american literature MCQs – Page 6

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

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

105. Which of the following animals seem to represent strength and courage for the Eskimos ?
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A. Deer

B. Eagle

C. Horse

D. Fox

106. Who is the central character in Hemingways novel The Old Man and the Sea ?
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A. Santiago

B. Marlin

C. Mandolin

D. None of the above

107. According to the sign in the Kentucky Inn, what is branded to Georges right hand ?
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A. The letter S

B. The Letter H

C. The number 314

D. A hexagon

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

111. Left the house of the subscriber, bounden servant, Hezekiah Mudgehad on when he went away, grey coat, leather breeches, masters third best hat. One pound currency reward to whoever shall lodge him in any jail in the province. Hezekiah Mudge is a bounden servant, meaning that he is bound by contract to be a servant (essentially a willing slave) for seven years in repayment for____________?
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A. Transportation to the colonies

B. Dropping charges for murder

C. Escape from enslavement

D. Freedom

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

113. This mode of discourse presents details that appeal to the senses______________?
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A. Metaphor

B. Persuation

C. Description

D. Narration

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

115. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor for a number of early American writers, including_______________?
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A. Thoreau

B. Hawthrone

C. Stewart

D. A and B

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

B. Catharsis

C. Atonement

D. Gullibility

117. Before humans were sold as commodities, what item was highly sought after in West Africa ?
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A. Gasoline

B. Gold

C. Land

D. Diamonds

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