pt 2 Flashcards
(150 cards)
1
Q
“M ‘Fingal” is a brilliant mock-epic play
A
false (poem)
2
Q
“ The Columbiad” was written by Joel Barlow
A
true
3
Q
“ The Columbiad” is written in a neo-classical vein
A
true
4
Q
The political essay “ Advice to the Privileged Orders” was written
by Shakespeare.
A
false (Joel Barlow)
5
Q
“ The Hasty Pudding” was written by Joel Barlow
A
true
6
Q
Barlow believed that the equality of rights is the leading principle on which their constitution should be founded
A
true
7
Q
Barlow, during his own times, enjoyed international renown for
his vision of a republican future
A
true
8
Q
Franklin is best known for his epistolary
A
false (autobiography)
9
Q
Franklin produced dark satirical essays.
A
true
10
Q
Franklin’s writings were elusive and double-edged
A
true
11
Q
Jefferson, like Franklin, spent time working as a diplomat in Rome.
A
false (Paris)
12
Q
Cabanis described how sensibility lay at the heart of all things
A
true
13
Q
Jefferson was influenced by the general culture of sensibility .
A
true
14
Q
Early N.Davidson associated culture of sentiment specifically with
the early American plays
A
false (novels)
15
Q
N.Davidson identified in the early American novel a
predominantly male discourse.
A
false (female)
16
Q
The conception of early American novel was gender-natured
A
true
17
Q
“Charlotte Temple” was written and published in England.
A
true
18
Q
The Dudley family crosses the Atlantic over several generations in
search for wealth and freedom .
A
true
19
Q
The circulation of sentiment across a transatlantic axis was also
facilitated by the regular movements of theatrical companies.
A
true
20
Q
Rowson herself was a monologist.
A
false (dramatist)
21
Q
Tyler’s play “ The Contrast” achieved a great success when it was
performed in New York.
A
true
22
Q
English literature is a packaged and commodified phenomenon.
A
false (American)
23
Q
“ The Widow Ranter” is a novel.
A
false (play)
24
Q
The Widow Ranter” comically portrays the colony Virginia as a
heaven for dozy officials
A
true
25
America in the 17th and 18th centuries entered into Britain colonial
consciousness
true
26
Lennox was born as charlotte Ramsey in Gibraltar
true
27
Lennox first novel "The Life of Heriot Stuart" is clearly based on
her own experience
true
28
Edmund Burke and Tom Paine agreed on the meaning of
| democracy and revolution.
false (clashed over)
29
“ The Female Review” is narrated in the 2nd person.
false (1st)
30
“ The Female Review” detailed attention to the history and
| geography of the war.
true
31
One of the side effect of the war’s outcome was to divide the 18th century novel into 2 discrete national traditions
true
32
Emma Corbett can be read as a British colonial novel
true
33
American post-revolutionary novelists portrayed France as an
| unnaturally cruel parent
false (Britain)
34
The early American novel usually fell into one of two categories
true
35
“Melville and Phalez” is a novel published in serial form .
true
36
“ The Asylum ” remained popular in the US throughout the 19th
century
true
37
The language of “ The Asylum ” has disorder and interruption.
false (connexion and regularity)
38
William Hill Brown's "The Power of Sympathy" is credited the
| second American novel
false (first)
39
The American novels in its early years was shaped more by both
slaves and sentiment.
true
40
The 18th century American novel developed across a transatlantic
axis
true
41
Noah Webster asserted that “ America must be independent in
| literature as she is in politics”
true
42
Paine's "Common Sense" is said to have converted George
| Washington to the cause of independence.
true
43
Paine's "The Contrast" was a direct reply to Burke's "Reflection
on the Revolution in France"
false (the right of man)
44
Paine was imprisoned as a traitor to France
true
45
If Paine's characters were less generous, he would have been
| more famous.
true
46
Paine's writing remains valuable as it advances the prospect of
America not just as a new nation but as a world
true
47
Paine argues that there can be national flourishing alone in
| commerce.
false (can't)
48
According to Paine, if commerce spread globally , it would end the
system of war
true
49
In "The Age of Reason", Paine discussed the solar system and the
spherical rotation of the planets.
true
50
Paine was an atheist believing "in one God, and no more"
false (deist)
51
Paine was disowned by politicians of his own time such as
| Jefferson and Rush
true
52
Many of Paine's novels and travel narratives introduced
| transitional perspectives.
true
53
```
The major American writer in the 19th century dealt with Indian
affairs is … … … … ..
a)William W ells Brown
b)John Dryden
c)James Fenimore Cooper
d)Charles Dickens
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c)James Fenimore Cooper
54
"The Spy" was published by … … … … … … .
a) James Fenimore Cooper
b) John Dryden
c) Samuel Johnson
d) John Donne
a)James Fenimore Cooper
55
Other volumes of "Gleanings in Europe" deal with … … … … .. .
a) France
b) Switzerland
c) Italy
d) All of the above.
d)All of the above
56
Headsman was set in the eighteenth century ..............
a) Switzerland
b) England
c) Italy
d) Germany
a)Switzerland
57
```
"The Marble Faun" and "The Scarlet Letter" were written by
… … … … .
a)Hawthorne
b)Shakespeare
c)Coleridge
d)John Donne
```
a)Hawthorne
58
… … … … ..is a novel by “ Nathaniel Hawthorne” which embodied
world of ordinary human jealousy and passion.
a)Robinson Crusoe
b)The Blithedale Romance
c) Hamlet
d)The Old Man and the Sea
b)The Blithedale Romance
59
Douglass's "North Star" is a … … … … … … ..
a) novel
b) play
c) journal
d) pamphlet
c)journal
60
Douglass's "My Bondage and My Freedom " is his second … … … ..
a) epistolary
b) autobiography
c) picaresque
d) Gothic
b)autobiography
61
Douglass...... his line of argument throughout his career.
a) Shifted
b) Kept
c) Refused
d) contained
a)shifted
62
```
During Douglass’s trip to Ireland, he expressed.... with Daniel
O ’Connell and the Fenians.
a)Sympathy
b)Disagreement
c)Happiness
d)Sadness
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a)sympathy
63
In his final autobiography “Life and Times”, Douglass insists on
dissociating civil equality from … … equality .
a)Social
b)Economic
c)Political
d)Religious
a)social
64
```
In his final autobiography “Life and Tim es”, Douglass … … civil
equality .
a)Supported
b)Refused
c)Attacked
d)Stopped
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a)supported
65
Assing was an American … … for the German newspaper.
a. Correspondent
b. Doctor
c. Surgeon
d. Teacher
a)correspondent
66
Brown's "Clotel" bring together … … … … … in equal measure.
a) lecture
b) fiction
c) history
d) all of the above
d)All of the above
67
American Literature is understood as an ancient Subject
false (modern)
68
American Literature's historical reach often does not go back
earlier than "The Great Gatsby".
true
69
American Literature started gaining popularity after World War
One.
false (two)
70
Matthiessen's ideological predilection included women, African
American writers and southerners
false (excluded)
71
William Gilmore Simms's "The Cassique of Kiawah" emphasizes
| words such as region, locality and territory
true
72
Lincoln began his own career as a lawyer of national boundaries
during the Black Hawk War
false (policer)
73
"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" is written by
| Whitman.
true
74
Catherine Sedgwick's “ Hope Leslie” seeks to bring Native
| Americans and white settlers together
true
75
Cooper in his novels probes the places where identity becomes a
more complex , hybrid construction
true
76
Cooper's work fed into the intense debates about national
| identity in USA .
true
77
Cooper's work involves a com parative analysis of American
| culture.
true
78
Cooper's sea fiction was in his own lifetime often considered his
minor literary achievement
false (major)
79
Coop er's "The Crater" revolves around the discovery of a new
island in the Pacific and its sudden disappearance after a volcanic
eruption on the ocean
true
80
Emerson recommended that American intellectuals remake the
| world according to their own designs
true
81
"The Scarlet Letter" was appropriated as a utopian Vehicle
true
82
All of Hawthorne's work involves dialogues
true
83
In "Our Old Home", Hawthorne wrote account of his travels in
| Germany
false (England)
84
"Moby-Dick" was written by Herman Melville
true
85
"Moby-Dick" was Melville's first novel
''Typee''
86
"Moby-Dick" traverses the ocean in a way that parallels Melville's
aspiration
true
87
Melville's texts engage in various ways with race and slavery
true
88
Melville avoided reducing psychological and social questions to
issues deriving merely from local politics
true
89
Melville's novella "Billy Budd" was published after his death
true
90
Frederick Douglass's first biographical narrative was his account of
his "escape from slavery".
false (autobiographical)
91
Tom Taylor's "Our American Cousin" is a tragic drama.
false (farcical)
92
Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a best-selling novel in both
| America and Britain
true
93
Stowe treated "Tom Gordon" in her novel "Dred" as harshly as he
himself treats his own slaves
true
94
Stowe couldn't enter the spirit of her various characters
false (could)
95
(AASS) stands for American Anti-Slavery Society
true
96
Douglass went on a tour to Britain
true
97
Europe was the first to give Douglass a taste of a different kind of
freedom .
true
98
Douglass's "Narrative" was not so well written
false (well)
99
Douglass was aware of the complex nature of social and economic
power that makes it hard to reduce slavery
true
100
Douglass associated slavery with the poverty he witnessed
true
101
Douglass was an African American writer
true
102
for Douglass, the end tended to oppose the means
false (justify)
103
Most of African American prose writers shifted from 1st-person to
3rd-person narrators
true
104
Douglass was a visible leader of the African American community
true
105
Some of the power of Douglass derives from parody and irony
true
106
Douglass was famous for his realistic imitations of slave master
and pro-slavery preachers
false (parodic)
107
Douglass's autobiography presented freedom more as a self-evident
true
108
"The Heroic Slave" might be understood as a typical Douglass
| form of ironic paradox
true
109
American Slaves' right to freedom was forbidden by the Word of
the Owner according to their condition of Christianity
false (God)
110
The country was divided into two parts: North against slavery and
South with slavery
true
111
A ll of the following are from Steinbeck’s writings ex cep t for:
a) Of Mice and M en
b) The Grapes of Wrath
c) East of Eden
d) The Contrast
d) The contrast
112
… … … was Steinbeck's first novel.
a) Cup of Gold
b) The Grapes of wrath
c) Of Mice and Men
d) The Escape
a) cup of gold
113
Steinbeck's writings were… …
a) Realistic
b) Imaginative
c) Realistic and Imaginative
d) None of the above
c) Realistic and Imaginative
114
Steinbeck was interested in… …
a) Marine biology
b) Politics
c) Religion
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
115
In “ The Grapes of Wrath” the themes of… … play a great role.
a) Conversion
b) Self-sacrifice
c) All of the above
d) None of the above
c) All of the above
116
“ Of Mice and Men” represents the themes of
a) Racism
b) Loneliness
c) Prejudice
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
117
John Steinbeck was born in America.
true
118
John Steinbeck was a novelist and short story writer
true
119
Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize in Culture
false (Literature)
120
Steinbeck has been called "a giant of American letters".
true
121
Many of Steinbeck’s works are considered classics of Eastern
| literature.
false (Western)
122
Steinbeck won The Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Grapes of
Wrath”.
true
123
“ The Grapes of Wrath” is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and
part of the American literary canon
true
124
Steinbeck’s works frequently explored the themes of love and
| death
false (fate and injustice)
125
Monterey and the San Joaquin Valley were the setting for many of
his stories.
true
126
In his works of fiction, Steinbeck didn’t care about religion
false (did)
127
Steinbeck’s beliefs remained a powerful influence within his
| fiction and non-fiction work
true
128
Steinbeck joined the League of American Writers
true
129
“ Of Mice and Men” is a comic play .
false (tragedy)
130
Of Mice and Men” is a tragedy novel
false (play)
131
“East of Eden” was made into a movie
true
132
“East of Eden” deals with the nature of good and evil
true
133
“ The Grapes of Wrath” won… …
a) The National Book Award
b) Pulitzer Prize
c) The Nobel Prize
d) All of the above
d)All of the above
134
The “Joads” set out for California because of… …
a) Drought
b) Economic hardship
c) Agricultural industry changes
d) All of the above
d)All of the above
135
The main male character in “The Grapes of Wrath” is called… …
a) Noah
b) Jonathan
c) Tom
d) Casy
c)Tom
136
```
In the final chapter of the book, the family takes shelter from the
flood in… …
a)Farm
b)Old barn
c)Castle
d)Church
```
b)old barn
137
Tom is the Joad family's … … son
a) First
b) Second
c) Elder
d) Adopted
b)Second
138
“The Grapes of Wrath” is a realist novel
true
139
“ The Grapes of Wrath” is a British novel
false (American)
140
“ The Grapes of Wrath” is an American novel published in 1939.
true
141
The Grapes of Wrath” is set during Great Depression
true
142
“ The Grapes of Wrath” is read in American high school and
| college literature classes.
true
143
The “Joads” traveled from California to Oklahoma.
false (Oklahoma to California)
144
Grandpa and Grandma die after arriving in California.
false (Before)
145
Noah and Connie Rivers leave the family .
true
146
Casy becomes a labor organizer and tries to recruit for a labor
union
true
147
The remaining Joads find work as strikebreakers
true
148
Tom takes leadership of the family , even though he is young
true
149
Tom is a Christ-like figure.
false (Casy)
150
Noah is the first to leave the family .
true
