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281. learn by going where I have to go. The poet learns of______________?
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A. going back to the state of depression

B. his errors and starts correcting them

C. Going back to his hometown

D. the final destination where he has to reach

282. The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, but in____________?
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A. Human voice

B. Soulful lyrics

C. Epic

D. Lyric

283. 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. Framing

B. Snaring

C. Hortatory sermon

D. Jamming

284. When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading?
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A. John Winthrop

B. Mayflower Compact

C. Samson Occcum

D. Benjamin Franklin

285. The following extract presents a suitable answer to the hacknied argument drawn by the defender of Slavery from the songs of the Slave, and is also a good specimen of the powers of observation and manly heart of the writer. The word hacknied is an old form of the word hackneyed. What does it mean ?
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A. Double meaning

B. Lacking in freshness and originality

C. Saddened

D. Blue-eyed

286. In which state is the Shelby farm located ?
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A. Kentucky

B. Mississipi

C. Tennessee

D. Alabama

287. Light in August ?
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A. Sherwood anderson

B. Langston Hughes

C. William Faulkner

D. T.S. elliot

288. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Emerson ?
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A. Father of american poetry

B. Father of Free verse

C. Father of American Liteature

D. Pro Slavery

289. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Walt Whitman ?
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A. Father of free verse

B. Father of American Poetry

C. Circumference

D. Both A and B

290. This group of Native Americans believed that corn was crucial to creation ?
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A. Teton

B. Cherokee

C. Utes

D. Navajo

291. Who is NOT considered to be a representative of the Southern Renaissance ?
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A. Tennessee Williams

B. T.S.Eliot

C. Robert Penn Warren

D. William Faulkner

292. This person wrote about a island that he called Colba, now known as Cuba______________?
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A. John Smith

B. Columbus

C. De Vaca

D. Coronado

293. For a time the narrator comforts Roderick by reading and painting with him; one of Rodericks paintings is described as follows: A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth. What later event in the story does this picture foreshadow ?
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A. The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion.

B. Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel.

C. The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion.

D. The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the mansion.

294. What vice does Tom attempt to convince Augustine Clare to renounce ?
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A. drinking

B. bribery

C. lying

D. gambling

295. What promise did Augustines sudden death prevent him from fulfilling ?
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A. Reuniting Tom with Aunt Chole

B. Relearning to pray

C. Overcoming his alcoholism

D. Freeing his slaves

296. She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen, plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her fathers peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. . . . She wore ornaments of pure yellow gold to set off her charms, and a provokingly short petticoat to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round. This is_______________?
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A. Katrina

B. Madeline

C. Faith

D. Magawisca

297. I knew him, however, as both mathematician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with reference to the circumstances by which he was surrounded. I knew him as a courtier, too, and as a bold intriguant. Such a man, I considered, could not fail to be aware of the ordinary political modes of action. Who is speaking ?
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A. Rip

B. Brom Bones

C. Dupin

D. Brown

298. Can this be so! cried goodman Brown, with a stare of amazement at his undisturbed companion. Howbeit, I have nothing to do with the governor and council they have their own ways, and are no rule for a simple husbandman, like me. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbathday and lecture-day! The word husbandman usually means farmer, but in this context it means something else what ?
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A. Cowboy

B. Rancher

C. Man of ordinary status

D. Male partner in a marriage

299. When there was a momentary calm in that tempestuous sea of sound, the leader gave the sign, the procession resumed its march. On they went, like fiends that throng in mockery around some dead potentate, mighty no more, but majestic still in his agony. On they went, in counterfeited pomp, in senseless uproar, in frenzied merriment, trampling all on an old mans heart. This is______________?
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A. A fairy tale

B. Historical fiction

C. A detective story

D. An autobiography

300. My present business, continued he, speaking with lofty confidence, is merely to inquire my way to the dwelling of my [relative]. There was a sudden and general movement in the room, which Robin interpreted as expressing the eagerness of each individual to become his guide. This passage exemplifies____________?
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A. Foregrounding

B. Ambiguity

C. Snaring

D. Jamming

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