This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Periods > Contemporary > Contemporary Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Contemporary Literature Quiz 2 (51 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets A) Traditional Literature. B) Science Fiction. C) Historical Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Science Fiction. 2. Joel invented Marshmallow Baby Freeze at Mr Gelati ice cream shop. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. Who wrote the novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" ? A) Zadie Smith. B) Colson Whitehead. C) Junot Diaz. D) Donna Tartt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Junot Diaz. 4. What does the word pejorative mean? A) Reserved. B) Chaotic. C) Having negative connotations. D) Appearing confident in manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having negative connotations. 5. A traditional fiction text about people or "folk" , originally handed down orally from generation to generation. They usually involve talking animals. A) Fantasy. B) Fable. C) Folktales. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Folktales. 6. All of the following happened in "Black Boy" EXCEPT ..... A) Richard's mother placed him in an orphanage. B) Richard's father left his family when Richard was young. C) Richard had to defend himself against the neighborhood kids. D) Richard went to live with his father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Richard went to live with his father. 7. She was believed to be the first author and female poet to have existed. A) Ehud. B) Juana of en. C) Eheduanna. D) Enheduanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enheduanna. 8. Why does Waverly resent her mother's actions? A) She is a braggart. B) She doesn't like her mother. C) She is humble and gets embarrassed. D) She doesn't resent her actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is humble and gets embarrassed. 9. An essay should be at least 3 paragraphs long. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Which novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2020? A) The Night Watchman. B) The Overstory. C) The Nickel Boys. D) The Dutch House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Night Watchman. 11. For which literary work did Joseph Heller use his military experiences as a primary source? A) A Man Without a Country. B) "The Euphio Question". C) "Wakefield". D) Catch-22. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catch-22. 12. The setting can affect the plot. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The hostile consequences of the second world war transformed this type of literature into acquiring existential themes. A) Short story. B) Essay. C) Poetry. D) Contemporary Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 14. Anastasia Olivetti dedicated her book to Joel's new teacher. True or false? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. What is Contemporary Literature A) Modern Poetry. B) Post poetry. C) Traditional poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modern Poetry. 16. A summary can be written using A) B, M, E (Beginning, Middle, and End). B) Central and main ideas. C) Shorter than the original text. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. How is Richard's experience with hunger connected to his father? A) His father beat up the neighborhood kids for him to go to the grocery. B) Because his father left, they no longer could afford food. C) Because his father left, he had an abundance of food, so there wasn't any hunger. D) His father went grocery shopping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because his father left, they no longer could afford food. 18. Who wrote the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" ? A) J.D. Salinger. B) Ernest Hemingway. C) F. Scott Fitzgerald. D) James Joyce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J.D. Salinger. 19. Which activities that Joel do not do during the holiday? A) Playing basketball. B) Listening to the stories. C) Watching the DVD. D) Swimming in the local pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing basketball. 20. All of the following are SPECIFIC details about Richard Wright's life EXCEPT ..... A) He was part of the Communist Party for 12 years. B) He was born into a wealthy family. C) He spent the last 14 years of his life in Paris. D) He joined the WPA Federal Writers Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was born into a wealthy family. 21. All of the following happened in "Rules of the Game" EXCEPT ..... A) Waverly Jong talked her brothers into playing chess with her. B) Waverly received Starbursts as her Christmas gift. C) Waverly's mother bragged about her success. D) Waverly became a chess champion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waverly received Starbursts as her Christmas gift. 22. The class get a new teacher. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 23. During the contemporary period, everybody can write essays. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Which among the following is a Contemporary Poem? A) A Psalm of Life. B) Daffodils. C) Voyage of the Sable Venus. D) Sonnet 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voyage of the Sable Venus. 25. The focus on culture and serious themes in this literary genre paved the way for authors to write with more candor about teen issues in the 1970s, an expert Michael Cart said. A) Young Adult Fiction. B) Book to Movie Adaptations. C) Slam Poetry. D) Flash Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young Adult Fiction. 26. What is a fitting description of contemporary culture? A) It is pluralistic, influenced by a diversity of ideas spawned by an age of instant communication and growing technology. B) There is no culture any more; it is all garbage. C) People have less interest in culture and the arts than ever before. D) Culture and the arts are completely about money now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is pluralistic, influenced by a diversity of ideas spawned by an age of instant communication and growing technology. 27. It is the first alphabet which was replaced by Roman Alphabet. A) Letter. B) Alibata. C) Webster. D) Doctrina Christiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alibata. 28. Fill in the blank.Because she slept through her alarm and did not have enough time to get ready, Paula looked a little ..... when she got to school. A) Pejorative. B) Acrid. C) Proprietary. D) Disheveled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disheveled. 29. Which place did they go first? A) Library. B) Pizza shop. C) Ice cream shop. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Library. 30. When did Joel go to the library and the shop? A) On Saturday. B) On Monday. C) On Sunday. D) On Friday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Saturday. 31. Yuki went to visit her grandparents in Japan because she is ..... A) Patient. B) Brave. C) Generous. D) Thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoughtful. 32. Contemporary Literature is ..... A) Fiction. B) Takes a modern spin on an old tale. C) Can be re-told from the perspective of another character. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. What is the title of your short story? A) And something weird happened. B) And something weirdo happened. C) And something strange happened. D) And something funny happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And something weird happened. 34. Who among the following is NOT a Contemporary poet? A) Maya Angelou. B) Marilyn Nelson. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Dela Rosa cursed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allan Poe. 35. What is Elie Wiesel's book Night about? A) It is an autobiographical memoir about his experience surviving in Nazi death camps. B) It is a philosophical treatise that explores Absurdism. C) It shows life in post-WW2 Africa during the struggle for independence. D) It is about his experience living in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is an autobiographical memoir about his experience surviving in Nazi death camps. 36. What reflected on the literary pieces during the 80's? A) Growing militant movement. B) Fight for democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fight for democracy. 37. What is New Journalism? A) A culture change/development/departure from modernism. B) Writing nonfiction with strongly individual voices. C) Ironic humor from the absurd/grotesque. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing nonfiction with strongly individual voices. 38. Fill in the blank.Jonathan was ..... when his sister snidely informed him that she was taking over his room. A) Inhibited. B) Infuriated. C) Relinquished. D) Decimated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infuriated. 39. He is one of the world's most influential poet who wrote the infamous Sonnet 18. A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Oliver De La Paz. C) Maya Angelou. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Shakespeare. 40. When Contemporary Literature began? A) 1950. B) 1980. C) 1970. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1950. 41. What was Joel's new homework? A) Write about the holiday. B) Draw a pet. C) Write about a pet. D) Drew a dinosaur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Write about a pet. 42. What was the mood of "The Bells" ? A) Happy and Optimistic. B) Serious and Reflective. C) Sad and Tearful. D) Scared and Regretful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serious and Reflective. 43. It has inconsistent meter that is also known as "free verse" . A) Ancient Poetry. B) Contemporary Literature. C) Modern Poetry. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern Poetry. 44. When they got home, what was Joel thought about his day? A) He thought how did all the things he wrote at school came true?. B) He thought it was a tiring day. C) He thought the day was boring. D) He thought he had no idea what to write for his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He thought how did all the things he wrote at school came true?. 45. A text in which the story or part of the story of a real person's life is written and narrated by another person. A) Autobiography. B) Memoir. C) Biography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biography. 46. Due to the use of social media, writers are being lessened. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 47. All of the following are examples of imagery from "The Bells" EXCEPT ..... A) Trapeze flying man. B) Clowns. C) Absence of her father. D) Elephants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absence of her father. 48. Which of the following musicians is known for first using "serialism"" A) Mahler. B) Pierre Boulez. C) Schonberg. D) Steve Aoki. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schonberg. 49. Which of the following novels is NOT written by Margaret Atwood? A) The Handmaid's Tale. B) The Blind Assassin. C) The Testaments. D) The God of Small Things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The God of Small Things. 50. It is a genre of fiction, defined as a very short story. A) Young Adult Fiction. B) Flash Fiction. C) Slam Poetry. D) Book to Movie Adaptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flash Fiction. 51. Tagalog Zarzuela and the Embayoka of the Muslims were presented in what period? A) Spanish period. B) American period. C) Pre-hispanic period. D) Contemporary period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American period. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesPeriods QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesContemporary Literature Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books