English Literature Mcqs

A. Resistance to the overseers.
B. Learning to be midwives.
C. Resistance against dehumanization.
D. Lower suicide rates.

A. The importance of men to the African American family.
B. The negative consequences of feminism on the African American family.
C. The importance of African religious influence in America.
D. The importance of African American craftsmanship.

A. William Wells Brown
B. Nella Larsen.
C. Charles Chesnutt
D. James Weldon Johnson

A. Most slave children lived in two family homes.
B. Slave owners did not allow their slaves to live as married couples.
C. Slaves were given limited civil rights.
D. Most slaves were not Christian.

A. The theme of man against nature.
B. The theme of man against man.
C. The theme of heredity.
D. Nature as an invisible force.

A. Led to novels of passing.
B. Existed only in fiction by White authors.
C. Developed in the 20th century.
D. Existed only in fiction by female authors.

A. Because in was cheaper to live in Africa.
B. Because he did not feel African Americans would ever achieve equality in America.
C. He was asked by African countries to bring African Americans to Africa.
D. He had to leave the country.

A. Highly original.
B. Typical of Colonial poetry.
C. Progressive and challenging.
D. Abolitionist in subject.

A. 1804
B. 1865
C. 1848
D. 1807

A. Bringing African culture to the United States.
B. Leaving the African peoples alone.
C. Writers who took African themes for their work.
D. Completing an oppressed people’s quest for freedom, liberty and democracy.