This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Periods > Contemporary > Contemporary Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Contemporary Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which activities that Joel do not do during the holiday? A) Playing basketball. B) Listening to the stories. C) Watching the DVD. D) Swimming in the local pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Playing basketball. 2. All of the following are SPECIFIC details about Richard Wright's life EXCEPT ..... A) He was part of the Communist Party for 12 years. B) He spent the last 14 years of his life in Paris. C) He was born into a wealthy family. D) He joined the WPA Federal Writers Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was born into a wealthy family. 3. All of the following happened in "Rules of the Game" EXCEPT ..... A) Waverly Jong talked her brothers into playing chess with her. B) Waverly received Starbursts as her Christmas gift. C) Waverly became a chess champion. D) Waverly's mother bragged about her success. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waverly received Starbursts as her Christmas gift. 4. The class get a new teacher. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 5. During the contemporary period, everybody can write essays. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Which among the following is a Contemporary Poem? A) Voyage of the Sable Venus. B) Sonnet 18. C) Daffodils. D) A Psalm of Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voyage of the Sable Venus. 7. The focus on culture and serious themes in this literary genre paved the way for authors to write with more candor about teen issues in the 1970s, an expert Michael Cart said. A) Flash Fiction. B) Book to Movie Adaptations. C) Young Adult Fiction. D) Slam Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Young Adult Fiction. 8. What is a fitting description of contemporary culture? A) It is pluralistic, influenced by a diversity of ideas spawned by an age of instant communication and growing technology. B) There is no culture any more; it is all garbage. C) People have less interest in culture and the arts than ever before. D) Culture and the arts are completely about money now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is pluralistic, influenced by a diversity of ideas spawned by an age of instant communication and growing technology. 9. It is the first alphabet which was replaced by Roman Alphabet. A) Letter. B) Alibata. C) Doctrina Christiana. D) Webster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alibata. 10. Fill in the blank.Because she slept through her alarm and did not have enough time to get ready, Paula looked a little ..... when she got to school. A) Proprietary. B) Disheveled. C) Pejorative. D) Acrid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disheveled. 11. Which place did they go first? A) Pizza shop. B) Ice cream shop. C) School. D) Library. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Library. 12. When did Joel go to the library and the shop? A) On Friday. B) On Saturday. C) On Sunday. D) On Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On Saturday. 13. Yuki went to visit her grandparents in Japan because she is ..... A) Brave. B) Generous. C) Patient. D) Thoughtful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thoughtful. 14. Contemporary Literature is ..... A) Fiction. B) Takes a modern spin on an old tale. C) Can be re-told from the perspective of another character. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. What is the title of your short story? A) And something weird happened. B) And something weirdo happened. C) And something strange happened. D) And something funny happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And something weird happened. 16. Who among the following is NOT a Contemporary poet? A) Maya Angelou. B) Marilyn Nelson. C) Edgar Allan Poe. D) Dela Rosa cursed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edgar Allan Poe. 17. What is Elie Wiesel's book Night about? A) It is about his experience living in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. B) It shows life in post-WW2 Africa during the struggle for independence. C) It is an autobiographical memoir about his experience surviving in Nazi death camps. D) It is a philosophical treatise that explores Absurdism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is an autobiographical memoir about his experience surviving in Nazi death camps. 18. What reflected on the literary pieces during the 80's? A) Fight for democracy. B) Growing militant movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fight for democracy. 19. What is New Journalism? A) A culture change/development/departure from modernism. B) Writing nonfiction with strongly individual voices. C) Ironic humor from the absurd/grotesque. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Writing nonfiction with strongly individual voices. 20. Fill in the blank.Jonathan was ..... when his sister snidely informed him that she was taking over his room. A) Inhibited. B) Decimated. C) Relinquished. D) Infuriated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infuriated. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPeriods QuizzesContemporary Literature Quiz 1Contemporary Literature Quiz 2Contemporary Literature Quiz 3Contemporary Literature Quiz 4Contemporary Literature Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books