English Literature Mcqs
This Puritan author wrote a persuasive speech ?

A. William bradstreet
B. Mather edwards
C. John williams
D. Johnathan edwards

Thoreau was part of the Transcend lists, which were founded by________________?

A. Mark twain.
B. Herman melville.
C. Ralph waldo emerson.
D. Walt whitman.

________________is known as the ‘friendly innkeeper of the town’ ?

A. Stephen
B. Parker j
C. Goodman parker
D. Stephen j parker

I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search — search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. The narrator is________________?

A. Helping robin to search for his uncle
B. A detective
C. Leading the police to the scene of a crime
D. Helping the police to look for a letter

Who is addressed as “you” in the poem ?

A. A romantic achiever
B. A frustrated romantic idealist
C. An under achiever
D. An accomplished royal

The Weary Blues______________?

A. William faulkner
B. Carl sandburg
C. Langston hues
D. Sherwood anderson

The purpose of placing ‘fallen cold and dead’ at the end of each section is to_____________?

A. Remind the leader of the tragedy
B. Repeat the lines for the rhyming
C. Keep the readers aware of what is to come
D. Clarify his idea

The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, but in____________?

A. Soulful lyrics
B. Human voice
C. Epic
D. Lyric

The Battle of the Ants is an excerpt from______________?

A. Civil disobedience
B. Walden
C. Herald of freedom
D. Life without principle