151. Who is known as an anti-romantic novelist in the Romantic Age ?
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A. Jane Austen

B. William Hazlitt

C. Oliver Goldsmith

D. Charles Lamb

153. Slave narratives were shaped by_____________?
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A. Captivity narratives.

B. Abolitionist newspaper accounts.

C. African mythology.

D. Folktales.

154. The line Beauty is truth, truth beauty occurs in which one of Keats following poems_______________?
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A. None of these

B. Ode to Nightingale

C. Ode to Psyche

D. Ode to Grecian Urn
155. Edmund Spenser is a_________________?
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A. artist

B. dramatist

C. scientist

D. poet
156. Who wrote poem about Lucy ?
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A. S. T. Coleridge

B. P. B. Shelley

C. Lord Byron

D. William Wordsworth
157. The novel The Jungle Book is written by_______________?
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A. R. K. Narayan

B. Edin Blyton

C. H. G. Wells

D. Rudyard Kipling
159. The prose of the Romantic period had a tendency to_______________?
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A. Be brooding and meditative. own personality

B. Advance a single system to the public

C. Allow the writer to draw on his

D. Objectify the issue in terms of a cause
160. Arna Bontempss A Summer Tragedy attacks the institution of________________?
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A. Segregation.

B. Prostitution.

C. Sharecropping.

D. Slavery.

161. Shakespeare was born in_______________?
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A. 1570

B. 1590

C. None of these

D. 1564
162. Who is the author of India Wins Freedom ?
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A. Nehru

B. Abul Kalam Azad

C. Ghandhi

D. Jinnah

163. Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________?
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A. Make his written inaccessible to white audiences

B. Challenge American stereotypes about race

C. To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers

D. Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English

164. Firdausi was the poet of________________?
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A. English

B. Persian

C. Italy

D. French

165. Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________?
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A. He was trying to overcome his fears of powerful men.

B. He wanted to show African American males how not to live.

C. He was proud of all the African American men he had seen stand up to Whites.

D. He had known many Biggers in his life.
166. The central idea of Ozymandias is that______________?
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A. all things, both great and small,will perish

B. man is mortal,art immortal

C. imagination is stronger than fact

D. history repeats

167. Sekou Sundiata is considered what kind of poet ?
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A. A classical poet

B. A traditional poet

C. A performance poet

D. A Modernist poet

168. Hardys Nature is_____________?
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A. Indifferent

B. Vindictive

C. None of these

D. Friendly

169. The importance of Lucy Terrys Bars Flight is________________?
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A. The poem is filled with Christian symbolism.

B. The fact that the poem is the most accurate account of the 1742 Indian-White engagement in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

C. The poems form of rhymed tetrameter couplets.

D. The poem shows her future work as a advocate of civil rights.

170. Which on of the following is first long poem in English ?
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A. The Seafarer

B. The Wanderer

C. Beowulf

D. Dream of the Road

171. What source did David Walker rely on the most for support in Appeal in Four Articles ?
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A. Abolitionist newspapers.

B. Greek history.

C. The Bible.

D. Slave narratives.

172. Who is the writer of The Augustan Period ?
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A. Thomas Hobbes

B. Robert Herrick

C. Samuel Richardson

D. Jeremy Taylor

173. In Chapter XV of William Wells Browns Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?
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A. B and C

B. A and B

C. The heroine has to balance autonomy with self-denial.

D. The heroine conquers her passions.

E. The scene invokes audience sympathy.

174. In the United States, Reconstruction_______________?
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A. Describes the rebuilding after World War I.

B. Took place only in the North.

C. Refers to the Civil Rights movement.

D. Is the time period that followed the Civil War.
175. In The Gift of the Magi Della is presented as_____________?
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A. a loving wife

B. a sacrificing wife

C. a snobbish wife

D. a hypocritical wife

176. Etheridge Knights Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane, what is Hard Rocks function in the prison ?
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A. To win money by fighting.

B. To keep the Blacks and Whites separated.

C. To do what the other inmates were afraid to do.

D. To help the other inmates escape.

177. Who wrote Shakespeares Later Comedies ?
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A. Dr.Johnsofl

B. A.C. Bradley

C. Palmer D.J.

D. None of these

178. The LotusEaters was written by________________?
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A. Browning

B. None of these

C. Blake

D. Tennyson
180. Find the Odd man out ?
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A. Drama of Ideas : T. S. Eliot

B. Ulysses : James Joyce

C. Riders to the Sea : John Millington Synge

D. A Full Moon in March : W. B. Yeats

181. For Booker T. Washington, racial uplift means_______________?
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A. Separating Blacks by income level

B. Allowing Whites to help African

C. Calling for violent uprisings.

D. ricans to reach their potential.</strong>

E. Rejecting all White assistance.

182. The trickster figure is usually_______________?
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A. Amoral (neither good nor evil)

B. Evil

C. None of these

D. Christian

183. Eliot worked for Faber and Faber as a/an_______________?
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A. director

B. Editor e none of these

C. assistant

D. writer

184. In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is________________?
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A. a sacrilegious man

B. none of these

C. a high ranking man

D. an ordinary man

185. The earliest play written by Shakespeare according to Oxford Shakespeare 1988 is______________?
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A. As you Like it

B. Two Gentlemen of Verona

C. Titus Andronicus

D. The Taming of the Shrew

186. Harriet Jacobs slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowes abolitionist novel Uncle Toms Cabin in what way ?
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A. Stowes novel is sentimental.

B. Stowe describes the treatment of slaves.

C. Stowe describes the escape of slaves.

D. Uncle Toms Cabin was used by abolitionists.

187. Famous Irish poet and dramatist is______________?
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A. H.G. Wells

B. L. Tolstoy

C. W.B. Yeats

D. A. Pope

188. Spirituals like Go Down Moses were important to African Americans because_______________?
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A. They helped them do their work faster.

B. They were based on African songs.

C. They showed that a hero would deliver them from slavery.

D. They gave hope that God would deliver them from slavery.
189. What do you mean by Archaism ?
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A. obsolete words

B. literary words

C. modern mode of words

D. up-to-date words

190. Justice delayed is justice denied was stated by______________?
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A. Emerson

B. Shakespeare

C. Disraeli

D. Gladstone
191. The shepherd in The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is_________________?
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A. sentimental

B. irresponsible

C. romantic

D. practical

192. Which one is not a science fiction writer_________________?
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A. Victor Hugo

B. H. G. Wells

C. Hugo Gernsback

D. Jules Verne

193. In Chapter XV of William Wells Browns Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
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A. To keep the lice away.

B. So that the other slaves would get along with her.

C. So she could sell it.

D. The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.
194. Which year William Shakespeare was born ?
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A. 1923 AD

B. 1773 AD

C. 1564 AD

D. 1809 AD

195. The quality of Mercy is not strained the line is taken from________________?
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A. Merchant of Venice

B. Two gentleman of Verona

C. Midsummers Night Dream

D. Anthony and Cleopatra

196. Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?
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A. Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.

B. Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.

C. Narration of a deserved punishment.

D. The authors father is often a white man.
198. Hardy is a__________________?
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A. None of these

B. Mystic

C. Meliorist

D. Pessimist
199. Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except______________?
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A. To pray for deliverance

B. To show that they were content in their work

C. To ease their pain

D. To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners

200. The subject of Soujourner Truths Aint I a Woman is_______________?
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A. The rights of farm hands.

B. The right to keep ones children.

C. Negro rights.

D. A and B.

E. Womens rights.