31. What was the original title of the play Emperor Jones?
A. the silver bullet
B. the indies
C. the escape
D. the emperor brutus
✅ The correct answer is option A.
American Literature
32. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can best be described as:
A. a social commentary
B. an epic
C. an abolitionist novel
D. a humour novel
✅ The correct answer is option A.
33. What is NOT one of the influences upon Emerson’s thinking?
A. idealism
B. epicureanism
C. stoicism
D. romanticism
✅ The correct answer is option B.
34. What is the play Emperor Jones an allegory for?
A. parenthood
B. marriage
C. integration
D. u.s. imperialism
✅ The correct answer is option D.
35. What does Ahab promise to whoever first spots Moby Dick?
A. use of his cabin
B. an antique harpoon
C. a share of the pequods profits
D. a gold doubloon
✅ The correct answer is option D.
36. What is the name of the journal launched by the Transcendentalists?
A. the eye
B. transcend
C. the dial
D. nature
✅ The correct answer is option C.
37. What did Thérèse used to do as a job?
A. she was a cook.
B. she was a tour guide.
C. she was a wet nurse.
D. she was a janitor.
✅ The correct answer is option C.
38. What is the importance of the colour of the whale?
A. it changes depending on ones perspective of the whale.
B. it is not a colour, in fact, but is in fact the absence of colour.
C. it perfectly mirrors the colour of ahabs skin.
D. it means that moby dick represents purity and innocence.
✅ The correct answer is option B.
39. In Self-Reliance, Emerson talks about how individuals should not conform to what?
A. the churchs morals
B. societal norms
C. the ego
D. their intuition
✅ The correct answer is option B.
40. What pest invades Valerian’s greenhouse in Tar Baby?
A. ants
B. mice
C. snakes
D. wasps
✅ The correct answer is option A.