AMERICAN

23. Resistance to slavery created a literature of the abolitionist movement in the last quarter of the eighteenth century in Britain. Such literature included books written by

former slaves. Two such writings are

Code :

I. Mary Robinson

II. Olaudah Equiano

III. Mary Prince

IV. Anne Cromarty Yearsley

The right combination according to the code is

(A) I and IV are correct.

(B) I and II are correct.

(C) II and IV are correct.

(D) II and III are correct.

            ANS-(B) I and II are correct.

23) The slave narrative can broadly be defined as any first-person account of the

experience of being enslaved. Modern slave narratives, emerging from the transatlantic

slave trade of Africans, first appeared in English in the late-eighteenth century with the development of a broad abolitionist movement in Britain The first slave narratives is-

I) Olaudah Equiano’s The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789),

II) Frederick Douglass’s The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An

American Slave, Written by Himself (1845).

III)Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861)

IV)Ellen Craft’s Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (1860)

ANS-I)Olaudah Equiano’s The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789),

Claude McKay

21) "The White House," by Claude McKay; In this poem, McKay is most likely commenting on which of the following  twentieth-century U.S. social issues?

A. the struggles of minority groups

against exclusion and prejudice

B. the influence of labor unions on big

business and government

C. the prevalence of violence and

crime in poor, urban neighborhoods

D. the effects of homelessness on

families and child welfare

            ANS-A. the struggles of minority groups

against exclusion and prejudice

 7. Literary works by American authors

associated with the "local color" style of

writing, or regionalism, such as Sarah

Orne Jewett, Kate Chopin, and Bret

Harte, served primarily which of the

following functions?

A. describing the unique physical

landscape of a place and the

distinctive customs, dialect, and

way of thinking of those who live

there

B. explaining the special appeal of a

geographic area and the reasons

that people have for deciding to

settle and work there

C. inspiring those who live in rural

areas to venture beyond their

isolated communities and explore

diverse people, places, and cultures

D. promoting a simple, agrarian

lifestyle, the importance of family,

and a focus on personal happiness

rather than material wealth

            ANS-A. describing the unique physical

landscape of a place and the

distinctive customs, dialect, and

way of thinking of those who live

there

2.          Which of the following excerpts is most characteristic of the traditional American literary form called the slave narrative?

A.        The girl belonged to a class—unhappily but too extensive—the very existence of which, should make men's hearts bleed. Barely past her childhood, it required but a glance to discover that she was one of those children, born and bred in neglect and vice, who have never known what childhood is: who have never been taught to love and court a parent's smile, or to dread a parent's frown.

B.        The stench of the hold, while we were on the coast, was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on the deck for the fresh air; but now that the whole ship's cargo were confined together, it became absolutely pestilential. The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, being so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us.

C.        It is possible for a race or an individual to have mental development and yet be so handicapped by custom, prejudice, and lack of employment as to dwarf and discourage the whole life. This is the condition that prevails among the race in many of the large cities of the North; and it is to prevent this same condition in the South that I plead with all the earnestness of my heart.

D.        A resistless feeling of depression falls slowly upon us, despite the gaudy sunshine and the green cotton-fields. This, then, is the Cotton Kingdom,—the shadow of a marvellous dream. And where is the King? Perhaps this is he,—the sweating ploughman, tilling his eighty acres with two lean mules, and fighting a hard battle with debt. So we sit musing, until . . . there comes a fairer scene suddenly in view,—a neat cottage snugly ensconced by the road, and near it a little store.

            ANS-B.           The stench of the hold, while we were on the coast, was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on the deck for the fresh air; but now that the whole ship's cargo were confined together, it became absolutely pestilential. The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, being so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us.

21)American Writers share the following characteristics. Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Bret Harte, Sara Orne Jewett

I) accurate depiction of the habits, speech, history, manners, folklore, or beliefs of a particular geographical area

II)"greatest of all American urban novels

III) both

iv) none

            ANS-I) accurate depiction of the habits, speech, history, manners,

22) Romanticism 1800-1860 indicate

I) Character sketches,

II) slave narratives, poetry and

III) ALL

IV) short stories that value feeling and intuition over reason and focus on a towards integrity of nature and freedom of imagination; appropriate gender roles/behavior; reimagining the past.

            ANS-III) ALL

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

20)The Great Gatsby novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald.It is--

 1. First published in 1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922.
2.The novel takes place following the First World War. American society enjoyed prosperity during the "roaring" 1920s as the economy soared.

3.At the same time, Prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers. After its republishing in 1945 and 1953, it quickly found a wide readership and is today widely regarded as a paragon of the Great American Novel, and a literary classic.

4.all

            Ans-4.all

21)Tender is the Night novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was his fourth and final completed novel, and was first published in Scribner's Magazine between January-April, 1934 in four issues.

1. The title is taken from the poem "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats.
2. In 1932, Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was hospitalized for schizophrenia in Baltimore, Maryland. The author rented the "la Paix" estate in the suburb of Towson to work on this book,

3. the story of the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young psychoanalyst and his wife, Nicole, who is also one of his patients.

4. It was Fitzgerald's first novel in nine years, and the last that he would complete. While working on the book he several times ran out of cash and had to borrow from his editor and agent, and write short stories for commercial magazines. The early 1930s, when Fitzgerald was conceiving and working on the book, were certainly the darkest years of his life, and accordingly, the novel has its bleak elements.

5.all

            Ans-5.all

Theodore Dreiser

21) a novel by Theodore Dreiser about a young country girl who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream by first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior and later as a famous actress. It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels." the novel is-

1.An American Tragedy 1925

2.The Financier 1912

3.Sister Carrie (1900)

            Ans-3.Sister Carrie (1900)

Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane (1871-1900). First published in 1897, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Florida earlier that year while traveling to Cuba to work as a newspaper correspondent. Crane was stranded at sea for thirty hours when his ship, the SS Commodore, sank after hitting a sandbar. He and three other men were forced to navigate their way to shore in a small boat; the short story  is

1.The Open Boat

2.Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

3. The Red Badge of Courage,

4."The Blue Hotel", "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", and The Monster

            Ans-The Open Boat

13) a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound—a "red badge of courage"—to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as standard-bearer.

1.The Open Boat

2.Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

3. The Red Badge of Courage

4.The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure (1898)

            Ans-3. The Red Badge of Courage

Willa Cather

1) first published 1918, is considered one of the greatest novels by American writer Willa Cather. It is the final book of her "prairie trilogy" of novels, the companion volumes being O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. The book's narrator, Jim Burden, arrives in the fictional town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerdas, when he goes to live with his grandparents after his parents have died. Jim develops strong feelings for Ántonia, something between a crush and a filial bond, and the reader views Ántonia's life, including its attendant struggles and triumphs, through that lens.

1.O Pioneers!

2.Death Comes for the Archb...

3.My Antonia

4.One of Ours (1922),

            Ans-3.My Antonia

11) American writer Willa Cather did not write--

 1.Song of the Lark (1915),

2. Youth and the Bright Medusa (1920),

3. a Lost Lady (1923)

4.As I Lay Dying

            Ans-As I Lay Dying by Faulkner

Kate Chopin

11)The Awakening is a novel  , first published in 1899 (see 1899 in literature). Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers around Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism.The characters are Edna, Robert, Leonce, Alcee, Adele, Madamoiselle Reisz. the novelist is---

1.Faulkner

2.willa cather

3.jack london

4.Kate Chopin

            Ans-4.Kate Chopin

12) The story describes the series of emotions Louise Mallard endures after hearing of the death of her husband, who was believed to have died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard suffers from heart problems and therefore her sister attempts to inform her of the horrific news in a gentle way. Mrs. Mallard locks herself in her room to immediately mourn the loss of her husband. However, she begins to feel an unexpected sense of exhilaration. "Free! Body and soul free!" is what she believes is a benefit of his death. At the end of the story, it is made known that her husband was not involved in the railroad disaster and upon his return home Mrs. Mallard suddenly dies. The cause of her death is ambiguous and left for analysis as it can range from her known heart problems to psychological factors.

1."The Story of an Hour" is a short story written by Kate Chopin and published in 1894.
2.The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899

3.My Ántonia , first published 1918, is novels by  Willa Cather

4. none

            Ans-1."The Story of an Hour" is a short story written by Kate Chopin and published in 1894.

James Fenimore Cooper

 12) A Narrative of 1757 is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in February 1826. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel.The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of the North American colonies. During this war, the French called on allied Native American tribes to fight against the more numerous British colonists.the tottle of the novel is----

1.The Last of the Mohicans:

2.The Pioneers, the first of the Leatherstocking series.

3. The Pathfinder (1840),

4.The Pioneers (1823),

            Ans-1.The Last of the Mohicans

23) The Leatherstocking Tales, series of five novels by James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841. The novels constitute a saga of 18th-century life among Indians and white pioneers on the New York State frontier through their portrayal of the adventures of the main character, Natty Bumppo, who takes on various names throughout the series. The books cover his entire adult life, from young manhood to old age, though they were not written or published in chronological order. The individual novels are

A) The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslayer (1841).

B)The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslayer (1841).and Tulips

c)  (1826), The Prairie (1827),The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslaye(1841),Tulips

d) Lord Jim, (1826), The Prairie (1827),The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslaye(1841),Tulips

            Ans-A) The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslayer (1841).

13) frontier adventure known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring the wilderness scout called Natty Bumppo, or Hawkeye. They include The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827),and The Deerslayer (1841).

1. The Pathfinder (1840),

2.Heart of Darkness

3.lord jim

4.Tulips

            Ans-1. The Pathfinder (1840),

13)The Pioneers, in full The Pioneers; or, The Sources of the Susquehanna,  the first of five novels in the series The Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in two volumes in 1823. It began the saga of frontiersman Natty Bumppo, also called Leather-Stocking. In this narrative, however, Bumppo is an old man, as is his Indian friend Chingachgook; together they have seen the frontier change from wilderness to settlement, and they know that their way of life is about to vanish.the second is--

1 .The Prairie

2. The Deerslayer

3.The Last of the Mohicans

4.  The Pathfinder

            Ans-3.The Last of the Mohicans

14) The Last of the Mohicans, in full The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757,  the second and most popular novel of the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in two volumes in 1826. In terms of narrative order, it is also the second novel in the series, taking place in 1757 during the French and Indian War. Its principal character is Natty Bumppo, also called Hawkeye, now in middle life and at the height of his powers. The story tells of brutal battles with the Iroquois and their French allies, cruel captures, narrow escapes, and revenge. The beauty of the unspoiled wilderness and sorrow at its disappearance, symbolized in Hawkeye’s Mohican friends, the last of their tribe, are important themes of the novel. the fifth novel is--

1 .The Prairie

2. The Deerslayer

3.The Last of the Mohicans

4.  The Pathfinder

            Ans-2. The Deerslayer

16) The Deerslayer, in full The Deerslayer; or, The First War-Path,  the fifth of five novels in the series The Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper, published in two volumes in 1841.In The Deerslayer, Cooper returns to Natty Bumppo’s youth at Lake Oswego, N.Y. (called Glimmerglass in the novel), in the 1740s, at the time of the French and Indian War. Known as “Deerslayer” among the Delaware people with whom he lives, young Bumppo and the giant Hurry Harry help the trapper Thomas Hutter to resist an attack by the Iroquois, who are allied with the French. The Iroquois capture Hutter and Hurry Harry; Bumppo and his friend the Mohican chief Chingachgook secure their release, but in an attempt to rescue Chingachgook’s bride, Bumppo himself is captured. Hutter is killed. His daughter, Judith, confesses her love to Bumppo and manages to delay his execution until Chingachgook arrives with a troop of British soldiers to effect a rescue.the third novel is--

1 .The Prairie

2. The Deerslayer

3.The Last of the Mohicans

4.  The Pathfinder

            Ans-1 .The Prairie

18)The Prairie, novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in two volumes in 1827, the third of five novels published as The Leatherstocking Tales. Chronologically, The Prairie is the fifth in the series, ending with the death of the octogenarian frontiersman Natty Bumppo, called Hawkeye.The Prairie extols the vanishing American wilderness, disappearing because of the westward expansion of the American frontier. It concerns Natty Bumppo’s travels with a party of settlers across the unsettled prairie of the Great Plains. Bumppo ultimately rejects life with the settlers and goes to live out his days in a Pawnee village, away from the encroaching civilization he distrusts.the fourth novel is--

1 .The Prairie

2. The Deerslayer

3.The Last of the Mohicans

4.  The Pathfinder

            Ans-4.  The Pathfinder

123) The Pathfinder, in full The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea,  novel by James Fenimore Cooper, published in two volumes in 1840, the fourth of five novels published as The Leatherstocking Tales. In terms of the chronological narrative, The Pathfinder is third in the series.

Natty Bumppo is a 40-year-old wilderness scout living near Lake Ontario during the French and Indian War who comes to the aid of a British colonial garrison under attack. He dearly loves Mabel Dunham, daughter of a sergeant. Mabel refuses his offer of marriage because she loves his friend, Jasper Western (under suspicion of being a traitor), in large part because of his fluency in French.the second novel is--

1 .The Prairie

2. The Deerslayer

3.The Last of the Mohicans

4.The Prairie

            Ans-3.The Last of the Mohicans

plath

12) Dying

Is an art, like everything else.

I do it exceptionally well.

A) daddy

B) Lady Lazarus

C)Mad Girl's Love Song

D)Tulips

            Ans-B) Lady Lazarus

Bette Greene

18. Sarah, Plain and Tall and Summer of My

German Soldier are examples of which of

the following genres of children's

literature?

A. modern fantasy

B. historical fiction

C. fictionalized biography

D. realistic fiction

            Ans-B. historical fiction

Jack London

17. Read the passage below from The Call

of the Wild (1903) by Jack London; then

answer the question that follows.

Charles was a middle-aged, lightishcolored

man, with weak and watery eyes

and a moustache that twisted fiercely and

vigorously up, giving the lie to the limply

drooping lip it concealed. Hal was a

youngster of nineteen or twenty, with a

big Colt's revolver and a hunting-knife

strapped about him on a belt that fairly

bristled with cartridges. This belt was the

most salient thing about him. It advertised

his callowness—a callowness sheer and

unutterable. Both men were manifestly

out of place, and why such as they should

adventure the North is part of the mystery

of things that passes understanding.

In this passage, Hal's belt serves as a

symbol of his:

A. subtlety and sophistication.

B. knowledge and training.

C. power and strength.

D. immaturity and inexperience.

            Ans-

Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

" 'T is some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—

Only this and nothing more."

1."The Raven" (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe

2.-(D) The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad

3.As I Lay Dying by Faulkner

4.Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter

            Ans-1."The Raven" (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe

44. The Romantic period of America is also

sometimes known as

(A) The American Revolution

(B) The American Renaissance

(C) The American Dream

(D) The American Reformation

            Ans-(B) The American Renaissance

Arthur Miller

59. Willy Loman is a/an

(A) baseball player

(B) insurance agent

(C) salesman

(D) school teacher

            Ans-(C) salesman

78. Willy Loman's wife in Death of a Salesman is

(1) Nerissa (2) Sophia Lee (3) Anna Howe (4) Linda

            Ans-(4) Linda

Tennessee Williams

62. The writer associated with expressionism is

(A) Edward Albee

(B) Tennessee Williams

(C) Arthur Miller

(D) Eugene O’Neill

            Ans-(B) Tennessee Williams

57. Match the following :

I. Richard Wright                    1. Beloved

II. Ralph Ellison                       2. Native Son

III. Toni Morrison                   3. A Raisin in the Sun

IV. Lorraine Hansberry           4. Invisible Man

       I II III IV

(A) 2 4 1 3

(B) 2 1 4 3

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 3 2 1 4

            Ans-(A) 2 4 1 3