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1551English LiteratureMedium

The supportive network of female slaves led to________?

ALearning to be midwives.

Lower suicide rates.

CResistance to the overseers.

DResistance against dehumanization.

Correct answer

D. Resistance against dehumanization.

Explanation

The correct answer is Resistance against dehumanization..

1552English LiteratureMedium

One of the functions of protest poetry was to________?

AArgue that slavery was not so bad for everyone.

BExtol the virtues of living in the free North.

CEncourage societies strive for equality for all.

DUrge African Americans to fight their oppressors.

Correct answer

C. Encourage societies strive for equality for all.

Explanation

The correct answer is Encourage societies strive for equality for all..

1553English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following writers might be considered one of the early founders of firstwave feminism?

AMary Wollstonecraft

BLucy Irigaray

CJudith Butler

DHélène Cixous

Correct answer

A. Mary Wollstonecraft

Explanation

The correct answer is Mary Wollstonecraft.

1554English LiteratureMedium

In what decade did the \angry young men\come to prominence on the theatrical scene?

A1930s

B1910s

C1950s

D1970s

Correct answer

C. 1950s

Explanation

The correct answer is 1950s.

1555English LiteratureMedium

The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” was influenced by________?

AHer mother.

BHer job as a waitress.

CHer best friend.

DHer relationship with a patron.

Correct answer

D. Her relationship with a patron.

Explanation

The correct answer is Her relationship with a patron..

1556English LiteratureMedium

The term ‘the Palliser Novels’ is used to describe the political novels of ________?

AAnthony Trollope

BW. H. White

CB.Disraeli

DCharles Dickens

Correct answer

C. B.Disraeli

Explanation

The correct answer is B.Disraeli.

1557English LiteratureMedium

The English Civil War was waged between what two political groups?

ARoyalists and Parliamentarians

BParliamentarians and Roundheads

CAnarchists and Royalists

DRoyalists and Monarchists

Correct answer

A. Royalists and Parliamentarians

Explanation

The correct answer is Royalists and Parliamentarians.

1558English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote “Take up the White Man’s burden-/ Send forth the best ye breed-” in order to inspire Western Europeans to propagate benevolent, enlightened colonialism?

AWilliam Butler Yeats

BCharles Baudelaire

CRudyard Kipling

DNapoleon III

Correct answer

C. Rudyard Kipling

Explanation

The correct answer is Rudyard Kipling.

1559English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches?

AA bloody child.

BA child crowned, with a tree in his hand

CAn armed head

DA bloody dagger floating in mid-air.

Correct answer

D. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.

Explanation

The correct answer is A bloody dagger floating in mid-air..

1560English LiteratureMedium

Words which represent the sounds of their referents are called________?

AClipping

BOnomatopoeia

CMetanalysis

DPortmanteau

Correct answer

B. Onomatopoeia

Explanation

The correct answer is Onomatopoeia.

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