This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Was ..... period in American Literature. A) The Neoclassical. B) The Puritan. C) The Realism. D) The Romantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Romantic. 2. Writer deliberately makes a smaller deal out of a big, serious matter A) Understatement. B) Exaggeration. C) Overstatement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 3. The following words are examples of ..... symbols in literature. Dove:peace, purity, simplicity.Raven:death, destruction, impending doom.Red:blood, passion, emotion, danger, or daring. A) Contextual. B) Conventional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conventional. 4. Offense, resentment A) Querulous. B) Reprove. C) Umbrage. D) Efficacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Umbrage. 5. To gradually decrease in value or intensity A) Motif. B) Obsolete. C) Wane. D) Venerate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wane. 6. A novel or story beginning with a significant moment. the rest of the novel fills in the events leading up to the significant moment. A) Epistolary Novel. B) Frame Narrative. C) In medias res. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In medias res. 7. A strawman fallacy..... A) Occurs when someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way, and then attacks the extreme distortion,. B) Occurs when someone makes a claim about a series of events that would lead to one major event, usually a bad event. C) Is also sometimes called the appeal to common belief or appeal to the masses because it's all about getting people to do or think something because "everyone else is doing it" or "everything else thinks this.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occurs when someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way, and then attacks the extreme distortion,. 8. To put (oneself) between:INTRUDE (v) The mom tried to ..... herself between her two fueding sons. A) Interpose. B) Peremptorily. C) Spectacles. D) Facet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpose. 9. ..... thinkers emphasized reason and individualism over tradition and believed that natural laws applied to social, political, and economic relationships. A) Enlightenment. B) Awakening. C) Early Puritan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enlightenment. 10. The Crucible is an allegory for which of the following? A) Puritanism. B) Socialism. C) Capitalism. D) McCarthyism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) McCarthyism. 11. The influence of the Gospel on a nation's society A) "Portland Declaration". B) "'The Nation and the Gospel". C) "A Jingle of Words. D) "Liberty and Union". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "'The Nation and the Gospel". 12. In Common Sense, Thomas claims that "England is the parent country of America." A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 13. Identify the correctly accented word. A) Corroborate'. B) Corroborate. C) Corroborate. D) Corroborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corroborate. 14. Speech given from a pulpit in a house of worship A) Oratory. B) Lecture. C) Sermon. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sermon. 15. A folk tale about an animal or a person who engages in trickery to try to get what he wants A) Poem. B) Trickster tale. C) Verse. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trickster tale. 16. You could affirm yes to a questions asked of you by A) Nodding your head up and down. B) Saying yes. C) Giving a thumbs up. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. What is the theme topic of "To My Dear and Loving Husband" ? A) Grief. B) Death. C) War. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Love. 18. Whatevent had the biggest effect on Realist writers? A) Growth of the newspaper. B) The Civil War. C) Invention of the telegraph. D) Invention of the steamship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Civil War. 19. What is a compound subject? A) When two subjects are pushed together. B) The action of the sentence. C) Two or more subjects with the same verb. D) Words that join words or word pairs together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two or more subjects with the same verb. 20. Very skilled; proficient A) Analogous. B) Adept. C) Averse. D) Adamant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adept. 21. Non-human thing given human attributes A) Alliteration. B) Archetype. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 22. The point in a poem or speech or writing when the speaker changes from bad to offering the solution or good news A) Persuasion. B) Turn. C) Myth. D) Sermon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn. 23. What is the biggest factor putting people in danger on Everest? A) Global warming. B) Too few sherpas to guide climbers. C) Too many inexperienced climbers. D) Lack of funding for supplies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too many inexperienced climbers. 24. The students citing "The Pledge of Allegiance" and verses from the Bible is ironic because- A) There is no liberty and justice for blacks in the south. B) He is teaching students to work as field hands. C) The symbolize the land of the free. D) It represents equality for humanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is no liberty and justice for blacks in the south. 25. Fragmentation, randomness, age of anxiety and technology. Memoir and diversity in authors and stories. A) Postmodernism. B) Romanticism. C) Pre-Colonial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Postmodernism. 26. How much money did the main character of "Pursuit of Happyness" earn while doing the internship? A) 100 dollars a week. B) 0. C) 500 dollars a week. D) Film did not mention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0. 27. William Bartram was an explorer and a ..... ? ..... A) Astronomer. B) Zoologist. C) Botanist. D) Surveyor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Botanist. 28. Helen's attitude toward dealing with criminals has changed over the years. She used to believe that everyone canchange and deserves a second chance. She now believes that some crimes are so heinous that those responsible should be shown no mercy.What does heinous mean? A) Unimportant. B) Accidental. C) Guilty. D) Terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terrible. 29. Firsthand account of European travels to America A) Exploration Narrative. B) Theme. C) Chronological Order. D) Origin Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exploration Narrative. 30. Ian recently joined ..... organization called the Illuminati; even though she's a member, she still isn't entirely sure what they do. A) Surmised. B) Occult. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occult. 31. Everyone in school was ..... because our football team finally won the championship. A) Weather'd. B) Rack. C) Exulting. D) Victor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exulting. 32. When the receptionist suggested that I leave the office, I became ..... and threatened to sue. A) Livid. B) Pallid. C) Denigrate. D) Candor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Livid. 33. Secondary sources are written by people who A) Were not involved directly. B) Were involved directly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were not involved directly. 34. In what genre of poetry is Anne Sexton typically classified? A) Romantic. B) Confessional. C) Realist. D) Dystopian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confessional. 35. Which aphorism from Poor Richard's Almanac best reflects the virtue of industry? A) Fools make feasts and wise men eat them. B) No gains without pains. C) The rotten apple spoils his companion. D) Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No gains without pains. 36. Which period in American Literature is often considered the first period of American creativity? A) The Puritan. B) The Realism. C) The Romantic. D) The Neoclassical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Romantic. 37. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the 20s? A) Post-war America saw almost completely unregulated banking practices. B) There was low taxation on business profits and personal incomes. C) Union powers were weakened. D) Politics experienced its lowest levels of corruption in 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Politics experienced its lowest levels of corruption in 100 years. 38. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "lurid." A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 39. Order of words in a sentence A) Antithesis. B) Narrative. C) Syntax. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syntax. 40. Over-exaggeration used for effect A) Assonance. B) Assonance. C) Narrative. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 41. " ..... approach thy grave, / Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." A) Psalm 137. B) Rip Van Winkle. C) To a Waterfowl. D) Thanatopsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thanatopsis. 42. Which of the following authors included Enlightenment ideals in their political writing? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) Thomas Paine. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 43. A theme discussed in the story is: A) The search for status. B) Poverty. C) The inherited identity. D) The discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The inherited identity. 44. "Tell Tale Heart" and "Thank You Ma'am" are examples of what type of literature? A) Novel. B) Fiction. C) Drama. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 45. Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements A) Deposition. B) Vanity. C) Ameliorate. D) Cleave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vanity. 46. What profession was Benjamin Franklin's father determined to have him pursue? A) Lawyer. B) Printing. C) Medical. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Printing. 47. The legend of good women talks about A) 8 us. B) 5 women. C) 9 women. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 women. 48. The narrative of Huckleberry Finn is from the point of view of: A) Huckleberry Finn. B) Tom Sawyer. C) The Widow Douglas. D) El juez Thatcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huckleberry Finn. 49. The following excerpt is from which 19th century poem? "And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; Go fourth under the open sky and listen To Nature's teachings ..... A) Ralph Waldo Emerson "Concord Hymn". B) William Cullen Bryant "Thanatopsis". C) William Cullen Bryant "To a Waterfowl". D) Ralph Waldo Emerson "Merlin". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Cullen Bryant "Thanatopsis". 50. One who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority A) Umbrage. B) Accrue. C) Reprove. D) Insurgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insurgent. 51. How many lines are in each stanza of The Raven? A) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 52. Transportation became easier from 1790-1830 with the development of ..... A) Wagons. B) Steam locomotives. C) Mills. D) Cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mills. 53. A character that is used as a contrast to the main character to highlight certain qualities of the main character A) Yawp. B) Tragic hero. C) Foil. D) Dynamic character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foil. 54. The overall feeling or emotion the author establishes by the choice of words and language, the actions of the characters, and the setting A) Atmosphere. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 55. What is the compound direct object in this sentence?:I am making cookies, guacamole, and pudding for the advisory party. A) Am making. B) Cookies. C) Cookies, guacamole, pudding. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cookies, guacamole, pudding. 56. If something is tedious, we might also say it is ..... A) Exciting. B) Upside down. C) Scary. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boring. 57. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "heresy." A) Adjective. B) Interjection. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 58. The story especially affects: A) In the abandonment of an elderly relative. B) In death as a natural fact. C) About the danger of living in the snow. D) In the lack of knowledge about fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In death as a natural fact. 59. DuBois presented a contradiction about citizenship: A) Being American and being Latino. B) Being American and being a migrant. C) Being American and being black. D) Being American and being foreign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being American and being black. 60. Judge Thatcher had Huck's money for the following purpose: A) Share it with Huck's father. B) Save it for your own benefit. C) Safeguard it for Huck to manage when the time is right. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Safeguard it for Huck to manage when the time is right. ← 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