Moby Dick, a classic of American fiction, was written by:
A) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
B) Edgar Allan Poe.
C) Walt Whitman.
D) Herman Melville.
Answer: D
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A) pride in the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. B) zeal expressed in an evangelical Protestant religious awakening. C) faith in the ideas espoused by Enlightenment philosophy. D) satisfaction with the nation's social stability and moral order.
The first European sea-faring nation desiring to trade with China and who arrived in 1514 was
A. Britain. B. the Netherlands C. Spain. D. Portugal. E. France.
Which of the following was a reason for farm discontent in the late nineteenth century?
A) the inability of farmers to organize to voice discontent B) the rising railroad rates C) the lack of new farm technology D) the perception of a loss of status in society E) the loss of farmers to urban factories
Which of these claimed to be the Mahdi in Egypt in the 1880s?
A) Abdul Mecid I B) Muhammad Ahmed C) Sayyid Said D) Shaka