This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To Have and Have Not A) Theodore Dreiser. B) Lorraine Hansberry. C) Ernest Hemingway. D) James Baldwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ernest Hemingway. 2. The election could actually end up being decided in the U.S. Congress. Al Gore's vice presidential running mate, JoeLieberman, and perhaps Mr. Gore himself, would be able to vote on the matter. Some would argue that they shouldrecuse themselves, but they would probably exercise their right to vote.What does "recuse" mean? A) Step aside and not be involved. B) Admit that you are wrong. C) Leave the country. D) Insist on being heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Step aside and not be involved. 3. The guards were alerted to the break-in by the ..... burglar alarm. A) Ostentatious. B) Redundant. C) I am crying. D) Enthrall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am crying. 4. The most recurring element among the protagonists is: A) The envy. B) Friendship. C) The compassion. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The envy. 5. What form does the poem "Mowing" by Robert Frost use? A) Villanelle. B) Acrostic poem. C) Sestina. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sonnet. 6. Personal reason why the author may approve or disapprove of a subject A) Bias. B) Author's Purpose. C) Theme. D) Main Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 7. Who was NOT a hero of the Revolutionary War who later became a President of the United States? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) George Washington. C) John Adams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abraham Lincoln. 8. "Through the Woods" features stories where ..... A) Women free each other from harm. B) The creatures of the woods offer assistance. C) Humans end up being monsters. D) Men protect the defenseless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans end up being monsters. 9. Which type of writing is fabricated, which means "made-up" ? A) Fantasy. B) Fiction. C) Novel. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 10. When Grizzlies Walked Upright was told by The Modoc tribe. What does that story indicate about the values of The Modoc? A) Cooperation. B) Respect for animals. C) Family love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family love. 11. The following excerpt is from which of Cotton Mathers writings during the Salem Witch Trials? "I was not present at any of them; nor ever had I any personal prejudice at the persons thus brought upon the stage." A) "The Trial of Martha Carrier". B) "The Wonders of the Invisible World". C) "Meditation 8, John 6:51, I am the Living Bread". D) "The American Magnalia of Christ". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The Wonders of the Invisible World". 12. All of the following are similar ideas between John Smith's and Bradford's accounts except A) Disease and sickness. B) The condition of the ship. C) Native Americans. D) Leadership. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The condition of the ship. 13. The time and place in a story A) Rhythm. B) Metaphor. C) End rhyme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 14. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "extenuate." A) Conjunction. B) Adverb. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 15. A Gathering of Old Men A) John Hersey. B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. C) Ernest J. Gaines. D) Rodolfo Anaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ernest J. Gaines. 16. Richard Saunders was Benjamin Franklin's..... A) Pen name. B) Business partner. C) Uncle. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pen name. 17. Sentence elements are out of normal position (the way Yoda speaks): A) Syntax. B) Inversion. C) Narrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inversion. 18. Who wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" ? A) William Bradford. B) Jonathan Edwards. C) Edward Taylor. D) John Winthrop. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jonathan Edwards. 19. ..... focused on specific ..... regions, languages/dialects, and manners. A) Regionalism, socioeconomic. B) Realism, social. C) Regionalism, geographic. D) Naturalism, geographic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regionalism, geographic. 20. The Puritans wrote: A) Drama. B) Poetry. C) Fiction. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction. 21. What scripture was the focal point of the sermon "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" ? A) Ephesians 2:11. B) Philippians 4:13. C) John 3:16. D) Deuteronomy 32:35. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deuteronomy 32:35. 22. God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says ..... A) Benjamin Franklin, "The Way to Wealth". B) Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle". C) Phillis Wheatley, "To His Excellency General Washington". D) Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benjamin Franklin, "The Way to Wealth". 23. The complete opposite of something A) Alliteration. B) Narrative. C) Antithesis. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 24. Rhyme occurring at the end of the line A) End rhyme. B) Internal rhyme. C) Meter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 25. "Paul Bunyan" is an example of what type of literature? A) Fantasy. B) Drama. C) Novel. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 26. Identify the word with the accent mark placed correctly. A) Tor tu ous'. B) Tor' tu ous. C) Tor tu' ous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tor' tu ous. 27. A poem of remembrance or lament A) Psalm. B) Litany. C) Funereal. D) Elegy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elegy. 28. To bump, push, or shove while moving, as in a crowd. A) Exalt. B) Jostle. C) Brazenness. D) Resign. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jostle. 29. Writers of the revolution focused on ..... matters rather than religion. A) Travel. B) Family. C) Nature. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Government. 30. Features of the modern short story genre include A) Plots with a climax. B) Themes of instability and loss. C) Overstatement. D) Heroes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Themes of instability and loss. 31. After narrating Farquhar's escape attempt: A) It tells how he managed to continue with his life. B) He realizes that the bullets would end up hitting him. C) He wakes up from a dream, because he never managed to escape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wakes up from a dream, because he never managed to escape. 32. The condition of Douglas and Watson were, respectively: A) Single and widow. B) Widowed and single. C) Married and single. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Widowed and single. 33. Displaying disrespect in a scornful way A) Solicit. B) Surmount. C) Querulous. D) Sardonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sardonic. 34. T.S Elliot's "The Wasteland" is based on what real world city? A) Frankfurt. B) London. C) Paris. D) New York City. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) London. 35. On the Great Carbuncle quest for the pursuit A) Dr. Cacaphodel. B) Cynic. C) Matthew/Hannah. D) Seeker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seeker. 36. Symbol, pattern or character type that repeats across cultures A) Author's Purpose. B) Puritan Plain Style. C) Theme. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetype. 37. Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs A) Supposition. B) Repose. C) Supplant. D) Disassemble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disassemble. 38. "Don Ricardo was mean-tempered and rude" A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Characterization. 39. What was the main character's occupation at the beginning of the film "Pursuit of Happyness" ? A) Bone scanner salesman. B) Teacher. C) Telesales. D) Stockbroker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone scanner salesman. 40. Author's implied attitude toward the audience or subject A) Mood. B) Genre. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 41. Primarily, The Navaho Origin explains ..... A) Nature. B) The solar system. C) The origins of life. D) Battles for land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The origins of life. 42. How does Anne Bradstreet use diction to develop the theme of love is priceless in "To My Dear and Loving Husband?" A) She uses words such as "I" and "You" to allow the reader to feel what she feels. B) She uses words such as "happy" and "loved" so that the reader can "see" her happiness.n. C) She uses words such as "prize, " "treasure" and "reward" to demonstrate the worth of her husband. D) She uses words such as "thee" and "thou" to seem fancier than she actually is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She uses words such as "prize, " "treasure" and "reward" to demonstrate the worth of her husband. 43. In 3rd person objective, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of ..... A) 1 character. B) All characters. C) 3 characters. D) None of the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the characters. 44. William Dean Howells was an extremely influential writer and ..... A) Reader. B) Modern philosopher. C) Literary critic. D) Philosopher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literary critic. 45. To move suddenly and unevenly. A) Withered. B) Detached. C) Jostle. D) Lurch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lurch. 46. ) The novel "Catcher in the Rye" was written by A) F. Scott Fitzgerald. B) John Steinbeck. C) J.D. Salinger. D) Earnest Hemingway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J.D. Salinger. 47. Identify the word that is correctly accented. A) Cas ti' gate. B) Slovenly. C) Bla' zon. D) En' thrall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bla' zon. 48. Who is the Author of the Story " Walang Sugat " A) Severino Reyes. B) John Brave. C) Juan Abad. D) Faustino Aguilar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Severino Reyes. 49. Who wrote Of Plymouth Plantation? A) William Bradford. B) Samuel Sewell. C) John Winthrop. D) John Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Bradford. 50. What is the relationship between the introductory story and the internal story in "Everything Stuck to Him" ? A) The introductory story is about a young woman who visits her father and asks him to tell her about her childhood; the internal story is a story he tells about a family with a similar past. B) The introductory story is about a young woman who visits her father and asks him to tell her about her childhood; the internal story is the story he tells about when she was a baby. C) The introductory story is about a married couple with a new baby; the internal story is the discussion between the narrator and his visiting daughter. D) The introductory story is about a married couple with a new baby; the internal story is the commentary the narrator offers about their situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The introductory story is about a young woman who visits her father and asks him to tell her about her childhood; the internal story is the story he tells about when she was a baby. 51. What was the % of the population living in American cities in 1920? A) 58%. B) 50%. C) 72%. D) 68%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 68%. 52. How many pamphlets were there total in Paine's "The American Crisis Series" ? A) 16. B) 12. C) 15. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16. 53. A source with a direct connection to the person or event being studied ..... personal journal or diary original poem interview handwritten letter autobiography A) Primary source. B) Secondary source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary source. 54. Identify the correctly spelled word. A) Abstemeous. B) Abstemious. C) Abstemious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstemious. 55. Put together to compare or contrast A) Understatement. B) Rhetoric. C) Juxtapose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtapose. 56. The Colonial Period dated from A) 1500s-1600s. B) 1600s-1740s. C) 1600s-1700s. D) 1600s-1800s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1600s-1740s. 57. Which statement is not from those who are against independence from England? A) American have great liberty. B) England protected us. C) England is the parent country. D) The economic had once flourished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American have great liberty. 58. A single person speaks alone A) Antagonist. B) Monologue. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monologue. 59. A main reason people in early American history wrote autobiographies was A) So they wouldn't be forgotten. B) To impress the king in their home country. C) To show what they learned that might help other people learn too. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show what they learned that might help other people learn too. 60. What was the primary reason for mass migration to the US in the c19th? A) Cheap free land. B) A more tolerant society. C) The climate and quality of the soil. D) A new constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheap free land. Next →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 2American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 4American Literature Quiz 5American Literature Quiz 6American Literature Quiz 7American Literature Quiz 8American Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books