📚English Literature MCQs
English Literature MCQs
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Who is the author of the novel Passing ?
AWilliam Wells Brown
BNella Larsen.
CCharles Chesnutt
DJames Weldon Johnson
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Which of the following statements about slavery is true ?
AMost slave children lived in two family homes.
BSlave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples.
CSlaves were given limited civil rights.
DMost slaves were not Christian.
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The characteristic of Naturalism that is most present in the first chapter of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man is_____________?
AThe theme of man against nature.
BThe theme of man against man.
CThe theme of heredity.
DNature as an invisible force.
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The “tragic mulatto” myth_________________?
ALed to novels of passing.
BExisted only in fiction by White authors.
CDeveloped in the 20th century.
DExisted only in fiction by female authors.
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Why did Marcus Garvey spearhead the “Back to Africa Movement” ?
ABecause in was cheaper to live in Africa.
BBecause he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
CHe was asked by African countries to bring African Americans to Africa.
DHe had to leave the country.
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Phillis Wheatley’s poetry is considered_____________?
AHighly original.
BTypical of Colonial poetry.
CProgressive and challenging.
DAbolitionist in subject.
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Slavery in the United States was officially abolished in ______________?
A1804
B1865
C1848
D1807
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The line ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’ occurs in which one of Keats’ following poems_______________?
AOde to Nightingale
BOde to Grecian Urn
COde to Psyche
DNone of these
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In which city the play of Shakespeare ’Romeo and Juliet’ is set in_________________?
AMilan
BVerona
CTurin
Dnone of these
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Dickens’ first novel which focused on the specific social ills was______________?
Athe Christmas carol
BGreat Expectations
Coliver twist
Da tale of two cities