American Literature Unit 3 Quiz 1

Quiz 1

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Question 1

Eventually, Linda Brent runs away and hides in_______________ ("Incidents")

Select one:

a. Slave quarters

b. the cotton fields

c. the attic space

d. the woods

e. the North

Question 2

In La Comadre Sebastiana, the woodcutter refuses to share his food with ________ and ________ because he feels they treat the poor unfairly and unjustly.

Select one:

a. The Lord and Death

b. Dona Marina and the Virgin Mary

c. La Llorona and the Lord

d. The Virgin Mary and the Lord

Question 3

To avoid Dr. Flint's sexual advances, Linda sought out a single neighbor, ____________, and they had two children

Select one:

a. John Willis

b. Samuel Tredwell Sawyer

c. Cephas Blackfoot

d. Jacob Ellis Child

e. Benjamin  Darryl Bruce

Question 4

A story or folktale is a?

Select one:

a. curandero

b. cuento(s)

c. corrido

d. yanqui

Question 5

In "La comadre Sebastiana," the woodcutter wrestles with and overcomes Death when she appears

Select one:

a. at the head of the wealthy man's bed

b. with two candles and says it is time for his death

c. at his beside and does not keep her promise to him

d. at the foot of the wealthy man's bed

e. at the head of his wife's bed

Question 6

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Why did  Harriet Jacobs write "INDICENTS"?

Select one:

a. to promote awareness of chattel slavery

b. to avenge what Dr. Norcom had done to her

c. Both A & B

d. for white women involved in political action

e. she received a nice financial advance from a magazine

Question 7

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Who is responsible for his major contributions to public education?

Select one:

a. N. Hawthorne

b. R. W. Emerson

c. H. D. Thoreau

d. H. Melville

e. H. Mann

Question 8

Linda Brent had more priviledges than most slaves because of

Select one:

a. the respect the masters had for Grandmother Horniblow

b. her father's skill as a carpenter

c. the mistress' promise to treat her mother's children well

d....