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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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

6201. Which of the following best defines wergild ?
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A. The image used to share qualities in a metaphor or simile

B. Giving inanimate objects human qualities

C. A metaphorical compound

D. A reparational payment demanded of a person guilty of homicide

6202. Which of the following genres applies to Langlands Piers Plowman ?
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A. Social satire

B. All of these answers

C. Allegory

D. Dream vision

6203. The turbulent years of the 14th century witnessed a blending of language and culture that led to the rise of Middle English. Which of the following events led to the nickname the era of catastrophes ?
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A. The Great Schism

B. All of these answers

C. The Black Plague

D. The Hundred Years War

6204. In Chaucers The Millers Tale, why would the millers determination to speak following the knight appear unsettling to the 14th century audience ?
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A. The miller was far beneath the knight in social order, so the miller should have deferred to the person who ranked above him.

B. The knight had not finished his tale.

C. The miller did not ask politely.

D. A member of the clergy should have spoken next.

6205. What was the primary function of The Rule of Saint Benedict ?
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A. The Rule of Saint Benedict explained the new architectural style.

B. The Rule of Saint Benedict was the first example of poetry written in the vernacular language.

C. The Rule of Saint Benedict offered an early example of dream poetry.

D. The Rule of Saint Benedict standardized monasticism.

6206. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Old English ?
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A. Alliteration

B. Romance

C. Caesura

D. Personification

6207. Which of the following statements about slavery is true ?
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A. Most slaves were not Christian.

B. Slave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples.

C. Most slave children lived in two family homes.

D. Slaves were given limited civil rights.

6208. The importance of Lucy Terrys Bars Fight is______________?
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A. The poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century.

B. The poem is the first of many poems by Terry.

C. The poem is the first-known writing of an African American.

D. The poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley.

6209. What was special about Zora Neale Hurstons home town of Eatonville, Florida ?
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A. It was destroyed after the Civil War.

B. Most of its inhabitants worked for White people.

C. It was home to the Harlem Renaissance.

D. It was primarily African American.

6210. Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American stereotypes about Southern African Americans ?
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A. Charles Chesnutt

B. Richard Wright

C. Booker T. Washington

D. William Wells Brown

6211. In writing Beloved, Toni Morrison drew on what for inspiration ?
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A. Her own memories of slavery.

B. Slave narratives.

C. Stories her grandmother told her.

D. The television series Roots.

6212. Spirituals like Go Down Moses were important to African Americans because_______________?
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A. They helped them do their work faster.

B. They were based on African songs.

C. They gave hope that God would deliver them from slavery.

D. They showed that a hero would deliver them from slavery.

6213. What unforgivable action does Mag Smith take in Chapter One of Our Nig ?
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A. She washes clothes for White women.

B. She lets a man help her out.

C. She marries a Black man.

D. She tries to pass as White.

6214. Why was the drop of blood rule developed ?
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A. To make sure mothers of mixed-race children got custody.

B. To allow mixed-race children to get scholarships meant for African Americans.

C. To keep the slave offspring of White slave owners from inheriting.

D. To keep White slave owner parents of mixed-race offspring from having to pay for their children.

6215. Why is the couple in Arna Bontempss A Summer Tragedy getting dressed up ?
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A. To go pay old man Stevenson.

B. To go to church.

C. To go to a party.

D. To end their lives.

6216. The genre Octavia Butlers Bloodchild is______________?
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A. Tragedy.

B. Horror.

C. Mystery.

D. Science Fiction.

6217. In Paul Laurence Dunbars A Cabin Tale, which character is a trickster figure?
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A. Bear.

B. The young boy.

C. Weasel.

D. The farmer.

6218. In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washingtons Up from Slavery, Washingtons primary goal is to______________?
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A. Get a job.

B. To be a teacher

C. Get an education.

D. To be clean.

6219. Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except______________?
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A. To pray for deliverance

B. To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners

C. To show that they were content in their work

D. To ease their pain

6220. In Paul Laurence Dunbars When Malindy Sings, what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
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A. Cakewalk tunes.

B. Blues.

C. Gospel.

D. Jazz.

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