English Literature MCQs

A. The name of a restaurant the pool players cannot enter.
B. A metaphor for colossal lies they have been buried with.
C. A metaphor for the pool players who are trying to dig out of their neighborhood.
D. The name of a pool hall.

A. It was the first african american novel.
B. It was the first african american newspaper.
C. It was published by frederick douglass.
D. It argued for a separate african american community in america.

A. Harriet beecher stowe
B. Joel chandler harris
C. Richard wright
D. Charles chesnutt

A. To describe the horrors of life on the post-bellum plantation.
B. To explain his religious views.
C. To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
D. So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.

A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
B. Its emphasis on christian ideals.
C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.

A. A modernist poet
B. A performance poet
C. A classical poet
D. A traditional poet

A. Getting an education.
B. Fighting.
C. Making friends with the guards.
D. Contacting famous authors.

A. Toasting is oral
B. Toasting is a male event
C. Toasting glorifies women
D. Toasting provides cultural identification

A. Alice walker
B. Etheridge knight
C. Martin luther king, jr.
D. Langston hughes

A. Harriet beecher stowe
B. Richard wright
C. Frederick douglass
D. Phillis wheatley