This checkmark diagram represents the plot structure for what genre of early American writing ?

Related Mcqs:

1. “An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man” illustrates what genre of early American writing ?

   A. Sermon
   B. Autobiography
   C. Spiritual diary
   D. Biography

2. William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation exemplifies what genre of early American writing ?

   A. Slave narrative
   B. Free verse poem
   C. Journal
   D. Spiritual diary

3. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
   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.

4. The Gothic novel, a popular genre for the Romantics, exemplified in the writing of Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe, could contain which of the following elements ?

   A. supernatural phenomenon
   B. perversion and sadism, often involving a maiden’s persecution
   C. plots of mystery and terror set in inhospitable, sullen landscapes
   D. all of the above

5. 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.

6. Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come together in drama when what author began writing ?

   A. Chaucer
   B. Langland
   C. Homer
   D. Shakespeare

7. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor for a number of early American writers, including_______________?

   A. Hawthrone
   B. Stewart
   C. Thoreau
   D. A and B

8. Before advocating on behalf of the enslaved in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel Sewall participated in what early American crisis event ?

   A. Mayflower compact
   B. Salem Witch Trails
   C. No involvement
   D. All the above

9. The American Renaissance overlapped the time period, in which American writers were trying to____________?

   A. Postmodern; end slavery.
   B. Colonial; end patriotism for England.
   C. Modernism; end individualism.
   D. Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from England.

10. Which statement below best defines the genre of Indian autobiography ?

    A. Genre that details life exerpeinces of white americans in early america and critiques american society to native americans.
    B. Genre that details life experiences of native Americas in early America and critiques American society to native Americans.
    C. Both A and B
    D. None of the above