This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > War > War Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books War Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Soft language issued from their spitless lipsas they swished in low circles round and roundthe field, winding hither and thither throughthe weeds." Identify the assonance in the passage. A) Winding hither and thither. B) Soft language issued. C) As they swished in low circles round and round. D) Through the weeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winding hither and thither. 2. Autobiographical accounts by persons who suffered slavery. A) Slave Narrative. B) Realism. C) Naturalism. D) Transcendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slave Narrative. 3. Southern plantation owner; main character of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" A) Jim Collins. B) Walt Whitman. C) Solomon Northup. D) Peyton Farquhar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peyton Farquhar. 4. From the video, what was the biggest enemy of the soldiers? A) Mosquitoes. B) Animals. C) Each other. D) Free time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free time. 5. What type of stanza is the following: "I do not like green eggs and ham;I do not like them Sam I am." A) Couplet. B) Third. C) Quatrain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Couplet. 6. Causing fear A) Presaging. B) Quaint. C) Formidable. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Formidable. 7. A minor, short-term fight A) Onslaught. B) Formidable. C) Skirmish. D) Smitten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skirmish. 8. According to Lincoln, men gave their lives at Gettysburg ..... A) To hallow the ground. B) That the nation might live. C) To stop the Confederate advance into Pennsylvania. D) So that slavery would be abolished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the nation might live. 9. Lying face down, often in submission A) Prostrate. B) Summarily. C) Interminable. D) Maculated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prostrate. 10. What is ironic about how the story ends? A) The office that Collins helped was fighting for the other side. B) The other soldiers doubted Collins but he succeeded. C) The water gets spilled before any of the men can drink it. D) Collins didn't feel like a hero, but he did a heroic thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The water gets spilled before any of the men can drink it. 11. How often would the soldiers go on a search and destroy mission? A) Once a month. B) Once a week. C) Every day. D) Every other week. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every day. 12. A sudden and severe onset of trouble A) Clamor. B) Formidable. C) Onslaught. D) Skirmish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onslaught. 13. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of the Slave Narrative? A) Gains sympathy from the reader to promote humanity. B) Emphasizes traditional Christianity. C) Shows how horrible the White Southerners were to the slaves. D) Showed acceptance of the ideals of the dominant White society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shows how horrible the White Southerners were to the slaves. 14. Soldiers wrote about their war experiences in ..... in order to avoid censorship. A) Letters. B) Diaries. C) Reports. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaries. 15. Where would the men get to go after the 45 days? A) Home. B) The beach. C) Church. D) The city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beach. 16. Poem that expresses excessive pride, and the fact that we all must stop what we are doing and prepare for war. A) "The Wound Dresser". B) "The Picket-Guard". C) "Beat! Beat! Drums!". D) "Chickamauga". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Beat! Beat! Drums!". 17. Quickly and without ceremony A) Clamor. B) Incessant. C) Summarily. D) Onslaught. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summarily. 18. Who is known as the "Father of Democracy" ? A) Emily Dickinson. B) Stephen Crane. C) Walt Whitman. D) Ambrose Bierce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walt Whitman. 19. Which of the following authors was a nurse for both the Union and Confederate soldiers? A) Emily Dickinson. B) Stephen Crane. C) Walt Whitman. D) Ambrose Bierce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walt Whitman. 20. "O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won ..... " Done and won are examples of what type of rhyme? A) Internal. B) Pure. C) Free Verse. D) Near. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pure. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesWar Literature Quiz 1War Literature Quiz 3War Literature Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books