“He glanced with rapid eyes_____________ they looked like frightened beads”. The figure of speech used here is ?

A. Metahor
B. Oxymoron
C. Simile
D. Irony

What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau ?

A. Father of free verse
B. Father of american poetry
C. Self-reliance
D. Father of american liteature

We associate John Winthrop with what colonial Settlement ?

A. Plymouth
B. Mayflower compact
C. Massachusetts bay colony
D. Rhode island

Thoreau scales humans down to the size of ants in order to____________________?

A. Examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare
B. Create a very vivid and impressive picture
C. Shows his real intentions in writing
D. Portray humans allegorically

Parker’s report to Margaret is_________________?

A. Straightforward and simple
B. Complex and heart wrenching
C. Simple and heartwarming
D. Painful and disgustingly low

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

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. The author of this passage was_______________?

A. A slave
B. A transcendentalist
C. The son of itinerant actors
D. An indentured servant

Usher can only stand types of noises in his acutely uncomfortable state. The narrator describes a number of impromptus that Usher plays for him on which instrument ?

A. The harp
B. The guitar
C. The ukulele
D. The violin

The poem by Berryman has a sad and depressed tone about it and it foreshadows the_____________?

A. Fate of the author or how depressed be was
B. Fate and the mindest of the boy
C. Turn of events of the ball
D. Happenings in the poem

According to the sign in the Kentucky Inn, what is branded to George’s right hand ?

A. The letter s
B. The letter h
C. A hexagon
D. The number 314