Question

QUESTION 15

1. Passage from Douglass’ Narrative, when he is in the home of Sophia Auld:

   “Under its influence, the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to a tiger-like fierceness. The first step in her downward course was in  her ceasing to instruct me.” 

   The lesson that Douglass learned from this experience with Sophia Auld is

   	A.	some slaveholders were sympathetic to slaves
   	B.	women are not trustworthy
   	C.	human nature is essentially evil
   	D.	slavery corrupted the slaveholders

QUESTION 20

1. Realists believed that plots should be made up of

   	A.	stories from the ancient past
   	B.	extraordinary events
   	C.	the details of everyday life
   	D.	supernatural events

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QUESTION 21

1. The people Realists were writing about were

   	A.	the noble savage
   	B.	the average people
   	C.	the aristocrats
   	D.	poets and writers

26

Mo Yan's short story "The Old Gun" suggests that the transition from adolescence to maturity for boys is marked by

		a religious experience
		a sexual experience
		a violent experience
		a racial experience

Answer 1

15. The correct answer is Option A. The lesson that Douglass learned from this experience with Sophia Auld is that some slaveholders were sympathetic to slaves.

20. The correct answer is Option C. Realists believed that plots should be made up of the details of everyday life.

21. The correct answer is Option C. The people Realists were writing about were the average people.

26. The correct answer is Option B. The Old Gun" suggests that the transition from adolescence to maturity for boys is marked by a sexual experience.