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- A. Shakespeare
- B. William Hudson
- C. George Orwell
- D. None of these
Explanation: George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, a political allegorical novel published in 1945. Shakespeare and William Hudson did not write this work.
Correct answer: George Orwell- A. Under the floorboards.
- B. With a friend.
- C. In the stables.
- D. In a remote cabin.
Explanation: Linda hides with a friend during her attempt to escape Dr Flint's pursuit.
Correct answer: With a friend.- A. Her own memories of slavery.
- B. Stories her grandmother told her.
- C. The television series Roots.
- D. Slave narratives.
Explanation: Morrison drew on slave narratives and the historical account of Margaret Garner, an enslaved woman whose story inspired Sethe in the…
Correct answer: Slave narratives.- A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
- B. To explain his religious views.
- C. To amuse the narrator's sickly wife.
- D. So they won't interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.
Explanation: Uncle Julius uses the tale of the enchanted grapes to prevent the Northern owners from exploiting the neglected vineyard, which helps…
Correct answer: So they won't interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.- A. Its character's movement from slavery to freedom.
- B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
- C. The novel's sensationalist scenes of violence.
- D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.Explore Top Audiobooks
Explanation: Like a slave narrative, Oxherding Tale follows a enslaved character's movement toward freedom, although Johnson reshapes that journey…
Correct answer: Its character's movement from slavery to freedom.- A. The scene invokes audience sympathy.
- B. The heroine has to balance autonomy with self-denial.
- C. The heroine conquers her passions.
- D. A and B
- E. B and C
Explanation: The chapter uses the sentimental novel's appeal to the reader's sympathy and presents the heroine's struggle between personal autonomy and…
Correct answer: A and B- A. Harriet Beecher Stowe
- B. Richard Wright
- C. Frederick Douglass
- D. Phillis Wheatley
Explanation: Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, the influential 1852 novel that exposed the cruelty of American slavery.
Correct answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe- A. Mystery.
- B. Science Fiction.
- C. Horror.
- D. Tragedy.
Explanation: “Bloodchild” is science fiction because it imagines an extraterrestrial society, alien reproduction, and a human community living under…
Correct answer: Science Fiction.- A. She tries to pass as White.
- B. She washes clothes for White women.
- C. She lets a man help her out.
- D. She marries a Black man.
Explanation: Mag Smith is condemned by the surrounding white community for marrying Jim, a Black man, despite her own poverty and vulnerability.
Correct answer: She marries a Black man.- A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
- B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
- C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
- D. Insistence on desegregation.
Explanation: Beloved represents the neo-slave narrative by showing how slavery continues to damage memory, identity, family bonds, and psychological…
Correct answer: Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.- A. William Wells Brown
- B. Nella Larsen.
- C. Charles Chesnutt
- D. James Weldon Johnson
Explanation: Passing was published in 1929 by Nella Larsen, a major Harlem Renaissance novelist.
Correct answer: Nella Larsen.- A. The Rainbow
- B. Ullysses
- C. Lady Chatterley's Lover
- D. Sons and Lovers
Explanation: *Ulysses* is a modernist novel by James Joyce, not D. H. Lawrence. Lawrence wrote *The Rainbow*, *Lady Chatterley's Lover*, and *Sons and…
Correct answer: Ullysses- A. a novel of short length
- B. a novel personal feelings
- C. a Novella
- D. a novel of correspondence among the characters
Explanation: An epistolary novel tells its story through letters or other written communications exchanged by characters.
Correct answer: a novel of correspondence among the characters- A. Friendly
- B. Indifferent
- C. Vindictive
- D. None of these
Explanation: Hardy commonly presents Nature as indifferent to human hopes and suffering rather than as friendly or deliberately vindictive.
Correct answer: Indifferent- A. Charles Dickens
- B. Homer
- C. Lord Tennison
- D. Ernest Hemingway
Explanation: For Whom the Bell Tolls is Ernest Hemingway’s novel about an American volunteer involved in the Spanish Civil War.
Correct answer: Ernest Hemingway- A. Hemingway
- B. Virginia Woolf
- C. E.M. Forster
- D. D.H. Lawrence
Explanation: The Rainbow is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, tracing generations of the Brangwen family and their changing relationships with society.
Correct answer: D.H. Lawrence- A. European
- B. Indians
- C. American
- D. None of theseRead Classic Poetry
Explanation: Gulliver comes to regard the Yahoos as a savage image of European human beings, especially when he compares their behaviour with that of…
Correct answer: European- A. R. K. Narayan
- B. Edin Blyton
- C. Rudyard Kipling
- D. H. G. Wells
Explanation: The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, especially famous for its tales of Mowgli and the animals of the Indian…
Correct answer: Rudyard Kipling- A. Oscar Wilde
- B. Joseph Conrad
- C. Thomas Hardy
- D. Rudyard Kipling
Explanation: Lord Jim: A Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, exploring guilt, idealism and the consequences of a moment of cowardice.
Correct answer: Joseph Conrad- A. Pessimist
- B. Meliorist
- C. Mystic
- D. None of these
Explanation: Hardy’s tragic view of life, dominated by fate, suffering, and indifferent natural forces, leads critics to describe him as a pessimist.
Correct answer: Pessimist