Examen de práctica Literatura, Estudios Ingleses, Ejercicios de Literatura inglesa

¡Descarga Examen de práctica Literatura, Estudios Ingleses y más Ejercicios en PDF de Literatura inglesa solo en Docsity! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ American Literature I TRAINING TEST 1 Dr. Eusebio V. Llácer TRAINING TEST 1 -Multiple-Choice Questions American Literature I 1.- The Peace of Paris finished with the French and Indian War in… a. 1763 b. 1776 c. 1800 d. 1861 2.- The Stamp Act (1765) was approved by the British Prime Minister __________. a. Jonathan Edwards b. Lord North c. Charles Townshend d. George Grenville 3.- In 1770, the “Boston Massacre” was provoked by the imposition of taxes on goods imported from England, which was promulgated in 1767 by… a. Benjamin Franklin b. Lord North c. Charles Townshend d. George Grenville 4.- In the First Continental Congress (1774), the colonies decided to ___________. a. create a professional army b. interrupt the trade with England c. declare war to Great Britain d. all of these 5.- The Pilgrim’s Progress was written by ______________________. a. Shakespeare b. Milton c. Bunyan d. Bradford 6.-. While Bradford saw America as a locus eremus, Morton deemed it a locus ____. a. corruptus b. amoenus c. humanus d. diabolicus 7.- The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles was written by a. W. Bradford b. T. Morton c. M. Wigglesworth d. John Smith 8.- John Smiths’s The Generall Historie of Virginia has its sources in ______ a. Shakespeare b. Milton c. Medieval historiography d. all of them 9.- In contrast with Pocahontas, the Mexican Malinche is more __________. a. pessimistic b. mystical c. passive d. active 10.- One of the most important poets in 17th-century America was _________. a. J. Edwards b. M. Wigglesworth c. M. Rowlandson d. P. Wheatley 11.- One of the obstacles for women’s development in 17th-century America was the ___. a. Civil War b. antinomian affair c. Independence d. none of them 12.- Bradstreet never mentions (the) __________ in her poetry. a. mother b. father c. God d. nature 13.- In the 17th century aroused a(n) _______ class in the big cities, such as Boston.