2151. Which statement best describes literary significance of William APess ?
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A. Indian Autobiography

B. Father of free verse

C. Father of American poetry

D. Both A and B
2152. Bret Hartes The Outcasts of Poker Flat took place in_______________?
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A. The Appalachian Mountains.

B. The Sierra Madre Mountains.

C. The Sierra Nevada Mountains.

D. The Rocky Mountains.

2153. Frosts poem The Road Not Taken is included in his poetical collection______________________?
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A. Mountain Interval

B. A Boys Will

C. A Witness Tree

D. North of Boston

2154. How does VirginiaWoolfs essay A Room of Ones Own contribute to feminist theory ?
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A. It suggests that gender roles are conditioned by the possession of money and power.

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. It suggests that the suppression of women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away.

D. It suggests that gender has power over class.

2156. Along the way, goodman Brown and the character who seems to be the devil meet three people______________?
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A. Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old goodman Brown.

B. Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister.

C. Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon Gookin.

D. The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin.

2157. The story is told from the point of view of________________?
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A. Mrs. Mallards sister Josephine

B. Mrs. Mallard

C. Mr. Mallard

D. a third person
2158. Define trickster tale ?
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A. A story about a mischievous, supernatural being

B. The struggle found in fiction

C. Giving human qualities to animals or objects

D. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work.

2159. Walt Whitmans style of writing is known as______________?
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A. Modernistic

B. Lethargic

C. Expressionistic

D. Experimental
2161. Uncle Toms Cabin was written by______________?
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A. Edith Wharton

B. Arthur Miller

C. Harriet Beecher Stowe

D. Edgar Allan Poe

2163. Who wrote The waste land ?
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A. William Faulkner

B. T.S. Elliot

C. Wallace Stevens

D. Langston Hues

2166. In which essay did Arnold say that for good literature to flourish two powers are necessary creative and the critical ?
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A. Essay on Wordsworth

B. The Function of Criticism

C. Preface to Eighteen Fifty Three poems

D. The Study of Poetry

2167. Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others ?
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A. Roland Barthess The Death of the Author

B. Judith Butlers Gender Trouble

C. Jacques Lacans The Mirror Stage . . .

D. W.E.B. Du Boiss The Souls of Black Folk

2168. Which member of the corn clan could not overlook the wrondoings of the rest of the clan ?
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A. The chiefs son

B. The priests son

C. The oldest member

D. The youngest member

2169. What does the narrator find at the end of the journey ?
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A. Field and works

B. Hills and highways

C. all are sleeping

D. Crusted snow and dead leaves
2170. The house of this Puritan poet burned down_____________?
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A. George Elliot

B. Anne Bradstreet

C. Elizabeth Browning

D. Eliza Snow

2172. Postmodern writing often uses and as literary devices ?
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A. Symbolism; Imagery.

B. Hyperbole; Personification.

C. Metaphors; verbal irony.

D. Black humor; metafiction.
2173. Thoreau places a sense of Upon the ants ?
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A. revenge and betrayal

B. honor and glory

C. meticulous faction

D. responsibility

2175. The phrase willing suspension of disbelief applies to which poet/critic ?
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A. Coleridge

B. Wordsworth

C. Charles Lamb

D. Joseph Conrad

2176. What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussures Course in General Linguistics ?
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A. Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements.

B. There are five phases of linguistic development.

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Language is inseparable from its historical context.

2178. Horace was a friend of_______________?
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A. Julius Caesar

B. Pompey

C. Emperor Augustus

D. Alexander the Great

2179. Dryden wrote An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. Is this ?
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A. An Essay

B. A Poetical Work

C. An Interlocution

D. A Drama

2180. Themes in modern literature are_____________?
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A. national identity

B. pretension

C. All the above

D. nostalgia

2181. Reader-response theory is focused on considering which of the following ?
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A. How readers regard critics

B. How readers imagine visual images in a text

C. How readers participate in creating the meaning of a text

D. How readers learn to read

2182. This governor was re-elected 30 times_________________?
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A. Bradford Nelson

B. Jonathan Edwards

C. Anne Bradstreet

D. William Bradford
2183. Which definition below best defines Transcendentalism ?
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A. Reason

B. Political thinking, philosophical, and social movement

C. Individualism

D. Deism, skepticism

2184. All works of the highest art are meant to______________?
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A. restore our skills for the art

B. instill in us the sense of the art

C. tingle our senses

D. stir our intellect
2186. This mode of discourse relates a story________________?
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A. Persuasion

B. Exposition

C. Narration

D. Fiction

2187. Who coined the phrase Lost Generation ?
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A. F. Scott Fitzserald

B. Gertude Stein

C. Sherwood Anderson

D. Hemingway

2189. Which statement below best defines the genre of Indian autobiography ?
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A. Genre that details life exerpeinces of white americans in early america and critiques american society to native americans.

B. Genre that details life experiences of native Americas in early America and critiques American society to native Americans.

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

2190. Jack Londons To Build a Fire contained foreshadowing, which means_____________?
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A. It had descriptions of shadows in the woods.

B. It contained clues to events yet to happen.

C. It was a moody and spooky story.

D. It took place at nightfall.

2192. Who wrote Mending wall ?
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A. Carl Sanburg

B. E.e cummings

C. Robert Lee Forst

D. T.S. Eliot

2193. Who has been teaching Uncle Tom to read ?
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A. Mr.Symmes

B. George

C. Haley

D. Eliza

2196. What type of myth is the tale The Jealous Uncle ?
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A. Trickster tale

B. Origin tale

C. A fable

D. Hero tale
2197. Apess concludes his piece by____________?
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A. Calling for Native Americans to declare themselves independent of the U.S. government

B. Predicting the Apocalypse

C. Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice

D. Declaring his intention to run for public office

2199. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Nathaniel Hawthorne ?
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A. All are correct

B. Scarlett letter

C. Popular early nosiest

D. Romantisum

2200. According to the tale, what horrible crime did the ucle commit ?
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A. He killed all of the male children

B. He killed all of the female children

C. He killed all of the old people

D. He killed all of the women