Que- According to the myth, how did frogs loose their teeth ?
a. Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth.
b. Frogs never had any teeth.
c. Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.
d. Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg stew so she captured a frog and extracted its teeth one by one while chanting a Winnebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth.
Answer- Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.
Que- Who coined the phrase 'Lost Generation' ?
a. Hemingway
b. Gertude Stein
c. F. Scott Fitzserald
d. Sherwood Anderson
Answer- Gertude Stein
Que- Henry David Thoreau lived for a while_______________?
a. At Lake Tahoe.
b. At Willow Pond.
c. At the Feather River.
d. At Walden Pond.
Answer- At Walden Pond.
Que- Where does Senator Bird take Eliza and Harry ?
a. To a Congregationalist community
b. To a Methodist community
c. To a Quaker settlement
d. To Philadelphia
Answer- To a Quaker settlement
Que- Apess concludes his piece by____________?
a. Predicting the Apocalypse
b. Declaring his intention to run for public office
c. Calling for Native Americans to declare themselves independent of the U.S. government
d. Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice
Answer- Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice
Que- Well, then; I have received personal information, from a very high quarter, that a certain document of the last importance, has been purloined from the royal apartments. The individual who purloined it is known; this beyond a doubt; he was seen to take it. It is known, also, that it still remains in his possession. What is the meaning of the verb to purloin ?
a. To borrow
b. To steal
c. To ruin
d. To return
Answer- To steal
Que- From where does Eliza cross into Cananda ?
a. Lake Erie
b. Lake Huron
c. Niagara Falls
d. Northern Minnesota
Answer- Lake Erie
Que- What is Mrs. Shelby's first name ?
a. Emily
b. Rachel
c. Margaret
d. Danielle
Answer- Emily
Que- Which of the following is a true statement about Romanticism ?
a. Interest in the common man
b. Celebration of the individual
c. Age of reason
d. Both A and B
Answer- Both A and B
Que- What animal is personified as Hare's grandfather ?
a. Bear
b. Fox
c. Deer
d. Cougar
Answer- Bear
Que- Which American writer won the Nobel Prize in 1930 ?
a. Sinclair Lewis
b. Upton Sinclair
c. John Steinbeck
d. Raymond Chandler
Answer- Sinclair Lewis
Que- Which of the following animals seem to represent strength and courage for the Eskimos ?
a. Horse
b. Fox
c. Eagle
d. Deer
Answer- Eagle
Que- Rabbit Angstrom Novels are written by ____________?
a. Harper Lee
b. John Updike
c. Henry Miller
d. R. Ellison
Answer- John Updike
Que- Which member of the corn clan could not overlook the wrondoings of the rest of the clan ?
a. The youngest member
b. The oldest member
c. The priest's son
d. The chief's son
Answer- The priest's son
Que- Why do you think the uncle was named the "Unnatural Uncle" ?
a. The Eskimo's felt that family was important and to try to harm a family member was not normal or natural
b. The pronunciation of Eskimo names are impossible so the author decided that this was easy for the reader
c. All Eskimo myths name the antagonist the "Unnatural Uncle"
d. Since this tale is from the oral tradition, the characters had no names and when the myth was written down this is the name that was given
Answer- The Eskimo's felt that family was important and to try to harm a family member was not normal or natural
Que- But when a Boy, and Barefoot I more than once at Noon Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash Unbraiding in the Sun The speaker of this poem is_____________?
a. A boy
b. An alien
c. A girl
d. A communist
Answer- A boy
Que- Which ofWashington Irving's characters falls asleep for twenty years ?
a. Tom Buchanan
b. Tom Joad
c. Philip Marlowe
d. Rip van Winkle
Answer- Rip van Winkle
Que- What was one theme in the period of independence ____________?
a. national identity
b. political conflicts
c. urban and european vs indigenous and rural
d. All the above
Answer- All the above
Que- At the end of Hare's adventure with the headless bodies how does he turned them into "fast-fish." ?
a. The headless bodies served Hare fish.
b. The headless bodies tried to abuse people so they were turned into 'fast-fish' as a punishment.
c. The headless bodies liked to eat fish.
d. The headless bodies were actually creatures who evolved from fish so they were simply returned to their primordial state
Answer- The headless bodies tried to abuse people so they were turned into 'fast-fish' as a punishment.
Que- What is TULIP ?
a. Total depravity
b. Unconditional election
c. Limited atonement
d. Irresistible GraceE. Perseverance of the SaintsF. All of the above
Answer- Total depravity
Que- The cloud-spirits peeped from their silvery islands, as the congregated mirth went roaring up the sky! The Man in the Moon heard the far bellow. "Oho," quoth he, "the old earth is frolicsome to-night!" This is_______________?
a. An autobiography
b. A fairy tale
c. Gothic fiction
d. A novel
Answer- Gothic fiction
Que- Who wrote "Barn burning" ?
a. Rober Lee frost
b. Eugene O' Neil's
c. Tennesse Williams
d. William Faulkner's
Answer- William Faulkner's
Que- What does the narrator find at the end of the journey ?
a. Field and works
b. Crusted snow and dead leaves
c. Hills and highways
d. all are sleeping
Answer- Crusted snow and dead leaves
Que- The story is told from the point of view of________________?
a. Mrs. Mallard
b. Mrs. Mallard's sister Josephine
c. Mr. Mallard
d. a third person
Answer- a third person
Que- A factual account of the development of a people, nation, institution or culture_____________?
a. Tradition
b. Constitution
c. History
d. Myth
Answer- History
Que- This group of Native Americans believed that corn was crucial to creation ?
a. Teton
b. Cherokee
c. Utes
d. Navajo
Answer- Navajo
Que- Which is one of the five tenants of Puritanism ?
a. Total equality
b. Unconditional love
c. Individualism
d. Irresistible grace
Answer- Irresistible grace
Que- Before humans were sold as commodities, what item was highly sought after in West Africa ?
a. Diamonds
b. Land
c. Gold
d. Gasoline
Answer- Gold
Que- About the Navajo____________?
a. Settled in Northeastern US
b. Kept the Navajo Origin Legend through oral tradition
c. Believed that corn was crucial to creation
d. B and C
Answer- B and C
Que- About the Pima_______________?
a. Introduced domestic animals to the Navajo
b. Made houses of saplings bent into domes
c. Legend From the Houses of Magic
d. B and C
Answer- B and C
Que- Which American poet is hailed as the representative poet of America ?
a. Robert Frost
b. R. W. Emerson
c. Walt Whitman
d. Edgar Allen Poe
Answer- Walt Whitman
Que- And then hopped sidewise to the Wall. Here the poet personifies the bird as a______________?
a. Predator
b. Gentleman
c. Hierarchical views of man
d. Protector
Answer- Gentleman
Que- About John Smith_______________?
a. Exaggerated and embellish events and depicted Native Americans as barbaric
b. In the General History of Virginia, attempted an objective, journalistic style
c. Was saved by Squanto
d. A and B
Answer- A and B
Que- About Cotton Mather _______________?
a. Belonged to the Delaware tribe
b. Fasted 450 times for sins he committed
c. Wrote about the trial of Martha Carrier
d. B and C
Answer- B and C
Que- Wines Burg Ohio______________?
a. Sherwood Anderson
b. Robert Lee Frost
c. William Faulkner
d. Carl Sanburg
Answer- Sherwood Anderson
Que- Who is NOT considered to be a representative of the Southern Renaissance ?
a. William Faulkner
b. Tennessee Williams
c. Robert Penn Warren
d. T.S.Eliot
Answer- T.S.Eliot
Que- According to the tale, what horrible crime did the ucle commit ?
a. He killed all of the old people
b. He killed all of the female children
c. He killed all of the male children
d. He killed all of the women
Answer- He killed all of the male children
Que- Which of these statements does NOT apply to Hawthorne as a moralist ________________?
a. Awareness of the importance of living a life without error and sin
b. Awareness of the dangers of setting yourself up as the judge of others or of isolating yourself from humanity
c. Awareness of the ethical problems of sin, punishment and atonement
d. Awareness of the mysteries and frailties of human nature
Answer- Awareness of the importance of living a life without error and sin
Que- The emagery in the poem is_________________?
a. Mystical
b. Naturalistics
c. Deterministic
d. Supernatural
Answer- Naturalistics
Que- The first stanza of the poem provides an idea that it is______________?
a. a revenge story
b. not a happy story
c. a metaphysical poem
d. a deterministic poem
Answer- not a happy story
Que- What ritual does the character resembling the devil attempt to perform in the woods, with goodman Brown as the object ?
a. A conversion
b. A christening
c. A wedding
d. A baptism
Answer- A baptism
Que- Jack London's "To Build a Fire" contained foreshadowing, which means_____________?
a. It took place at nightfall.
b. It was a moody and spooky story.
c. It contained clues to events yet to happen.
d. It had descriptions of shadows in the woods.
Answer- It contained clues to events yet to happen.
Que- When did Hemingway receive the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
a. 1952
b. 1954
c. 1956
d. 1958
Answer- 1954
Que- Whom does Mr.Haley choose from among Shelby's slaves ?
a. Eliza and Harry
b. Uncle Tom and Cassy
c. Uncle Tom and Eliza
d. Uncle Tom and Harry
Answer- Uncle Tom and Harry
Que- What does the priest's son's prayers for the punishment of the tribe's iniquities tell us about the Zuni tribe ?
a. They are nosey and stays busy tending to other people's business
b. The Zunis are spiritual and have a strong moral code that they live by and teach to their children
c. That the Zunis are afraid of earthquakes and floods
d. That the Zunis like to make up stories for pure entertainment
Answer- The Zunis are spiritual and have a strong moral code that they live by and teach to their children
Que- The poem ends on a_____________?
a. happy and meaningful note
b. courageous and hopeful note
c. tragic and painful note
d. philosophical note
Answer- philosophical note
Que- Who says "Earth is the right place for love" ?
a. Silvia plath
b. Langston Hughes
c. Wallace Stevens
d. Robert Frost
Answer- Robert Frost
Que- 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________________?
a. Jamming
b. Snaring
c. Hortatory sermon
d. Framing
Answer- Hortatory sermon
Que- How does Hare outsmart Sharp-elbow to retrieve his stolen arrow ?
a. He sends a young man to retrieve it
b. He sends his grandmother to cast a spell on him that causes Sharp-elbow to consent to anything asked of him
c. He takes a whetstone with him to retrieve the arrow and when Sharp-elbow attacks he uses the whetstone for protection against the attack
d. He lights four prayersticks and asks the gods to retrieve it for him
Answer- He takes a whetstone with him to retrieve the arrow and when Sharp-elbow attacks he uses the whetstone for protection against the attack
Que- What is the author's purpose in the Zuni origin tale "The Flood" ?
a. To include the tribe's favorite food, corn, into the myth
b. To warn its youth about the consequences of promiscutiy and other inquities
c. To explain how floods came into existence
d. To explain how earthquakes came into existence
Answer- To warn its youth about the consequences of promiscutiy and other inquities