headless bodies served Hare fish. |
| B. | The headless bodies tried to abuse people so they were turned into ’fast-fish’ as a punishment. |
| C. | The headless bodies liked to eat fish. |
| D. | The headless bodies were actually creatures who evolved from fish so they were simply returned to their primordial state |
| Answer» C. The headless bodies liked to eat fish. | |
| 298. |
As I lay die_________________? |
| A. | Sherwood Anderson |
| B. | Langston Hugues |
| C. | William Faulkner |
| D. | Robert Lee Frost |
| Answer» D. Robert Lee Frost | |
| 299. |
As a boy, Frederick Douglass witnesses a scene that mortifies him and brings him face to face for the first time with the horrors of slavery. What is it ? |
| A. | Seeing his mother die |
| B. | Watching a slave get beaten to death |
| C. | Watching his aunt get whipped |
| D. | Watching his dad beat his mother |
| Answer» D. Watching his dad beat his mother | |
| 300. |
Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman was appeared in _______________? |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1947 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1950 |
| Answer» D. 1950 | |