MCQs on American Literature After independence

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: May 8, 2025

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1. : “I find ecstasy in living” is written by ____ .



2. : Emily Dickinson in her poetry one finds turn of wit and elliptical metaphors as in



3. : The Letters of Emily Dickinson introduces the reader to



4. : Who is the author of the: “Because I could not for death, He kindly stopped for not me, The carriage held just ourselves/And immortality”



5. : Emily Dickinson’s poetry is about which of the following?



6. : Emily Dickinson belonged to which era?



7. : Emily Dickinson had literary affinity with



8. : Why study of Emily Dickinson’s works is puzzling?



9. : What is that in her which appeals most to modern readers?



10. : Why did Poe try to kill himself in 1848?



11. : Emily Dickinson is a poet of which century?



12. : Edgar Allan Poe was born in



13. : Her poetry can be best described as



14. : How many known poems of Dickinson as a prolific writer?



15. : Poe’s childhood and upbringing was



16. : Poe’s Helen has been idealized by



17. : “The Raven” was proudly written by which of the following author?



18. : When Walt Whitman was born?



19. : “The Raven” brings out which quality of Poe made him famous?



20. : From which poem of Poe these lines have been taken? “Take thy beak from out my heart and take thy form from off my door!” Quoth the ‘Raven Nevermore”



21. : What kind of a family did Walt Whitman come from?



22. : Which of these expressions best captures Walt Whitman?



23. : Which is the poem, read widely but made the poet regretful?



24. : Why did Whitman regret having written the poem?



25. : He was influenced by



26. : From which century, Ralph Waldo belonged?



27. : What was the philosophy of life Emerson preached?



28. : In ________, Emerson explained his understanding of Vishnu Purana and Bhagavad Gita?



29. : The famous American poet Walt Whitman is best characterised as which of the following?



30. : Emerson expresses the idea in the poem _________ that men who claim possession pass away leaving it for those who remain. Earth laughs for man lives, toils and passes away leaving place for others?



31. : Which of these best describes Emerson?



32. : Whitman is best characterised as a poet with



33. : The greatest way to describe what prevents us from understanding the divine is



34. : Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?



35. : The simplest way to sum up Longfellow’s poetry is that it



36. : Longfellow is a typical poet of which century?



37. : When was Longfellow born?



38. : Longfellow’s limited importance became



39. : Which poetry contains these lines?



40. : Which poetry contains these lines?



41. : Longfellow came from a ________.



 

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