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English Literature MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

 Que- What invention won George Harris the respect of his factory's proprietor ? 

a. A cotton ginning machine  

b. A hemp cleaning machine  

c. A hemp twines  

d. A bread slicing machine 


Answer- A hemp cleaning machine


Que- How old is Emmeline ? 

a. Ten  

b. Thirteen  

c. Seventeen  

d. Fifteen 


Answer- Fifteen


Que- William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation exemplifies what genre of early American writing ? 

a. Slave narrative  

b. Free verse poem  

c. Journal  

d. Spiritual diary 


Answer- Spiritual diary


Que- Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical purpose of "An Indian' Looking Glass for the White Man" ? 

a. Critic the way white people's society treats people of color wrong.  

b. Making peace  

c. Working together  

d. both B and C 


Answer- both B and C


Que- About Christopher Columbus_______________? 

a. Arrived on the Mayflower  

b. Mistook Bahama Islands for India  

c. Kept a journal of the First Voyage to America  

d. B and C 


Answer- B and C


Que- Miniver scorned the gold he sought. Here gold refers to______________? 

a. the yellow metal  

b. paycheck or money  

c. materialism  

d. the pot of luck 


Answer- the pot of luck


Que- Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to illustrate the evils of_________________? 

a. Alcohol  

b. Slavery  

c. Foreign  

d. Imperialism 


Answer- Slavery


Que- Who wrote "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock" ? 

a. Cumings  

b. Robert Lee Frost  

c. T.S. Eliot  

d. Edgar lee masters 


Answer- T.S. Eliot


Que- Which of Upton Sinclair's books is about the meat-packing industry ? 

a. Main Street  

b. Arrowsmith  

c. Elmer Gantry  

d. The Jungle 


Answer- The Jungle


Que- Who is Eliza's mother ? 

a. Cassy  

b. Mrs.Shelby  

c. Mrs.Legree  

d. Aunt Chole 


Answer- Cassy


Que- What vice does Tom attempt to convince Augustine Clare to renounce ? 

a. gambling  

b. drinking  

c. bribery  

d. lying 


Answer- bribery


Que- American Civil War was fought in_______________? 

a. 1815-1820  

b. 1830-1840  

c. 1861-1865  

d. 1825-1833 


Answer- 1861-1865


Que- Before advocating on behalf of the enslaved in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel Sewall participated in what early American crisis event ? 

a. Mayflower compact  

b. Salem Witch Trails  

c. No involvement  

d. All the above 


Answer- Salem Witch Trails


Que- What statement below best sums up the literary significance of William Bradford ? 

a. Created spiritual Diary  

b. Non-Separating puritan  

c. Separating puritan  

d. both A and C 


Answer- both A and C


Que- What does the narrator of the story about Rip describe as the great error in Rip's composition ? 

a. His weakness for spirits  

b. That he is henpecked by his wife  

c. His love of town gossip  

d. His unwillingness to work 


Answer- His unwillingness to work


Que- The change TV brought into the society can be summed up as_________________? 

a. condensed life to the screen  

b. life turning more attractive  

c. bringing reality before them  

d. creating indifference to realities of life 


Answer- creating indifference to realities of life


Que- Which one is a great patriotic poem by Frost ? 

a. Mending Wall  

b. Birches  

c. The Gift Outright  

d. Directive 


Answer- The Gift Outright


Que- The "Cycle of American Literature" was written by ? 

a. Ralph Waldo Emerson  

b. Thoruau  

c. Robert E. Spiller  

d. Gustave Falubert 


Answer- Robert E. Spiller


Que- Why do we call Ralph Waldo Emerson the "Father of American Literature" ? 

a. First native american to publish life writing  

b. Mentor to other writers  

c. Literary Maverick  

d. None of the above 


Answer- Mentor to other writers


Que- Uncle Tom's Cabin as a literary work exposed the evils of________________? 

a. dowry  

b. slavery  

c. corruption  

d. superstitions 


Answer- slavery


Que- In Walden, who urges people to simplify their lives and look to nature for meaning ? 

a. Robert Frost  

b. Walt Whitman  

c. Henry David Thoreau  

d. Herman Melville 


Answer- Henry David Thoreau


Que- In this technological world the child should build up_____________? 

a. a vision for himself  

b. inner strength  

c. his own life  

d. a will not to depend on others 


Answer- inner strength


Que- The lesson the young man teaches Dorothy is_________________? 

a. to hide here emotion  

b. to live and enjoy her life  

c. to fight with people  

d. not to lodge a complaint 


Answer- to live and enjoy her life


Que- Who was Fuseli ? 

a. Swiss-bom painter  

b. French guitarist  

c. An Italian-born doctor  

d. British painter 


Answer- British painter


Que- This is the implied comparison between two dissimilar things_______________? 

a. Myth  

b. History  

c. Tradition  

d. Metaphor 


Answer- Metaphor


Que- He had heard this destruction of the original possessors of the soil described, as we find it in the history of the times, where, we are told, "the number destroyed was about four hundred;" and "it was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the same, and the horrible scent thereof; but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the praise thereof to God." This work is___________? 

a. A hortatory sermon  

b. A historial novel  

c. Gothic fiction  

d. A narrative frame 


Answer- A historial novel


Que- The farmer drove his plough-share deep "Whose bones are these?" said he, "I find them where my browsing sheep Roam o'er the upland lea." What does "lea" mean? Veldu eitt ? 

a. Rocky land  

b. Bridge  

c. Plain or plateau  

d. Meadow or pastureland 


Answer- Meadow or pastureland


Que- Apess claims that Native Americans in New England are the "most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world." Which of the following is NOT a reason he offers as an explanation for their misery ? 

a. They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government.  

b. They are not provided with adequate education.  

c. They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.  

d. Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men. 


Answer- They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.


Que- Native Son (1940) is written by_____________? 

a. Jean Toomer  

b. Richard Wright  

c. Ralph Ellison  

d. Stephen Crane 


Answer- Richard Wright


Que- Which of the following best defines the Enlightenment movement ? 

a. Age of reason  

b. Political thinking  

c. Celebration of individual  

d. Philosophical movment 


Answer- Age of reason


Que- Themes in colonial time period ? 

a. resistance  

b. cultural independence  

c. Europe  

d. All the above 


Answer- All the above


Que- What did John Smith write ? 

a. Jason and Isolde  

b. General History of Virginia  

c. Declaration of Independence  

d. Journal of an Expedition 


Answer- General History of Virginia


Que- The American Renaissance overlapped the time period, in which American writers were trying to____________? 

a. Postmodern; end slavery.  

b. Colonial; end patriotism for England.  

c. Modernism; end individualism.  

d. Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from England. 


Answer- Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from England.


Que- To which country do George and Eliza plan to immigrate ? 

a. Liberia  

b. Nigeria  

c. France  

d. Algeria 


Answer- Liberia


Que- What does George Shelby give Uncle Tom to wear on a string around his neck before Tom is taken away ? 

a. A locket  

b. A ring  

c. A dollar  

d. A crucifix 


Answer- A dollar


Que- What statement below best sums up the literary significant of Maria Stewart ? 

a. First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience  

b. First African American to publish life writing Most popular native American writer  

c. Most popular slave narrative  

d. All the above 


Answer- First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience


Que- This is a system of fundamental laws governing a society______________? 

a. Discourse  

b. Constitution  

c. Language  

d. Connotation 


Answer- Constitution


Que- Where does Tom first meet Eva ? 

a. In New Orleans  

b. On a ferry  

c. In Memphis  

d. On a river boat 


Answer- On a river boat


Que- What does George Harris master demand of him that prompts him to plan his escape ? 

a. Relocate to Louisiana  

b. Punish another slave  

c. Abandon his faith  

d. Marry another woman 


Answer- Marry another woman


Que- Which of the following is true about the target audience for John Saffin's pamphlet ? 

a. African Americans  

b. White public of Plymouth  

c. White public of Massachusetts  

d. Native Americans 


Answer- White public of Massachusetts


Que- Which of Uncle Tom's personal characteristics guided his interactions with others and his responses to his circumstances ? 

a. His gentle and soft-spoken nature  

b. His honesty and deep devotion to God  

c. His overwhelming fear of violence  

d. His ability to hide his rebellious nature. 


Answer- His honesty and deep devotion to God


Que- In which city does the St.Clare live ? 

a. Memphis  

b. New Orleans  

c. Louisville  

d. Atlanta 


Answer- New Orleans


Que- Why does Henry David Thoreau write his book "Walden" ? 

a. To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action  

b. To critique slavery  

c. Tell his entire life story  

d. None of the above 


Answer- To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action


Que- _____________the eyes of all people are upon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his preent help from us, wee shall be made a story and a by-word through the world, wee shall open the mouthes of enemies to speake evill of the ways of god and all professours for Gods sake; wee shall shame the faces of many of gods worthy servants, and cause theire prayers to be turned into Cursses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whether wee are going ? 

a. Fredrick Douglass  

b. John Winthrop  

c. Benjamin Franklin  

d. William Apess 


Answer- John Winthrop


Que- Abslom, Absalom is a novel written by______________? 

a. Steinback  

b. Faulkner  

c. Hemingway  

d. Fitzgerald 


Answer- Faulkner


Que- Which of the following describes the precolonial era's literature styles ? 

a. Pamphlets, poetry, novels, short stories  

b. Novels, poetry, dramas, histories  

c. Literary magazines, poetry, novels, short stories  

d. Narratives and poetry 


Answer- Narratives and poetry


Que- What does Eva's father promise her before she dies ? 

a. That he will adopt Topsy  

b. That he will free Uncle Tom  

c. That he will remarry  

d. That he will try to find Harry 


Answer- That he will free Uncle Tom


Que- learn by going where I have to go. The poet learns of______________? 

a. Going back to his hometown  

b. his errors and starts correcting them  

c. going back to the state of depression  

d. the final destination where he has to reach 


Answer- the final destination where he has to reach


Que- Which statement below best paraphrases what John Winthrop meant when he declared that the MBC would be as a "city upon a hill" ? 

a. Religious freedom  

b. Everyone has a role in society  

c. Only men should work  

d. Woman have no role in society 


Answer- Everyone has a role in society


Que- Who is the central Figure in O Nell's The Hairy Ape_____________? 

a. Mildred  

b. Yank  

c. The Secretary of I.W.W.  

d. None of the above 


Answer- Yank

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