“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as a literary work exposed the evils of________________?

A. Dowry
B. Slavery
C. Corruption
D. Superstitions

Apess claims that Native Americans in New England are the “most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world.” Which of the following is NOT a reason he offers as an explanation for their misery ?

A. They are victimized by corrupt indian agents appointed by the government.
B. They are not provided with adequate education.
C. They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.
D. Native american women have been seduced and abandoned by white men.

The farmer drove his plough-share deep “Whose bones are these?” said he, “I find them where my browsing sheep Roam o’er the upland lea.” What does “lea” mean? Veldu eitt ?

A. Rocky land
B. Bridge
C. Plain or plateau
D. Meadow or pastureland

He had heard this destruction of the original possessors of the soil described, as we find it in the history of the times, where, we are told, “the number destroyed was about four hundred;” and “it was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the same, and the horrible scent thereof; but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the praise thereof to God.” This work is___________?

A. A hortatory sermon
B. A historial novel
C. Gothic fiction
D. A narrative frame

This is the implied comparison between two dissimilar things_______________?

A. Myth
B. History
C. Tradition
D. Metaphor

Native Son (1940) is written by_____________?

A. Jean toomer
B. Richard wright
C. Ralph ellison
D. Stephen crane

The American Renaissance overlapped the time period, in which American writers were trying to____________?

A. Postmodern; end slavery.
B. Colonial; end patriotism for england.
C. Modernism; end individualism.
D. Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from england.

What did John Smith write ?

A. Jason and isolde
B. General history of virginia
C. Declaration of independence
D. Journal of an expedition

Themes in colonial time period ?

A. Resistance
B. Cultural independence
C. Europe
D. All the above

Which of the following best defines the Enlightenment movement ?

A. Age of reason
B. Political thinking
C. Celebration of individual
D. Philosophical movment