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_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. I would not have it imagined, however, that he was one of those cruel potentates of the school, who joy in the smart of their subjects; on the contrary, he administered justice with discrimination rather than severity; taking the burthen off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those of the strong. What is the meaning of the word “smart” in this context ?

   A. Stupidity
   B. Silliness
   C. Pain
   D. Intelligence

2. 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

3. When Mary Shelley writes about ghosts, what is her concern ?

   A. People are foolishly superstitious.
   B. A world devoid of supernatural phenomena is a better world.
   C. A belief in ghosts is a belief in imagination.
   D. The personification of nature is regressive.

4. Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches ?

   A. An armed head
   B. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air.
   C. A bloody child.
   D. A child crowned, with a tree in his hand

5. Who is traveling with Macbeth when he first encounters the Three Witches ?

   A. Macduff
   B. Mercutio
   C. Lady Macbeth
   D. Banquo

6. Fill in the blank. In the play, “Macbeth,” a number of characters refer to the Three Witches as________________?

   A. “The violent trio”
   B. “The Fatal Sisters”
   C. “The Weird Sisters”
   D. “The Dead Sisters”

7. In the play, “Macbeth,” according to the witches, who will inherit the Scottish throne ?

   A. The children of Macbeth
   B. The children of Banquo
   C. The children of Macduff
   D. The children of the witches

8. Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in magical animals, and sought good luck charms. What “science” did they utilize in trying to predict and control the future ?

   A. Alchemy
   B. Metallurgy
   C. Geocentricity
   D. Astrology

9. What story tells how Squanto taught the settler to grow corn, procure commodities and fish ?

   A. General History of Virginia
   B. Puritan Sermons
   C. The story of Plymouth Plantation
   D. Pride and Prejudice

10. Which of the following women exposed themselves to scandal by writing racy stories for the popular press ?

    A. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary Wroth, and Elizabeth Cary
    B. Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and Eliza Haywood
    C. Anne Finch, Anne Killigrew, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    D. Rachel Speght, Katherine Philips, and Frances Burney