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3201English LiteratureMedium

Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to illustrate the evils of________?

AAlcohol

BImperialism

CForeign

DSlavery

Correct answer

D. Slavery

Explanation

The correct answer is Slavery.

3202English LiteratureMedium

Which was not an objection raised against the public theaters in the Elizabethan period?

AThey drew young people away from work.

BThey caused excessive noise and traffic.

CThey excited illicit sexual desires.

DThey charged too much.

Correct answer

D. They charged too much.

Explanation

The correct answer is They charged too much..

3203English LiteratureMedium

Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors?

Athe growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs

Bthe countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

Cthe expansion of England’s colonial possessions

Dthe rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy

Correct answer

B. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

Explanation

The correct answer is the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority.

3204English LiteratureMedium

In which of the following ways does Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho combine the features of the Gothic and the sentimental?

AIt has a didactic moral focus.

BAll of these answers

CIt emphasizes emotion over reason.

DThere is a focus on a central love story.

Correct answer

B. All of these answers

Explanation

The correct answer is All of these answers.

3205English LiteratureMedium

What job does Uncle Tom perform at the St. Clare plantation?

ACook

BHead Coachman

CValet

DGroomsman

Correct answer

B. Head Coachman

Explanation

The correct answer is Head Coachman.

3206English LiteratureMedium

In “A Little Cloud,” what does Little Chandler dream about becoming?

Aa father

Ba poet

Ca soldier

Da reporter

Correct answer

B. a poet

Explanation

The correct answer is a poet.

3207English LiteratureMedium

The IPA came into existence in the year________?

A1989

B1889

C1888

D1998

Correct answer

D. 1998

Explanation

The correct answer is 1998.

3208English LiteratureMedium

The concept of otherness is related to which of the following theories?

AFeminist theory

BPsychoanalytic theory

CEthnic criticism

DAll of the above answers are correct.

Correct answer

D. All of the above answers are correct.

Explanation

The correct answer is All of the above answers are correct..

3209English LiteratureMedium

Who wrote one of the most famous African American poems that begins with “what happens to a dream deferred”?

AAlice Walker

BLangston Hughes

CEtheridge Knight

DMartin Luther King, Jr.

Correct answer

B. Langston Hughes

Explanation

The correct answer is Langston Hughes.

3210English LiteratureMedium

What is the name of the sister of William Wordsworth, who is also a poet and diarist?

AAgnes Wordsworth

BShirley Wordsworth

CAnna Wordsworth

DDorothy Wordsworth

Correct answer

D. Dorothy Wordsworth

Explanation

The correct answer is Dorothy Wordsworth.

Which of the following shifts began in the reign of Henry VII and continued under his Tudor successors?

Athe growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs

Bthe countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

Cthe expansion of England’s colonial possessions

Dthe rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy

Correct answer

B. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority

Explanation

The correct answer is the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority.