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In which novel are African-American boys cruelly tormented in the “Battle Royal”?

  1. Invisible Man
  2. Wise Blood
  3. The Dean’s December
  4. The Tenants
  5. The End of the Road

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The protagonist of the Invisible Man describes a boxing match (called the “Battle Royal”) between blindfolded young African-American boys staged by whites for their own entertainment.



The Beat poet who revolutionized American poetry with Howl was

  1. Jack Kerouac
  2. William Burroughs
  3. Gregory Corso
  4. Michael McClure
  5. Allen Ginsberg

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Allen Ginsberg’s Howl, published in 1956, inspired a generation of Beat poets.



In his work Fire Next Time, James Baldwin argues for

  1. an end to separation between the races
  2. the right of workers to organize
  3. reform of the American educational system
  4. peace in Southeast Asia
  5. an end to political corruption in Washington

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Although James Baldwin left America for France in the late 1940s to escape racism and intolerance of his homosexuality, he remained a strong critic of racial segregation. In 1957, he returned to America to join the fight for school desegregation in the South.



In which of the following novels does the protagonist Tyrone Slothrop undergo physiological conditioning to be able to detect things others cannot?

  1. Gravity’s Rainbow
  2. The Crucible
  3. Nobody Knows My Name
  4. I Am Joaquin
  5. Pictures of Fidelman

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The protagonist of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow is subjected to psychological conditioning as an infant that gives him the ability to detect incoming German V-rockets.






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