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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

2351. The final /n/ in the words sudden and mutton are __________________?
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A. Sibilants

B. Syllabic consonants

C. None of the above

D. Suffixes

2352. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of William Bradford ?
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A. Created spiritual Diary

B. Non-Separating puritan

C. Separating puritan

D. both A and C

2353. Sounds articulated by two lips are called ____________?
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A. Alveolar

B. Labio__dental

C. Dental

D. Bilabial

2354. Words composed of two or more elements that are identical or slightly different are called____________?
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A. Re__duplicates

B. Conversion

C. Acronym

D. Compounding

2355. Why does Henry David Thoreau write his book Walden ?
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A. None of the above

B. To critique slavery

C. To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action

D. Tell his entire life story

2356. ________ is a unit of speech which is at a level higher than the speech sound or phoneme ?
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A. Stress

B. Intonation

C. Syllable

D. Pitch.

2357. The process of passing on sayings, songs and tales ?
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A. Persuasion

B. History

C. Narration

D. Oral Tradition

2358. Which among the following pairs are Velar plosives ?
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A. /m/ & /v/

B. /t/ &/d/

C. /k/ & /g/

D. /p/ & /b/

2359. Thoreau believed that if a government was unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called_____________?
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A. Resisting arrest.

B. Civil disobedience.

C. Following orders.

D. Mutiny.

2360. Define oral tradition______________?
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A. The passing on from one generation to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions after it has been written down.

B. The use of like or as to draw a comparison between two unlike things

C. The telling of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions to a single generation within and between nonliterate cultures

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

2361. A MANUSCRIPT was communicated to me during my travels in Italy, which was copied from the archives of the Cenci Palace at Rome, and contains a detailed account of the horrors which ended in the extinction of one of the noblest families of that city during the Pontificate of Clement VIII, in the year 1599. All of the following state why this quotation from Perce Shelleys The Cenci represents the Gothic EXCEPT_____________?
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A. The focus on wrongdoing at the highest level of authority

B. The grandiose threatening setting that requires ingenious stagecraft

C. The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play

D. The placement of the action in the past and in a foreign country

2362. Which statement below best defined Whitmans idea of Oversoul ?
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A. Hope

B. American landscape

C. Death

D. Relationships

2363. How many nasal sounds are there in the English Language ?
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A. Four

B. Two

C. Five

D. Three

2364. What does George Harris master demand of him that prompts him to plan his escape ?
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A. Punish another slave

B. Marry another woman

C. Relocate to Louisiana

D. Abandon his faith

2365. Sounds articulated by the tip of the tongue placed against the upper teeth are called___________________?
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A. Dental

B. Alveolar

C. Labio__dental

D. Bilabial

2366. The founder of Jamestown____________?
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A. John Stelzer

B. Johnathon Edwards

C. John Stillwell

D. John Smith

2367. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Frederick Douglass ?
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A. Most popular slave narrative

B. Father of American poetry

C. Father of free verse

D. Indian Autobiography

2368. The s in johns is __________?
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A. Plural morpheme

B. An adjective forming morpheme

C. Past morpheme

D. Possessive morpheme

2369. /f/ and /v/ are called ?
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A. Plosives

B. fricatives

C. Affricates

D. Trill

2370. The classification of vowels into tense vowels and lax vowels is based on ________________?
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A. The height to which the tongue is raised

B. The state of the tension of the tongue

C. The part of the tongue that is raised

D. The position of the lips

2371. About Johnathan Edwards____________?
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A. Wrote the Mayflower Contract

B. B and C

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

D. Was a Puritan preacher and writer

2372. What vice does Tom attempt to convince Augustine Clare to renounce ?
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A. bribery

B. lying

C. drinking

D. gambling

2373. The initial sound in chair and jam are examples for__________?
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A. Affricates

B. Plosives

C. Trill

D. fricatives

2374. This is a system of fundamental laws governing a society______________?
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A. Connotation

B. Constitution

C. Language

D. Discourse

2375. Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical purpose of An Indian Looking Glass for the White Man ?
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A. Critic the way white peoples society treats people of color wrong.

B. Making peace

C. Working together

D. both B and C

2376. __________are articulated by raising the front of the tongue towards the hard palate ?
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A. Palate__alveolar

B. Velar

C. Palatal

D. Post__alveolar

2377. Which character in Uncle Toms Cabin directly opposes the Fugitive Slave Law ?
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A. Haley

B. Mrs. Bird

C. St. Clare

D. Senator Bird

2378. Of what does Goodman Brown become guilty after his midnight meeting in the woods ?
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A. Atonement

B. Gullibility

C. Hubris

D. Catharsis

2379. He had heard this destruction of the original possessors of the soil described, as we find it in the history of the times, where, we are told, the number destroyed was about four hundred; and it was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the same, and the horrible scent thereof; but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the praise thereof to God. This work is___________?
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A. A historial novel

B. A hortatory sermon

C. A narrative frame

D. Gothic fiction

2380. An Indians Looking Glass for the White Man illustrates what genre of early American writing ?
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A. Biography

B. Spiritual diary

C. Sermon

D. Autobiography

2381. Themes in colonial time period ?
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A. resistance

B. cultural independence

C. All the above

D. Europe

2382. William Bradfords Of Plymouth Plantation exemplifies what genre of early American writing ?
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A. Spiritual diary

B. Free verse poem

C. Journal

D. Slave narrative

2383. A critic examining John Miltons Paradise Lost focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?
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A. Feminist

B. Formalist

C. Reader Response

D. Mimetic

2384. ____________refers to the phenomenon of pauses in speech?
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A. Intonation

B. Pitch

C. JuncturE.

D. Stress

2385. Who is addressed as you in the poem ?
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A. a frustrated romantic idealist

B. an accomplished royal

C. an under achiever

D. a romantic achiever

2386. /f/and /v/ are______________?
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A. Labio__dental

B. Alveolar

C. Bilabial

D. Dental

2387. Abslom, Absalom is a novel written by______________?
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A. Hemingway

B. Fitzgerald

C. Faulkner

D. Steinback

2388. I knew him, however, as both mathematician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with reference to the circumstances by which he was surrounded. I knew him as a courtier, too, and as a bold intriguant. Such a man, I considered, could not fail to be aware of the ordinary political modes of action. Who is speaking ?
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A. Dupin

B. Brown

C. Rip

D. Brom Bones

2389. The word examination is a ____________word?
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A. Polysyllabic

B. Monosyllabic

C. Disyllabic

D. Try syllabic

2390. The s in she sings well is ____________?
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A. Morpheme signaling third person singular.

B. An adjective forming morpheme

C. Possessive morpheme

D. Plural morpheme

2391. ________________is known as the friendly innkeeper of the town ?
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A. Parker J

B. Stephen J Parker

C. Goodman Parker

D. Stephen

2392. The /k/ sound in actand picture is a____________?
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A. Incomplete plosion.

B. Bilabial plosion

C. Nasal plosion

D. Alveolar plosion

2393. Apess claims that Native Americans in New England are the most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world. Which of the following is NOT a reason he offers as an explanation for their misery ?
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A. Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men.

B. They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government.

C. They are not provided with adequate education.

D. They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce.

2394. The preceding sound influencing the following sound is an instance of __________assimilation?
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A. Progressive

B. Regressive

C. None of the above

D. Reciprocal

2395. Some of the movements that took place in the modernist time period include___________?
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A. The Harlem Renaissance, The Lost Generation, and Confessional Poetry.

B. Transcendentalism, Symbolism, and Dark Romanticism.

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

D. Symbolism, Naturalism, and Postmodernism.

2396. The change TV brought into the society can be summed up as_________________?
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A. creating indifference to realities of life

B. bringing reality before them

C. condensed life to the screen

D. life turning more attractive

2397. Which statement below best defined Dickinsons idea of circumference ?
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A. limitations

B. no limitations

C. Above and beyond

D. Eqaulity

2398. The consonants /j/ and /w/ are called__________?
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A. Laterals

B. Semi__vowels

C. Sibilants

D. Trills.

2399. Words such as black__leg and flash__light are instances of ____________?
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A. Portmanteau

B. Derivation

C. Backformation

D. Compounding

2400. In which city does the St.Clare live ?
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A. Memphis

B. New Orleans

C. Atlanta

D. Louisville

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