Of what does Goodman Brown become guilty after his midnight meeting in the woods ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What ritual does the character resembling the devil attempt to perform in the woods, with goodman Brown as the object ?

   A. A conversion
   B. A christening
   C. A wedding
   D. A baptism

2. “Can this be so!” cried goodman Brown, with a stare of amazement at his undisturbed companion. Howbeit, I have nothing to do with the governor and council – they have their own ways, and are no rule for a simple husbandman, like me. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbathday and lecture-day!” The word “husbandman” usually means farmer, but in this context it means something else – what ?

   A. Rancher
   B. Male partner in a marriage
   C. Cowboy
   D. Man of ordinary status

3. Along the way, goodman Brown and the character who seems to be the devil meet three people______________?

   A. Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old goodman Brown.
   B. Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister.
   C. The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin.
   D. Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon Gookin.

4. 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

5. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

   A. Long, wide petticoats
   B. A trench-coat
   C. Loose, wide breeches
   D. Underpants

6. Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” is a novel characterized by which of the following descriptions ?

   A. It is an excellent example of “Magical Realism.”
   B. It is concerned with the post-colonial situation of India before and after its partitioning into India and Pakistan.
   C. It is a book that tells the story of the Sinai family.
   D. All of the above

7. How long is Rip asleep in the woods ?

   A. Fifty years
   B. Twenty years
   C. One hundred years
   D. Eighty years

8. In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?

   A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
   B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
   C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
   D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this

9. In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?

   A. She is one-quarter Black.
   B. She is one-eighth Black.
   C. She is White.
   D. She cannot be a slave.

10. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

    A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
    B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
    C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
    D. All of the above answers are correct.