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 statement below best sums up the literary significance of Emily Dickinson ?

A. Oversoul
B. Slant rhyme
C. True rhyme
D. All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Indian autobiography genre ?

A. Birth
B. Assimilation
C. Sovereignty
D. Religious in nature

About William Bradford__________________?

A. Wrote the mayflower compact agreement
B. Founded jamestown
C. Wrote about the plymouth plantation
D. A and c

During the Revolutionary time period, what great document was written ?

A. The first romance novel.
B. The declaration of independence.
C. Confessional poetry.
D. The heiner papers

“He will give the gloom of gloom, and the sunshine of sunshine”. The pronoun “He” refers to_______________?

A. God
B. Painter
C. Sculptor
D. Author

According to “Hare’s Adventure”, how does he get his “burnt buttocks” ?

A. His buttocks was scorched by the sun which he had caught in a trap
B. Grandmother burned him with a hot poker for being so mischievous
C. Hare caught his own tale on fire trying to cook himself some dinner
D. He was born that way

Who is the narrator in Melville’s Moby Dick ?

A. Captain ahab
B. Elijah
C. Ishmael
D. Gabrial

In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed ?

A. 1784
B. 1841
C. 1850
D. 1857

The Manitou is a great god in this legend ?

A. Gilgamesh
B. Colba
C. Odysseus
D. Walum olum