A. She almost died in childbirth with her first child.
B. She doesn’t want to lose her figure.
C. Her husband has threatened to leave her.
D. She is afraid it may have dark skin.
Related Mcqs:
- Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?
A. Fanny Burney
B. Mary Wollstonecraft
C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
D. Jane Austen - Who is the author of the novel Passing ?
A. William Wells Brown
B. Nella Larsen.
C. Charles Chesnutt
D. James Weldon Johnson - Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?
A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice. - Who inherits ownership of Tom when St. Clare dies ?
A. Eva
B. Marie
C. George Shelby
D. Haley - In which city does the St.Clare live ?
A. Memphis
B. New Orleans
C. Louisville
D. Atlanta - What vice does Tom attempt to convince Augustine Clare to renounce ?
A. gambling
B. drinking
C. bribery
D. lying - How does St. Clare die ?
A. He drowns
B. He suffers a heart attack
C. He is poisoned
D. He is stabbed - In addition to driving the family coach, what other responsibility do the St. Clare assign Uncle Tom ?
A. Tutoring Eva
B. Managing finances
C. Helping Dinah cook
D. Administering Marie’s medicine - What job does Uncle Tom perform at the St. Clare plantation ?
A. Cook
B. Groomsman
C. Head Coachman
D. Valet - In what way does Thornfield Hall differ from the Castle of Otranto, Udolpho, and the Convent of St. Clare ?
A. It is the scene of violence.
B. It is the scene of sexual transgression.
C. It is the scene of redemption for the Byronic hero.
D. It serves as a kind of prison.
