Final Exam in American Literature ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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How does Harriet Jacobs time living in the secrecy in the attic serve a
special narrative function in addition to recounting the horror of such
confinement
A. It shows how depraved slave owners could be to lock someone in
an attic like that
B. It offered an objective view of the slave system
C. It is one of the first instances of an experimental narrative style
D. It demonstrates how she is molding herself as a character in the
Romantic heroic tradition - CORRECT ANSWER B. It offered an
objective view of the slave system
Which of these features is NOT associated with the sentimental novel?
A. It conformed to many of the Romantic ideals of the 18th and 19th
Centuries
B. The hero learns to control her feelings in order to realize her
feminine obligations
C. Men were generally characterized as sexual partners
D. A young female protagonist navigates a treacherous world with just
her own moral compass - CORRECT ANSWER C. Men were generally
characterized as sexual partners
How is Hugh's art a protest against his condition in "life in the Iron-
Mills"?
A. It stands as a memorial to all of the workers who have died in the
iron mills
B. It is his manner of expressing his suffering, hunger, and general
poverty
C. He is working on it continually during work hours
D. He demands that he be paid for it since it was made for the
company - CORRECT ANSWER B. It is his manner of expressing his
suffering, hunger, and general poverty
,Which of these most accurately described the Cult of Domesticity?
A. It claimed that women were morally superior, so they must be
confined to the home, caring for the family and the domestic space to
preserve social stability
B. It was a name for the original effort to create a Constitutional
amendment that would define marriage is exclusively between a man
and a woman
C. The view that the sanctity of the family as a whole required an
equal participation of men and women
D. It espoused the notion that any woman who solely defined
themselves through the home was in effect cult-like and therefore one-
dimensional - CORRECT ANSWER A. It claimed that women were
morally superior, so they must be confined to the home, caring for the
family and the domestic space to preserve social stability
What is the purpose of the scene in which Mrs. Bird goes through her
dead child's things?
A. It allows for the psychological development of Mrs. Bird, who is the
primary focus of the chapter
B. It is an instance of sentimentally in order to popularize the book and
make it sell more effectively
C. It becomes a symbol for innocence
D. It creates an emotional connection between her and the escaped
slave on the basis of maternal loss and therefore humanizes the slave -
CORRECT ANSWER D. It creates an emotional connection between
her and the escaped slave on the basis of maternal loss and therefore
humanizes the slave
Which of these reflects Frederick Douglass's views of Christianity?
A. It is useless in overturning the slave system
B. It is a noble system but ultimately not realistic and so should not be
part of the abolitionist cause
C. In the hands of slave masters, it is sadistic and helps to justify
slavery
D. It is the only means of overcoming slavery - CORRECT ANSWER C.
In the hands of slave masters, it is sadistic and helps to justify slavery
Bartleby spends many hours sitting in front of and staring at what?
, A. A picture of a girl
B. beautiful, outside scenery
C. a blank, dead wall
D. a picture of himself - CORRECT ANSWER c. a blank, dead wall
What happens to Bartleby?
A. He comes to the narrator's new office to work for him
B. He lives for many years in prison
C. He dies
D. He takes over the law office that the narrator owned. - CORRECT
ANSWER C. He dies
One of the central topics of discussion between Mr. and Mrs. Bird is
the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, which made it illegal for
anyone in a "free state"
A. purchase a slave
B. take pictures of runaway slaves for scrapbooks
C. Assist a runaway slave from a slave state on their way through the
northern states - CORRECT ANSWER C. Assist a runaway slave from
a slave state on their way through the northern states
Which of the following best describes the eighteenth-century
movement known as "the Enlightenment?" - CORRECT ANSWER the
belief that the physical universe only exists insofar as it is constructed
by the human mind and the view that emotional connections between
human beings are necessarily psychological projections rather than
actual moments of sympathy
Which of the following best describes the beliefs of the Deists? -
CORRECT ANSWER They deduced the existence of a supreme being
from the construction of the universe itself rather than from the
teachings of the Bible.
"The Great Awakening" movement can best be described as: -
CORRECT ANSWER A conservative reaction against new scientific
and philosophical beliefs
WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS (MOST TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST
How does Harriet Jacobs time living in the secrecy in the attic serve a
special narrative function in addition to recounting the horror of such
confinement
A. It shows how depraved slave owners could be to lock someone in
an attic like that
B. It offered an objective view of the slave system
C. It is one of the first instances of an experimental narrative style
D. It demonstrates how she is molding herself as a character in the
Romantic heroic tradition - CORRECT ANSWER B. It offered an
objective view of the slave system
Which of these features is NOT associated with the sentimental novel?
A. It conformed to many of the Romantic ideals of the 18th and 19th
Centuries
B. The hero learns to control her feelings in order to realize her
feminine obligations
C. Men were generally characterized as sexual partners
D. A young female protagonist navigates a treacherous world with just
her own moral compass - CORRECT ANSWER C. Men were generally
characterized as sexual partners
How is Hugh's art a protest against his condition in "life in the Iron-
Mills"?
A. It stands as a memorial to all of the workers who have died in the
iron mills
B. It is his manner of expressing his suffering, hunger, and general
poverty
C. He is working on it continually during work hours
D. He demands that he be paid for it since it was made for the
company - CORRECT ANSWER B. It is his manner of expressing his
suffering, hunger, and general poverty
,Which of these most accurately described the Cult of Domesticity?
A. It claimed that women were morally superior, so they must be
confined to the home, caring for the family and the domestic space to
preserve social stability
B. It was a name for the original effort to create a Constitutional
amendment that would define marriage is exclusively between a man
and a woman
C. The view that the sanctity of the family as a whole required an
equal participation of men and women
D. It espoused the notion that any woman who solely defined
themselves through the home was in effect cult-like and therefore one-
dimensional - CORRECT ANSWER A. It claimed that women were
morally superior, so they must be confined to the home, caring for the
family and the domestic space to preserve social stability
What is the purpose of the scene in which Mrs. Bird goes through her
dead child's things?
A. It allows for the psychological development of Mrs. Bird, who is the
primary focus of the chapter
B. It is an instance of sentimentally in order to popularize the book and
make it sell more effectively
C. It becomes a symbol for innocence
D. It creates an emotional connection between her and the escaped
slave on the basis of maternal loss and therefore humanizes the slave -
CORRECT ANSWER D. It creates an emotional connection between
her and the escaped slave on the basis of maternal loss and therefore
humanizes the slave
Which of these reflects Frederick Douglass's views of Christianity?
A. It is useless in overturning the slave system
B. It is a noble system but ultimately not realistic and so should not be
part of the abolitionist cause
C. In the hands of slave masters, it is sadistic and helps to justify
slavery
D. It is the only means of overcoming slavery - CORRECT ANSWER C.
In the hands of slave masters, it is sadistic and helps to justify slavery
Bartleby spends many hours sitting in front of and staring at what?
, A. A picture of a girl
B. beautiful, outside scenery
C. a blank, dead wall
D. a picture of himself - CORRECT ANSWER c. a blank, dead wall
What happens to Bartleby?
A. He comes to the narrator's new office to work for him
B. He lives for many years in prison
C. He dies
D. He takes over the law office that the narrator owned. - CORRECT
ANSWER C. He dies
One of the central topics of discussion between Mr. and Mrs. Bird is
the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, which made it illegal for
anyone in a "free state"
A. purchase a slave
B. take pictures of runaway slaves for scrapbooks
C. Assist a runaway slave from a slave state on their way through the
northern states - CORRECT ANSWER C. Assist a runaway slave from
a slave state on their way through the northern states
Which of the following best describes the eighteenth-century
movement known as "the Enlightenment?" - CORRECT ANSWER the
belief that the physical universe only exists insofar as it is constructed
by the human mind and the view that emotional connections between
human beings are necessarily psychological projections rather than
actual moments of sympathy
Which of the following best describes the beliefs of the Deists? -
CORRECT ANSWER They deduced the existence of a supreme being
from the construction of the universe itself rather than from the
teachings of the Bible.
"The Great Awakening" movement can best be described as: -
CORRECT ANSWER A conservative reaction against new scientific
and philosophical beliefs
