This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the Bradstreet Poem, since his love is too great for her to repay, the speaker wishes that A) Her husband acquire mines of gold. B) Her husband experience the riches of the East. C) The heaves reward her husband. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The heaves reward her husband. 2. What is a compound verb? A) Two or more verbs with the same subject. B) A group of words with a subject and a predicate. C) Two or more subjects with the same verb. D) A group of words that describes a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two or more verbs with the same subject. 3. The early European settlers would not have been likely to survivie without ..... A) Help from the kings in their home countries. B) The information they got from letters and diaries of the early explorers. C) The knowledge they got from the Native Americans about the land. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The knowledge they got from the Native Americans about the land. 4. Equiano's main purpose in writing the narrative A) To entertain readers. B) To contrast life in Africa with England. C) To sway public opinion about slavery. D) To provide information about sea travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To sway public opinion about slavery. 5. "the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial control over another country" is the definition for A) Expansionism. B) Colonialism. C) Extirpation. D) Subjugation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colonialism. 6. Columbus came to America in ..... and discovered native people that he and his fellow travelers mistakenly called "Indians." A) 1699. B) 1492. C) 1776. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1492. 7. What is third person omniscient? A) "he/she" -all-knowing. B) "he/she" -only knows one character's thoughts. C) "I" ; "We". D) "You". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "he/she" -all-knowing. 8. The House of the Seven Gables A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. B) John Steinbeck. C) Jack Kerouac. D) Willa Cather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 9. No matter where you go, the Internet is following you. Almost every portable device is being made with an Internetconnection. Most new TVs and many other appliances come with Internet connections as well. The Internet is trulyubiquitous.If something is ubiquitous, ..... A) It is fuzzy and will bite you. B) It is everywhere. C) It costs too much money. D) It causes rashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is everywhere. 10. How many virtues did Franklin say contributed to moral perfection? A) 13. B) 5. C) 20. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13. 11. Symbols, patterns, or character types that repeat across cultures A) Tater tot casserole. B) Metaphor. C) Repetend. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetype. 12. Showing warmth and friendliness A) Refrain. B) Adulation. C) Manifest. D) Affable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affable. 13. Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex:Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts) A) Antithesis. B) Parallelism. C) Allusion. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallelism. 14. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman A) Pearl S. Buck. B) Ernest J. Gaines. C) Jane Pittman. D) Willa Cather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ernest J. Gaines. 15. What did Franklin want to attain? A) Position as President. B) Moral perfection. C) Position as clergy of a large church. D) Master of agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral perfection. 16. The direct opposite A) Dissonance. B) Antithesis. C) Analogous. D) Inept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 17. What type of myth explains the creation of the world? A) Great Myth. B) Creation Myth. C) Origin Myth. D) Beginning Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creation Myth. 18. In "The Intense Life", Roosevelt mainly praises: A) To the invention. B) To the artists. C) To work. D) To the conservatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To work. 19. Which type of writing is a short story or poem that teaches a moral lesson? A) Fable. B) Biography. C) Novel. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 20. ARITS:Who said this quote? "For the happiness of all concerned ..... our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities." A) Walter. B) Mr. Lindner. C) Ruth. D) Mama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Lindner. 21. Define CARICATURE. A) Likeness to the truth, such as the resemblance of a fictitious work to a real event, even if it is a far-fetched one. B) A device used in descriptive writing and visual arts, in which particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect. C) An interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier occurrence. D) A riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A device used in descriptive writing and visual arts, in which particular aspects of a subject are exaggerated, to create a silly or comic effect. 22. What is a series of related metaphors? A) Metaphor. B) Extended Metaphor. C) Analogy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extended Metaphor. 23. Which one is Thomas Paine's writing style? A) Classical rhetoric. B) Ceremonious expression. C) Metaphor. D) Plainness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plainness. 24. Fortunately, the explosion diverted the asteroid from a course that would have sent it hurdling into our planet.To divert is to ..... A) Jump into a situation. B) Look through a telescope. C) Change the direction of. D) Look for the high point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change the direction of. 25. Active voice verb A) Discovered. B) Was discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discovered. 26. An independent element that consists of a substantive and a participle A) Appositive. B) Nominative absolute. C) Appositive. D) Preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nominative absolute. 27. American Indian poems showed a close link with ..... A) War. B) Politics. C) The white man. D) Nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nature. 28. A nervous feeling or fearful feeling A) Wane. B) Trepidation. C) Rescind. D) Venerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trepidation. 29. A comparison of America to Europe A) "A Creed for Americans". B) "What is An American?". C) "America for Me". D) "The Flag Goes By". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "America for Me". 30. Everything in the story works together to communicate effectively A) Symbolism. B) Unity. C) Coherence. D) Imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unity. 31. What best describes the Sherpa A) A mountain people of Nepal. B) The native mountain climbers. C) Rob Hall's team. D) Scott Fischer's team. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mountain people of Nepal. 32. What do we call the early American Teachers? A) Victorians. B) Professors. C) Gentle Warriors. D) Thomasites. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomasites. 33. A serious play that ends in sorrow or disaster A) Comedy. B) Romance. C) Tragedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy. 34. A passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing. A) Annotate. B) Flashback. C) Abstract. D) Digression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Digression. 35. Koskooch's last reaction was: A) Drive away the wolves. B) Surrender to natural law. C) Struggle. D) Resist death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surrender to natural law. 36. The opposite of surfeit of advice is A) Offer. B) Source. C) Dearth. D) Abundance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dearth. 37. DuBois's position: A) It was similar to Washington. B) It influenced the miscegenation. C) He demanded the civil rights of blacks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He demanded the civil rights of blacks. 38. Which of the following was NOT one of the virtues Franklin listed as part of his plan towards moral perfection? A) Silence. B) Moderation. C) Obedience. D) Cleanliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obedience. 39. People who ride a bicycle without a helmet are putting themselves in ..... A) Lantern. B) Defiance. C) Peril. D) Dread. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peril. 40. Expression that represents something as less important or significant than it really is A) Narrative. B) Symbol. C) Paradox. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 41. In "Owl Creek Bridge Episode" A) The story is told of a man who was executed. B) It is told how a man escaped from his captors. C) The guilt of a person condemned to death is narrated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The story is told of a man who was executed. 42. Romanticismwas characterized by a focus on all of the following except: A) Imagination. B) The Natural World. C) Rational Logic. D) Emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rational Logic. 43. How is the indictment section of the Declaration of Independence organized? A) The most powerful argument is presented last. B) An apology to the king is offered first. C) Earlier points are summarized. D) A complicated logical argument is presented. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most powerful argument is presented last. 44. Literary period in America with Self-improvement, logic over emotion, political literature A) Enlightenment. B) Romanticism. C) Age of Reason. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Age of Reason. 45. In her job search, Carrie perceived the disdain of: A) Women. B) The men. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Women. 46. When we experience catharsis, we ..... A) Question reality. B) Want revenge. C) Get tense. D) Get a release of emotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Get a release of emotion. 47. Belief as the truth of something A) Deferential. B) Sentient. C) Aspersion. D) Credence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credence. 48. Mysterious; puzzling A) Clumsy. B) Indomitable. C) Clandestine. D) Enigmatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enigmatic. 49. Groups of Protestants from England, such as the Pilgrims and Puritans, began founding settlements in New England in ..... A) 1900. B) 1620. C) 1560. D) 1860. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1620. 50. Great worry or fear A) Dread. B) Peril. C) Impetuous. D) Defiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dread. 51. An exaggerated imitation or copy A) Abstract. B) Caricature. C) Vernacular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caricature. 52. Supreme power or authority A) Prose. B) Audacity. C) Sovereignty. D) Dictum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sovereignty. 53. The evil genius is an example of an ..... A) Allusion. B) Allegory. C) Archetype. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 54. Revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government A) Abdicate. B) Malcontent. C) Hide. D) Insurrection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insurrection. 55. The background of the story A) Setting. B) Mood. C) Character. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 56. A husband and wife take precautions against a storm A) Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening. B) Rip Van Winkle. C) The Cop and the Anthem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening. 57. What is the complete predicate of this sentence?:The students are studying for final exams next week. A) Next week. B) The. C) Are studying for final exams. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are studying for final exams. 58. Main character with a flaw that causes his or her fall from greatness A) Universal "I". B) Unreliable narrator. C) Tragic hero. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragic hero. 59. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" and "Prisoner of My Country" are examples of what type of literature? A) Biography. B) Fable. C) Autobiography. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 60. What kind of strategies are you using BEFORE you start writing (brainstorm, freewrite, etc.)? A) Writing. B) Postwriting. C) Prewriting. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prewriting. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 2American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 4American Literature Quiz 5American Literature Quiz 6American Literature Quiz 7American Literature Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books