Quiz about Literatures in English- American and Postcolonial

Question 1

Which sentence tells the main idea of “I Hear America Singing”?

Accepted Answer

all different kinds of people come together to make america what it is.

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in america, it is important to have a good job.

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americans love to sing.

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young people like to have parties at night.

Question 2

Read the lines from “I Hear America Singing.”
“The day what belongs to the day-At night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, /Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs.” What does the word robust mean?

Accepted Answer

full of health

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dirty

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artistic

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mean

Question 3

What is the point of view used in “I Hear America Singing”?

Accepted Answer

second person

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first person

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third person

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no point of view

Question 4

What is most likely the poet’s purpose for writing “I Hear America
Singing”?

Accepted Answer

to give a lively description of people working in american

Answer

to persuade people to find jobs in america

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to inform the reader about different kinds of jobs in america

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to teach the reader how to be a good american

Question 5

Read the line from “I Hear America Singing”
“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear” This is an example of

Accepted Answer

personification.

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simile.

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alliteration.

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plot

Question 6

Read the line from “I Hear America Singing.”
“The carpenter singing his, as he measure his plank or beam” The word beam in this sentence means

Accepted Answer

a piece of wood used in construction.

Answer

a ray of light

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a steel tube.

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to smile.

Question 7

In “I Hear America Singing,” the poet probably described people at work
because

Accepted Answer

he saw america as a country that was prospering.

Answer

people often sing at work.

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he saw america as a poor country.

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he liked working more than doing other activities.

Question 8

Which sentence from “Walt Whitman” supports the idea that Whitman
wrote poetry for everyday Americans?

Accepted Answer

“for example, he liked to write about families and workers who had moved from the farms to the city.”

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“he also began working as a journalist, and he wrote political speeches.”

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“he published the first edition of his poetry collection leaves of grass in 1855, paying for it himself.

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“he was an admirer of abraham lincoln, and he wrote a number of poems in response to lincoln’s assassination in 1865.”

Question 9

Which is a detail from “Walt Whitman”?

Accepted Answer

whitman worked for martin van buren’s presidential campaign.

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whitman did not write short stories.

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whitman fought in the civil war.

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whitman worked as a mechanic.

Question 10

By reading both the poem and the passage, you can tell that Walt
Whitman was

Accepted Answer

a professional singer.

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a friend to abraham lincoln

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imaginative.

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a man who could not find time for family.

Practice Test On: Literatures in English- American and Postcolonial

Practice Test On:
Literatures in English- American and Postcolonial