A. The narrator’s attempt to stay hidden.
B. The narrator’s desire to be safe.
C. The narrator’s invisibility to society.
D. The narrator’s attempt to stay out of prison.
Related Mcqs:
- The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is_____________?
A. The theme of man against nature.
B. The theme of man against man.
C. The theme of heredity.
D. Nature as an invisible force. - 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. - Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the _________ Man for the sword and for the ____________ she: Man with the head and woman with the …..: Man to command and woman to ____________?
A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree
B. throne; scepter; soul; decree
C. school; scalpel; pen; set free
D. hearth; needle; heart; obey - Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor for a number of early American writers, including_______________?
A. Hawthrone
B. Stewart
C. Thoreau
D. A and B - Why do we call Ralph Waldo Emerson the “Father of American Literature” ?
A. First native american to publish life writing
B. Mentor to other writers
C. Literary Maverick
D. None of the above - Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The Princess. Man for the field and woman for the …..: Man for the sword and for the ___________ she: Man with the head and woman with the __________Man to command and woman to _____________?
A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree
B. throne; scepter; soul; decree
C. school; scalpel; pen; set free
D. hearth; needle; heart; obey - “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 - But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. This victim is killed because of_____________?
A. A letter
B. His clouded eye
C. His pact with the devil
D. His loud heart beat - This approach provides a universalistic approach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test of time. It works well with works that are highly symbolic.What approach has this advantage ?
A. Mimetic
B. Psychological
C. Historical/Biographical
D. Mythological/Archetypal - A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?
A. Mimetic approach
B. Formalist approach
C. Historical approach
D. Psychological approach
