This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When Carrie entered Minnie's site: A) You were invited to have the time and consumption you want. B) It was arranged that I work at home. C) He was sent to look for work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was sent to look for work. 2. A group of lines that form a unit of poetry A) Refrain. B) Repetend. C) Verse. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanza. 3. Charming or flattering A) Conciliatory. B) Incredulously. C) Ingratiating. D) Abomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ingratiating. 4. Which of the following is a theme from The Crucible? A) The law favors the righteous. B) Hysteria can destroy a community. C) Wisdom is often found in the young. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hysteria can destroy a community. 5. What was Amy Lowell's first poem?(Published in 1910.) A) Fixed Idea. B) Transiting Venus. C) The Taxi. D) The Sisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fixed Idea. 6. What does the term (coined by W.E.B. Du Bois) "Double-Consciousness" refer to? A) The act of being aware of one's self only through the eyes of others. B) Being aware of others even when not with them directly. C) Two inner consciences. D) African American identity is only defined by how certain whites see them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The act of being aware of one's self only through the eyes of others. 7. A traditional story passed down through the generations A) Logos. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth. 8. A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true A) Blank verse. B) Paradox. C) Synecdoche. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 9. What kind of lense draws you into the arena of an author's pesonal life by considering his/her heritage, experiences, and economic insight? A) Biographical. B) Political. C) Literary. D) Historical/cultural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biographical. 10. Who wrote "On Being Brought from Africa to America" ? A) Phillis Wheatley. B) Anne Bradstreet. C) Julie Andrews. D) Francis Hopkinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phillis Wheatley. 11. What was the name of the group of people that sought to "purify" the Church of England? A) The Government. B) The Puritans. C) The Scientists. D) The Rationalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Puritans. 12. William Bradford is the author of: A) 'Generall Historie of Virginia'. B) 'The History of New England from1630 to 1649'. C) 'Of Plymouth Plantation'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Of Plymouth Plantation'. 13. Not involved emotionally; indifferent. A) Resign. B) Detached. C) Brazenness. D) Jostle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detached. 14. Characteristics that show how cultures do certain things or values they have: A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Inversion. C) Oral Tradition. D) Origin myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Characteristics. 15. Scott B. Was pulled aside when going through security so that the agents could search his bags for ..... A) Occult. B) Contraband. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contraband. 16. Who wrote the poem "Psalm 137" ? A) Phillis Wheatley. B) William Cullen Bryant. C) Timothy Dwight. D) Noah Webster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Timothy Dwight. 17. Oil, Gas, Minerals A) Midwest. B) West. C) South. D) Norhteast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West. 18. A rhythmic unit in which lines of poetry are commonly arranged is a ..... A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 19. A specific type of writing or literature with a particular style, form, and content A) Genre. B) Poem. C) Novel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genre. 20. Takes the place of a noun A) Adjective. B) They tend. C) Conjunction. D) Interjection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They tend. 21. Two opposite ideas are joined A) Ambiguity. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 22. Believed in individuality rather than society A) Puritanism. B) Transcendentalism. C) Modernism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism. 23. This review is so fun, I wish we could do this every day! A) Run-on Sentence. B) Complete Sentence. C) Sentence Fragment. D) Comma Splice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comma Splice. 24. When they achieved freedom, the slaves: A) They celebrated, but then they worried. B) They chose to leave the youngest ones on the plantation. C) They stayed for a few years. D) They left the plantation quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They stayed for a few years. 25. Slaughterhouse Five A) Sylvia Plath. B) Henry Roth. C) Kurt Vonnegut. D) Mark Twain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kurt Vonnegut. 26. Which statement best expresses the attitudes of a number of Olaudah Equiano's countrymen in "Aboard a Slave Ship" ? A) They prefer America to Africa. B) They prefer Europe to America. C) They prefer death to slavery. D) They prefer slavery to death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They prefer death to slavery. 27. Which of the following poems were written by Anne Bradstreet? A) To my Dear and Loving Son. B) Upon the Burning of Our House. C) Because I Could Not Stop For Death. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upon the Burning of Our House. 28. Language that appeals to all senses A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allegory. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 29. In a manner indicating disbelief A) Immaculate. B) Cleave. C) Contentious. D) Incredulously. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incredulously. 30. According to modernism, what was the purpose of literature? A) To teach and to "delight". B) To maintain a nature in which stories and poems were written to teach particular things. C) To teach chronology and to have more to do with perspective. D) "To maintain an acceptable culture in America". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To teach and to "delight". 31. Washington was applauded by...... and criticized by..... A) Black/white leaders. B) The whites/the black leaders. C) Black leaders/African American community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The whites/the black leaders. 32. "I shook my head. 'I have no idea.' He stared at me, and I realized that I had not answered him in the proper manner. 'Sir, ' I added." Is this an example of A) Metaplasmus. B) Proper Manners. C) Social/ Cultural setting. D) Historical Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical Setting. 33. What was Ellis Island? A) A place where immigrants arriving in the US were processed. B) A place where immigrants developed a lofty step. C) A place where immigrants often worked. D) A place where immigrants first settled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A place where immigrants arriving in the US were processed. 34. What is the name of the Iroquois creation myth that explains how the earth is formed? A) The World on the Snail's Back. B) The World on the Hippo's Back. C) The World on the Turtle's Back. D) The World on the Whale's Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The World on the Turtle's Back. 35. To make oneself agreeable and thus again acceptance A) Novice. B) Profligate. C) Repudiate. D) Ingratiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ingratiate. 36. Deleterious consequences is also a..... consequence A) Unexpected. B) Beneficial. C) Predictable. D) Injurious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Injurious. 37. What was going on during the American Renaissance? A) The Revolutionary War. B) The Civil War. C) The Industrial Revolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Industrial Revolution. 38. Jim ran away because: A) He was accused of a crime. B) I needed to see a family member. C) They were going to sell it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were going to sell it. 39. Useless; worthless; pointless. A) Hostile. B) Futile. C) Vindictive. D) Intrigue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Futile. 40. First National Bank, Austin O. Henry works as a A) Warrior. B) Teller. C) Banker. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Teller. 41. "This toothpaste will decrease your chances of getting a cavity by over 87%" is an example of which appeal? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 42. (adj.) skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite A) Tactful. B) Sagacious. C) Solemn. D) Audacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tactful. 43. Literary period with disillusionment with society, scars of WWI, mistrust in institutions, new writing styles. Evolving gender roles. A) Postmodernism. B) Modernism. C) Realism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modernism. 44. What was the purpose of "Speech int he Virginia Convention? A) To convince Americans that armed resistance to England was the best course of action. B) To persuade Americans to compromise with England and avoid War. C) To argue agains taxation without representation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convince Americans that armed resistance to England was the best course of action. 45. A ..... is a traditional story, usually involving supernatural beings or events, that explain how some aspect of human nature or the natural world came to be. A) Fable. B) Narrative. C) People talk. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth. 46. ..... is a pattern of stressed sounds in poetry A) Iamb. B) Meter. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 47. What literary device does Poe use when he states, "And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain" in The Raven? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 48. This genre has a cyclical world view. A) Native American Period. B) Puritan/Early Colonial Period. C) Revolutionary/The Age of Reason/The Enlightenment/Neoclassical period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Native American Period. 49. Items placed side by side in a literary text for contrast or comparison A) Narrative. B) Allegory. C) Juxtaposition. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 50. A lamp that can be covered and carried and hung A) Defiance. B) Lantern. C) Moorings. D) Peril. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lantern. 51. Who did Anne Sexton consider to be her mentor? A) Sylvia Plath. B) Wallace Stevens. C) Adrienne Rich. D) W.D. Snodgrass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) W.D. Snodgrass. 52. The performer ..... the children with magical tricks and spellbinding illusions. A) Redundant. B) Enthralled. C) I am crying. D) Contiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enthralled. 53. Nature stays the same, but civilization does not A) "Rip van Winkle". B) "'The Great Carbuncle". C) "The Pit and the Pendulum". D) "The Town Poor". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Rip van Winkle". 54. Define mouldering A) Quality or state of being impressive or awesome. B) Act of using resources to satisfy current needs and wants. C) Slowly decaying or disintegrating due to neglect. D) Much discussed or disputed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slowly decaying or disintegrating due to neglect. 55. When the Pilgrims landed in what is now Massachusetts, they were fearful that the Native Americans would attackthem. However, the people that they encountered, the Wampanoag Indians, were a peaceful and generous tribe.To encounter, is to ..... A) Note how many. B) Fight. C) Meet. D) Exchange wares. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meet. 56. Tim O'Brien says he writes war stories for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) To forget painful events. B) To bring people back to life. C) To feel again. D) To make things present. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To forget painful events. 57. Expressed or written in the native language of a place, A) Catharsis. B) Syntax. C) Annotate. D) Vernacular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vernacular. 58. Having a calm, controlled, and dignified manner; composed. A) Vigorously. B) Solemn. C) Alien. D) Poised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poised. 59. The representation of a story or event A) Narrative. B) Foreshadowing. C) Colloquialism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 60. Define APPROBATION. A) Approval; commendation. B) Indicating or showing unbellief. C) To agree or concur. D) Scarcity; lack. 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