This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > American > American Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 5 (16 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, but in ..... A) Epic. B) Soulful lyrics. C) Human voice. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human voice. 2. A good definition of American Realism is: A) An examination of life as it actually is. B) A romantic portrayal of life. C) An examination of the countryside versus the city. D) A sad and depressing view of reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An examination of life as it actually is. 3. "He will give the gloom of gloom, and the sunshine of sunshine" . The pronoun "He" refers to A) Painter. B) God. C) Author. D) Sculptor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painter. 4. Yes, when the stars glisten'd, All night long on the prong of a moss-scallop'd stake, Down almost amid the slapping waves, Sat the lone singer wonderful causing tears. What is a prong? A) An edgy platform. B) A pointed, projected part of something. C) An adumbration. D) Other side. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A pointed, projected part of something. 5. This character survived a massacre: A) Madeline. B) Hope. C) Faith. D) Magawisca. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magawisca. 6. This is the name of the report by Cotton Mather about the trial accusing Martha Carrier of witchcraft A) The Burning of Our House. B) The Story of Plymouth Plantation. C) Sinners in the Hand. D) The Wonders of the Invisible World. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Wonders of the Invisible World. 7. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Emerson? A) Father of American Liteature. B) Pro Slavery. C) Father of american poetry. D) Father of Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Father of American Liteature. 8. The Battle of the Ants is an excerpt from..... A) Life without principle. B) Herald of Freedom. C) Civil Disobedience. D) Walden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walden. 9. Who is the central Figure in O Nell's The Hairy Ape A) Mildred. B) Yank. C) The Secretary of I.W.W. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yank. 10. This group united 5 tribes A) Iroquois. B) Navajo. C) Sioux. D) Hopi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iroquois. 11. Which of Uncle Tom's personal characteristics guided his interactions with others and his responses to his circumstances? A) His gentle and soft-spoken nature. B) His honesty and deep devotion to God. C) His overwhelming fear of violence. D) His ability to hide his rebellious nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His honesty and deep devotion to God. 12. Which of the following is not a cultural myth we attribute to those earliest Massachusetts colonial settlements at Plymouth and Massachusetts? A) Democracy. B) Brother love/charity. C) US Exceptionalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 13. Hawthorne's ancestors are associated with what historical American event? A) History of puritans. B) History of slavery. C) Transcendentalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) History of puritans. 14. The Manitou is a great god in this legend. A) Gilgamesh. B) Odysseus. C) Walum Olum. D) Colba. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walum Olum. 15. Name the religious group that preached to live a simple and straightforward life A) Druids. B) Mormons. C) Puritans. D) Catholics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puritans. 16. ..... is known as the 'friendly innkeeper of the town' A) Parker J. B) Goodman Parker. C) Stephen J Parker. D) Stephen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goodman Parker. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesRegions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 2American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books