What writing describes the death of two settlers at the hands of 300 bowmen ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Chaucer and Langland were contemporaries, but there were several differences between their writing styles. Which of the following best describes these differences ?

   A. Langland wrote only about aristocratic characters that were similar to Arthurian legends, whereas Chaucer wrote about lower social classes.
   B. Chaucer and Langland wrote in different dialects.
   C. Chaucer copied French and Italian style, whereas Langland did not.
   D. Most of Chaucer’s poetry was for a secular court audience, whereas Langland’s was didactic, teaching a moral lesson.

2. A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?

   A. Reader Response
   B. Feminist
   C. Mimetic
   D. Formalist

3. A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?

   A. Mimetic approach
   B. Formalist approach
   C. Historical approach
   D. Psychological approach

4. How does the following representative quotation from Brontë’s Jane Eyre reflect on Victorian social conventions? “You have nothing to do with the master of Thornfield, further than to receive the salary he gives you for teaching his protégée, and to be grateful for such respectful and kind treatment as, if you do your duty, you have a right to expect at his hands” ?

   A. It reiterates the class divisions that kept both men and women from social mobility.
   B. It suggests that women were increasingly accepted as professionals.
   C. It indicates that British society had become much more egalitarian.
   D. It reveals the stern consequences of the Industrial Revolution.

5. “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

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

   A. Slave narrative
   B. Indian autobiography
   C. Sermon
   D. Trancendentalism

7. 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

8. During the Colonial Time Period, the writing was influenced most by what religious persuasion ?

   A. The Puritans
   B. The Catholics
   C. The Pilgrims
   D. The Anglo Saxons

9. This quote comes from what writing: “God holds you over the pit of Hell much as one holds a spider over the fire________________”?

   A. Spiders of the World
   B. Hands of Satan
   C. Hell and Salem
   D. Sinners in the Hand…

10. Postmodern writing often uses and as literary devices ?

    A. Black humor; metafiction.
    B. Metaphors; verbal irony.
    C. Hyperbole; Personification.
    D. Symbolism; Imagery.