english literature MCQs – Page 329

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.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

6561. Which is one of the five tenants of Puritanism ?
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A. Unconditional love

B. Total equality

C. Irresistible grace

D. Individualism

6562. Stopping on a snowy Evening_____________?
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A. Sherwood Anderson

B. Robert Frost

C. Countee Cullen

D. Langston Hugues

6563. What statement below best sums up the literary significant of Maria Stewart ?
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A. All the above

B. First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience

C. Most popular slave narrative

D. First African American to publish life writing Most popular native American writer

6564. The emagery in the poem is_________________?
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A. Mystical

B. Naturalistics

C. Supernatural

D. Deterministic

6565. How old is Emmeline ?
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A. Fifteen

B. Thirteen

C. Seventeen

D. Ten

6566. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of John Winthrop ?
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A. All are correct

B. non separating puritan

C. American myths

D. City upon a hill

6567. What is the authors purpose in the Zuni origin tale The Flood ?
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A. To warn its youth about the consequences of promiscutiy and other inquities

B. To include the tribes favorite food, corn, into the myth

C. To explain how earthquakes came into existence

D. To explain how floods came into existence

6568. Whom does Mr.Haley choose from among Shelbys slaves ?
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A. Eliza and Harry

B. Uncle Tom and Cassy

C. Uncle Tom and Eliza

D. Uncle Tom and Harry

6569. In which state was Uncle Toms Cabin written ?
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A. Massachusetts

B. Ohio

C. Maine

D. Georgia

6570. Let me for a few moments turn your attention to the reservations in the different states of New England, and, with but few exceptions, we shall find them as follows: the most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world a complete place of prodigality and prostitution. What does prodigality mean ?
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A. Wasteful extravagance

B. Redemption

C. Return from the dead

D. Promiscuity

6571. Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts ?
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A. US Exceptionalism

B. Brother love/charity

C. None of the above

D. Democracy

6572. Who wrote Heritage ?
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A. William Faulkner

B. Countiee cullen

C. T.S. Eliot

D. Wallace stevens

6573. When the child finds that issues cannot be resolved in 30 minutes he______________?
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A. will adjust with reality

B. will find sources elsewhere

C. resigns to reality

D. becomes adamant and disillusioned

6574. After Hare had destroyed all the bad animals what did he decide to do next ?
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A. He decided to go on his way and start a family of his own

B. The tale ended and the reader is not certain about what happened to bear

C. He decided to prepare some animals for humans to eat

D. He decided that there were more bad animals and set out to destroy the rest of them

6575. The founder of Jamestown____________?
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A. John Stillwell

B. John Smith

C. John Stelzer

D. Johnathon Edwards

6576. Which statement below best defines the genre of Indian autobiography ?
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A. Genre that details life exerpeinces of white americans in early america and critiques american society to native americans.

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

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

6577. About the Pima_______________?
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A. Legend From the Houses of Magic

B. Introduced domestic animals to the Navajo

C. Made houses of saplings bent into domes

D. B and C

6578. The pervading metaphor in the story is___________________?
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A. a clean well-lighted place

B. the old man

C. the old waiter

D. liquor

6579. What does the narrator of the story about Rip describe as the great error in Rips composition ?
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A. His unwillingness to work

B. His love of town gossip

C. His weakness for spirits

D. That he is henpecked by his wife

6580. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. He assisted at their sports, made their playthings, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians. This work draws upon_____________?
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A. A European ghost story

B. A local ghost story

C. A European fairy tale

D. An Indian legend

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