1. : What was Emerson’s main message?
(A) Social-reform
(B) Self-reliance
(C) Confidence
(D) Progress and virtue
2. : Henry David Thoreau believed in which of the following?
(A) Self-denial
(B) Philosophic anarchism
(C) Non-conformism
(D) Rugged and uncompromising New Englander
3. : Some of the significant conservatives are
(A) Emerson
(B) Thoreau
(C) Edgar Allan Poe
(D) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne
4. : Thoreau lived as a hermit and wrote a famous book called
(A) Concord
(B) The Scarlet Letter
(C) Walden
(D) Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
5. : Most of the conservative New Englanders were from
(A) Virginia
(B) Cleveland
(C) Philadelphia
(D) Harvard
6. : The conservatives among the New Englanders disapproved of the transcendentalists and
(A) were generally Unitarians mercantile oligarchy
(B) Believed in a “genteel tradition”
(C) Trusted intellectualism
(D) Adhered to traditional values of Boston
7. : After the Civil War, conservatives’ ideas changed to ____ .
(A) Democracy
(B) Introspection
(C) Abolitionism
(D) Genteel tradition
8. : Some writers of the South, where literary renaissance reached late, are
(A) Longfellow
(B) Emerson
(C) Edgar Allan Poe
(D) Hawthorne
9. : Some significant New Yorkers are
(A) Herman Melville and Walt Whitman
(B) Fernimore Cooper
(C) Longfellow
(D) Hawthorne
10. : Which of the following are shown by American literature After 1890?
(A) The world wars
(B) The complexity and changes in the nature of American life
(C) Economic depression leading to introspection
(D) Emergence of a wide reading public
11. : American literature besides fiction achieved significance in
(A) General prose writing
(B) Journalism
(C) History biography, criticism. social-political writings.
(D) Argumentative writings, debate etc.
12. : The vast land and variety of cultural background gave birth to.
(A) Literature of negroes
(B) literature of New Englanders
(C) literature of West and Mid-West
(D) Regionalism
13. : What were the factors in the 20th century, which helped conformity in literature and life
(A) Uniformity of purpose-to safeguard freedom
(B) The idea of one nation
(C) Trans-continental railroad. radio, television and newspapers
(D) Moral and religious values
14. : The naturalistic writers were more interested in which of the following?
(A) The question of free-will
(B) Determinism in their viewing of man
(C) Expository interpretation
(D) Dominant bias
15. : During 1890-1965 period what other factors aided in a new American culture and life?
(A) Economic prosperity
(B) Scientific advancements
(C) Education, universities and schools
(D) Leisure
16. : Naturalism brought to American literature
(A) Man in his natural habitat
(B) Modification of realism
(C) Romantic nostalgia
(D) Scientific objectivity and man’s natural passions and instincts
17. : Oratory has always been a proud American tradition and a natural habit which has the most important factor of
(A) Total appeal
(B) Rhetoric means of persuasion
(C) Choice of words
(D) Observing all the available
18. : The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln consists of
(A) Well-thought, balanced
(B) Much brooding in solitude, laced with profound emotions
(C) Strong emotional connections
(D) Complete commitment
19. : Which literary work helped Abraham Lincoln become American President?
(A) Uncle Tom’s Cabin
(B) Moby Dick
(C) Walden
(D) Aunt Phillis’s Cabin
20. : Stowe influenced Harriet Beecher American life as
(A) Story writer
(B) Intellectual aristocracy
(C) Introspective nature
(D) Political realist
21. : ______ are the first American orators.
(A) Lay leaders
(B) Priests
(C) Preachers
(D) Politicians
22. : Oratory concerns mainly
(A) People
(B) The democratic institutions
(C) Public life of society
(D) Something of a private life with public dimensions
23. : The early American orators were trained in
(A) Sprinkling of slangs and dialects
(B) Need of the hour
(C) Aristotelian rhetorical devices
(D) Compulsion to reach the audience by any means
24. : What other quality of a brilliant orator contributes to his success?
(A) Highly educated audience
(B) A willing, anxious informed and attentive listener
(C) Situation can make even an indifferent audience a great listener
(D) Inherent capacity to listen attentively
25. : Which of the following best describes the theme of “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
(A) The American Dream
(B) The consequences of sin and guilt
(C) The value of individualism
(D) The pursuit of happiness
26. : Who wrote the novel “Moby-Dick”?
(A) Nathaniel Hawthorne
(B) Herman Melville
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Edgar Allan Poe
27. : Which of the following works is associated with transcendentalism?
(A) “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
(B) “Leaves of Grass”
(C) “The Scarlet Letter”
(D) “Walden”
28. : Which poet wrote “Song of Myself”?
(A) Edgar Allan Poe
(B) Walt Whitman
(C) Emily Dickinson
(D) Herman Melville
29. : The “genteel tradition” is associated with which group?
(A) Transcendentalists
(B) Conservatives of New England
(C) Southern writers
(D) Naturalists
30. : Who was the author of “The Great Gatsby”?
(A) Ernest Hemingway
(B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(C) John Steinbeck
(D) William Faulkner
31. : Which writer is best known for his works on the “American Dream”?
(A) John Steinbeck
(B) William Faulkner
(C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(D) Nathaniel Hawthorne
32. : Who is known as the “father of American literature”?
(A) Edgar Allan Poe
(B) Herman Melville
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) Mark Twain
33. : Which of the following works was written by William Faulkner?
(A) “The Grapes of Wrath”
(B) “As I Lay Dying”
(C) “The Catcher in the Rye”
(D) “East of Eden”
34. : The “Lost Generation” refers to which group of writers?
(A) 19th-century American writers
(B) Post-World War I American writers
(C) Early American novelists
(D) American writers of the Great Depression
35. : Who wrote “The Grapes of Wrath”?
(A) William Faulkner
(B) John Steinbeck
(C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(D) Ernest Hemingway
36. : “The Waste Land” was written by which American poet?
(A) T.S. Eliot
(B) Walt Whitman
(C) Emily Dickinson
(D) Robert Frost
37. : Which writer was famous for his “stream of consciousness” style?
(A) Ernest Hemingway
(B) William Faulkner
(C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(D) Mark Twain
38. : The main focus of American realism was:
(A) Idealized visions of American life
(B) The harsh realities of life for the common man
(C) The grandeur of nature and individualism
(D) The spiritual journey of characters
39. : Which of the following works is a major example of American Romanticism?
(A) “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
(B) “Moby-Dick”
(C) “The Scarlet Letter”
(D) “The Raven”
40. : Who wrote “The Catcher in the Rye”?
(A) John Steinbeck
(B) J.D. Salinger
(C) Mark Twain
(D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
41. : Which of the following is a characteristic of modernist literature?
(A) Idealization of the past
(B) Emphasis on traditional narrative forms
(C) Experimentation with language and form
(D) Celebration of individualism
42. : These lines demonstrate which concept? “To speakers and to criticize them know no bounds.”
(A) Ability to listen so
(B) Why America benefited much from oratory
(C) Ability to listen carefully and speak forcefully
(D) How American society was committed to freedom of speech
43. : ______ is/are known as the giants of American oratorical tradition.
(A) Salmon P. Chase
(B) Stephan A. Douglas
(C) Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln
(D) Edward Everett
44. : What are the two cultural traditions that have improved American literature and language?
(A) Indian folklore and Negro spirituals
(B) Religious traditions and magic
(C) Sayings and tales
(D) Indian songs and Negro dreams
45. : The American folklore consists of which of the following?
(A) British folklore
(B) Combination of British, French and Spanish
(C) Indian and Negro folklores combined with European traditions
(D) Chinese and Asian
46. : The annual influx of millions of immigrants after 1870 brought up a number of difficulties, but the following were the most significant:
(A) Housing problem
(B) Language of communications
(C) Job front
(D) Native culture and native tongue
47. : Americans were influenced by native Indian traditions widely. They are what?
(A) Oral tradition
(B) Riddles and anecdotes, fairy tales, and myths
(C) Chant, incantation, the
(D) Humor
48. : American humor eventually acquired
(A) A new shape
(B) A uniqueness of native origin
(C) Dark humor
(D) Sophistication, urbanity
49. : What novel is considered a “propaganda novel”?
(A) Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
(B) Aunt Phillis’s Cabin
(C) Tom Sawyer
(D) Uncle Tom’s Cabin
50. : The purchase of Louisiana opened the vast
(A) The area with vast possibilities
(B) The unknown land
(C) West and the frontier
(D) Rough territory
51. : The author of Venetian Life (1866) and Italian Journeys (1867) is ____ .
(A) Mark Twain
(B) William Dean Howells
(C) Ralph Waldo Emerson
(D) Nathaniel Hawthorne
52. : The West as seen from the East was a _________.
(A) A new experience
(B) Wild land to be tamed
(C) A challenge
(D) Unknown territory
53. : At this time period (1870–1890) and after, Americans had the enormous job of laboring towards
(A) National self-discovery and expression
(B) Articulation of human desires
(C) National customs and culture
(D) Materialism, economy, and market
54. : Who are called the pilgrims?
(A) The second generation went to see the land of their forefathers
(B) Voyages for pleasure and to see things for themselves
(C) Americans of European origin visiting their country in Europe
(D) Some returned to their land of origin to take part in freedom struggle
55. : William Dean Howells, Henry James, and ____ American authors handled realism brilliantly.
(A) Melville
(B) Mark Twain
(C) Emerson
(D) Hawthorne
56. : In 1880, A Tramp Abroad, a book, was proudly written by
(A) Mark Twain
(B) W.D. Howells
(C) H.W. Longfellow
(D) Emerson