THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
The outline for the Declaration of Independence
|
|
|
Lunch orders
|
|
|
The British plans for invasion
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Thoreau’s importance as a philosophical writer was little appreciated during his lifetime, but his two most noted works, Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854) and “Civil Disobedience” (1849), gradually developed a following, and by the latter half of the 20th century, had become classic texts in American thought.
Detailed explanation-2: -Henry James was an American novelist and critic. During his lifetime he wrote 20 novels, 112 tales, and 12 plays in addition to several volumes of travel writing and criticism. Today he is best remembered as the author of the novel The Portrait of a Lady (1881) and the novella The Turn of the Screw (1898).
Detailed explanation-3: -Plays. At several points in his career, James wrote plays, beginning with one-act plays written for periodicals in 1869 and 1871 and a dramatisation of his popular novella Daisy Miller in 1882.
Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1880 and 1890, Maupassant wrote six novels: Une Vie, Bel-Ami, Mont-Oriol, Pierre et Jean, Fort comme la mort, and Notre Cœur. He also produced short stories at an incredible rate, with at least one collection published each year.