Which American President reportedly referred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as “the little lady who made this big war” ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Harriet Jacob’s slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in what way ?

   A. Stowe’s novel is sentimental.
   B. Stowe describes the treatment of slaves.
   C. Stowe describes the escape of slaves.
   D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was used by abolitionists.

2. Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to illustrate the evils of_________________?

   A. Alcohol
   B. Slavery
   C. Foreign
   D. Imperialism

3. Until recent years it was thought that Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was____________?

   A. Based on a New England captivity narrative.
   B. An anonymous narrative.
   C. Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child.
   D. Written by Jacob’s son.

4. Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?

   A. That female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.
   B. How slavery was worse for men.
   C. How females were affected by slavery.
   D. That female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.

5. 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.

6. American Civil War was fought in_______________?

   A. 1815-1820
   B. 1830-1840
   C. 1861-1865
   D. 1825-1833

7. The hairy wild-bee that murmurs and hankers up and down, that gripes the fullgrown lady-flower, curves upon her with amorous firm legs, takes his will of her, and holds himself tremulous and tight till he is satisfied. What does tremulous mean ?

   A. Trembling and timid
   B. Stiff
   C. Afraid
   D. Contemplating and deciding

8. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

   A. Long, wide petticoats
   B. A trench-coat
   C. Loose, wide breeches
   D. Underpants

9. Which of the following statements best characterizes American World War II poems ?

   A. They tend to use traditional rhyme schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free verse.
   B. They tend to use metaphors and avoid direct descriptive statements.
   C. They tend to use classical imagery while rejecting romantic tropes.
   D. They tend to be narrative and confront the reader with stark wartime realities.

10. When was the ban finally lifted on D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, written in 1928?

    A. 1930
    B. 1945
    C. 1960
    D. 2000