Abraham Lincoln: the war Years________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. In Nikki Giovanni’s “The American Vision of Lincoln,” the poet argues that the Capitol needs a statue of _____________next to the one of Abraham Lincoln?

   A. W.E.B. DuBois
   B. Amiri Baraka
   C. Booker T. Washington
   D. Frederick Douglass

2. American Civil War was fought in_______________?

   A. 1815-1820
   B. 1830-1840
   C. 1861-1865
   D. 1825-1833

3. Which American President reportedly referred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as “the little lady who made this big war” ?

   A. George Washington
   B. John Adams
   C. Abraham Lincoln
   D. John. F. Kennedy

4. At the beginning of the play, the Scots are at war with which country ?

   A. Norway
   B. Prussia
   C. Iceland
   D. Poland

5. During which war the castle of Edmund Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by native Irish forces ?

   A. Hundred Years War
   B. Nine Years War
   C. Ten Years War
   D. Seventeen Years War

6. As a result of the outbreak of World War I and anti-German sentiment which important British public figure had to adopt the family name of Windsor ?

   A. The Suffragette Emmeline Pankhust
   B. King George V
   C. King Edward VII
   D. King James II

7. Wilfred Owen’s war poem “Dulce et Decorum est” ends with which of the following Latin phrases ?

   A. “Pax romana”
   B. “Veni, vidi, vici”
   C. “Dux bellorum”
   D. “Pro patria mori”

8. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336 ?

   A. Henry II
   B. Henry III
   C. Henry V
   D. Edward III

9. The Battle of Baladava in the Crimean War finds its reference in the poem__________?

   A. In Memorium
   B. 1st September
   C. Ultima Ratio Regum
   D. The Charge of the Light Bridge

10. Which of the following best describes the reasons why World War I had a profound impact on modern poetry ?

    A. The devastation wrought by World War I was so enormous that it put Europe’s cultural and political norms and values into question.
    B. The mechanized killing, which took place on a massive scale during World War I, made it necessary to reflect about the effects of technological progress.
    C. World War I was the first global conflict where the distinction between combatants and civilians was erased, and this had a devastating effect on the European psyche.
    D. Both A and B