American Literature Mcqs - Set 6

1)   Rabbit Angstrom Novels are written by ____________?

a. Harper Lee
b. John Updike
c. Henry Miller
d. R. Ellison
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: John Updike

Explanation:
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2)   Which member of the corn clan could not overlook the wrondoings of the rest of the clan ?

a. The youngest member
b. The oldest member
c. The priest’s son
d. The chief’s son
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The priest’s son

Explanation:
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3)   Why do you think the uncle was named the “Unnatural Uncle” ?

a. The Eskimo’s felt that family was important and to try to harm a family member was not normal or natural
b. The pronunciation of Eskimo names are impossible so the author decided that this was easy for the reader
c. All Eskimo myths name the antagonist the “Unnatural Uncle”
d. 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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The Eskimo’s felt that family was important and to try to harm a family member was not normal or natural

Explanation:
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4)   But when a Boy, and Barefoot I more than once at Noon Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash Unbraiding in the Sun The speaker of this poem is_____________?

a. A boy
b. An alien
c. A girl
d. A communist
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A boy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which ofWashington Irving’s characters falls asleep for twenty years ?

a. Tom Buchanan
b. Tom Joad
c. Philip Marlowe
d. Rip van Winkle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rip van Winkle

Explanation:
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6)   What was one theme in the period of independence ____________?

a. national identity
b. political conflicts
c. urban and european vs indigenous and rural
d. All the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   At the end of Hare’s adventure with the headless bodies how does he turned them into “fast-fish.” ?

a. The headless bodies served Hare fish.
b. The headless bodies tried to abuse people so they were turned into ’fast-fish’ as a punishment.
c. The headless bodies liked to eat fish.
d. The headless bodies were actually creatures who evolved from fish so they were simply returned to their primordial state
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The headless bodies tried to abuse people so they were turned into ’fast-fish’ as a punishment.

Explanation:
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8)   What is TULIP ?

a. Total depravity
b. Unconditional election
c. Limited atonement
d. Irresistible GraceE. Perseverance of the SaintsF. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Total depravity

Explanation:
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9)   The cloud-spirits peeped from their silvery islands, as the congregated mirth went roaring up the sky! The Man in the Moon heard the far bellow. “Oho,” quoth he, “the old earth is frolicsome to-night!” This is_______________?

a. An autobiography
b. A fairy tale
c. Gothic fiction
d. A novel
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gothic fiction

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Who wrote “Barn burning” ?

a. Rober Lee frost
b. Eugene O’ Neil’s
c. Tennesse Williams
d. William Faulkner’s
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: William Faulkner’s

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   What does the narrator find at the end of the journey ?

a. Field and works
b. Crusted snow and dead leaves
c. Hills and highways
d. all are sleeping
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Crusted snow and dead leaves

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The story is told from the point of view of________________?

a. Mrs. Mallard
b. Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine
c. Mr. Mallard
d. a third person
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: a third person

Explanation:
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13)   A factual account of the development of a people, nation, institution or culture_____________?

a. Tradition
b. Tradition
c. History
d. Myth
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: History

Explanation:
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14)   This group of Native Americans believed that corn was crucial to creation ?

a. Teton
b. Cherokee
c. Utes
d. Navajo
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Navajo

Explanation:
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15)   Which is one of the five tenants of Puritanism ?

a. Total equality
b. Unconditional love
c. Individualism
d. Irresistible grace
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Irresistible grace

Explanation:
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16)   Before humans were sold as commodities, what item was highly sought after in West Africa ?

a. Diamonds
b. Land
c. Gold
d. Gasoline
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gold

Explanation:
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17)   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  Explanation 

ANSWER: B and C

Explanation:
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18)   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  Explanation 

ANSWER: B and C

Explanation:
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19)   Which American poet is hailed as the representative poet of America ?

a. Robert Frost
b. R. W. Emerson
c. Walt Whitman
d. Edgar Allen Poe
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Walt Whitman

Explanation:
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20)   “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  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gentleman

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!