A. African Americans
B. White public of Plymouth
C. White public of Massachusetts
D. Native Americans
Related Mcqs:
- What statement below best sums up the literary significance of John Saffin ?
A. Anti-Slavery
B. Father of american poetry
C. Pro Slavery
D. Father of American Liteature - Identify the writer who was expelled from Oxford for circulating a pamphlet ?
A. P.B. Shelley
B. Charles Lamb
C. Hazlitt
D. Coleridge - What is the title of the prose pamphlet Edmund Spenser wrote in the year 1596 ?
A. The Visions of Petrarch
B. A View of the Present State of Ireland
C. The Ruines of Time
D. Visions of the worlds vanitie - 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 - Where was John Milton born? Where was John Milton born ?
A. London
B. Bristol
C. Wales
D. Yorkshire - Fill in the blank. In the second edition of_________________, John Foxe promised that he would edit a collection of the works of William Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes?
A. “Acts and Monuments”
B. “Utopia”
C. “Euphues”
D. “Paradise Regained” - In Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale,” why would the miller’s determination to speak following the knight appear unsettling to the 14th century audience ?
A. The knight had not finished his tale.
B. The miller did not ask politely.
C. A member of the clergy should have spoken next.
D. The miller was far beneath the knight in social order, so the miller should have deferred to the person who ranked above him. - Aristotle felt that ethos was established by a speaker or writer by convincing the audience that ?
A. the author or speaker was of good mind and character.
B. the author or speaker was emotionally involved in the topic at hand.
C. the author or speaker has provided proper logic and evidence in support of his topic.
D. the author or speaker maintained the appropriate critical distance from the topic. - Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE concerning Book Two of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” ?
A. A debate is held in Hell by Satan and his compatriots concerning whether to attempt to recover Heaven.
B. Satan embarks on his passage across the great gulf of Chaos.
C. The Narrator invokes his muse by the name of “Holy Light.”
D. The demons begin exploring Hell, engaging in philosophical debates, and entering
singing competitions. - Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Milton’s ideal republic ?
A. There was to be no king, bishops, or House of Lords.
B. There were to be no churches except Anglican churches.
C. There was to be no Oxford University.
D. A and C
