52. Which one is not by Shakespeare ?
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A. True is it that we have seen betting days.

B. Nature teaches beasts to know their friends.

C. None of these.

D. Knowledge is power.
53. Who is the author of The Rape of Bangladesh ?
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A. G. B. Shaw

B. Anthony Mascarenhas

C. Mathew Arnold

D. Alexander Dumas

54. W.E.B. Du Bois argued that a liberal arts college education was needed for______________?
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A. Only White Americans.

B. African American women.

C. All African Americans.

D. The Talented Tenth.
55. Although different in tone, Soujourner Truths Aint I a Woman and David Walkers Appeal in Four Articles are similar in what way ?
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A. Their belief that women should have equal rights.

B. Their appeals to Christians.

C. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves.

D. Their belief in necessary violence.

56. In Chapter 11 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, how does Malcolm X survive prison ?
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A. Fighting.

B. Getting an education.

C. Contacting famous authors.

D. Making friends with the guards.

57. What the term Elegy refers ?
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A. a song of pleasure

B. a song of lamentation

C. a hymn

D. a praiseworthy song

58. Slave owners resisted abolition for what reason ?
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A. A and C.

B. B and C.

C. Slaves outnumbered non-slaves and might rebel.

D. Slaveholders objected to losing leisure time.

E. Slaveholders felt economic security rested on the system of slavery.

59. Which is called the Golden Period of English Literature?
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A. Restoration Period

B. Elizabethan Age

C. Victorian Age

D. Augustan Age

60. Who of the following was both a poet and painter ?
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A. Donne

B. William Blake

C. Spenser

D. Keats

61. All of the following are characteristics of the African American tradition of the toast except_____________?
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A. Toasting is a male event

B. Toasting is oral

C. Toasting glorifies women

D. Toasting provides cultural identification

62. In Nella Larsens novel Passing, why is Clare afraid to have another child ?
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A. She almost died in childbirth with her first child.

B. She is afraid it may have dark skin.

C. She doesnt want to lose her figure.

D. Her husband has threatened to leave her.

63. Adonis is modeled on________________?
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A. None of these

B. Bions lament for Adonis

C. Lycidas

D. In Memoriam

64. In Gwendolyn Brooks poem, kitchenette building, what is most important to the buildings inhabitants ?
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A. Getting food on the table.

B. Having a bathroom with warm water.

C. Following ones dreams.

D. Finding a mate.

66. Uncle Julius is a character developed by______________?
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A. Richard Wright

B. Joel Chandler Harris

C. Charles Chesnutt

D. Harriet Beecher Stowe

68. Who is the writer of Vision of Sin ?
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A. William Shakespeare

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. A. Lord Tennyson

D. George Bernard Shaw

69. Paradise Lost was written by__________________?
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A. Robert Browning

B. W B Yeats

C. Mathew

D. John Milton
70. Which University presented the Pulitzer Prize_______________?
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A. Columbia University

B. Harvard University

C. New York University

D. Yale University

71. The poet of Romantic Age is_______________?
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A. John Keats

B. John Milton

C. None of these

D. D.H. Lawrence

72. Catharsis refers to the term_______________?
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A. characters in play

B. animals in play

C. sympathy to others

D. arouse of pity and fear
75. Why is the couple in Arna Bontempss A Summer Tragedy getting dressed up ?
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A. To go pay old man Stevenson.

B. To end their lives.

C. To go to church.

D. To go to a party.

76. Emile Zola is a famous__________________?
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A. French Novelist

B. American Novelist

C. Irish novelist

D. English novelist

77. Who is the writer of Lorna Doone ?
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A. Blackmore

B. T. S. Eliot

C. H.G. Wells

D. Jane Austen

78. Alice Walkers story, Everyday Use, includes which Womanist concern ?
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A. The importance of men to the African American family.

B. The importance of African American craftsmanship.

C. The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.

D. The importance of African religious influence in America.

79. Who is the writer of Comedy of Errors ?
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A. Ben Jhonson

B. William Shakespeare

C. T S Eliot

D. G B Shaw

80. Simile is the direct comparison between two________________?
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A. contradictory things

B. elaborate comparison

C. dissimilar things

D. similar things
81. Who is the Author of the Book As u Like it?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Coleridge

C. Thomas Hardy

D. William Shakespear
82. The narrator of Langston Hughess Weary Blues is describing__________________?
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A. African American toasting on a city street corner.

B. Blues being played in a Harlem bar.

C. Negro spirituals being sung in the cotton fields.

D. The call and response of an African American church congregation.

83. What do you mean by Diction ?
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A. choice of characters

B. choice of rhythms

C. choice of words for writing

D. choice of simile and metaphor

84. The University Wits were_______________?
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A. Novelists

B. Playwrights

C. Poets

D. None of these

85. Native Son was written by___________________?
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A. Ralph Ellison.

B. Richard Wright.

C. James Baldwin.

D. Jean Toomer.

86. David Walkers Appeal in Four Articles argues that_________________?
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A. The races should not intermarry.

B. Blacks should return to Africa.

C. Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery.

D. Blacks have the duty to resist slavery.
87. Race relations in the North are attacked in_______________?
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A. Toni Morrisons Beloved.

B. Harriet Wilsons Our Nig.

C. William Wells Browns Clotel.

D. Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

88. African American dialects grew out of_______________?
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A. The 1960s protest movements

B. Slaves attempts to keep their conversations secret

C. The attempts of African slaves to communicate with each other

D. Slave owners teaching slaves Elizabethan English

89. Novel which is not written by D. H Lawrence ?
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A. Ullysses

B. Sons and Lovers

C. Lady Chatterleys Lover

D. The Rainbow

90. In 125th Street and Abomey, Audre Lorde references images from ________________?
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A. African mythology.

B. African American folktale.

C. Contemporary female artists.

D. Greek mythology.

91. The Novel of Lawrence banned by the government was_________________?
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A. Lady Chatterleys Lover

B. The Rainbow

C. Women in Love

D. Sons and Lovers

92. Who is the author of Animal Farm ?
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A. Thomas More

B. George Orwell

C. Charles Dickens

D. Boris Pasternak

94. Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ?
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A. Lucy Terry

B. William Wells Brown

C. Harriet Wilson

D. Harriet Jacobs
95. Who is the writer of the poem Andrea Del Sarto ?
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A. Robert Browning

B. Wordsworth

C. Shelley

D. William Shakespeare

96. Lapis Lazuli is __________________?
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A. None of these

B. A Poem

C. Drama

D. A Poem
97. Who is of the following both a poet and a novelist?
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A. Thomas Hardy

B. Karl Mark

C. R. L. Stevenson

D. George Eliot

98. Hamlet and Oedipus was written by_______________?
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A. Earnest Jones

B. Dover Wilson

C. Freud

D. Bradley

99. Who wrote the poem Solitary Reaper ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. P. B Shelley

100. Martin Luther King, Jr.s Letter from Birmingham Jail, King advocates_______________?
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A. Waiting for times to get better.

B. Using violence when necessary.

C. Disobeying unjust laws.

D. Breaking the law.