This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Causing or likely to cause an argument A) Notorious. B) Abomination. C) Contentious. D) Conciliatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contentious. 2. The Topic of most Revolutionary writing was A) Politics. B) Religion. C) Love. D) Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Politics. 3. To move with a quick gait. A) Avert. B) Dissipate. C) August. D) Scuffle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scuffle. 4. Define ESTRANGE. A) To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity. B) To give consent, approval. C) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. D) To notify, or to make aware; to inform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. 5. When our little practical joke backfired in our faces, the principal called us into his office and ..... us severely for our thoughtless behavior. A) Corroborated. B) Demeanor. C) Reproved. D) Avariced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reproved. 6. "A Sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." A) Mrs. McWilliams and the Lighting. B) The Town Poor. C) Rip van Winkle. D) The Open Boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rip van Winkle. 7. A word that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence A) Preposition. B) Verb. C) They tend. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preposition. 8. The reader must infer what a character is like based on what they are SHOWN A) Direct Characterization. B) Indirect Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect Characterization. 9. Used a surprise ending A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) Mark Twain. C) Stephen Crane. D) O Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O Henry. 10. Which era of American literature focused on depicting everyday life and society as it truly was, without idealization or romanticism? A) Transcendentalism. B) Realism. C) Colonial literature. D) Native American. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Realism. 11. What is a comparison made between two things to show how they are similar? A) Analogy. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogy. 12. Research on the teenage brain shows that ..... A) It does not react to emotional stimuli. B) It craves new and spontaneous experiences. C) It does not easily learn new things. D) It is fully formed by age 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It craves new and spontaneous experiences. 13. "The wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on the shore." A) The pit and the pendulum. B) The unerring instinct. C) The open boat. D) The cop and the anthem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The open boat. 14. Thomas Paine would have been a fan of the Internet because he ..... A) Loved new technological inventions. B) Loved hearing stories. C) Believed in the importance of everyone having access to information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believed in the importance of everyone having access to information. 15. A pilgrim is a person ..... A) Who is on a holy journey. B) Who is creating a new society. C) Who is trying to get to heaven. D) Who is trying to purify a religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who is on a holy journey. 16. Everything leading up to the climax A) Epic. B) Rising action. C) Motif. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 17. ..... was a major factor in American colonial culture. A) Individualism. B) Violence. C) Philosophy. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Religion. 18. (of a sound) pronounced with an exhalation of breath A) Clammy. B) Scantling. C) Ineffable. D) Aspirated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aspirated. 19. Which of the RACE should appear MOST in your essay or BCR? A) A-answer it. B) E-explain how your evidence supports your assertion. C) R-restate your prompt. D) C-cite evidence to support your assertion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) E-explain how your evidence supports your assertion. 20. To supplicate something is to A) Praise. B) Invoke. C) Curse. D) Entreat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Entreat. 21. Brief, pointed statements expressing a wise observation; a pithy observation that contains a general truth A) Logos. B) Anaphora. C) Aphorisms. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphorisms. 22. The life and death of the honeysuckle flower in "The Wild Honey Suckle" by Philip Freneau is likely meant to represent what? A) The restoration of life. B) The restoration of life in humanity. C) The life and death of all human beings. D) The "New turning into the Old". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The life and death of all human beings. 23. According to Thomas Jefferson, human rights are based on ..... A) Human perfection. B) Personal preferences. C) The laws of nature and God. D) A national representative legislature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The laws of nature and God. 24. What is the definition of a subject complement? A) A noun or pronoun that identifies the subject. B) A noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a linking verb and identifies or describes the subject. C) An adjective that describes the subject. D) A group of words with a subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a linking verb and identifies or describes the subject. 25. For Roosevelt, migrants: A) They must maintain their identity and ideals. B) They contribute with their customs. C) They must feel American. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They must feel American. 26. Joe Dagget believed that Caesar was: A) A dangerous and violent dog. B) An agile and free puppy. C) The best dog, with the worst treatment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The best dog, with the worst treatment. 27. The opposite of disseminate is A) Review. B) Conceal. C) Investigate. D) Broadcast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceal. 28. "to bring under domination or control" is the definition for A) Subjugate. B) Extirpate. C) Proselytize. D) Expansionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subjugate. 29. Writing that mimics the flow of thoughts through the mind A) Nostalgia. B) Stream-of-consciousness. C) Hubris. D) Ambivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stream-of-consciousness. 30. No longer in use A) Obsolete. B) Surmount. C) Ostracize. D) Venerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obsolete. 31. What animal was used to describe Jefferson? A) A cow. B) A dog. C) A monkey. D) A hog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hog. 32. Appeal used to convince an audience by use of logic or reason A) Allegory. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 33. "supreme power or authority" best defines A) Sovereignty. B) Subjugate. C) Proselytize. D) Extirpate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sovereignty. 34. Classroom Cleanliness:Which of the following is NOT true about keeping the classroom clean, neat, and orderly? A) It is everyone's responsibility to keep the classroom clean, neat, and orderly. B) Students do not need permission to eat during instructional time. C) Defacing school/classroom property will result in detention and/or harsher consequences. D) Students will be dismissed when their seating area is clean and orderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students do not need permission to eat during instructional time. 35. According to "from The History of Plymouth Plantation, " when they arrived, the settlers were warmly welcomed by ..... A) No one. B) Earlier Europeans. C) The Indians. D) The governor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No one. 36. How many Natives roamed the land around 1492? A) 20 million. B) 60 million. C) 10 million. D) 90 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60 million. 37. Brief constructed response could also be called A) Essay. B) Narrative. C) Short answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short answer. 38. What magazine did Jon Krakauer work for when sent to Nepal in 1996? A) Outside. B) Time. C) Mountain Climbing. D) National Geographic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outside. 39. The one sentence that tells what the essay is going to be about. A) Topic sentence. B) Thesis statement. C) Theme. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thesis statement. 40. The literary term evident in this line: "The war is inevitable ..... and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!" A) Restatement. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 41. Favored by fortune; prosperous A) Ascribe. B) Auspicious. C) Fastidious. D) Fallacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auspicious. 42. Thomas Paine published the famous pamphlet "Common Sense" directly after what? A) The opening battles of the Revolutionary War. B) After publishing "Rights of Man". C) After publishing "Crisis". D) Immigrating to America in his thirties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The opening battles of the Revolutionary War. 43. Which of the three below would be considered a creditable source? A) Bloggers.com. B) Cnn.org. C) Wikipedia.com. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cnn.org. 44. What was the only sure way to survive the Salem Witch Trials if you were accused? A) Write a letter to the judge. B) Try to convince them you are innocent. C) Faint. D) Lie and say that you are a witch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lie and say that you are a witch. 45. What are the two types of clauses? A) Independent and reflective. B) Independent and dependent. C) Dependent and stand alone. D) Santa and Mrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent and dependent. 46. Define SCRUTINIZE. A) Having moral or ethical standards; principled. B) Immeasurably small. C) To examine in great detail carefully. D) To put off; delay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To examine in great detail carefully. 47. Identify the following passage:In regard to these men, my fancy and my judgment are in scales. Sometimes one preponderates, sometimes the other. Which will finally outweigh, time alone can reveal. A) Hannah Webster Foster, The Coquette. B) Benjamin Franklin, "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker". C) Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle". D) Phillis Wheatley, "To S.M., a Young African Painter on Seeing His Works". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hannah Webster Foster, The Coquette. 48. In logic; a self-contradictory statement A) Paradox. B) False analogy. C) Generalization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 49. Discipline Policy:What happens immediately after the verbal warning if you choose not to follow classroom and school-wide behavior expectations? A) Teacher-student conference (documented in Misis). B) Call home and reflection letter (documented in Misis). C) Referral to counselor and/or admin (documented in Misis). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teacher-student conference (documented in Misis). 50. To persuade using facts, evidence, and statistics A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 51. Sinclair Lewis' 1922 novel 'Babbitt' explores ..... A) The lack of social cohesion in America's cities. B) Life in Chicago for Latvian immigrants. C) The political corruption of America's major cities. D) The meaninglessness of middle class life in America's suburbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The meaninglessness of middle class life in America's suburbs. 52. What do we call the language used to talk and write about school subject matter? A) Academic language. B) Academics. C) Academic vocabulary. D) Academic words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Academic vocabulary. 53. Why does Columbus specifically mention gold in the last part of his journal A) He receives definite information on stores of gold on the island. B) He knows that his patrons are only interested in gold. C) Acquiring riches is one of the main aims of his voyage. D) The natives have great stores of gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acquiring riches is one of the main aims of his voyage. 54. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost is written in what meter? A) Iambic Tetrameter. B) Iambic Pentameter. C) A relatively speedy meter. D) Varied Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic Tetrameter. 55. Margaret Sanger: A) She was the main promoter of the Comstock Law. B) He suffered prison for his opposition to the Comstock Law. C) He showed his position in favor of the wealthy classes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He suffered prison for his opposition to the Comstock Law. 56. The role of civilization in taking care of the elderly or disabled A) "Rip van Winkle". B) "'The Great Carbuncle". C) "The Pit and the Pendulum". D) "The Town Poor". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Town Poor". 57. An individual's account of day to day events written to be published or shared A) Journal. B) Logos. C) Myth. D) Diary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Journal. 58. To what does Phillis Wheatley compare the human heart in "An Hymn to the Evening" ? A) The setting sun. B) A bird's song. C) The lives of slaves. D) A productive day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The setting sun. 59. Some kinds of plastic become ..... if they're heated. A) Sporadic. B) Pliable. C) Malcontent. D) Unabridged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pliable. 60. A verb with no receiver of the action A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. 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