A. Waste and abuse of natural resources
B. Immoral behavior
C. Love and respect for family and its elders
D. Uncivilized society
Related Mcqs:
- Generally speaking, African-American themes were very rare in white modernist poetry. Which of the following white poets attempted to evoke elements of black experience in his or her poems ?
A. H.D.
B. Hart Crane
C. William Carlos Williams
D. T.S. Eliot - Which of the following political themes was explored by American Objectivist poets ?
A. Slavery
B. American attitudes toward Jews and Israel
C. Capitalism and social inequalities
D. All of these answers - Occom says he was discriminated against as a missionary and minister. What proof does he present to illustrate the unfair treatment of Native American ministers ?
A. Establishment of puritans
B. Establishment of autobiography
C. Establishment of Indian praying towns
D. Establishment of self- reliance - Which of the following women is most closely associated with monastic life ?
A. Marie de France
B. Hildegard of Bingen
C. Christine de Pizan
D. The Wife of Bath - Which of the following ideas does NOT come from Edmund Burke’s Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime ?
A. The effect of the sublime on the physical body
B. The distinction between the sublime and beauty
C. An aesthetic explanation of the sublime through painting
D. The important role surprise plays in creating pleasure - Which of the following controversial ideas surround the life and work of William Shakespeare ?
A. The idea that William Shakespeare never lived.
B. The idea that William Shakespeare was a Catholic.
C. All of the above
D. A and B only - Apess claims that Native Americans in New England are the “most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world.” Which of the following is NOT a reason he offers as an explanation for their misery ?
A. They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government.
B. They are not provided with adequate education.
C. They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.
D. Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men. - Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?
A. Aristotle
B. Viktor Shklovsky
C. Stanley Fish
D. Toni Morrison - Which of the following terms is NOT closely associated with the Gothic novel ?
A. Horror
B. The sublime
C. Suspense
D. Picaresque - Which of the following characteristics is NOT closely associated with a comedy of manners ?
A. Witty banter
B. Epic heroes
C. Sexual promiscuity
D. Hidden identities
