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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 Williams
Most important Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) on American Literature in English 👇
Who discovered America ?
Who wrote the first American novel "The Power of Sympathy" ?
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
Ans. A
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
Ans. C
Whose collection of poems is called Leaves of Grass ?
(A) Whitman's
(B) Emerson's
(C) Edgar Allan Poe's
(D) Frost's
Ans. A
When was the American Civil War fought?
(A) 1830-40
(B) 1815-1820
(C) 1861-1865
(D) 1825-1833
Ans. C
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
Ans. B
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
Ans. D
Who is the author of the poem 'Animals' ?
(A) Emerson
(B) Whitman
(C) Frost
(D) Emily Dickinson
Ans. B
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
Ans. C
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
Ans. D
When was Ernest Hemingway born?
(A) 1898
(B) 1899
(C) 1889
(D) 1897
Ans. A
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
Ans. C
When did Hemingway receive the Nobel prize for Literature ?
(A) 1952
(B) 1953
(C) 1954
(D) 1955
Ans. C
Who wrote 'Men Without Women', a collection of short stories ?
(A) Ernest Hemingway
(B) William Faulkner
(C) Mark Twain
(D) Wallace Stevens
Ans. A
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
Ans. B
Ernest Hemingway's Winter Takes Nothing is a-
(A) Poem
(B) Novel
(C) A Collection of Short Stories
(D) A Play
Ans. C
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
Ans. A
Who is the protagonist of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises ?
(A) Santiago
(B) Robert Cohn
(C) Jake Barnes
(D) Brett Ashley
Ans. C
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
Ans. C
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
Ans. B
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
Ans. B
When did Faulkner's first novel Soldier's Pay
appear?
(A) 1924
(B) 1927
(C) 1926
(D) 1928
Ans. C
Who wrote The Sound and the Fury ?
(A) Hemingway
(B) Faulkner
(C) J. Farrel
(D) Wallace Stevens
Ans. B
When did Faulkner receive the Nobel Prize?
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951
Ans. B
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
Ans. C
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
Ans. B
Robert Frost was born in the year-
(A) 1867
(B) 1874
(D) 1886
(C) 1882
Ans. B
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
Ans. D
Robert Frost died in-
(B) 1963
(A) 1899
(C) 1942
(D) 1934
Ans. B
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
Ans. D
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
Ans. B
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
Ans. C
Whom did Frost describe as "the only brother ever I had”?
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) E. Thomas
(C) Faulkner
(D) Emerson
Ans. B
Who described Frost's philosophy as “Simple Woodland Philosophy" ?
(A) E. Thomas
(B) Trilling
(C) N. Douglas
(D) Whitman
Ans. C
Who called Frost a "Poet of terror"?
(A) E. Thomas
(B) Trilling
(C) N. Douglas
(D) Whitman
Ans. B
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
Ans. D
Who is the protagonist in Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea ?
(A) Santiago
(B) Marlin
(C) Manolin
(D) Robeston
Ans. A
Absalom, Absalom is a novel written by-
(A) Faulkner
(B) Steinbeck
(C) Fitzgerald
(D) Hemingway
Ans. A
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
Ans. A
Who said, "Earth is the right place for love" ?
(A) Wallace Stevens
(B) Robert Frost
(C) Emily Dickinson
(D) William Faulkner
Ans. B
