Top 250+ Solved American Literature MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Those oppressive "Cathedral Tunes" reflect the poem's (“There is a certain slant of Light”)theme of
a. isolation
b. mortality
c. immortality
d. versions of reality
Q. That ‘Heavenly Hurt’ in “There is a certain slant of Light” that leaves no scar works with thespeaker's sense of
a. time
b. suffering
c. mortality
d. spirituality
Q. The lines “When it comes, the Landscape listens – Shadows – hold their breath” in “There is acertain slant of Light” is an example of?
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. pathetic fallacy
d. anaphora
Q. How did Dickinson intend for the light to be viewed in “There is a certain slant of Light”?
a. oppressive
b. welcoming
c. enchanting
d. cold
Q. That "seal Despair" in “There is a certain slant of Light” is a sort of metaphor for the speaker's
a. perseverance
b. mortality
c. versions of reality
d. suffering
Q. When the landscape "listens" in “There is a certain slant of Light”, it brings to mind the poem'stheme of
a. society and class
b. awe and amazement
c. truth
d. transformation
Q. What is the literal meaning of the title “Home Burial”?
a. death of marriage
b. a broken home
c. the death of the child
d. a broken marriage
Q. What does the wife see through the window at the beginning of “Home Burial”?
a. horsemen approaching
b. the coroner’s wagon
c. her child’s grave
d. her husband returning
Q. What is the metaphorical meaning of the title "Home Burial"?
a. the end of the marriage
b. end of life
c. beginning of a new life
d. a new chapter in their lives
Q. Where does Linda Loman want her husband to work?
a. New Jersey
b. New Hampshire
c. New York
d. New Orleans
Q. Willy Loman has lived in the same house for twenty-five years with:
a. His wife
b. his sons
c. his brother
d. his aunt
Q. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
a. Laying railroad tracks
b. Selling dishwashers
c. Working on a farm
d. Robbing banks