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Practise multiple-choice questions from english literature for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

english literature Mcqs

1. introduction to literary theory 2. miscellaneous literature 3. famous playwright poet and others 4. introduction to literary studies 5. cultural and literary in modernity 6. ages era period 7. cultural and literary english renaissance 8. modern poetry and poetics 9. medieval literature and culture 10. african american literature 11. the gothic novel 12. american literature 13. language and linguistics 14. english romantic poetry 15. literary theory and criticism 16. cultural and literary 18th 19th centuries

221. Booker T. Washingtons message in Up from Slavery is_______________?
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A. African Americans will have to help themselves by becoming educated.

B. Whites should pay reparations to former slaves.

C. African Americans should acculturate to mainstream White culture.

D. White institutions should reform to meet African American needs.

222. The tragic mulatto myth_________________?
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A. Existed only in fiction by White authors.

B. Led to novels of passing.

C. Existed only in fiction by female authors.

D. Developed in the 20th century.

223. The theme of Phillis Wheatleys On Being Brought from Africa to America is_______________?
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A. Christians should free their slaves.

B. Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians.

C. Slaves are the children of Cain.

D. Slaves should rebel against the Christian religion.

224. What is the subject of Lucille Cliftons the lost baby poem ?
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A. Abortion.

B. A child dying of SIDS.

C. The stillborn death of a child.

D. A murdered child.

225. The Medal by John Dryden is a/an________________?
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A. play

B. satire

C. translation

D. prose

226. Who is the author of the famous book The Judgment is_______________?
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A. Kuldip Nayer

B. Amartya Sen

C. Anthony Mascarenhas

D. Nelson Mandela

227. George Bernard Shaw is_________________?
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A. a playwright

B. a modern painter

C. a film-maker

D. a historian

228. What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig ?
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A. She marries a Black man.

B. She lets a man help her out.

C. She washes clothes for White women.

D. She tries to pass as White.

229. Tennyson wrote____________?
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A. Dover Beach

B. My last Duchess

C. The Eve of St. Agnes

D. The Lotus Eaters

230. W.E.B. Du Bois accuses Booker T. Washington of being______________?
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A. A Christian.

B. A radical.

C. A coward.

D. An accomodationist.

231. The fact that Claude McKay visited Russia in 1922 exemplifies the following theme of Modernism_____________?
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A. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

B. The disassociated, anomic self.

C. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual.

D. The wearing away of traditional class structures.

232. Hellenism of Keats connotes______________?
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A. his love of poetry

B. his love of Greek culture and art

C. his love of ancient cultures

D. None of these

233. The Essays of Elia was first published in book form in_____________?
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A. 1829

B. 1823

C. 1795

D. 1807

234. Who is the writer of The Ring of the Book ?
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A. Shelley

B. Robert Browning

C. William Shakespeare

D. Wordsworth

235. Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in ______________?
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A. 1804

B. 1848

C. 1807

D. 1865

236. Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage ?
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A. Booker T. Washington

B. Charles Chesnutt

C. Jean Toomer

D. Frederick Douglass

237. During the early 20th century, a black persons purpose in passing might have been_________________?
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A. None of the above.

B. To obtain justice for black people.

C. To escape from slavery.

D. To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre.

238. In Gwendolyn Brooks poem, we real cool, the Golden Shovel is_______________?
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A. A metaphor for the pool players who are trying to dig out of their neighborhood.

B. A metaphor for colossal lies they have been buried with.

C. The name of a pool hall.

D. The name of a restaurant the pool players cannot enter.

239. The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?
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A. Learning to be midwives.

B. Lower suicide rates.

C. Resistance against dehumanization.

D. Resistance to the overseers.

240. The character of Little Neil is a creation of______________?
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A. Dickens

B. Hardy

C. Oscar Wilde

D. Eliot

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