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141. William Bradfords Of Plymouth Plantation exemplifies what genre of early American writing ?
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A. Free verse poem

B. Journal

C. Spiritual diary

D. Slave narrative

142. The Weary Blues______________?
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A. Langston Hues

B. William Faulkner

C. Carl Sandburg

D. Sherwood anderson

143. The populace think that your rejection of popular standards is a rejection of all standard, and mere antinomianism and the bold sensualist will use the name of philosophy to gild his crimes. But the law of consciousness abides. There are two confessionals, in one or the other of which we must be shriven. What is antinomianism ?
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A. Doctrine of Stoicism

B. Doctrine of Materialism

C. Doctrine of salvation by faith alone

D. Doctrine of Gnosticism

144. In Talbot county, Eastern Shore, Maryland, near Easton, the county town of that country, there is a small district of country, thily populated, and remarkable for nothing that I know of more than for the worn-out, sandy, deserts-like appearance of its soil, the general dilapidation of its farms and fences, the indigent and spiritless character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence of ague and fever. What does dilapidation mean ?
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A. Decrease

B. Hunger or famine

C. Derivation

D. Neglect or decray

145. The black language holds great importance for the_____________?
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A. identity of Blacks in The United States

B. Black community in America

C. restoration of a language

D. Survival and continuation of the Black community

146. Which of Upton Sinclairs books is about the meat-packing industry ?
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A. The Jungle

B. Arrowsmith

C. Elmer Gantry

D. Main Street

147. Which statement below best paraphrases what John Winthrop meant when he declared that the MBC would be as a city upon a hill ?
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A. Woman have no role in society

B. Only men should work

C. Religious freedom

D. Everyone has a role in society

148. About the Iroquois_______________?
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A. Powerful enemy of the Delaware tribe

B. The tribe drafted a constitution to define the governance of their society

C. All the above

D. Dekonawidah planted the Tree of Great Peace

149. What does George Shelby give Uncle Tom to wear on a string around his neck before Tom is taken away ?
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A. A crucifix

B. A locket

C. A dollar

D. A ring

150. Yes, when the stars glistend, All night long on the prong of a moss-scallopd stake, Down almost amid the slapping waves, Sat the lone singer wonderful causing tears. What is a prong ?
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A. An adumbration

B. An edgy platform

C. Other side

D. A pointed, projected part of something

151. Native Son (1940) is written by_____________?
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A. Jean Toomer

B. Richard Wright

C. Ralph Ellison

D. Stephen Crane

152. Which one is a great patriotic poem by Frost ?
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A. Mending Wall

B. Directive

C. The Gift Outright

D. Birches

153. The ambitious spirits of his brother chieftain Sassacus, had ever aspired to dominion over the allied tribes and immediately after the appearance of the English, the same temper was manifest in a jealousy of their encroachments. He employed all his art and influence and authority, to unite the tribes for the extirpation of the dangerous invaders. Mononotto, on the contrary, averse to all hostility, and foreseeing no danger from them, was the advocate of a hospitable reception, and pacific conduct. What does extirpation mean ?
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A. Extermination

B. Execution

C. Expatriating

D. Going to extremes

154. And then hopped sidewise to the Wall. Here the poet personifies the bird as a______________?
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A. Protector

B. Gentleman

C. Hierarchical views of man

D. Predator

155. What ritual does the character resembling the devil attempt to perform in the woods, with goodman Brown as the object ?
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A. A christening

B. A conversion

C. A baptism

D. A wedding

156. Where does Tom first meet Eva ?
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A. In Memphis

B. In New Orleans

C. On a ferry

D. On a river boat

157. Which is one of the five tenants of Puritanism ?
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A. Unconditional love

B. Total equality

C. Irresistible grace

D. Individualism

158. Stopping on a snowy Evening_____________?
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A. Sherwood Anderson

B. Robert Frost

C. Countee Cullen

D. Langston Hugues

159. What statement below best sums up the literary significant of Maria Stewart ?
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A. All the above

B. First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience

C. Most popular slave narrative

D. First African American to publish life writing Most popular native American writer

160. The emagery in the poem is_________________?
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A. Mystical

B. Naturalistics

C. Supernatural

D. Deterministic

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