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The term Beat Generation comes from______________?
A. Beat to his size
B. Beat to his stomach
C. Beat to his socks
D. Beat to his Shoe
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
“Your goodness must have some edge to it—else it is none. The doctrine of hatred must be preached as the counteraction of the doctrine of love when that pules and whines.” In this work the author argues in favour of____________?
A. Communism
B. Revolution
C. An independent nation of independent individuals
D. Abolition
Unmoved – she notes the Chariots – pausing – At her low Gate – Unmoved – an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat – I’ve known her – from an ample nation – Then – close the Valves of her attention – Like Stone – What does ample mean ?
A. Menacing
B. Large or abundant
C. Fearful and gracious
D. Beautiful
The Battle of the Ants is an excerpt from______________?
A. Civil Disobedience
B. Walden
C. Herald of Freedom
D. Life without principle
It was the very witching time of night that he, heavyhearted and crestfallen, pursued his travel homeward. Far below, the Tappan Zee spread its dusky waters. In the dead hush of midnight he could hear the faint barking of a watchdog from the opposite shore. The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. This passage is from________________?
A. A fairy tale
B. An autobiography
C. A detective story
D. A Gothic tale
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
Which of the following is NOT among the 13 virtues Franklin struggles to master ?
A. Temperance
B. Silence
C. Order
D. None of the above
‘Your’ uses an upper case because ?
A. he wanted it to create logic to the capitalization of the final E.
B. he wanted to emphasize the ‘Y’
C. the poem demanded an upper case
D. he places his beloved in an upper place
“An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man” illustrates what genre of early American writing ?
A. Sermon
B. Autobiography
C. Spiritual diary
D. Biography
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