Question 1

In his work Fire Next Time, James Baldwin argues for

Options :

A : an end to separation between the races

B : the right of workers to organize

C : reform of the American educational system

D : peace in Southeast Asia

E : an end to political corruption in Washington

Answer: A

Question 2

Which author associated manhood and maturity with nonconformity?

Options :

A : Henry David Longfellow

B : Willa Cather

C : Mark Twain

D : Carl Sandburg

E : Ralph Waldo Emerson

Answer: A

Question 3

Which poem describes the narrator’s “sorrow for the lost Lenore”?

Options :

A : To One in Paradise

B : The Raven

C : A Clear Midnight

D : I Thought I was not Alone

E : The Conqueror Worm

Answer: B

Question 4

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark,” Aylmer commits a fatal error when his

Options :

A : faith in science causes him to try to improve on nature

B : disapproval of church leaders weakens his faith in God

C : hand shakes during surgery

D : greed causes him to lose his business

E : trust in his assistant brings about failure

Answer: A

Question 5

Which Eugene O’Neill play is an autobiographical account of his Irish-American family?

Options :

A : Beyond the Horizon

B : Long Day’s Journey into Night

C : Strange Interlude

D : Anna Christie

E : Bound East for Cardiff

Answer: B

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