American Literature Set 4 MCQs

Q1 | Huck's Pap returns because he:

wants huck\s money

wants revenge on judge thatcher

misses his son

all of the above

Q2 | When Jim first sees Huck Finn on the island, he thinks Huck:

is a ghost

has run away from home

has come to arrest him

is trying to bewitch him

Q3 | Jim runs away from Miss Watson because:

she is planning to sell him to a slave trader who will take him to new orleans

he wants to spend time with huck

he is tired of being a slave

he wants to be re-united with his family

Q4 | The river best serves as a symbol of which of the following in Huckleberry Finn?

equality

slavery

freedom

commerce

Q5 | Huck assumes all of the following identities except:

tom sawyer

george peters

thomas smith

sarah williams

Q6 | From which family do the Duke and the Dauphin try to steal the inheritance in Huckleberry Finn?

the wilks

the shepherdsons

the grangerfords

the phelps

Q7 | What is Benjy's "graveyard" in The Sound and the Fury?

two blue glass bottles full of flowers

a patch of jimson weed

the grave of a dead pet

a pile of stones

Q8 | Why is Benjy's name changed in The Sound and the Fury?

as a punishment for bad behaviour

because father wants him to have his name

because uncle maury is offended

because mother wants to get rid of the "curse

Q9 | What attribute of Caddy does Benjy frequently note in The Sound and the Fury?

has nightmares

is a tomboy

is afraid of her brothers

smells like trees

Q10 | The character Damuddy in The Sound and the Fury is

caddy’s daughter

the compson’s cook

the family name for carolyn compson

the grandmother of the compson children

Q11 | The entire Quentin section in The Sound and the Fury is told over a period of

a christmas vacation from his studies at harvard

an unspecified block of years

one day

the year before caddy’s marriage

Q12 | What is the name of Son’s hometown in Tar Baby?

tallahassee

tampa

elbow

eloe

Q13 | What pest invades Valerian’s greenhouse in Tar Baby?

ants

mice

snakes

wasps

Q14 | What did Thérèse used to do as a job?

she was a cook.

she was a tour guide.

she was a wet nurse.

she was a janitor.

Q15 | What is the play Emperor Jones an allegory for?

parenthood

marriage

integration

u.s. imperialism

Q16 | What was the original title of the play Emperor Jones?

the silver bullet

the indies

the escape

the emperor brutus

Q17 | What is the only item of furniture in the palace of the emperor in Emperor Jones?

a rocking chair

a couch

an ottoman

a throne

Q18 | Who is the only subject in the palace in Emperor Jones?

derek

an old woman

jeff

lem

Q19 | What weapon is Smithers carrying in Emperor Jones?

a whip

a gun

a sword

a bomb

Q20 | Who tried to assassinate Jones in Emperor Jones?

jeff

smithers

lem

the old woman

Q21 | What did Jones tell his subjects was the only thing that could kill him in Emperor Jones?

a silver bullet

poison

a knife

an arrow

Q22 | Why did Jones kill Jeff in Emperor Jones?

jeff owed him a large debt

a dispute in a game of craps

jeff slept with his wife

jeff called him a name

Q23 | The action of the play The Glass Menagerie takes place in the

1890\s

1950\s

1960\s

1930\\\s

Q24 | The setting of the play The Glass Menagerie

chicago

new york

new orleans

st. louis

Q25 | Tom in The Glass Menagerie works at

a shoe warehouse

a bank

the docks

a bakery