📚English Literature MCQs
English Literature MCQs
496 MCQs451
In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide ?
AUnder the floorboards.
BWith a friend.
CIn the stables.
DIn a remote cabin.
452
In the United States, Reconstruction_______________?
AIs the time period that followed the Civil War.
BDescribes the rebuilding after World War I.
CRefers to the Civil Rights movement.
DTook place only in the North.
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During the early 20th century, a black person’s purpose in passing might have been_________________?
ATo obtain justice for black people.
BTo get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre.
CTo escape from slavery.
DNone of the above.
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Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________?
AHe had known many “Biggers” in his life.
BHe was trying to overcome his fears of powerful men.
CHe was proud of all the African American men he had seen stand up to Whites.
DHe wanted to show African American males how not to live.
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Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage ?
AJean Toomer
BCharles Chesnutt
CBooker T. Washington
DFrederick Douglass
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Although different in tone, Soujourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” and David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” are similar in what way ?
ATheir belief in necessary violence.
BTheir belief that women should have equal rights.
CTheir appeals to Christians.
DTheir belief that African Americans should govern themselves.
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In Lucille Clifton’s “wishes for son,” the narrator lists what wishes her sons ?
AThat they learn from her mistakes.
BThat they have richer lives than hers.
CThat they have all they ever wished for themselves.
DThat they experience all the pain and embarrassment of being a woman.
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Reflections on Language is a book written by Noam Choamsky in__________?
📚English LiteratureBy: Abdul Sami Bhayo
A1975
B1976
C1977
D1988
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Chomsky developed Transformational-Generative Grammar in________?
📚English LiteratureBy: Abdul Sami Bhayo
A1950
B1951
C1952
D1953
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Competence is a term to describe the knowledge possessed by native users of a language which enables them to speak and understand their language fluently was introduced by________?
📚English LiteratureBy: Abdul Sami Bhayo
ASassure
BEnoch Powel
CNoam Chomsky
DNone of these