English Literature MCQs

Option A: Sherwood Anderson

Option B: Langston Hugues

Option C: William Faulkner

Option D: Robert Lee Frost

Correct Answer: William Faulkner ✔

Option A: Genre that details life exerpeinces of white americans in early america and critiques american society to native americans.

Option B: Genre that details life experiences of native Americas in early America and critiques American society to native Americans.

Option C: Both A and B

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Genre that details life experiences of native Americas in early America and critiques American society to native Americans. ✔

Option A: tingle our senses

Option B: stir our intellect

Option C: restore our skills for the art

Option D: instill in us the sense of the art

Correct Answer: stir our intellect ✔

Option A: Hunger or famine

Option B: Decrease

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Neglect or decray

Correct Answer: Neglect or decray ✔

Option A: as a pro- slavery argument

Option B: the author was a runaway slave

Option C: as a view point from Canada

Option D: as propaganda against slavery

Correct Answer: as propaganda against slavery ✔

Option A: Lacking in freshness and originality

Option B: Saddened

Option C: Double meaning

Option D: Blue-eyed

Correct Answer: Lacking in freshness and originality ✔

Option A: Ezra Pound

Option B: E.E. Cummings

Option C: Carl Sandburg

Option D: Carlos William

Correct Answer: Carl Sandburg ✔

Option A: Unity of effect

Option B: Ratiocinactive effect

Option C: Cataleptic effect

Option D: Didactic effect

Correct Answer: Unity of effect ✔

Option A: Democracy

Option B: Brother love/charity

Option C: US Exceptionalism

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: T.S. elliot

Option B: William Faulkner

Option C: Langston Hughes

Option D: Sherwood anderson

Correct Answer: William Faulkner ✔

Option A: Freeing his slaves

Option B: Relearning to pray

Option C: Overcoming his alcoholism

Option D: Reuniting Tom with Aunt Chole

Correct Answer: Freeing his slaves ✔

Option A: Eliza

Option B: George

Option C: Haley

Option D: Mr.Symmes

Correct Answer: George ✔

Option A: Origin tale

Option B: Trickster tale

Option C: Hero tale

Option D: A fable

Correct Answer: Hero tale ✔

Option A: Husband belonged to the Massachusetts Bay Company

Option B: Arrived on the Mayflower

Option C: Wrote about her house burning down

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: A and C ✔

Option A: Georgia

Option B: Florida

Option C: Louisiana

Option D: Vermont

Correct Answer: Louisiana ✔

Option A: Transcendentalism

Option B: Imperialism

Option C: Socialism

Option D: Naturalism

Correct Answer: Imperialism ✔

Option A: Linguistics Society

Option B: Unites States of American -English

Option C: Black Diaspora Association

Option D: Black Diaspora

Correct Answer: Black Diaspora ✔

Option A: George Washington

Option B: John Adams

Option C: Abraham Lincoln

Option D: John. F. Kennedy

Correct Answer: Abraham Lincoln ✔

Option A: Mark Twain.

Option B: Herman Melville.

Option C: Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Option D: Walt Whitman.

Correct Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson. ✔

Option A: William Bradstreet

Option B: Mather Edwards

Option C: John Williams

Option D: Johnathan Edwards

Correct Answer: Johnathan Edwards ✔

Option A: 1945

Option B: 1947

Option C: 1949

Option D: 1950

Correct Answer: 1949 ✔

Option A: Senator Bird

Option B: Mrs. Bird

Option C: St. Clare

Option D: Haley

Correct Answer: Mrs. Bird ✔

Option A: Helping Robin to search for his uncle

Option B: A detective

Option C: Leading the police to the scene of a crime

Option D: Helping the police to look for a letter

Correct Answer: Leading the police to the scene of a crime ✔

Option A: Doctrine of Stoicism

Option B: Doctrine of Gnosticism

Option C: Doctrine of Materialism

Option D: Doctrine of salvation by faith alone

Correct Answer: Doctrine of salvation by faith alone ✔

Option A: Historical fiction

Option B: A fairy tale

Option C: An autobiography

Option D: A detective story

Correct Answer: Historical fiction ✔

Option A: Stephen

Option B: Parker J

Option C: Goodman Parker

Option D: Stephen J Parker

Correct Answer: Goodman Parker ✔

Option A: Samson Occcum

Option B: John Winthrop

Option C: Benjamin Franklin

Option D: Mayflower Compact

Correct Answer: Benjamin Franklin ✔

Option A: The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion.

Option B: The narrator and Roderick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion.

Option C: Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel.

Option D: The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the mansion.

Correct Answer: The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion. ✔

Option A: remind the leader of the tragedy

Option B: repeat the lines for the rhyming

Option C: keep the readers aware of what is to come

Option D: clarify his idea

Correct Answer: remind the leader of the tragedy ✔

Option A: William Faulkner

Option B: Carl Sandburg

Option C: Langston Hues

Option D: Sherwood anderson

Correct Answer: Langston Hues ✔

Option A: a romantic achiever

Option B: a frustrated romantic idealist

Option C: an under achiever

Option D: an accomplished royal

Correct Answer: a frustrated romantic idealist ✔

Option A: Fredrick Douglass

Option B: John Winthrop

Option C: Benjamin Franklin

Option D: William Apess

Correct Answer: Fredrick Douglass ✔

Option A: Faith

Option B: Madeline

Option C: Magawisca

Option D: Katrina

Correct Answer: Katrina ✔

Option A: Civil Disobedience

Option B: Walden

Option C: Herald of Freedom

Option D: Life without principle

Correct Answer: Walden ✔

Option A: Soulful lyrics

Option B: Human voice

Option C: Epic

Option D: Lyric

Correct Answer: Human voice ✔

Option A: Nature as a source of secular and spiritual knowledge, emotion as truth, and exploration of the self.

Option B: Scientific exploration.

Option C: Love and romance.

Option D: The philosophy of how to run a new country.

Correct Answer: Nature as a source of secular and spiritual knowledge, emotion as truth, and exploration of the self. ✔

Option A: Johnathon Edwards

Option B: John Stillwell

Option C: John Smith

Option D: John Stelzer

Correct Answer: John Smith ✔

Option A: Simile

Option B: Conceit

Option C: Sermon

Option D: Anomoly

Correct Answer: Conceit ✔

Option A: Throws a rock

Option B: Shouts about his hat

Option C: Sneezes loudly

Option D: Bucks his horse

Correct Answer: Shouts about his hat ✔

Option A: Bear

Option B: Elk

Option C: Horse

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Horse ✔

Option A: he wanted it to create logic to the capitalization of the final E.

Option B: he wanted to emphasize the ‘Y’

Option C: the poem demanded an upper case

Option D: he places his beloved in an upper place

Correct Answer: he places his beloved in an upper place ✔

Option A: Fifty years

Option B: Twenty years

Option C: One hundred years

Option D: Eighty years

Correct Answer: Twenty years ✔

Option A: Brown

Option B: Brom Bones

Option C: Rip

Option D: Dupin

Correct Answer: Dupin ✔

Option A: reinforce the thoughts of the narrator

Option B: reflect the happenings in the life of the narrator

Option C: state the situation of the narrator

Option D: emphasize the choice of the season

Correct Answer: reinforce the thoughts of the narrator ✔

Option A: Langston Hughes

Option B: William Faulkner

Option C: Wallace stevens

Option D: Countee cullen

Correct Answer: Wallace stevens ✔

Option A: Atonement

Option B: Catharsis

Option C: Gullibility

Option D: Hubris

Correct Answer: Hubris ✔

Option A: Mayflower

Option B: Santa Maria

Option C: Titanic

Option D: HMS Bounty

Correct Answer: Mayflower ✔

Option A: The Puritans

Option B: The Catholics

Option C: The Pilgrims

Option D: The Anglo Saxons

Correct Answer: The Puritans ✔

Option A: Death

Option B: Relationships

Option C: American landscape

Option D: Hope

Correct Answer: American landscape ✔

Option A: Apache

Option B: Delaware

Option C: Sioux

Option D: Inuit

Correct Answer: Delaware ✔

Option A: Thomas

Option B: Pynchon

Option C: John Dos Passos

Option D: Saul Bellow

Correct Answer: Pynchon ✔

Option A: Mentor to other writers

Option B: Rewrote the autobiography

Option C: Self-made and

Option D: Both B and C

Correct Answer: Both B and C ✔

Option A: Father of free verse

Option B: Father of American Poetry

Option C: Circumference

Option D: Both A and B

Correct Answer: Both A and B ✔

Option A: Indian Autobiography

Option B: Father of free verse

Option C: Father of American poetry

Option D: Most popular slave narrative

Correct Answer: Most popular slave narrative ✔

Option A: Countiee cullen

Option B: William Faulkner

Option C: T.S. Eliot

Option D: Wallace stevens

Correct Answer: Countiee cullen ✔

Option A: A devil-worshipper

Option B: A boxer

Option C: An apples-salesman

Option D: A medicine man

Correct Answer: An apples-salesman ✔

Option A: Trembling and timid

Option B: Stiff

Option C: Afraid

Option D: Contemplating and deciding

Correct Answer: Trembling and timid ✔

Option A: Fredrick Douglass

Option B: John Winthrop

Option C: Benjamin Franklin

Option D: William Apess

Correct Answer: Benjamin Franklin ✔

Option A: Reason

Option B: Deism

Option C: Political

Option D: Skepticism

Correct Answer: Political ✔

Option A: Cotton Mather

Option B: Owen Edwards

Option C: Annie Bradford

Option D: Terry Pratchett

Correct Answer: Cotton Mather ✔

Option A: Tutoring Eva

Option B: Managing finances

Option C: Helping Dinah cook

Option D: Administering Marie’s medicine

Correct Answer: Managing finances ✔

Option A: A-1941

Option B: B-1949

Option C: C-1945

Option D: D-1938

Correct Answer: B-1949 ✔

Option A: Communism

Option B: Revolution

Option C: An independent nation of independent individuals

Option D: Abolition

Correct Answer: An independent nation of independent individuals ✔

Option A: Iroquois

Option B: Sioux

Option C: Navajo

Option D: Hopi

Correct Answer: Iroquois ✔

Option A: Narration

Option B: History

Option C: Persuasion

Option D: Oral Tradition

Correct Answer: Oral Tradition ✔

Option A: Transcendentalism, Symbolism, and Dark Romanticism.

Option B: The Harlem Renaissance, The Lost Generation, and Confessional Poetry.

Option C: There were no movements during the modernist time period.

Option D: Symbolism, Naturalism, and Postmodernism.

Correct Answer: The Harlem Renaissance, The Lost Generation, and Confessional Poetry. ✔

Option A: A letter

Option B: His clouded eye

Option C: His pact with the devil

Option D: His loud heart beat

Correct Answer: His clouded eye ✔

Option A: He drowns

Option B: He suffers a heart attack

Option C: He is poisoned

Option D: He is stabbed

Correct Answer: He is stabbed ✔

Option A: Wrote the Mayflower Contract

Option B: Was a Puritan preacher and writer

Option C: When he spoke, audiences rose to their feet and cheered

Option D: B and C

Correct Answer: B and C ✔

Option A: Flattery will get you no where

Option B: Don’t put of for tomorrow what you can do today

Option C: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

Option D: Boasting shows weakness and will lead to bad things

Correct Answer: Boasting shows weakness and will lead to bad things ✔

Option A: Fredrick Douglass

Option B: John Winthrop

Option C: Benjamin Franklin

Option D: William Apess

Correct Answer: William Apess ✔

Option A: Fredrick Douglass

Option B: John Winthrop

Option C: Benjamin Frankin

Option D: William Apess

Correct Answer: Fredrick Douglass ✔

Option A: Long, wide petticoats

Option B: A trench-coat

Option C: Loose, wide breeches

Option D: Underpants

Correct Answer: Loose, wide breeches ✔

Option A: An act or instance of beginning

Option B: An of revolting against civil authority

Option C: The state of one risen from the dead

Option D: The condition of being stopped

Correct Answer: An of revolting against civil authority ✔

Option A: Fearless daring or aggressive boldness

Option B: Auditory city

Option C: Authority

Option D: Insanity or dementia

Correct Answer: Fearless daring or aggressive boldness ✔

Option A: Stupidity

Option B: Silliness

Option C: Pain

Option D: Intelligence

Correct Answer: Pain ✔

Option A: Wasteful extravagance

Option B: Promiscuity

Option C: Return from the dead

Option D: Redemption

Correct Answer: Wasteful extravagance ✔

Option A: Commits suicide

Option B: Devours a heart

Option C: Meets the devil

Option D: Buries someone alive

Correct Answer: Buries someone alive ✔

Option A: Samson Occcum

Option B: John Winthrop

Option C: Benjamin Franklin

Option D: Mayflower Compact

Correct Answer: Samson Occcum ✔

Option A: Shakespeare’s first child Susanna was born in 1583.

Option B: In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.

Option C: both a and b

Option D: None of above.

Correct Answer: both a and b ✔

Option A: Execution

Option B: Going to extremes

Option C: Extermination

Option D: Expatriating

Correct Answer: Extermination ✔

Option A: Rancher

Option B: Male partner in a marriage

Option C: Cowboy

Option D: Man of ordinary status

Correct Answer: Man of ordinary status ✔

Option A: Reader Response

Option B: Feminist

Option C: Mimetic

Option D: Formalist

Correct Answer: Formalist ✔

Option A: To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin

Option B: To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.

Option C: To enable to form judgments about literature.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin ✔

Option A: To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.

Option B: To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.

Option C: To enable to form judgments about literature.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings. ✔

Option A: The placement of the action in the past and in a foreign country

Option B: The grandiose threatening setting that requires ingenious stagecraft

Option C: The focus on wrongdoing at the highest level of authority

Option D: The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play

Correct Answer: The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play ✔

Option A: Continue being apart of the Church of England

Option B: Reform

Option C: Separate from the Church of England

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Separate from the Church of England ✔

Option A: A cotton ginning machine

Option B: A hemp cleaning machine

Option C: A hemp twines

Option D: A bread slicing machine

Correct Answer: A hemp cleaning machine ✔

Option A: Ten

Option B: Thirteen

Option C: Seventeen

Option D: Fifteen

Correct Answer: Fifteen ✔

Option A: Slave narrative

Option B: Free verse poem

Option C: Journal

Option D: Spiritual diary

Correct Answer: Spiritual diary ✔

Option A: Critic the way white people’s society treats people of color wrong.

Option B: Making peace

Option C: Working together

Option D: both B and C

Correct Answer: both B and C ✔

Option A: Arrived on the Mayflower

Option B: Mistook Bahama Islands for India

Option C: Kept a journal of the First Voyage to America

Option D: B and C

Correct Answer: B and C ✔

Option A: the yellow metal

Option B: paycheck or money

Option C: materialism

Option D: the pot of luck

Correct Answer: the pot of luck ✔

Option A: Alcohol

Option B: Slavery

Option C: Foreign

Option D: Imperialism

Correct Answer: Slavery ✔

Option A: Cumings

Option B: Robert Lee Frost

Option C: T.S. Eliot

Option D: Edgar lee masters

Correct Answer: T.S. Eliot ✔

Option A: Main Street

Option B: Arrowsmith

Option C: Elmer Gantry

Option D: The Jungle

Correct Answer: The Jungle ✔

Option A: Cassy

Option B: Mrs.Shelby

Option C: Mrs.Legree

Option D: Aunt Chole

Correct Answer: Cassy ✔

Option A: gambling

Option B: drinking

Option C: bribery

Option D: lying

Correct Answer: bribery ✔

Option A: 1815-1820

Option B: 1830-1840

Option C: 1861-1865

Option D: 1825-1833

Correct Answer: 1861-1865 ✔

Option A: Mayflower compact

Option B: Salem Witch Trails

Option C: No involvement

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: Salem Witch Trails ✔