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1
The themes of human relationships, love, and conflicts have remained central to literature across the centuries.
A)True
B)False
2
Adults have always viewed childhood as a joyous and carefree time in one's life.
A)True
B)False
3
In the Middle Ages, families read from books together while seated around the fire.
A)True
B)False
4
Contemporary criteria can be used to evaluate stories from all time periods.
A)True
B)False
5
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott was a revolutionary book for its time.
A)True
B)False
6
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the main purpose of books published for children was to educate.
A)True
B)False
7
Seventeenth and eighteenth century chapbooks were the forerunner of today's comics.
A)True
B)False
8
Historians have identified the source of the familiar Mother Goose rhymes. The rhymes originated with Dame Goose who is buried in Boston, Massachusetts.
A)True
B)False
9
John Newbery was the first publisher to publish books specifically meant to entertain a child audience.
A)True
B)False
10
When women authors entered the field of juvenile literature in the last half of the eighteenth century, they wrote stories that celebrated the lightheartedness of childhood.
A)True
B)False
11
Randolph Caldecott's work in the late nineteenth century established new standard of illustration for children's books.
A)True
B)False
12
The twentieth century brought the introduction of a variety of nonfiction books for children.
A)True
B)False
13
All readers should be able to find themselves reflected in the literature they read.
A)True
B)False
14
Books written in the 1950s and 1960s accurately portrayed African-American culture.
A)True
B)False
15
In the twenty-first century, there is a greater emphasis on the publication of multicultural literature.
A)True
B)False





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