american literature MCQs – Page 5

Practise focused american literature questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

american literature Mcqs

81. The poem by Berryman has a sad and depressed tone about it and it foreshadows the_____________?
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A. fate and the mindest of the boy

B. happenings in the poem

C. fate of the author or how depressed be was

D. turn of events of the ball

82. Who coined the phrase Lost Generation ?
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A. Sherwood Anderson

B. Gertude Stein

C. Hemingway

D. F. Scott Fitzserald

83. Wanders in that happy valley Through two luminous windows saw Spirits moving musically To a lutes well-tund law, Round about a throne, where sitting (Porphyrogene!) In state his glory well befitting, The sovereign of the realm was seen. What does Porphyrogene mean ?
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A. Of royal birth

B. Born to be free

C. Inflicted with the disease Porphyria

D. Wearing purple robes

84. Which of the following themes or ideas are closely associated with the Native American way of life ?
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A. Waste and abuse of natural resources

B. Immoral behavior

C. Uncivilized society

D. Love and respect for family and its elders

85. The cloud-spirits peeped from their silvery islands, as the congregated mirth went roaring up the sky! The Man in the Moon heard the far bellow. Oho, quoth he, the old earth is frolicsome to-night! This is_______________?
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A. A novel

B. Gothic fiction

C. A fairy tale

D. An autobiography

86. According to the myth, how did frogs loose their teeth ?
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A. Frogs never had any teeth.

B. Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg stew so she captured a frog and extracted its teeth one by one while chanting a Winnebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth.

C. Hare hit a frog with a club and burned the frog and cursed it by declaring it would never be able to harm anyone because it threatedned to hunt the hare down with dogs.

D. Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth.

87. Which ofWashington Irvings characters falls asleep for twenty years ?
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A. Tom Buchanan

B. Rip van Winkle

C. Philip Marlowe

D. Tom Joad

88. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau ?
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A. Self-reliance

B. Father of Free verse

C. Father of american poetry

D. Father of American Liteature

89. He was famed for great skill in horsemanship; he was foremost at all races and cockfights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic, but had more mischief and good humor than ill will in his composition. Who is this ?
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