English Literature MCQs with Answers

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1. 51 Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________?
   

   1. Strengthened the African American?s place in the world of literature

   2. Perpetuated stereotypes

   3. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences

   4. Showed that African Americans couldn?t speak properly.

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2. 52 African American dialects grew out of_______________?
   

   1. The 1960s protest movements

   2. The attempts of African slaves to communicate with each other

   3. Slave owners teaching slaves Elizabethan English

   4. Slaves? attempts to keep their conversations secret

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   : The attempts of African slaves to communicate with each other

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3. 53 In writing Beloved, Toni Morrison drew on what for inspiration ?
   

   1. Her own memories of slavery.

   2. Stories her grandmother told her.

   3. The television series Roots.

   4. Slave narratives.

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4. 54 Slave narratives were shaped by_____________?
   

   1. Captivity narratives.

   2. Abolitionist newspaper accounts.

   3. Folktales.

   4. African mythology.

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5. 55 Brer Rabbit is an example of what kind of character ?
   

   1. Trickster

   2. Victim

   3. Representation of the slave master

   4. ?Uncle Tom? character who feels slavery is best for the African American

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6. 56 In Jean Toomer?s ?Her Lips Are Copper Wires,? a kiss is compared to_______________?
   

   1. A waterfall.

   2. Electricity.

   3. A war.

   4. A factory.

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   : Electricity.

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7. 57 Why does Dee want the quilt in Alice Walker?s ?Everyday Use? ?
   

   1. She is proud of her heritage.

   2. She doesn?t want Maggie to have it.

   3. She wants to display it for her friends to see.

   4. She loves the beauty of it.

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   : She wants to display it for her friends to see.

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8. 58 In ?125th Street and Abomey,? Audre Lorde references images from ________________?
   

   1. African mythology.

   2. African American folktale.

   3. Greek mythology.

   4. Contemporary female artists.

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   : African mythology.

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9. 59 What source did David Walker rely on the most for support in ?Appeal in Four Articles? ?
   

   1. The Bible.

   2. Greek history.

   3. Slave narratives.

   4. Abolitionist newspapers.

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   : The Bible.

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10. 60 What is the character of Delia most of afraid of in Zora Neale Hurston?s ?Sweat? ?
    

    1. Rabid dogs.

    2. Her husband.

    3. Snakes.

    4. Bertha.

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    : Snakes.

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