A. She is proud of her heritage.
B. She doesn’t want Maggie to have it.
C. She wants to display it for her friends to see.
D. She loves the beauty of it.
Related Mcqs:
- Alice Walker’s story, “Everyday Use,” includes which “Womanist” concern ?
A. The importance of men to the African American family.
B. The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
C. The importance of African religious influence in America.
D. The importance of African American craftsmanship. - Alice Walker’s novels often explore the abuse experienced by African American women. What is the only abuse Celie does not experience The Color Purple ?
A. Betrayal by the educational system.
B. Betrayal by her sister.
C. Betrayal by her community.
D. Betrayal by a family member. - David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” argues that_________________?
A. The races should not intermarry.
B. Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery.
C. Blacks have the duty to resist slavery.
D. Blacks should return to Africa. - What source did David Walker rely on the most for support in “Appeal in Four Articles” ?
A. The Bible.
B. Greek history.
C. Slave narratives.
D. Abolitionist newspapers. - Although different in tone, Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” and David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” are similar in what way ?
A. Their belief in necessary violence.
B. Their belief that women should have equal rights.
C. Their appeals to Christians.
D. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves. - In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?
A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this - In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine,” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?
A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
B. To explain his religious views.
C. To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
D. So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest. - One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - Why does Radcliffe favor the term “romance” as the subtitle to “The Mysteries of Udolpho” ?
A. Radcliffe wants to emphasize the happy ending of the marriage of Emily and Valancourt.
B. It frees Radcliffe from a strict adherence to common life, allowing her to place Emily in challenging situations.
C. Radcliffe considers her work a continuation of the sentimental novel of the 18th century.
D. It acknowledges the lack of supernatural plot tricks.
