A. the founding of the Jamestown settlement
B. the founding of the Plymouth colony
C. Henry Hudson’s fruitless search for the Northwest Passage
D. all of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Elizabeth’s reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned ?
A. 35
B. 40
C. 45
D. 50 - Who succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603, establishing the Stuart dynasty ?
A. James IV of Scotland
B. James VI of Scotland
C. Mary, Queen of Scots
D. Anne Boleyn
- What are the beginning and ending dates of the reign of James I ?
A. 1592-1608
B. 1603-1625
C. 1607-1627
D. 1608-1639 - Which of the following themes or subjects was not common in the works of Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard Lovelace, and Robert Herrick ?
A. courtly ideals of the good life
B. carpe diem
C. loyalty to the king
D. pious devotion to religious virtues - Which of the following was characteristic of the court of James I ?
A. gluttonous feasting
B. hard drinking
C. hunting
D. all of the above - Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts ?
A. Democracy
B. Brother love/charity
C. US Exceptionalism
D. None of the above - Which of the following Post-Modern theoreticians explores the contradictions of colonial discourse and the ambivalence that the colonizer feels towards the colonized “other” in works such as “Nation and Narration” ?
A. Linda Hutcheon
B. Homi Bhabha
C. Jacques Derrida
D. Fredric Jameson - Which of the following literary terms is NOT commonly deployed in Post- Colonial theory ?
A. Mimicry
B. Ambivalence
C. Hybridity
D. Serendipity - Which of the following are contemporary Indian artists who have begun to more critically examine India’s post-colonial situation ?
A. Ravinder Reddy
B. Rummana Hussain
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. A and B only - James I liked to imagine himself as a modern version of which ruler ?
A. Pericles
B. Genghis Khan
C. Richard Lionheart
D. Augustus Caesar
