251. Brer Rabbit is an example of what kind of character ?
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A. Representation of the slave master

B. Victim

C. Trickster

D. Uncle Tom character who feels slavery is best for the African American

252. Which of the following is illustrative of Ruskins interest in social economy ?
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A. The Seven Lamps

B. Unto this Last

C. None of these

D. The Stones of Venice

254. The Excursion was written by________________?
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A. Coleridge

B. None of these

C. Blake

D. Shelley

256. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding was first published in______________?
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A. the first half of 19th century

B. 19th century

C. the 2nd half of 18th century

D. the first half of 18th century
257. Who is called the Bird of Avon ?
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A. John Dryden

B. William Shakespeare

C. None of these

D. John Milton

258. What do you mean by Stanza ?
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A. a division of story

B. a subdivision of a poem

C. a division of drama

D. a division of novel

259. What is an Epic ?
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A. a historical poem

B. a prose composition

C. a short poem

D. a long narrative poem
261. Yusef Komunyakaas Blue Dementia is an example of what kind of poetry ?
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A. Jazz poetry

B. Romantic poetry

C. Protest poetry

D. Lyric poetry

262. Who is the writer of the poem Nun Priests Tale ?
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A. Cynewulf

B. Shelley

C. Robert Browning

D. Geoffrey Chaucer
263. Adela is a character from_______________?
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A. Paradise Lost

B. Hamlet

C. A Passage to India

D. Doctor Faustus

264. Which poem of Tennyson was particularly like by Queen Victoria ?
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A. None of these

B. The Idylls of the kings

C. In Memoriam

D. Charge of the Light Brigade

265. In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide ?
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A. With a friend.

B. In the stables.

C. In a remote cabin.

D. Under the floorboards.

266. Wordsworth is a ______________ poet ?
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A. modern

B. Greek

C. romantic

D. classical

267. Who wrote the book Ivan Hoe ?
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A. Ernest Hemingway

B. R L Stevenson

C. Sir Walter Scott

D. O Henry

268. In Chapter XV of William Wells Browns Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
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A. She is one-eighth Black.

B. She cannot be a slave.

C. She is one-quarter Black.

D. She is White.

270. Who is the author of Heaven and Earth ?
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A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. William Wordsworth

D. Lord Tennyson

271. Which of the following is considered the first great work in world literature ___________?
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A. Brother Karamazov

B. Epic of Gilgamesh

C. Divine Comedy

D. Anna Karenina

272. In what way is Jane Toomers Cane an example of Modernism ?
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A. Its fractured, collage effect.

B. Its focus on landscape.

C. Its insistence on plot.

D. Its focus on modern city life.

273. A person who writes about his own life writes ______________?
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A. a chronicle

B. a biography

C. an autobiography

D. a diary

274. Why does Dee want the quilt in Alice Walkers Everyday Use ?
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A. She doesnt want Maggie to have it.

B. She loves the beauty of it.

C. She is proud of her heritage.

D. She wants to display it for her friends to see.
275. Who is known as the national poet of England_________________?
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A. John Keats

B. T. S. Eliot

C. William Shakespeare

D. William Wordsworth

277. What is an Effigy ?
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A. a sonnet

B. an image or dummy

C. a lamentation

D. a poem

278. Who is the writer of The Restoration Period ?
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A. Thomas Hobbes

B. Jeremy Taylor

C. Aphra Ben

D. Robert Herrick

279. Picture of Dorian Gray was written by__________________?
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A. George Eliot

B. Hardy

C. None of these

D. Oscar Wild
280. What was the Great Migration ?
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A. When slaves traveled the Underground Railroad.

B. When African Americans settled Liberia.

C. A period of time when African Americans moved North in large numbers.

D. When African Americans migrated to the South from the North.

281. In the poem When Malindy Sings, Paul Laurence Dunbar uses irony and caricature to signify on white assumptions about African Americans. What does Henry Louis Gates term signify mean ?
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A. Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers.

B. Making sure that what is written makes sense.

C. Fixing words with very specific meanings.

D. Lying to mislead the reader.

282. Who is the writer of The Two Voices ?
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A. A. Lord Tennyson

B. George Bernard Shaw

C. William Shakespeare

D. Christopher Marlowe

283. The mask in Paul Laurence Dunbars poem, We Wear the Mask, represents_____________?
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A. The carved masks of African gods.

B. Who the narrator wishes to be.

C. The persona that the characters show the world.

D. Characters from the Bible.

284. The importance of Freedoms Journal was____________?
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A. It was published by Frederick Douglass.

B. It argued for a separate African American community in America.

C. It was the first African American novel.

D. It was the first African American newspaper.
285. In writing Beloved, Toni Morrison drew on what for inspiration ?
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A. Slave narratives.

B. Her own memories of slavery.

C. The television series Roots.

D. Stories her grandmother told her.

287. The term Civil Disobedience was coined by which author ?
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A. Alain Locke

B. Henry David Thoreau

C. Booker T. Washington

D. William Gates

288. What is Robert Frost famous Journal ?
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A. The Atlantic Monthly

B. The Mountain Interval

C. The summers day

D. The Road not taken

291. Why was the drop of blood rule developed ?
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A. To keep the slave offspring of White slave owners from inheriting.

B. To make sure mothers of mixed-race children got custody.

C. To allow mixed-race children to get scholarships meant for African Americans.

D. To keep White slave owner parents of mixed-race offspring from having to pay for their children.

292. The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellisons Invisible Man is_____________?
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A. The theme of man against nature.

B. The theme of heredity.

C. Nature as an invisible force.

D. The theme of man against man.
293. Who is the author of the novel Passing ?
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A. Charles Chesnutt

B. William Wells Brown

C. James Weldon Johnson

D. Nella Larsen.
294. Satanic Verses is written by__________________?
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A. Arundhuti Roy

B. Jhumpa Lahiri

C. R.K. Narayan

D. Salman Rushdie
295. Prometheus Unbound is a lyrical drama by__________________?
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A. Shelley

B. Euripedes

C. Sophocles

D. Shakespeare

296. Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the relationship between Italian Futurism and its historical context ?
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A. The Italian Futurists lived within a quickly changing social world, and they praised speed.

B. Marinetti and other Italian Futurists supported Mussolinis fascism.

C. The Italian Futurists were fascinated by the age of electric and chemical power, and they praised the beauty of automobiles.

D. All of these answers
297. Thomas Hardy was brought up to the profession of_____________?
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A. Engraver

B. Architect

C. Sculptor

D. None of these

299. In Amy Lowells imagist poem, This Green Bowl, a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pounds Cantos, this poems dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?
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A. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowells poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.

B. Yes, Lowells detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.

C. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this

D. No, Lowells poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
300. Which book wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize__________________?
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A. The Luminaries

B. The White Tiger

C. Wolf Hall

D. The Sea