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This section includes 332 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English Literature knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 301. |
Apess concludes his piece by____________? |
| A. | Predicting the Apocalypse |
| B. | Declaring his intention to run for public office |
| C. | Calling for Native Americans to declare themselves independent of the U.S. government |
| D. | Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 302. |
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 ? |
| A. | They are victimized by corrupt Indian Agents appointed by the government. |
| B. | They are not provided with adequate education. |
| C. | They are legally denied the right to engage in commerce. |
| D. | Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men. |
| Answer» D. Native American women have been seduced and abandoned by white men. | |
| 303. |
“And then hopped sidewise to the Wall”. Here the poet personifies the bird as a______________? |
| A. | Predator |
| B. | Gentleman |
| C. | Hierarchical views of man |
| D. | Protector |
| Answer» C. Hierarchical views of man | |
| 304. |
“An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White Man” illustrates what genre of early American writing ? |
| A. | Sermon |
| B. | Autobiography |
| C. | Spiritual diary |
| D. | Biography |
| Answer» E. | |
| 305. |
American Civil War was fought in_______________? |
| A. | 1815-1820 |
| B. | 1830-1840 |
| C. | 1861-1865 |
| D. | 1825-1833 |
| Answer» D. 1825-1833 | |
| 306. |
Along the way, goodman Brown and the character who seems to be the devil meet three people______________? |
| A. | Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old goodman Brown. |
| B. | Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister. |
| C. | The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin. |
| D. | Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon Gookin. |
| Answer» C. The minister, old goodman Brown, and deacon Gookin. | |
| 307. |
All works of the highest art are meant to______________? |
| A. | tingle our senses |
| B. | stir our intellect |
| C. | restore our skills for the art |
| D. | instill in us the sense of the art |
| Answer» C. restore our skills for the art | |
| 308. |
All of the following are traits demonstrated by the hero except ? |
| A. | Obedience |
| B. | Patience |
| C. | Loyalty |
| D. | Jealousy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 309. |
After Hare had destroyed all the bad animals what did he decide to do next ? |
| A. | He decided to prepare some animals for humans to eat |
| B. | He decided to go on his way and start a family of his own |
| C. | He decided that there were more bad animals and set out to destroy the rest of them |
| D. | The tale ended and the reader is not certain about what happened to bear |
| Answer» B. He decided to go on his way and start a family of his own | |
| 310. |
According to the tale, what horrible crime did the ucle commit ? |
| A. | He killed all of the old people |
| B. | He killed all of the female children |
| C. | He killed all of the male children |
| D. | He killed all of the women |
| Answer» D. He killed all of the women | |
| 311. |
According to the sign in the Kentucky Inn, what is branded to George’s right hand ? |
| A. | The letter S |
| B. | The Letter H |
| C. | A hexagon |
| D. | The number 314 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 312. |
According to the myth, which of the following are likely hunting preparation rituals that the Winnebago perform ? |
| A. | Burning tobacco as an offering |
| B. | Singing songs |
| C. | Entering into a trance to commune with the spirits of the natural world. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 313. |
According to the myth, how did frogs loose their teeth ? |
| A. | Frogs used to eat rocks and one day a frog ate a rock that was too hard and smashed its teeth. |
| B. | Frogs never had any 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 ha |
| D. | 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 frog |
| Answer» D. 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 frog | |
| 314. |
According to the myth, why must all things have an end ? |
| A. | The Earthmaker wanted the opportunity to creat a new race of people |
| B. | Mankind would suffer because of a lack of food if there were more people than resources to care for them |
| C. | Hare wished it to be so and that was how it was |
| D. | Grandmother wished it to be so and that was how it was |
| Answer» C. Hare wished it to be so and that was how it was | |
| 315. |
According to “Hare’s Adventure”, how does he get his “burnt buttocks” ? |
| A. | His buttocks was scorched by the sun which he had caught in a trap |
| B. | Grandmother burned him with a hot poker for being so mischievous |
| C. | Hare caught his own tale on fire trying to cook himself some dinner |
| D. | He was born that way |
| Answer» B. Grandmother burned him with a hot poker for being so mischievous | |
| 316. |
According to Hare, what work did the Earthmaker send him to do ? |
| A. | To make mischief and cause trouble |
| B. | To trample upon evil beings that were abusing his aunts and uncles |
| C. | To play tricks on other animals to prove how intelligent he is |
| D. | The hare has no purpose that is why his grandmother must always watch over him |
| Answer» C. To play tricks on other animals to prove how intelligent he is | |
| 317. |
Abslom, Absalom is a novel written by______________? |
| A. | Steinback |
| B. | Faulkner |
| C. | Hemingway |
| D. | Fitzgerald |
| Answer» C. Hemingway | |
| 318. |
Abraham Lincoln: the war Years________________? |
| A. | T.S. Elliot |
| B. | Carl Sandburg |
| C. | William Faulkner |
| D. | Wallace Stevene |
| Answer» C. William Faulkner | |
| 319. |
About the Navajo____________? |
| A. | Settled in Northeastern US |
| B. | Kept the Navajo Origin Legend through oral tradition |
| C. | Believed that corn was crucial to creation |
| D. | B and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 320. |
About William Bradford__________________? |
| A. | Wrote the Mayflower Compact agreement |
| B. | Founded Jamestown |
| C. | Wrote about the Plymouth Plantation |
| D. | A and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 321. |
About the Iroquois_______________? |
| A. | Dekonawidah planted the Tree of Great Peace |
| B. | Powerful enemy of the Delaware tribe |
| C. | The tribe drafted a constitution to define the governance of their society |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 322. |
About the Pima_______________? |
| A. | Introduced domestic animals to the Navajo |
| B. | Made houses of saplings bent into domes |
| C. | Legend From the Houses of Magic |
| D. | B and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 323. |
About the Delaware_______________? |
| A. | Used pictographs to explain nature |
| B. | Told the story of Wolam Olum |
| C. | Settled in Northeast US |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 324. |
About John Smith_______________? |
| A. | Exaggerated and embellish events and depicted Native Americans as barbaric |
| B. | In the General History of Virginia, attempted an objective, journalistic style |
| C. | Was saved by Squanto |
| D. | A and B |
| Answer» E. | |
| 325. |
About Johnathan Edwards____________? |
| A. | Wrote the Mayflower Contract |
| B. | Was a Puritan preacher and writer |
| C. | When he spoke, audiences rose to their feet and cheered |
| D. | B and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 326. |
About Christopher Columbus_______________? |
| A. | Arrived on the Mayflower |
| B. | Mistook Bahama Islands for India |
| C. | Kept a journal of the First Voyage to America |
| D. | B and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 327. |
About Cotton Mather _______________? |
| A. | Belonged to the Delaware tribe |
| B. | Fasted 450 times for sins he committed |
| C. | Wrote about the trial of Martha Carrier |
| D. | B and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 328. |
About Anne Bradstreet__________________? |
| A. | Husband belonged to the Massachusetts Bay Company |
| B. | Arrived on the Mayflower |
| C. | Wrote about her house burning down |
| D. | A and C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 329. |
A language come into existence when_____________? |
| A. | there is brutal necessity |
| B. | there are speakers of the language |
| C. | ancient elements force to become a language |
| D. | a new language id discovered |
| Answer» B. there are speakers of the language | |
| 330. |
A good definition of American Realism is________________? |
| A. | An examination of life as it actually is. |
| B. | A romantic portrayal of life. |
| C. | An examination of the countryside versus the city. |
| D. | A sad and depressing view of reality. |
| Answer» B. A romantic portrayal of life. | |
| 331. |
A factual account of the development of a people, nation, institution or culture_____________? |
| A. | Tradition |
| B. | Tradition |
| C. | History |
| D. | Myth |
| Answer» D. Myth | |
| 332. |
A diary of someone’s day by day account of events_______________? |
| A. | Journal |
| B. | History |
| C. | Article |
| D. | Legend |
| Answer» B. History | |