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.
Related Mcqs:
- Let me for a few moments turn your attention to the reservations in the different states of New England, and, with but few exceptions, we shall find them as follows: the most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world – a complete place of prodigality and prostitution. What does “prodigality” mean ?
A. Wasteful extravagance
B. Promiscuity
C. Return from the dead
D. Redemption - “O my death mother! I am miserable, truly miserable! But yet, don’t be frightened, I am honest! God, of his goodness, keep me so!” These lines characterize Samuel Richardson’s Pamela in all of the following ways EXCEPT ______________?
A. through the personal, direct appeal enabled by his epistolary form.
B. by emphasizing the character’s fright.
C. by emphasizing sexual morality.
D. through the sentimental attempt to make readers strongly identify with the character’s feelings. - This person was captured by Native Americans but saved by Pocahontas _______________?
A. Joseph Smith, Jr
B. Jerry Smith
C. Hiram Smith
D. John Smith - This group of Native Americans left behind a legend about creation using pictographs_____________?
A. Apache
B. Delaware
C. Sioux
D. Inuit - This group of Native Americans believed that corn was crucial to creation ?
A. Teton
B. Cherokee
C. Utes
D. Navajo - Which statement best describes literary significance of William APess ?
A. Indian Autobiography
B. Father of free verse
C. Father of American poetry
D. Both A and B - Apess concludes his piece by____________?
A. Predicting the Apocalypse
B. Declaring his intention to run for public office
C. Calling for Native Americans to declare themselves independent of the U.S. government
D. Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice - In the poem “When Malindy Sings,” Paul Laurence Dunbar uses irony and caricature to “signify” on white assumptions about African Americans. What does Henry Louis Gate’s term “signify” mean ?
A. Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers.
B. Fixing words with very specific meanings.
C. Making sure that what is written makes sense.
D. Lying to mislead the reader. - Which events in and after the 1960s contributed significantly to the decentralization of England from London to a more regional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England and the popularity of postcolonial fiction ?
A. Radio announcers were permitted to speak in regional dialects and multicultural accents.
B. The Arts Council designated many of its resources to supporting regional arts councils.
C. Regional radio and television stations appeared throughout the country.
D. all of the above - What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems to the working classes A Song: \Men of England\and England in 1819 ?
A. the organization of a working class men’s choral group in Southern England
B. the Battle of Waterloo
C. the Peterloo Massacre
D. the storming of the Bastille
