Top 150+ Solved Literatures in English- American and Postcolonial MCQ Questions Answer
Q. What is the woman’s relation to Roderick?
a. they are cousins
b. they are siblings
c. no relation
d. they are married
Q. What is the name of Usher’s improvised poem?
a. the palace on the hill.
b. the haunted house
c. the haunted palace
d. the fallen flower
Q. What does ‘porphyrogene’ mean ?
a. insane
b. beautiful
c. of royal birth
d. stricken with fatal disease
Q. The biographical text tells us that Whitman “set out to define the American experience.” How did he approach this daunting task?
a. with unlimited optimism so as to represent each person rather than categorize people according to race or class
b. with confidence that the people would embrace him
c. with an eagerness to earn a name for himself as a truly original national poet
d. with the assumption that his work would result in him being a person of historical significance
Q. Based on the titles of each poem, what statement is Hughes trying to make in response to Whitman’s poem?
a. the authors have shared many similar life experiences
b. both authors have great love for their country and mankind
c. music and song have both played major roles in the lives of the authors
d. the song America sings to Hughes is much different than the song it sings to Whitman because Hughes’ America did not readily accept him
Q. In 1949, William Faulkner received:
a. A visit from the Queen
b. A Nobel Prize
c. An leave of absence from the war
d. none
Q. The basic facts of the story include all of the following with one exception. Which of these statements is in error?
a. The narrator has been invited to visit Roderick Usher, an old friend.
b. Roderick has a twin sister who dies of a cataleptic seizure the first night.
c. Roderick and his sister are the only surviving members of an ancient family.
d. The sister in prematurely buried, with terrifying consequences.
Q. The total collapse of the Usher mansion at the end of the story bestsupports the idea that:
a. Unreasonable fear and paranoia can lead to complete madness.
b. An overactive imagination can terrify a person with illusions.
c. Isolation of the creative genius may one day result in its destruction.
d. A mind without a firm base in reality will eventually destroy itself.
Q. Who are Biff and Happy?
a. They are two new young salesmen who are trying to get Willy's territory.
b. They are Willy's sons. Neither is very settled or responsible.
c. They are Willy's older brothers. They are both highly successful, and ridicule Willy for his failure.
d. They are two neighbours
Q. Faulkner wrote a screenplay based on a book written by:
a. An unknown female writer
b. William Shakespeare
c. Ernest Hemmingway
d. none
Q. . Willy says, "The man knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into a jungle, and comes out, at the age of twenty one, and he rich..." About whom it he talking?
a. He is talking about Happy.
b. He is talking about himself.
c. He is talking about Ben.
d. He is talking about Charley.
Q. Charley says, "To hell with it. When a deposit bottle is broken, you don't get your nickel back." What does he mean?
a. One may invest a lot of time and money into a child, but if the child doesn't turn out well, you won't get any satisfaction or rewards for your time spent. But, there's no use worrying about it; you just pick up and go on with your life.
b. He's explaining to a client that he cannot accept returns for broken goods.
c. If you don't live a good life, you won't have any rewards at the end of your life. In order to get to heaven, you have to be good on Earth.
d. He is tired of listening to Willy whine about all that has gone wrong in his life, and he's just trying to cut him off short so he doesn't have to listen to him anymore.
Q. Why does Charley tell Willy "the jails are full of fearless characters"?
a. There has been a series of burglaries in their neighborhood. They have been discussing ways to scare away the young hoodlums.
b. Charley's son has recently been sentenced to five years in jail for armed robbery. Charley is saving face, pretending he is not afraid for his son's safety in prison.
c. Willy has just sent his sons across the road to a new construction site to steal more building supplies. Willy is proud of their fearlessness, but Charley sees a more practical side to it, that what the boys are doing is wrong.
d. Willy has shared a rather shady business scheme with Charley. Charley doesn't want to participate, and Willy calls him a cowar