American Literature Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Who is the central character in Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea?
2. How many children does Uncle Tom have?
3. Bartolome de Las Casas wrote
4. Which of the following is a true statement about Romanticism?
5. This is the title of a famous Puritan sermon
6. In which state was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" written?
7. Why do we call Ralph Waldo Emerson the "Father of American Literature" ?
8. Jack London's "To Build a Fire" contained foreshadowing, which means.....
9. What term describes Cassy's racial heritage?
10. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Indian autobiography genre?
11. Which one is a great patriotic poem by Frost?
12. The "Cycle of American Literature" was written by?
13. The emagery in the poem is
14. ..... is the end of fame
15. The website address for our class is.....
16. Thoreau believed that if a government was unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called.....
17. Which of the following is NOT among the 13 virtues Franklin struggles to master?
18. This Puritan author wrote a persuasive speech
19. About the Delaware
20. William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation exemplifies what genre of early American writing?
21. This mode of discourse attempts to convince someone
22. Who wrote The sound and the furry?
23. On this explorer's quest for gold, the guide mislead them to Texas
24. Berryman's The Ball Poem can be categorised as a
25. What writing describes the death of two settlers at the hands of 300 bowmen?
26. This Puritan author wrote about the Salem witch trials
27. Which of the following best defines the Enlightenment movement?
28. Frost's poem The Road Not Taken is included in his poetical collection-
29. The black language holds great importance for the .....
30. How does Eliza cross the Ohio river?
31. Which of these is NOT a rhetorical purpose of the Spiritual Diary Genre?
32. When did william Faulkner get nobel prize for literature?
33. To which country do George and Eliza plan to immigrate?
34. The first stanza of the poem provides an idea that it is
35. Pre-colonial theme:
36. During the Revolutionary time period, what great document was written?
37. This person wrote about a island that he called Colba, now known as Cuba
38. The narrator returns home during the
39. Black Boy is an autobiographical account of whose Southern boyhood?
40. Maria Steward believe that black woman are crucial to the uplift of black Americans. Why?
41. About the Navajo
42. " I hear my being dance from ear to ear" . Here ear to ear refers to
43. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Frederick Douglass?
44. John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity" illustrates what genre of early American writing?
45. What ritual does the character resembling the devil attempt to perform in the woods, with goodman Brown as the object?
46. Why did Bradford and the Pilgrims create Plymouth Colony?
47. Abraham Lincoln: the war Years
48. "Light in August"
49. We associate Nathaniel Hawthrone with what literary movement?
50. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Samon Occum?
51. In which state is Legree's plantation located?
52. Who was the first black woman who win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
53. The term Beat Generation comes from
54. Who coined the phrase 'Lost Generation'?
55. Which of the following is NOT considered a write for the Transcendentalism Movement?
56. This quote comes from what writing: "God holds you over the pit of Hell much as one holds a spider over the fire....." ?
57. "learn by going where I have to go" . The poet learns of
58. A language come into existence when.....
59. Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to illustrate the evils of.....
60. What statement below best sums up the literary significant of Maria Stewart?