A. Mark Twain.
B. Herman Melville.
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
D. Walt Whitman.
Related Mcqs:
- Thoreau believed that if a government was unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called_____________?
A. Following orders.
B. Resisting arrest.
C. Civil disobedience.
D. Mutiny. - Why does Henry David Thoreau write his book “Walden” ?
A. To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action
B. To critique slavery
C. Tell his entire life story
D. None of the above - Thoreau through this essay tries to portray_______________?
A. Transcendentalism
B. Imperialism
C. Socialism
D. Naturalism - Henry David Thoreau lived for a while_______________?
A. At Lake Tahoe.
B. At Willow Pond.
C. At the Feather River.
D. At Walden Pond. - Thoreau places a sense of Upon the ants ?
A. honor and glory
B. meticulous faction
C. responsibility
D. revenge and betrayal - What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau ?
A. Father of Free verse
B. Father of american poetry
C. Self-reliance
D. Father of American Liteature - Thoreau scales humans down to the size of ants in order to____________________?
A. examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare
B. create a very vivid and impressive picture
C. shows his real intentions in writing
D. portray humans allegorically - In Lucille Clifton’s “wishes for son,” the narrator lists what wishes her sons ?
A. That they learn from her mistakes.
B. That they have richer lives than hers.
C. That they have all they ever wished for themselves.
D. That they experience all the pain and embarrassment of being a woman. - The poem ‘Chicago’ is written by________________?
A. Ezra Pound
B. E.E. Cummings
C. Carl Sandburg
D. Carlos William - ‘The Revolt of Islam’ was written by________________?
A. Wordsworth
B. Coleridge
C. Shelley
D. None of these
