This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Contemporary > Contemporary Literature – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Contemporary Literature Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why was Joel wondering when his teacher told him to write? A) He was lazy. B) He did nothing fun during his holidays. C) He had so much to write. D) He was sleepy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He did nothing fun during his holidays. 2. Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets A) Traditional Literature. B) Science Fiction. C) Historical Fiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Science Fiction. 3. Joel invented Marshmallow Baby Freeze at Mr Gelati ice cream shop. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Who wrote the novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" ? A) Junot Diaz. B) Colson Whitehead. C) Donna Tartt. D) Zadie Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Junot Diaz. 5. What does the word pejorative mean? A) Chaotic. B) Having negative connotations. C) Appearing confident in manner. D) Reserved. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having negative connotations. 6. A traditional fiction text about people or "folk" , originally handed down orally from generation to generation. They usually involve talking animals. A) Fantasy. B) Fable. C) Folktales. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Folktales. 7. All of the following happened in "Black Boy" EXCEPT ..... A) Richard's father left his family when Richard was young. B) Richard had to defend himself against the neighborhood kids. C) Richard went to live with his father. D) Richard's mother placed him in an orphanage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard went to live with his father. 8. She was believed to be the first author and female poet to have existed. A) Juana of en. B) Eheduanna. C) Enheduanna. D) Ehud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enheduanna. 9. Why does Waverly resent her mother's actions? A) She is a braggart. B) She doesn't like her mother. C) She is humble and gets embarrassed. D) She doesn't resent her actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is humble and gets embarrassed. 10. A setting of the story is ..... A) How a problem gets solved. B) How the problem starts. C) When and where the story takes place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When and where the story takes place. 11. An essay should be at least 3 paragraphs long. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Which novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2020? A) The Nickel Boys. B) The Overstory. C) The Night Watchman. D) The Dutch House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Night Watchman. 13. For which literary work did Joseph Heller use his military experiences as a primary source? A) A Man Without a Country. B) "The Euphio Question". C) Catch-22. D) "Wakefield". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catch-22. 14. The setting can affect the plot. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The hostile consequences of the second world war transformed this type of literature into acquiring existential themes. A) Essay. B) Contemporary Poetry. C) Poetry. D) Short story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 16. Anastasia Olivetti dedicated her book to Joel's new teacher. True or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. What is Contemporary Literature A) Modern Poetry. B) Post poetry. C) Traditional poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modern Poetry. 18. A summary can be written using A) B, M, E (Beginning, Middle, and End). B) Central and main ideas. C) Shorter than the original text. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. How is Richard's experience with hunger connected to his father? A) Because his father left, they no longer could afford food. B) His father went grocery shopping. C) His father beat up the neighborhood kids for him to go to the grocery. D) Because his father left, he had an abundance of food, so there wasn't any hunger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because his father left, they no longer could afford food. 20. Who wrote the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" ? A) F. Scott Fitzgerald. B) J.D. Salinger. C) Ernest Hemingway. D) James Joyce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J.D. Salinger. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesContemporary Literature Quiz 1Contemporary Literature Quiz 2Contemporary Literature Quiz 3Contemporary Literature Quiz 5Contemporary Literature Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books