Que- The mask in Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem, "We Wear the Mask," represents_____________?
a. The persona that the characters show the world.
b. The carved masks of African gods.
c. Characters from the Bible.
d. Who the narrator wishes to be.
Answer- The persona that the characters show the world.
Que- In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery, Washington's primary goal is to______________?
a. Get an education.
b. Get a job.
c. To be clean.
d. To be a teacher
Answer- Get an education.
Que- The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?
a. Resistance to the overseers.
b. Learning to be midwives.
c. Resistance against dehumanization.
d. Lower suicide rates.
Answer- Resistance against dehumanization.
Que- Alice Walker's story, "Everyday Use," includes which "Womanist" concern ?
a. The importance of men to the African American family.
b. The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
c. The importance of African religious influence in America.
d. The importance of African American craftsmanship.
Answer- The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
Que- Who is the author of the novel Passing ?
a. William Wells Brown
b. Nella Larsen.
c. Charles Chesnutt
d. James Weldon Johnson
Answer- Nella Larsen.
Que- Which of the following statements about slavery is true ?
a. Most slave children lived in two family homes.
b. Slave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples.
c. Slaves were given limited civil rights.
d. Most slaves were not Christian.
Answer- Most slave children lived in two family homes.
Que- The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is_____________?
a. The theme of man against nature.
b. The theme of man against man.
c. The theme of heredity.
d. Nature as an invisible force.
Answer- The theme of man against man.
Que- The "tragic mulatto" myth_________________?
a. Led to novels of passing.
b. Existed only in fiction by White authors.
c. Developed in the 20th century.
d. Existed only in fiction by female authors.
Answer- Led to novels of passing.
Que- Why did Marcus Garvey spearhead the "Back to Africa Movement" ?
a. Because in was cheaper to live in Africa.
b. Because he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
c. He was asked by African countries to bring African Americans to Africa.
d. He had to leave the country.
Answer- Because he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
Que- Phillis Wheatley's poetry is considered_____________?
a. Highly original.
b. Typical of Colonial poetry.
c. Progressive and challenging.
d. Abolitionist in subject.
Answer- Typical of Colonial poetry.
Que- Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in ______________?
a. 1804
b. 1865
c. 1848
d. 1807
Answer- 1865
Que- The back to Africa movement was primarily about______________?
a. Bringing African culture to the United States.
b. Leaving the African peoples alone.
c. Writers who took African themes for their work.
d. Completing an oppressed people's quest for freedom, liberty and democracy.
Answer- Completing an oppressed people's quest for freedom, liberty and democracy.
Que- Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives ?
a. /p/ & /b/
b. /m/ & /v/
c. /t/ &/d/
d. /k/ & /g/
Answer- /k/ & /g/
Que- Which among the following are bilabial plosive sounds in English?
a. /p/ & /b/
b. /m/ & /v/
c. /t/ &/d/
d. /k/ & /g/
Answer- /p/ & /b/
Que- The classification of vowels into half__close vowels and half__open vowels is based on ________________?
a. The position of the lips
b. The part of the tongue that is raised
c. The height to which the tongue is raised
d. All the abovE.
Answer- The height to which the tongue is raised
Que- The classification of vowels into close vowels and open vowels is based on ________________?
a. The position of the lips
b. The part of the tongue that is raised
c. The height to which the tongue is raised
d. All the above.
Answer- The height to which the tongue is raised
Que- The classification of vowels into high vowels and low vowels is based on ____________?
a. The position of the lips
b. The part of the tongue that is raised
c. The height to which the tongue is raised
d. All the abovE.
Answer- The height to which the tongue is raised
Que- The classification of vowels into front vowels and back vowels is based on ________________ ?
a. The position of the lips
b. The part of the tongue that is raised
c. The height to which the tongue is raised
d. All the abovE.
Answer- The part of the tongue that is raised
Que- On the basis of the criterion of the state of the tension of the tongue, vowels can be classified into______________?
a. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
b. Front vowels & back vowels
c. High vowels & low vowels
d. Tense vowels &lax vowels
Answer- Tense vowels &lax vowels
Que- According to the part of the tongue that is raised, vowels can be classified into__________?
a. Round vowels & unrounded vowels
b. Front vowels & back vowels
c. High vowels & low vowels
d. Tense vowels &lax vowels
Answer- Front vowels & back vowels
Que- Which among the following dimensions can the vowels in English be classified ?
a. The position of the lips
b. The part of the tongue that is raised
c. The height to which the tongue is raised
d. All the abovE.
Answer- The position of the lips
Que- The phonemes which do not occur in the same linguistic environment and which when occur so, do not bring about a change in meaning are said to be in __________?
a. Complementary distribution
b. Contrastive distribution
c. Non__complementary distribution
d. None of the abovE.
Answer- Complementary distribution
Que- The pronunciation of English practised by the educated people at the public schools came to be called____________?
a. Standard English
b. Received Pronunciation
c. Standard pronunciation
d. Recognized pronunciation
Answer- Received Pronunciation
Que- The IPA came into existence in the year__________?
a. 1889
b. 1998
c. 1989
d. 1888
Answer- 1998
Que- Words with more than three syllables are called __________words?
a. Multisyllabic
b. Disyllabic
c. Try syllabic
d. Polysyllabic
Answer- Multisyllabic
Que- The word 'examination' is a ____________word?
a. Monosyllabic
b. Disyllabic
c. Try syllabic
d. Polysyllabic
Answer- Monosyllabic
Que- The /k/ in 'kill' and 'skill' are ________________?
a. Allophones
b. Allomorphs
c. Morpheme variants
d. Minimal pairs
Answer- Allophones
Que- The clear /l/ and the dark /l/ may be considered to be the ______________________of the same phoneme /l/?
a. Allophones
b. Allomorphs
c. Morpheme variants
d. Minimal pairs
Answer- Allophones
Que- Which among the following are the main properties of grammar ?
a. To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language
b. To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences
c. To predict all and the only possible grammatical sentences of a language
d. All the above.
Answer- All the above.
Que- The theory of Transformational Generative Grammar is contained in ____________?
a. Chomsky's "Syntactic Structures"
b. Chomsky's "Aspects of the theory of Syntax"
c. Leonard Bloomfield's "Language"
d. Both "a' & "b"
Answer- Both "a' & "b"
Que- The two great linguists who have contributed much to frame the device of Immediate Constituent analysis are__________________?
a. Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky
b. Leonard Bloomfield & Max__Muller
c. Max__Muller & Herman Gundert
d. Edward Sapir & Ferdinand de Saussure
Answer- Leonard Bloomfield & Noam Chomsky
Que- __________is a method of word formation whereby on or more syllables are removed from longer words ?
a. Portmanteau
b. Onomatopoeia
c. Clipping
d. Metanalysis
Answer- Clipping
Que- The – s in 'she sings well' is ____________?
a. An adjective forming morpheme
b. Plural morpheme
c. Possessive morpheme
d. Morpheme signaling third person singular.
Answer- Morpheme signaling third person singular.
Que- The –or in actor is_________________?
a. An adjective forming morpheme
b. Plural morpheme
c. Possessive morpheme
d. Noun forming morpheme
Answer- Noun forming morpheme
Que- The –s in 'john's' is __________?
a. An adjective forming morpheme
b. Plural morpheme
c. Possessive morpheme
d. Past morpheme
Answer- Plural morpheme
Que- The –ish in the word 'childish' is ______________?
a. An adjective forming morpheme
b. Plural morpheme
c. Possessive morpheme
d. Past morpheme
Answer- An adjective forming morpheme
Que- The final consonants /s/, /z/ and /iz/ in the words 'cats', 'dogs' and 'boxes' are instances of ______________?
a. Allophones
b. Allomorphs
c. Minimal pairs
d. None of the above
Answer- Allophones
Que- The form 'dog' is a __________morphemE?
a. A free morpheme
b. Free variation
c. Bound morpheme
d. None of these
Answer- A free morpheme
Que- A minimal meaningful unit in the grammatical system of a language is called__________?
a. Syllable
b. Phoneme
c. Morpheme
d. Allomorph
Answer- Morpheme
Que- /m/ is a ______________consonant?
a. Bilabial
b. Bilabial__nasal
c. Velar
d. Glottal
Answer- Bilabial__nasal
Que- How many types of phonetic transcriptions are generally followed ?
a. Only one
b. Two
c. Innumerable
d. None of the above
Answer- Two
Que- The term________________refers to omissions of certain sounds, syllables or even words in continuous speech?
a. Alliteration
b. Assonance
c. Elision
d. None of the above
Answer- Elision
Que- ____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech?
a. Stress
b. Pitch
c. Intonation
d. JuncturE.
Answer- JuncturE.
Que- How many stressed are generally marked_____________?
a. Only one
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
Answer- Two
Que- ______________is the degree of force with which a sound of syllable is uttereD ?
a. Stress
b. Pitch
c. Intonation
d. Juncture
Answer- Stress
Que- ________________are also called secondary phonemes?
a. Suprasegmentals
b. Morphemes
c. Allomorphs
d. Allophones
Answer- Suprasegmentals
Que- The final /n/ in the words 'sudden' and 'mutton' are __________________?
a. Syllabic consonants
b. Sibilants
c. Suffixes
d. None of the above
Answer- Syllabic consonants
Que- Syllables in which the consonant functions as nucleus are called________?
a. Syllabic consonants
b. Sibilants
c. Suffixes
d. None of the above
Answer- Syllabic consonants
Que- The word 'bank' in 'on the banks on the river' and 'banks are financial institutions' is called a____________?
a. Allophones
b. Homophones
c. Homographs
d. Homonyms
Answer- Homographs
Que- ______________________is used to designate words pronounced differently though identically?
a. Allophones
b. Homophones
c. Homographs
d. Homonyms
Answer- Homonyms