American Literature Quiz 23 (60 MCQs)

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1. Causing or likely to cause an argument
2. The Topic of most Revolutionary writing was
3. To move with a quick gait.
4. Define ESTRANGE.
5. When our little practical joke backfired in our faces, the principal called us into his office and ..... us severely for our thoughtless behavior.
6. "A Sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
7. A word that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence
8. The reader must infer what a character is like based on what they are SHOWN
9. Used a surprise ending
10. Which era of American literature focused on depicting everyday life and society as it truly was, without idealization or romanticism?
11. What is a comparison made between two things to show how they are similar?
12. Research on the teenage brain shows that .....
13. "The wind brought the sound of the great sea's voice to the men on the shore."
14. Thomas Paine would have been a fan of the Internet because he .....
15. A pilgrim is a person .....
16. Everything leading up to the climax
17. ..... was a major factor in American colonial culture.
18. (of a sound) pronounced with an exhalation of breath
19. Which of the RACE should appear MOST in your essay or BCR?
20. To supplicate something is to
21. Brief, pointed statements expressing a wise observation; a pithy observation that contains a general truth
22. The life and death of the honeysuckle flower in "The Wild Honey Suckle" by Philip Freneau is likely meant to represent what?
23. According to Thomas Jefferson, human rights are based on .....
24. What is the definition of a subject complement?
25. For Roosevelt, migrants:
26. Joe Dagget believed that Caesar was:
27. The opposite of disseminate is
28. "to bring under domination or control" is the definition for
29. Writing that mimics the flow of thoughts through the mind
30. No longer in use
31. What animal was used to describe Jefferson?
32. Appeal used to convince an audience by use of logic or reason
33. "supreme power or authority" best defines
34. Classroom Cleanliness:Which of the following is NOT true about keeping the classroom clean, neat, and orderly?
35. According to "from The History of Plymouth Plantation, " when they arrived, the settlers were warmly welcomed by .....
36. How many Natives roamed the land around 1492?
37. Brief constructed response could also be called
38. What magazine did Jon Krakauer work for when sent to Nepal in 1996?
39. The one sentence that tells what the essay is going to be about.
40. The literary term evident in this line: "The war is inevitable ..... and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!"
41. Favored by fortune; prosperous
42. Thomas Paine published the famous pamphlet "Common Sense" directly after what?
43. Which of the three below would be considered a creditable source?
44. What was the only sure way to survive the Salem Witch Trials if you were accused?
45. What are the two types of clauses?
46. Define SCRUTINIZE.
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.
48. In logic; a self-contradictory statement
49. Discipline Policy:What happens immediately after the verbal warning if you choose not to follow classroom and school-wide behavior expectations?
50. To persuade using facts, evidence, and statistics
51. Sinclair Lewis' 1922 novel 'Babbitt' explores .....
52. What do we call the language used to talk and write about school subject matter?
53. Why does Columbus specifically mention gold in the last part of his journal
54. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost is written in what meter?
55. Margaret Sanger:
56. The role of civilization in taking care of the elderly or disabled
57. An individual's account of day to day events written to be published or shared
58. To what does Phillis Wheatley compare the human heart in "An Hymn to the Evening" ?
59. Some kinds of plastic become ..... if they're heated.
60. A verb with no receiver of the action