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American Literature Quiz 15 (60 MCQs)

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1. A natural or habitual inclination or tendency, especially of human character or behavior
2. Who was the King accused in The Declaration of Independence?
3. The line "At thy return my blushing was not small" is an example of what literary device?
4. Why does Columbus take specimens of the plants he finds
5. A person who flees to safety, especially one who leaves home or a homeland because of persecution, war, or danger
6. The power of Equiano's narrative comes from the fact that it is
7. The speaker is credible and trustworthy
8. Which human right is not mentioned in The Declaration of Independence?
9. Introduces the characters and setting of the story
10. An interruption in the present story to tell about past events in order to provide background information that will help the reader understand what is going on
11. What was the name of the revival throughout the colonies that emphasized an individual's relationship with God rather than the Community's spirituality?
12. Given over to dissipation; recklessly extravagant
13. Having feminine qualities untypical of a man:not manly in appreance or manner (adj) His elegant manner and soft-spoken voice were seen as ..... by some.
14. ..... :Sentence structure; the way words are organized in a sentence.
15. Winding, twisted, crooked; complex
16. "The American Ideal" is a work by:
17. Reference to someone or something well-known in a piece of text
18. William Bradford's The History of Plymouth Plantation is an example of a .....
19. In "Joy Luck Club, " what does the feather symbolize?
20. In the shallow water, the ..... of the sailboat scraped against the rocks
21. What does a red rose usually symbolize?
22. Where did the pilgrims first land?
23. Genres of this period included many political documents and speeches.
24. What does "Magnalia Christi Americana" mean? (The title of one of Cotton Mathers writings in 1702.)
25. Slowly; without strength or energy.
26. Carrie comes from:
27. To give solace to someone means you
28. Fortunately, the dizzy spell was transient. He was able to continue playing within seconds and had no troublewinning the match.When you describe an event as "transient, " you are saying that .....
29. On July 4, 1776, America declared its independence from what country?
30. Ashlee was not happy with her friend Samantha. "I've been waiting here for an hour!" she growled into her cellphone. "You'd better hie yourself over here, " she continued, "or we'll leave without you.
31. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning
32. In Poor Richard's Almanack, Franklin writes that "Three may keep a ..... if two of them are dead."
33. Words that have similarities in sound (but do not rhyme)
34. The relationship with other mining camps is:
35. Where did O. Henry flee to avoid trial?
36. The conclusions that one thing caused another simply because one happened before the other.
37. Which statement would the author of "Through the Woods" most likely agree with?
38. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are associated with which group of literature authors
39. A novel written in letter or diary format
40. Specific meaning or idea that a word brings to mind
41. This author was a printer who eventually became a statesman.
42. Who wrote "Battle of the Kegs" ?
43. The phrase "Hit the road." is an example of an .....
44. Rhyme that occurs when words are similar but not identical sounds
45. How did Native Americans pass on their stories?
46. A bandwagon fallacy.....
47. Pre-Colonial writing that is nonfiction and Propaganda
48. Ordinary form of spoken and written language-that is, it is language that lacks the special features of poetry
49. A word or expression used in casual language by common people
50. What was the sole function of The Federalist Papers?
51. What comes first when citing a reference in MLA format on a Works Cited page?
52. (v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
53. Read this paragraph that a student wrote as part of a paper for history class. 1 The Panama Canal remains one of the greatest inventions in the history of the world. 2 Until its completion in 1914, only one long, arduous route existed for ships traveling between the east and west coasts of the United States. 3 The ships had to sail down to the southern-most tip of South America, around the tip of Cape Horn, and then back up the western coast of the continent. 4 When the Panama Canal was built, it gave ships a route through the middle of Panama in Central America. 5 This mind-blowing new route was way less intense and made the ships' voyages approximately 8, 000 nautical miles shorter. Which sentence should the student revise to make it more appropriate for the audience and purpose?
54. Which of the following is a true statement about a myth
55. Comparing two or more things without using words such as "like", "as", or "than"
56. Full of complaints
57. Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac?
58. I'm amazed that one small ..... is able to push ten large railroad cars down a track.
59. The Crying Lot of 49
60. "From the hour when two souls showed themselves so simply wise, its splendor waned."
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