A. Mrs. Mallard
B. Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine
C. Mr. Mallard
D. a third person
Related Mcqs:
- The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?
A. Narrative frame
B. Hortatory sermon
C. Snaring
D. Jamming - Who write the story “Story Teller” ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Thomas Grey
D. Saki - A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
A. Reader Response
B. Feminist
C. Mimetic
D. Formalist - The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. This work draws upon_____________?
A. A European fairy tale
B. A local ghost story
C. An Indian legend
D. A European ghost story - 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 - In Book Six of “Paradise Lost,” Adam is told of what major event ?
A. The fall of the Son
B. The fall of the Rebel Angels
C. The fall of God
D. The death of Michael - “Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.”- Who told it ?
A. Shakespeare
B. Chaucer
C. Spenser
D. Bacon - All that glitters is not gold. You have heard often this told. This maxim is included in Shakespeare’s__________________?
A. Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare’s
B. Shakespeare’s Tempest
C. Shakespeare’s Much ado about nothing.
D. None of these - “not of an age, but for all time”-was told about Shakespeare by whom ?
A. Marlowe
B. Ben Johnson
C. King Henry
D. John Milton - The pervading metaphor in the story is___________________?
A. a clean well-lighted place
B. the old waiter
C. the old man
D. liquor
