American Literature in English Literature Multiple Choice Questions and answers
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What is American Literature?
Major writers of American Literature and their Literary works:
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Herman Melville
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- David Thoreau
- Walt Whitman
Major writers of the Modern American Literature were:
- Robert Frost
- Ernest Hemingway
- William Faulkner
- Carl Sandburg
- Edward Albee
- Arthur Miller
- Tennessee William
Most important Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) on American Literature in English 👇
Who discovered America ?
Who wrote the first American novel "The Power of Sympathy" ?
B. James Fenimore
C. William Hill Brown
D. Nathaniel Hawthorne
The time period from 1820 - 1860s is known as the ________.
A. American Romantic Period
B. American Renaissance
C. American Reformation
D. All is correct except 'C'
The American Civil War ended in —
Which of the following novels is not written by Ernest Hemingway?
(A) The Great Gatsby
(B) A Farewell to Arms
(C) For Whom the Bell Tolls
(D) The Old Man and the Sea
In Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, the old man hooks a fish. What is the fish called ?
(A) Swordfish
(B) Shark
(C) Marlin
(D) Whale
Whose collection of poems is called Leaves of Grass ?
(A) Whitman's
(B) Emerson's
(C) Edgar Allan Poe's
(D) Frost's
When was the American Civil War fought?
(A) 1830-40
(B) 1815-1820
(C) 1861-1865
(D) 1825-1833
Who has written a poem on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln after the American Civil War ?
(A) Robert Frost
(B) Walt Whitman
(C) Emily Dickinson
(D) Emerson
Walt Whitman wrote a poem on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. What is the title of the poem ?
(A) Song of Myself
(B) I sit and Look Out
(C) I Hear America Singing
(D) O Captain ! My Captain
Who is the author of the poem 'Animals' ?
(A) Emerson
(B) Whitman
(C) Frost
(D) Emily Dickinson
What is the central theme of Whitman's famous poem Passage to India ?
(A) Advancement of Science
(B) Intercontinental contacts
(C) Spirituality and Transcendentalism
(D) Glory of America
In which novel by Hemingway does Santiago figure ?
(A) The Sun Also Rises
(B) For Whom the Bell Tolls
(C) A Farewell to Arms
(D) The Old Man and the Sea
When was Ernest Hemingway born?
(A) 1898
(B) 1899
(C) 1889
(D) 1897
Brett Ashley is the central character in one of Hemingway's novels. Which one of the follow-ing?
(A) The Old Man and The Sea
(B) A Farewell to Arms
(C) The Sun Also Rises
(D) For Whom the Bell Tolls
When did Hemingway receive the Nobel prize for Literature ?
(A) 1952
(B) 1953
(C) 1954
(D) 1955
Who wrote 'Men Without Women', a collection of short stories ?
(A) Ernest Hemingway
(B) William Faulkner
(C) Mark Twain
(D) Wallace Stevens
American Literature MCQs Questions/Answers in English Literature >> Multiple Choice Questions Answers on American literary works in English Literature
Which of the following novels of Hemingway is set against the background of the Spanish Civil War ?
(A) The Sun Also Rises
(B) For Whom the Bell Tolls
(C) A Farewell to Arms
(D) The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway's Winter Takes Nothing is a-
(A) Poem
(B) Novel
(C) A Collection of Short Stories
(D) A Play
In which work Hemingway celebrated Bull fighting ?
(A) Death in the Afternoon
(B) The Torrents of Spring
(C) A Moveable Feast
(D) The Green Hills of Africa
Who is the protagonist of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises ?
(A) Santiago
(B) Robert Cohn
(C) Jake Barnes
(D) Brett Ashley
Which novel of Hemingway is based on the theme of Man's struggle against Nature ?
(A) A Farewell to Arms
(B) The Sun Also Rises
(C) The Old Man and the Sea
(D) The Green Hills of Africa's
Which novel of Hemingway won him the Nobel Prize for Literature ?
(A) A Farewell to Arms
(B) The Old Man and the Sea
(C) The Sun Also Rises
(D) For Whom the Bell Tolls
When was William Faulkner born?
(A) 1897
(B) 1898
(C) 1900
(D) 1909
Ans. A
Who encouraged Faulkner to write novels ?
(A) S. Anderson
(B) Robert Frost
(C) Wallace Stevens
(D) Hemingway
Who wrote The Sound and the Fury ?
(A) Hemingway
(B) Faulkner
(C) J. Farrel
(D) Wallace Stevens
When did Faulkner receive the Nobel Prize?
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951
What was the original title of Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises ?
(A) The Bostonians
(B) The Virginians
(C) Fiesta
(D) Catcher in the Rhye
What was the original title of Hemingway's last novel The Old Man and the Sea ?
(A) Fiesta
(B) The Sea in Being
(C) The Assistant
(D) Farewell to Arms
Robert Frost was born in the year-
(A) 1867
(B) 1874
(D) 1886
(C) 1882
Robert Frost was-
(A) A British poet settled in America
(B) An America poet settled in England
(C) A Canadian poet
(D) An American poet
Robert Frost died in-
(B) 1963
(A) 1899
(C) 1942
(D) 1934
Which one is a collection of poems of Robert Frost
(A) A Boy's Will
(B) North of Boston
(C) Mountain Interval
(D) All of these
In which collection of poems of Frost are his poems 'Mending the Wall' and 'The Death of the Hired Man' included ?
(A) A Boy's Wills
(B) North of Boston
(C) Mountain Interval
(D) A Witness Tree
Frost's poems Birches and The Road Not Taken are included in his poetical collection-
(A) A Boy's Will
(B) North of Boston
(C) Mountain Interval
(D) A Witness Tree
Whom did Frost describe as "the only brother ever I had”?
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) E. Thomas
(C) Faulkner
(D) Emerson
Who described Frost's philosophy as “Simple Woodland Philosophy" ?
(A) E. Thomas
(B) Trilling
(C) N. Douglas
(D) Whitman
Who called Frost a "Poet of terror"?
(A) E. Thomas
(B) Trilling
(C) N. Douglas
(D) Whitman
Which of the following has been called a "proletarian epic" ?
(A) Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
(B) Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to bons
(C) Steinback's The Grapes of Wrathood
(D) Faulkner's Light in August
Who is the protagonist in Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea ?
(A) Santiago
(B) Marlin
(C) Manolin
(D) Robeston
Absalom, Absalom is a novel written by-
(A) Faulkner
(B) Steinbeck
(C) Fitzgerald
(D) Hemingway
Who said,
"But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
(A) Robert Frost
(B) William Faulkner
(C) Wallace Stevens
(D) Hemingway
Who said, "Earth is the right place for love" ?
(A) Wallace Stevens
(B) Robert Frost
(C) Emily Dickinson
(D) William Faulkner
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