american literature Mcqs
101. The story is told from the point of view of________________?
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A. Mr. Mallard

B. a third person

C. Mrs. Mallards sister Josephine

D. Mrs. Mallard

102. Frosts poem The Road Not Taken is included in his poetical collection______________________?
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A. North of Boston

B. A Boys Will

C. A Witness Tree

D. Mountain Interval
103. Picture must not be too picturesque. Emerson here means pictures must_______________?
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A. not be too scenic

B. capture our soul

C. be simple and plain

D. not dazzle
104. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Nathaniel Hawthorne ?
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A. Popular early nosiest

B. Romantisum

C. All are correct

D. Scarlett letter

108. Who was the first black woman who win the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
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A. Frances Harper

B. Ann Petry

C. Toni Morrison

D. Jane Austin

109. Why do you think the uncle was named the Unnatural Uncle ?
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A. Since this tale is from the oral tradition, the characters had no names and when the myth was written down this is the name that was given

B. All Eskimo myths name the antagonist the Unnatural Uncle

C. The pronunciation of Eskimo names are impossible so the author decided that this was easy for the reader

D. The Eskimos felt that family was important and to try to harm a family member was not normal or natural
110. Who wrote Barn burning ?
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A. Eugene O Neils

B. Rober Lee frost

C. William Faulkners

D. Tennesse Williams

112. Uncle Toms Cabin was written by______________?
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A. Arthur Miller

B. Edgar Allan Poe

C. Harriet Beecher Stowe

D. Edith Wharton

114. Which American poet is hailed as the representative poet of America ?
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A. R. W. Emerson

B. Walt Whitman

C. Edgar Allen Poe

D. Robert Frost

118. The change TV brought into the society can be summed up as_________________?
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A. bringing reality before them

B. life turning more attractive

C. condensed life to the screen

D. creating indifference to realities of life
119. Define oral tradition______________?
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A. The use of like or as to draw a comparison between two unlike things

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

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

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
120. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Frederick Douglass ?
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A. Indian Autobiography

B. Most popular slave narrative

C. Father of free verse

D. Father of American poetry

121. How do the Shelbys treat their slaves ?
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A. They do not have slaves

B. Set them all free

C. Beat them everyday

D. Kindly but firmly
122. What does Evas father promise her before she dies ?
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A. That he will remarry

B. That he will adopt Topsy

C. That he will try to find Harry

D. That he will free Uncle Tom
123. Bret Hartes The Outcasts of Poker Flat took place in_______________?
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A. The Appalachian Mountains.

B. The Sierra Nevada Mountains.

C. The Sierra Madre Mountains.

D. The Rocky Mountains.

125. What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact ?
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A. Sovereignty

B. first agreement on self governing

C. Establish a new government

D. Religious freedom

126. Themes in colonial time period ?
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A. resistance

B. Europe

C. cultural independence

D. All the above
127. Abslom, Absalom is a novel written by______________?
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A. Steinback

B. Hemingway

C. Fitzgerald

D. Faulkner
128. In this technological world the child should build up_____________?
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A. a vision for himself

B. inner strength

C. his own life

D. a will not to depend on others

129. All works of the highest art are meant to______________?
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A. stir our intellect

B. tingle our senses

C. restore our skills for the art

D. instill in us the sense of the art

130. The Puritans who settled Plymouth Colony were separating Puritans which meant ?
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A. None of the above

B. Continue being apart of the Church of England

C. Separate from the Church of England

D. Reform

131. What writing describes the death of two settlers at the hands of 300 bowmen ?
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A. General History of Virginia

B. Beowulf

C. Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

D. Walum Olum

132. What type of myth is the tale The Jealous Uncle ?
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A. A fable

B. Origin tale

C. Hero tale

D. Trickster tale

134. Gradually light returns to the street means_______________?
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A. streets are bright

B. life is unpredictable

C. life resumes to normal routine

D. it is day break

135. Define trickster tale ?
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A. The struggle found in fiction

B. Giving human qualities to animals or objects

C. A story about a mischievous, supernatural being

D. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work.

136. About Anne Bradstreet__________________?
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A. Wrote about her house burning down

B. Husband belonged to the Massachusetts Bay Company

C. Arrived on the Mayflower

D. A and C
138. According to the myth, why must all things have an end ?
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A. Hare wished it to be so and that was how it was

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

C. Grandmother wished it to be so and that was how it was

D. The Earthmaker wanted the opportunity to creat a new race of people

140. In addition to driving the family coach, what other responsibility do the St. Clare assign Uncle Tom ?
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A. Administering Maries medicine

B. Helping Dinah cook

C. Tutoring Eva

D. Managing finances
142. The Weary Blues______________?
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A. Langston Hues

B. William Faulkner

C. Carl Sandburg

D. Sherwood anderson

145. The black language holds great importance for the_____________?
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A. identity of Blacks in The United States

B. Black community in America

C. restoration of a language

D. Survival and continuation of the Black community
146. Which of Upton Sinclairs books is about the meat-packing industry ?
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A. The Jungle

B. Arrowsmith

C. Elmer Gantry

D. Main Street

147. Which statement below best paraphrases what John Winthrop meant when he declared that the MBC would be as a city upon a hill ?
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A. Woman have no role in society

B. Only men should work

C. Religious freedom

D. Everyone has a role in society
148. About the Iroquois_______________?
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A. Powerful enemy of the Delaware tribe

B. The tribe drafted a constitution to define the governance of their society

C. All the above

D. Dekonawidah planted the Tree of Great Peace