This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > War > War Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books War Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow, this ground." What literary device occurs in this passage? A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Epistrophe. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 2. Beyond description; inexpressible A) Incomprehensible. B) Formidable. C) Ludicrous. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ineffable. 3. What happened right after the Civil War ended? A) The 13 Amendment was passed. B) The Emancipation Proclamation was issued. C) Lincoln was killed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lincoln was killed. 4. Laughably absurd; ridiculous A) Times. B) Clamor. C) Ludicrous. D) Smitten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ludicrous. 5. "But O heart! heart! heart!O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead" This passage contains an effective use of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 6. Which provides the greatest motivation for Collins to get the water? A) He wants to help the wounded officer. B) He will die of thirst if he does not get a drink soon. C) He helps the other men regain their fighting spirit. D) He does not want to be teased by the other soldiers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He does not want to be teased by the other soldiers. 7. Which of the following is a dominant theme in Vietnam War literature? A) Passing into adulthood. B) Guerilla war. C) Survival. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 8. Which poem was written first? A) "The Wound Dresser". B) "Beat! Beat! Drums!". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Beat! Beat! Drums!". 9. What is the term for slight or inaccurate repetition of sounds in poetry. A) Internal rhyme. B) Pure rhyme. C) Near rhyme. D) Eye rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near rhyme. 10. Harmful A) Malign. B) Summarily. C) Times. D) Onslaught. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malign. 11. How many words did Lincoln need to write "The Gettysburg Address" ? A) 170. B) 250. C) 270. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 270. 12. The repetition of VOWEL sounds of neighboring words is called ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 13. Rhymes within the same line of a poem are called ..... A) Internal rhyme. B) Pure rhyme. C) Near rhyme. D) Eye rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme. 14. Predicting A) Presaging. B) Malign. C) Onslaught. D) Incessant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Presaging. 15. How long would the soldiers be out on a mission? A) 30-40 days. B) 1 day. C) 1 week. D) 60 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30-40 days. 16. Odd or old-fashioned in a pleasing way; clever, ingenious; skillfully made A) Prostrate. B) Quaint. C) Malign. D) Oscillation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quaint. 17. Repetition of phrases in poetry. A) Anaphora. B) Cesura. C) Alliteration. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 18. What year did the Vietnam War start? A) 1975. B) 1960. C) 1945. D) 1954. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1954. 19. Who fought at the battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga and Kennesaw Mountain? A) Emily Dickinson. B) Stephen Crane. C) Walt Whitman. D) Ambrose Bierce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambrose Bierce. 20. Because I could not stop for Death-He kindly stopped for me-The Carriage held but just Ourselves-And Immortality. We slowly drove-He knew no hateAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too, For His Civility-What type of stanzas occurs here? A) Couplet. B) Tercet. C) Quatrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quatrain. Next →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesWar Literature Quiz 2War Literature Quiz 3War Literature Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books