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american literature Mcqs

161. How old is Emmeline ?
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A. Fifteen

B. Thirteen

C. Seventeen

D. Ten

162. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of John Winthrop ?
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A. All are correct

B. non separating puritan

C. American myths

D. City upon a hill

163. What is the authors purpose in the Zuni origin tale The Flood ?
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A. To warn its youth about the consequences of promiscutiy and other inquities

B. To include the tribes favorite food, corn, into the myth

C. To explain how earthquakes came into existence

D. To explain how floods came into existence

164. Whom does Mr.Haley choose from among Shelbys slaves ?
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A. Eliza and Harry

B. Uncle Tom and Cassy

C. Uncle Tom and Eliza

D. Uncle Tom and Harry

165. In which state was Uncle Toms Cabin written ?
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A. Massachusetts

B. Ohio

C. Maine

D. Georgia

166. Let me for a few moments turn your attention to the reservations in the different states of New England, and, with but few exceptions, we shall find them as follows: the most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world a complete place of prodigality and prostitution. What does prodigality mean ?
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A. Wasteful extravagance

B. Redemption

C. Return from the dead

D. Promiscuity

167. Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts ?
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A. US Exceptionalism

B. Brother love/charity

C. None of the above

D. Democracy

168. Who wrote Heritage ?
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A. William Faulkner

B. Countiee cullen

C. T.S. Eliot

D. Wallace stevens

169. When the child finds that issues cannot be resolved in 30 minutes he______________?
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A. will adjust with reality

B. will find sources elsewhere

C. resigns to reality

D. becomes adamant and disillusioned

170. After Hare had destroyed all the bad animals what did he decide to do next ?
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A. He decided to go on his way and start a family of his own

B. The tale ended and the reader is not certain about what happened to bear

C. He decided to prepare some animals for humans to eat

D. He decided that there were more bad animals and set out to destroy the rest of them

171. The founder of Jamestown____________?
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A. John Stillwell

B. John Smith

C. John Stelzer

D. Johnathon Edwards

172. 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

173. About the Pima_______________?
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A. Legend From the Houses of Magic

B. Introduced domestic animals to the Navajo

C. Made houses of saplings bent into domes

D. B and C

174. The pervading metaphor in the story is___________________?
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A. a clean well-lighted place

B. the old man

C. the old waiter

D. liquor

175. What does the narrator of the story about Rip describe as the great error in Rips composition ?
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A. His unwillingness to work

B. His love of town gossip

C. His weakness for spirits

D. That he is henpecked by his wife

176. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. This work draws upon_____________?
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A. A European ghost story

B. A local ghost story

C. A European fairy tale

D. An Indian legend

177. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with the old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mothers heels, equipped in a pair of his fathers cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are galligaskins ?
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A. Underpants

B. Loose, wide breeches

C. A trench-coat

D. Long, wide petticoats

178. About John Smith_______________?
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A. A and B

B. In the General History of Virginia, attempted an objective, journalistic style

C. Exaggerated and embellish events and depicted Native Americans as barbaric

D. Was saved by Squanto

179. The Battle of the Ants is an excerpt from______________?
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A. Herald of Freedom

B. Civil Disobedience

C. Life without principle

D. Walden

180. How does Sam secretly alert Eliza to Mr.Haleys presence outside the inn ?
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A. Throws a rock

B. Sneezes loudly

C. Bucks his horse

D. Shouts about his hat

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