English Literature MCQs

Option A: Created spiritual Diary

Option B: Non-Separating puritan

Option C: Separating puritan

Option D: both A and C

Correct Answer: both A and C ✔

Option A: His weakness for spirits

Option B: That he is henpecked by his wife

Option C: His love of town gossip

Option D: His unwillingness to work

Correct Answer: His unwillingness to work ✔

Option A: condensed life to the screen

Option B: life turning more attractive

Option C: bringing reality before them

Option D: creating indifference to realities of life

Correct Answer: creating indifference to realities of life ✔

Option A: Mending Wall

Option B: Birches

Option C: The Gift Outright

Option D: Directive

Correct Answer: The Gift Outright ✔

Option A: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Option B: Thoruau

Option C: Robert E. Spiller

Option D: Gustave Falubert

Correct Answer: C. Robert E. Spiller ✔

Option A: First native american to publish life writing

Option B: Mentor to other writers

Option C: Literary Maverick

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Mentor to other writers ✔

Option A: dowry

Option B: slavery

Option C: corruption

Option D: superstitions

Correct Answer: slavery ✔

Option A: Robert Frost

Option B: Walt Whitman

Option C: Henry David Thoreau

Option D: Herman Melville

Correct Answer: Henry David Thoreau ✔

Option A: a vision for himself

Option B: inner strength

Option C: his own life

Option D: a will not to depend on others

Correct Answer: inner strength ✔

Option A: to hide here emotion

Option B: to live and enjoy her life

Option C: to fight with people

Option D: not to lodge a complaint

Correct Answer: to live and enjoy her life ✔

Option A: Swiss-bom painter

Option B: French guitarist

Option C: An Italian-born doctor

Option D: British painter

Correct Answer: British painter ✔

Option A: Myth

Option B: History

Option C: Tradition

Option D: Metaphor

Correct Answer: Metaphor ✔

Option A: A hortatory sermon

Option B: A historial novel

Option C: Gothic fiction

Option D: A narrative frame

Correct Answer: A historial novel ✔

Option A: Rocky land

Option B: Bridge

Option C: Plain or plateau

Option D: Meadow or pastureland

Correct Answer: Meadow or pastureland ✔

Option A: They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government.

Option B: They are not provided with adequate education.

Option C: They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.

Option D: Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men.

Correct Answer: They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce. ✔

Option A: Jean Toomer

Option B: Richard Wright

Option C: Ralph Ellison

Option D: Stephen Crane

Correct Answer: Richard Wright ✔

Option A: Age of reason

Option B: Political thinking

Option C: Celebration of individual

Option D: Philosophical movment

Correct Answer: Age of reason ✔

Option A: resistance

Option B: cultural independence

Option C: Europe

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: All the above ✔

Option A: Jason and Isolde

Option B: General History of Virginia

Option C: Declaration of Independence

Option D: Journal of an Expedition

Correct Answer: General History of Virginia ✔

Option A: Postmodern; end slavery.

Option B: Colonial; end patriotism for England.

Option C: Modernism; end individualism.

Option D: Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from England.

Correct Answer: Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from England. ✔

Option A: Liberia

Option B: Nigeria

Option C: France

Option D: Algeria

Correct Answer: Liberia ✔

Option A: A locket

Option B: A ring

Option C: A dollar

Option D: A crucifix

Correct Answer: A dollar ✔

Option A: First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience

Option B: First African American to publish life writing Most popular native American writer

Option C: Most popular slave narrative

Option D: All the above

Correct Answer: First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience ✔

Option A: Discourse

Option B: Constitution

Option C: Language

Option D: Connotation

Correct Answer: Constitution ✔

Option A: In New Orleans

Option B: On a ferry

Option C: In Memphis

Option D: On a river boat

Correct Answer: On a river boat ✔

Option A: Relocate to Louisiana

Option B: Punish another slave

Option C: Abandon his faith

Option D: Marry another woman

Correct Answer: Marry another woman ✔

Option A: African Americans

Option B: White public of Plymouth

Option C: White public of Massachusetts

Option D: Native Americans

Correct Answer: White public of Massachusetts ✔

Option A: His gentle and soft-spoken nature

Option B: His honesty and deep devotion to God

Option C: His overwhelming fear of violence

Option D: His ability to hide his rebellious nature.

Correct Answer: His honesty and deep devotion to God ✔

Option A: Memphis

Option B: New Orleans

Option C: Louisville

Option D: Atlanta

Correct Answer: New Orleans ✔

Option A: To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action

Option B: To critique slavery

Option C: Tell his entire life story

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action ✔

Option A: Fredrick Douglass

Option B: John Winthrop

Option C: Benjamin Franklin

Option D: William Apess

Correct Answer: John Winthrop ✔

Option A: Steinback

Option B: Faulkner

Option C: Hemingway

Option D: Fitzgerald

Correct Answer: Faulkner ✔

Option A: Pamphlets, poetry, novels, short stories

Option B: Novels, poetry, dramas, histories

Option C: Literary magazines, poetry, novels, short stories

Option D: Narratives and poetry

Correct Answer: Narratives and poetry ✔

Option A: That he will adopt Topsy

Option B: That he will free Uncle Tom

Option C: That he will remarry

Option D: That he will try to find Harry

Correct Answer: That he will free Uncle Tom ✔

Option A: Going back to his hometown

Option B: his errors and starts correcting them

Option C: going back to the state of depression

Option D: the final destination where he has to reach

Correct Answer: the final destination where he has to reach ✔

Option A: Religious freedom

Option B: Everyone has a role in society

Option C: Only men should work

Option D: Woman have no role in society

Correct Answer: Everyone has a role in society ✔

Option A: Mildred

Option B: Yank

Option C: The Secretary of I.W.W.

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Yank ✔

Option A: The Earthmaker wanted the opportunity to creat a new race of people

Option B: Mankind would suffer because of a lack of food if there were more people than resources to care for them

Option C: Hare wished it to be so and that was how it was

Option D: Grandmother wished it to be so and that was how it was

Correct Answer: Mankind would suffer because of a lack of food if there were more people than resources to care for them ✔

Option A: Anti-Slavery

Option B: Father of american poetry

Option C: Pro Slavery

Option D: Father of American Liteature

Correct Answer: Pro Slavery ✔

Option A: A person who has two black parents.

Option B: A person who has one Meranto parent and one black.

Option C: A person who has two Delfigo parents.

Option D: A person who has one white parent and one parent who is a Mulatto

Correct Answer: A person who has one white parent and one parent who is a Mulatto ✔

Option A: Eva

Option B: Marie

Option C: George Shelby

Option D: Haley

Correct Answer: Marie ✔

Option A: A genrous village chief who is known for his kindness

Option B: Hare’s grandfather

Option C: A god who protects and guides Hare on his many adventures

Option D: A tyrannical village chief who is known for his elbow blades

Correct Answer: A tyrannical village chief who is known for his elbow blades ✔

Option A: Above and beyond

Option B: limitations

Option C: no limitations

Option D: Eqaulity

Correct Answer: limitations ✔

Option A: Juan Tomas and his wife.

Option B: The doctor and the priest.

Option C: Kino and his wife Juana.

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Kino and his wife Juana. ✔

Option A: Narrative frame

Option B: Hortatory sermon

Option C: Snaring

Option D: Jamming

Correct Answer: Narrative frame ✔

Option A: An edgy platform

Option B: Other side

Option C: A pointed, projected part of something

Option D: An adumbration

Correct Answer: A pointed, projected part of something ✔

Option A: Establish a new government

Option B: first agreement on self governing

Option C: Religious freedom

Option D: Sovereignty

Correct Answer: first agreement on self governing ✔

Option A: Panic

Option B: Pain

Option C: Calmness

Option D: content

Correct Answer: Panic ✔

Option A: American myths

Option B: non separating puritan

Option C: City upon a hill

Option D: All are correct

Correct Answer: All are correct ✔

Option A: Bear

Option B: Coyote

Option C: Snake

Option D: Hare

Correct Answer: Hare ✔

Option A: To grimace

Option B: To bleat like sheep

Option C: To lift heavy things

Option D: To cut grass

Correct Answer: To grimace ✔

Option A: A European fairy tale

Option B: A local ghost story

Option C: An Indian legend

Option D: A European ghost story

Correct Answer: A European fairy tale ✔

Option A: John Smith

Option B: Coronado

Option C: Columbus

Option D: De Vaca

Correct Answer: Columbus ✔

Option A: Sherwood Anderson

Option B: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Option C: Saul Bellow

Option D: Wallace Stevens

Correct Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald ✔

Option A: a round about way of telling things

Option B: a heart warming smile

Option C: listening through an ear and pass it off through the other

Option D: a complete experience

Correct Answer: a complete experience ✔

Option A: Maine

Option B: Massachusetts

Option C: Georgia

Option D: Ohio

Correct Answer: Maine ✔

Option A: They have the power to fix things themselves

Option B: Men are more powerful

Option C: Both are correct

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: They have the power to fix things themselves ✔

Option A: By ferry

Option B: On a makeshift raft

Option C: In a stolen canoe

Option D: Hopping rafts of ice

Correct Answer: Hopping rafts of ice ✔

Option A: A Bird in the Hand

Option B: Hands of Satan

Option C: Sinners in the Hand…

Option D: Sins of the World

Correct Answer: C. Sinners in the Hand… ✔

Option A: Slave narrative

Option B: Indian autobiography

Option C: Sermon

Option D: Trancendentalism

Correct Answer: Slave narrative ✔

Option A: Tennessee

Option B: Kentucky

Option C: Alabama

Option D: Mississipi

Correct Answer: Kentucky ✔

Option A: The devastation of the indies

Option B: Flor Y Canto

Option C: A Very Old Man with Enormous wings

Option D: Hopskotch

Correct Answer: The devastation of the indies ✔

Option A: Wrote Huswifery in an ornate style that wouldn’t have been accepted by the Puritans

Option B: Wrote a poem about his house burning down

Option C: Was exiled to the New World because he wouldn’t talk to the Church of England

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: ✔

Option A: Joseph Smith, Jr

Option B: Jerry Smith

Option C: Hiram Smith

Option D: John Smith

Correct Answer: John Smith ✔

Option A: Sermon

Option B: Autobiography

Option C: Spiritual diary

Option D: Biography

Correct Answer: Biography ✔

Option A: Anti-Slavery

Option B: Father of american poetry

Option C: Pro Slavery

Option D: Father of American Liteature

Correct Answer: Anti-Slavery ✔

Option A: They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England

Option B: Separate from church of England

Option C: Start their own beliefs

Option D: Create seperation

Correct Answer: They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England ✔

Option A: The passing on from one generation to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions after it has been written down.

Option B: The telling of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions to a single generation within and between nonliterate cultures

Option C: The use of “like” or “as” to draw a comparison between two unlike things

Option D: The passing on from one generation (and/or locality) to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-literate cultures by word of mouth

Correct Answer: The passing on from one generation (and/or locality) to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-literate cultures by word of mouth ✔

Option A: euphemism

Option B: empathy

Option C: alliteration

Option D: onomatopoeia

Correct Answer: euphemism ✔

Option A: Jamming

Option B: Ambiguity

Option C: Snaring

Option D: Foregrounding

Correct Answer: Snaring ✔

Option A: will adjust with reality

Option B: becomes adamant and disillusioned

Option C: will find sources elsewhere

Option D: resigns to reality

Correct Answer: becomes adamant and disillusioned ✔

Option A: Following orders.

Option B: Resisting arrest.

Option C: Civil disobedience.

Option D: Mutiny.

Correct Answer: Civil disobedience. ✔

Option A: Father of Free verse

Option B: Father of american poetry

Option C: Pro Slavery

Option D: Father of American Liteature

Correct Answer: Father of American Liteature ✔

Option A: Hawthrone

Option B: Stewart

Option C: Thoreau

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: Thoreau ✔

Option A: Robert Frost

Option B: Langston Hugues

Option C: Countee Cullen

Option D: Sherwood Anderson

Correct Answer: Robert Frost ✔

Option A: Smog

Option B: UNESCO

Option C: Buzz

Option D: Edit

Correct Answer: UNESCO ✔

Option A: Smog

Option B: UNESCO

Option C: Buzz

Option D: Edit

Correct Answer: Smog ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Acronym

Option C: Re__duplicates

Option D: Conversion

Correct Answer: Acronym ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation

Correct Answer: Backformation ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation

Correct Answer: Portmanteau ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation.

Correct Answer: Backformation. ✔

Option A: Portmanteau

Option B: Onomatopoeia

Option C: Clipping

Option D: Met analysis

Correct Answer: Met analysis ✔

Option A: Compounding

Option B: Portmanteau

Option C: Derivation

Option D: Backformation.

Correct Answer: Portmanteau ✔

Option A: Lateral plosion

Option B: Alveolar plosion

Option C: Nasal plosion

Option D: Incomplete plosion.

Correct Answer: Lateral plosion ✔

Option A: Bilabial plosion

Option B: Alveolar plosion

Option C: Nasal plosion

Option D: Incomplete plosion.

Correct Answer: Nasal plosion ✔

Option A: /p/ & /b/

Option B: /m/ & /v/

Option C: /t/ &/d/

Option D: /k/ & /g/

Correct Answer: /k/ & /g/ ✔

Option A: /p/ & /b/

Option B: /m/ & /v/

Option C: /t/ &/d/

Option D: /k/ & /g/

Correct Answer: /p/ & /b/ ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The height to which the tongue is raised ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the above.

Correct Answer: The height to which the tongue is raised ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The height to which the tongue is raised ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The part of the tongue that is raised ✔

Option A: Round vowels & unrounded vowels

Option B: Front vowels & back vowels

Option C: High vowels & low vowels

Option D: Tense vowels &lax vowels

Correct Answer: Tense vowels &lax vowels ✔

Option A: Round vowels & unrounded vowels

Option B: Front vowels & back vowels

Option C: High vowels & low vowels

Option D: Tense vowels &lax vowels

Correct Answer: Front vowels & back vowels ✔

Option A: The position of the lips

Option B: The part of the tongue that is raised

Option C: The height to which the tongue is raised

Option D: All the abovE.

Correct Answer: The position of the lips ✔

Option A: Complementary distribution

Option B: Contrastive distribution

Option C: Non__complementary distribution

Option D: None of the abovE.

Correct Answer: Complementary distribution ✔

Option A: Standard English

Option B: Received Pronunciation

Option C: Standard pronunciation

Option D: Recognized pronunciation

Correct Answer: Received Pronunciation ✔

Option A: 1889

Option B: 1998

Option C: 1989

Option D: 1888

Correct Answer: 1998 ✔

Option A: Multisyllabic

Option B: Disyllabic

Option C: Try syllabic

Option D: Polysyllabic

Correct Answer: Multisyllabic ✔

Option A: Monosyllabic

Option B: Disyllabic

Option C: Try syllabic

Option D: Polysyllabic

Correct Answer: Polysyllabic ✔

Option A: Allophones

Option B: Allomorphs

Option C: Morpheme variants

Option D: Minimal pairs

Correct Answer: Allophones ✔