Top 250+ Solved American Literature MCQ Questions Answer
Q. When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," in “The Raven”, who did hethink was outside?
a. his neighbour
b. the raven
c. pluto
d. some late night visitor
Q. In what month does the poem “The Raven” take place?
a. december
b. january
c. october
d. february
Q. What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns in “TheRaven”?
a. annebelle
b. lenore
c. pluto
d. lydia
Q. What happens when the author opens the door in “The Raven”?
a. the raven flies in
b. he screams
c. he only sees darkness
d. he sees lenore standing outside
Q. Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?
a. on the door frame
b. on the mantle above the fireplace
c. on a bust of pallas
d. on the chair
Q. What was the author doing at the beginning of the poem “The Raven”?
a. eating dinner
b. reading a book
c. cutting his toenails
d. writing a letter
Q. How did the raven get into the house?
a. he stepped in the window
b. he came in the chimney
c. he flew in the door
d. he was already in the house
Q. In what year was the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" published?
a. 1872
b. 1892
c. 1860
d. 1855
Q. Which of Whitman's contemporaries famously praised "Leaves of Grass" as "the mostextraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed"?
a. henry wadsworth longfellow
b. henry david thoreau
c. oliver wendell holmes
d. ralph waldo emerson
Q. “Passage to India” is an example of which Literary Movement?
a. romanticism
b. transcendentalism
c. black art movement
d. imagism
Q. Opening stanza of “Passage to India” celebrates which of the following great engineeringachievements?
a. the laying of the transatlantic undersea cable
b. the joining of the union pacific and central pacific railroads at utah
c. invention of steam engine
d. the opening of the suez canal
Q. Who is the “The Admiral himself” described in the poem “Passage to India”?
a. marco polo
b. alexander
c. columbus
d. tamerlane