101. One of the functions of protest poetry was to________________?
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A. Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone.

B. Encourage societies strive for equality for all.

C. Urge African Americans to fight their oppressors.

D. Extol the virtues of living in the free North.

102. not of an age, but for all time-was told about Shakespeare by whom ?
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A. King Henry

B. Marlowe

C. John Milton

D. Ben Johnson
103. Wordsworth was appointed as poet Laureate in_______________?
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A. 1846

B. none of these

C. 1843 b1844

D. 1845

104. All that glitters is not gold. You have heard often this told. This maxim is included in Shakespeares__________________?
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A. None of these

B. Shakespeares Much ado about nothing.

C. Shakespeares Tempest

D. Merchant of Venice / Shakespeares
105. Although Charles Johnsons Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?
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A. Its characters movement from slavery to freedom.

B. The novels sensationalist scenes of violence.

C. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.

D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.

106. Who is the author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?
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A. S. T. Coleridge

B. Sir Walter Scott

C. W. Somerset Maugham

D. William Wordsworth

107. The Rainbow is a novel written by______________?
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A. Virginia Woolf

B. E.M. Forster

C. D.H. Lawrence

D. Hemingway

108. Negative Capability to Keats, means_______________?
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A. None of these

B. The ability to sympathize with other

C. To empathize

D. Say bad thing, about others

109. Who is the author of For Whom the Bell Tolls ?
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A. Ernest Hemingway

B. Charles Dickens

C. Lord Tennison

D. Homer

110. The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurstons Sweat was influenced by______________?
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A. Her best friend.

B. Her job as a waitress.

C. Her relationship with a patron.

D. Her mother.

111. In Lucille Cliftons wishes for son, the narrator lists what wishes her sons ?
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A. That they learn from her mistakes.

B. That they have richer lives than hers.

C. That they experience all the pain and embarrassment of being a woman.

D. That they have all they ever wished for themselves.

112. Who is the first great modernist of English Literature ?
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A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Roger Bacon

C. Robert Browning

D. Cynewulf
113. Which of the following is a 19th century woman novelist?
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A. Ezra Pound

B. Emily Dickinson

C. George Eliot

D. Virginia Woolf

114. The age tended to favour the taste and search for truth in art______________?
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A. Victorian

B. Classical

C. Romantic

D. Elizabethan

115. The genre Octavia Butlers Bloodchild is______________?
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A. Horror.

B. Science Fiction.

C. Tragedy.

D. Mystery.

116. What does the term passing mean ?
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A. The ability of an African American to live as a White person.

B. To leave ones past behind.

C. To do well on ones schoolwork.

D. To gain approval from ones community.

117. The statue of Ozymandias is______________?
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A. in a desert

B. in a valley

C. on a mountain

D. beside a river

118. In Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man, living underground is symbolic of_____________?
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A. The narrators attempt to stay out of prison.

B. The narrators attempt to stay hidden.

C. The narrators desire to be safe.

D. The narrators invisibility to society.
119. Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________?
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A. Showed that African Americans couldnt speak properly.

B. Perpetuated stereotypes

C. Strengthened the African Americans place in the world of literature

D. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences

120. Who accuses Arnold of high pamphleteering ?
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A. I. A. Richards

B. Pater

C. Eliot

D. F. R. Leavis
121. In Octavia Butlers Bloodchild, The Tlick keep the humans happy by_______________?
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A. Paying them very well.

B. Freeing the males after they are hosts.

C. Letting them choose their own mates.

D. Supplying them with narcotic eggs.
122. In Charles Chesnutts The Goophered Grape Vine, why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?
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A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.

B. To explain his religious views.

C. To amuse the narrators sickly wife.

D. So they wont interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.
123. Hyperion is a/an poem_________________?
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A. Epic

B. None of these

C. Lyric

D. Elegy

124. According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., reconstructing black people into the New Negro has been a matter of_______________?
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A. A struggle ongoing since 1619.

B. All of the above

C. Working against the existing racist stereotypes.

D. Redefining black people in terms of a presence, not an absence.

125. Why did Marcus Garvey spearhead the Back to Africa Movement ?
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A. He was asked by African countries to bring African Americans to Africa.

B. He had to leave the country.

C. Because in was cheaper to live in Africa.

D. Because he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
126. The Day Duke Raised by Quincy Troupe is a jazz poem because______________?
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A. The poem can be set to music.

B. There is repetition.

C. The references to jazz songs and musicians.

D. The poems rhythmic lines.
127. Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?
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A. How slavery was worse for men.

B. How females were affected by slavery.

C. That female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.

D. That female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.

128. In Paul Laurence Dunbars When Malindy Sings, what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
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A. Cakewalk tunes.

B. Jazz.

C. Gospel.

D. Blues.

129. Lucy Gray is a poem written by_______________?
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A. All of these

B. Keats

C. None of these

D. Wordsworth
130. According to Larry Neal, the primary goal of the Black Arts Movement is_______________?
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A. To speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of African Americans.

B. To raise awareness of violence in African American youth.

C. To support the Back to Africa Movement.

D. To raise money for Sickle Cell Anemia research.

131. What is Epistolary Novel ?
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A. a Novella

B. a novel personal feelings

C. a novel of short length

D. a novel of correspondence among the characters
132. Dickens first novel which focused on the specific social ills was______________?
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A. oliver twist

B. the Christmas carol

C. a tale of two cities

D. Great Expectations
133. What is the term Utopia ?
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A. an ideal state which does not exist in real

B. a day dreamer

C. a lotus eater

D. a hat of a king

134. Undo this Button is a line from Shakespeares________________?
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A. Othello

B. Julius Caeser

C. Hamlet

D. King Lear
135. The most important tenet of the Black Arts Movements is________________?
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A. African American art should exclude women.

B. African American literature should replicate educated White language.

C. African American art should subvert the art of Europeans and White Americans.

D. African American images should inspire African Americans.
136. In which city the play of Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is set in_________________?
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A. none of these

B. Turin

C. Verona

D. Milan

137. Gunter Grass got Nobel Prize in________?
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A. 2000

B. 1997

C. 1998

D. 1999
138. Who is the author of Man and Superman ?
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A. George Bernard Shaw

B. Leo Tolstoy

C. W. Shakespeare

D. Charles Dickens

139. Tennyson was_____________?
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A. a romantic

B. a Victorian

C. a PreRaphaelite

D. none of these

140. Paradise Lost was written by________________?
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A. Milton

B. Shakespeare

C. Coleridge

D. Keats

141. What the term Renaissance refers ?
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A. revival or rebirth

B. presentation

C. representation

D. rebel

142. Earnest Hemingway got Nobel Prize for_________?
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A. Life of Pea (Ryan Martel)

B. A Farewell to Arms

C. Old Man and the Sea

D. Man and Superman

143. Alice Walkers novels often explore the abuse experienced by African American women. What is the only abuse Celie does not experience The Color Purple ?
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A. Betrayal by her community.

B. Betrayal by a family member.

C. Betrayal by the educational system.

D. Betrayal by her sister.
144. Who wrote the book Lord Jim: A Tale ?
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A. Rudyard Kipling

B. Oscar Wilde

C. Joseph Conrad

D. Thomas Hardy

145. T. Hardy is_______________?
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A. A social reformer

B. A fatalist

C. A satirist

D. A lover of nature

146. Childe Harold was written by_______________?
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A. Byron

B. None of these

C. Shelley

D. Tennyson

147. Which one is the worlds longest running play______________?
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A. Othello

B. The Mousetrap

C. Macbeth

D. Romeo and Juliet

148. The back to Africa movement was primarily about______________?
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A. Writers who took African themes for their work.

B. Completing an oppressed peoples quest for freedom, liberty and democracy.

C. Bringing African culture to the United States.

D. Leaving the African peoples alone.

149. Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?
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A. In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.

B. So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.

C. So that the author could be assured he wouldnt be recaptured.

D. So the author could get paid.

150. Who introduced the character of the tragic mulatto ?
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A. William Wells Brown

B. Lydia Maria Child

C. Harriet Beecher Stowe

D. Harriet Jacobs