2051. Picture must not be too picturesque. Emerson here means pictures must_______________?
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A. be simple and plain

B. not be too scenic

C. not dazzle

D. capture our soul

2052. What is the main goal of ethnic criticism ?
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A. To bring attention to false Euro-centric paradigms

B. To reconcile cultural identity with individual identity

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. To rectify the double experiences of certain racial groups

2053. In her essay The Laugh of the Medusa, what does Hlne Cixous suggest for women ?
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A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.

B. Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying womens literature from the past.

2054. The term Electra Complex has originated from a tragedy entitled Electra. Who is the author of his tragedy ?
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A. Seneca

B. Euripides

C. Aeschylus

D. Sophocles
2055. What does Judith Butler mean when she suggests that gender is performed ?
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A. Gender does not reflect an essential truth, but rather is a role people play based on their internalization of socially constructed gender roles.

B. Real gender roles are scripted by excellent writers.

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Gender roles do not exist.

2056. 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 ?
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A. Cotton Mather

B. Geoffrey Crayon

C. Brom Bones

D. Diedrich Knickerbocker

2057. According to Hares Adventure, how does he get his burnt buttocks ?
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A. He was born that way

B. Grandmother burned him with a hot poker for being so mischievous

C. Hare caught his own tale on fire trying to cook himself some dinner

D. His buttocks was scorched by the sun which he had caught in a trap
2058. Who was the most illustrious pupil of Plato ?
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A. Longinus

B. Aristotle

C. Socrates

D. Aristophanes

2059. The pervading metaphor in the story is___________________?
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A. the old waiter

B. the old man

C. a clean well-lighted place

D. liquor

2060. Maria Stewart is associated with what major American literary movement ?
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A. Nationalism

B. Idealism

C. Romanticism

D. Slavery

2061. Henry David Thoreau lived for a while_______________?
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A. At Willow Pond.

B. At Lake Tahoe.

C. At the Feather River.

D. At Walden Pond.
2062. This mode of discourse presents details that appeal to the senses______________?
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A. Description

B. Persuation

C. Metaphor

D. Narration

2063. The poem Chicago is written by________________?
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A. Carl Sandburg

B. E.E. Cummings

C. Carlos William

D. Ezra Pound

2064. Which is one of the five tenants of Puritanism ?
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A. Total equality

B. Unconditional love

C. Irresistible grace

D. Individualism

2065. Which school of literary theory shows a particular interest in the role of testimony in literature ?
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A. Formalism

B. Chaos theory

C. Trauma theory

D. Ecotheory

2066. A good definition of American Realism is________________?
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A. A sad and depressing view of reality.

B. A romantic portrayal of life.

C. An examination of the countryside versus the city.

D. An examination of life as it actually is.
2067. What job does Uncle Tom perform at the St. Clare plantation ?
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A. Cook

B. Groomsman

C. Valet

D. Head Coachman
2068. According to the myth, which of the following are likely hunting preparation rituals that the Winnebago perform ?
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A. All of the above

B. Entering into a trance to commune with the spirits of the natural world.

C. Burning tobacco as an offering

D. Singing songs

2069. A factual account of the development of a people, nation, institution or culture_____________?
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A. Tradition

B. Constitution

C. Myth

D. History
2070. Which of the following is a theme of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwicks book Epistemology of the Closet ?
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A. Literary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture.

D. Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture.

2071. Wines Burg Ohio______________?
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A. Sherwood Anderson

B. William Faulkner

C. Carl Sanburg

D. Robert Lee Frost

2072. Usher can only stand types of noises in his acutely uncomfortable state. The narrator describes a number of impromptus that Usher plays for him on which instrument ?
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A. The ukulele

B. The harp

C. The guitar

D. The violin

2073. Coleridges Biographia Literaria appeared in the year ?.
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A. 1817

B. 1818

C. 1718

D. 1717

2074. Bear is supposed to be brave, so how does Hare trick him into being afraid ?
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A. Hare threated to kill him.

B. Hare took out his quiver and showed him four arrows.

C. Hare told thim that the country is full of wars.

D. Hare told him of a large beast living near Bears home.

2075. Arnold summarises the rule of English criticism in one word, in The Function Of Criticism. What is the word ?
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A. Purification

B. Disintrestedness

C. Civilization

D. Intresedness

2076. About Cotton Mather _______________?
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A. Fasted 450 times for sins he committed

B. B and C

C. Belonged to the Delaware tribe

D. Wrote about the trial of Martha Carrier

2077. Whom does St. Clare give to Ophelia to educate ?
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A. Eva

B. Emmeline

C. Prue

D. Topsy
2078. At the end of Hares adventure with the headless bodies how does he turned them into fast-fish. ?
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A. The headless bodies served Hare fish.

B. The headless bodies liked to eat fish.

C. The headless bodies tried to abuse people so they were turned into fast-fish as a punishment.

D. The headless bodies were actually creatures who evolved from fish so they were simply returned to their primordial state

2079. Who is the narrator in Melvilles Moby Dick ?
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A. Gabrial

B. Elijah

C. Ishmael

D. Captain Ahab

2080. Who wrote The sound and the furry ?
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A. Robert Lee frost

B. William Faulkner

C. Countee Cullen

D. Eugene O Neils

2081. Whom did the corn clan member pray to for help ?
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A. His dead uncle

B. His dead grandfather

C. His dead father

D. His dead grandmother

2082. Trauma theory is tremendously influenced by which theoretical school ?
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A. Feminism

B. Deconstruction

C. Psychoanalysis

D. Marxism

2083. Which of the following is a rule of semiotics ?
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A. All linguistic concepts evolve solely out of the responses of people within a specific historical era.

B. All linguistics is in some way related to class struggle.

C. All linguistic and social phenomena are texts, and the object of studying these texts is to reveal the underlying codes that make them meaningful.

D. All of the above answers are correct.

2084. What is TULIP ?
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A. Irresistible GraceE. Perseverance of the SaintsF. All of the above

B. Total depravity

C. Limited atonement

D. Unconditional election

2085. This mode of discourse attempts to convince someone______________?
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A. Persuasion

B. Promotion

C. Prejudice

D. Promise

2086. Parkers report to Margaret is_________________?
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A. straightforward and simple

B. painful and disgustingly low

C. complex and heart wrenching

D. simple and heartwarming
2087. According to Plato, what is the moral purpose of art ?
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A. To criticize society through satire

B. To connect human beings with a higher ideal

C. To entertain those who enjoy it

D. All of the above answers are correct.

2088. What does the priests sons prayers for the punishment of the tribes iniquities tell us about the Zuni tribe ?
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A. That the Zunis are afraid of earthquakes and floods

B. They are nosey and stays busy tending to other peoples business

C. That the Zunis like to make up stories for pure entertainment

D. The Zunis are spiritual and have a strong moral code that they live by and teach to their children
2089. According to the myth, how did frogs loose their teeth ?
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A. Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth.

B. Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.

C. Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg stew so she captured a frog and extracted its teeth one by one while chanting a Winnebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth.

D. Frogs never had any teeth.

2090. What is the meaning of the term Hamartia as used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy ?
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A. A weak trait in the character of the hero

B. Working of fate against the hero

C. A strong quality in the character of the hero

D. Tragic end of the tragedy

2091. Hawthornes ancestors are associated with what historical American event ?
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A. History of puritans

B. History of slavery

C. None of the above

D. Transcendentalism

2092. The cloud-spirits peeped from their silvery islands, as the congregated mirth went roaring up the sky! The Man in the Moon heard the far bellow. Oho, quoth he, the old earth is frolicsome to-night! This is_______________?
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A. A novel

B. An autobiography

C. A fairy tale

D. Gothic fiction
2093. Whom does Mr.Haley choose from among Shelbys slaves ?
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A. Eliza and Harry

B. Uncle Tom and Eliza

C. Uncle Tom and Harry

D. Uncle Tom and Cassy

2094. Why do you think the uncle was named the Unnatural Uncle ?
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A. The Eskimos felt that family was important and to try to harm a family member was not normal or natural

B. All Eskimo myths name the antagonist the Unnatural Uncle

C. Since this tale is from the oral tradition, the characters had no names and when the myth was written down this is the name that was given

D. The pronunciation of Eskimo names are impossible so the author decided that this was easy for the reader

2095. In Fredric Jamesons book The Political Unconscious, what does Jameson suggest about literature ?
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A. Politics and the economy are the most important factors in literary analysis

B. Biography is essential to literary analysis

C. History comprises the essential framework for the performance of literary analysis

D. All of the above answers are correct.

2096. Who was the first black woman who win the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
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A. Frances Harper

B. Jane Austin

C. Ann Petry

D. Toni Morrison
2097. Who wrote Barn burning ?
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A. Tennesse Williams

B. Eugene O Neils

C. William Faulkners

D. Rober Lee frost

2098. What story tells how Squanto taught the settler to grow corn, procure commodities and fish ?
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A. Puritan Sermons

B. The story of Plymouth Plantation

C. Pride and Prejudice

D. General History of Virginia

2099. 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________________?
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A. Snaring

B. Jamming

C. Hortatory sermon

D. Framing

2100. By 1600 Holland had____________________?
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A. Emerged as a supreme power among the European countries

B. a huge collection of paintings and sculptures

C. many scholars and sceptics

D. the wisest men of the time