A. Harper Lee
B. John Updike
C. Henry Miller
D. R. Ellison
Related Mcqs:
- The term ‘the Palliser Novels’ is used to describe the political novels of ______________?
A. Charles Dickens
B. Anthony Trollope
C. W. H. White
D. B.Disraeli - How is “Jane Eyre” different from the novels of the first wave of English Gothic novels ?
A. Its protagonist is at risk for sexual transgression.
B. It is a Bildungsroman.
C. It explains strange phenomena.
D. The theme of imprisonment is prominent. - Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary novels written about slavery. Toni Morrison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. The opening chapter of the novel represents the neo-slave narrative by its________________?
A. Discussion of race relations in the North and South.
B. Condemnation of the plantation myth.
C. Examination of the psychological damage of slavery.
D. Insistence on desegregation. - Brer Rabbit is an example of what kind of character ?
A. Trickster
B. Victim
C. Representation of the slave master
D. “Uncle Tom” character who feels slavery is best for the African American - Which of the following novels has the subtitle ‘A Novel Without a Hero’ ?
A. Vanity Fair
B. Middlemarch
C. Wuthering Heights
D. Oliver Twist - According to Margot Norris, what do Joyce’s novels imply about civilization ?
A. that it depends on repression
B. that it ends paralysis
C. that it enables fulfillment
D. that it resolves spiritual crises - According to Dr. Mark Canada’s “An Introduction to the Novel”, Richard Chase identifies which of the following as a main difference between novels and romances ?
A. The language in which they are written
B. The way they view reality
C. The way they are structured
D. The type of people who write them - How is Thornfield in “Jane Eyre” different from the structures found in the first wave of Gothic novels ?
A. It is an ancestral estate.
B. It contains vault-like spaces.
C. It is located in England.
D. It is mysterious. - Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels ?
A. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
D. Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë - Who is famous for representing London in his novels ?
A. Thackeray
B. Hardy
C. Dickens
D. W. Scott