📚English Literature MCQs
English Literature MCQs
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Who uttered these words “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty, that is all” ?
📚English LiteratureBy: Asad Ullah Afridi
AWillams Shakespeare
BGold Smith
CJohn Keats
DAdlof Hatler
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In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “A Cabin Tale,” which character is a trickster figure?
AWeasel.
BBear.
CThe farmer.
DThe young boy.
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The importance of Lucy Terry’s “Bars Fight” is______________?
AThe poem is the first-known writing of an African American.
BThe poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley.
CThe poem is the first of many poems by Terry.
DThe poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century. Updated by: mujeeb ur rehman
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The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat” was influenced by______________?
AHer relationship with a patron.
BHer mother.
CHer best friend.
DHer job as a waitress.
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The trickster figure is usually_______________?
AAmoral (neither good nor evil)
BChristian
CEvil
DNone of these
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In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
AShe is one-quarter Black.
BShe is one-eighth Black.
CShe is White.
DShe cannot be a slave.
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Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Blue Dementia” is an example of what kind of poetry ?
AProtest poetry
BRomantic poetry
CLyric poetry
DJazz poetry
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Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?
AThat female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.
BHow slavery was worse for men.
CHow females were affected by slavery.
DThat female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.
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In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “When Malindy Sings,” what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
ACakewalk tunes.
BGospel.
CJazz.
DBlues.
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The meaning a word within a language?
📚English LiteratureBy: Abdul Sami Bhayo
ASense
BCommon Sense
CEssence
DSense