American Literature Quiz 68 (20 MCQs)

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1. Emily Dickinson could accurately be described as:

Correct Answer: A) Quiet and shy.

2. Pen name of O Henry

Correct Answer: A) William Sydney Porter.

3. Plain style is an element of which literary period?

Correct Answer: B) Puritan/Early Colonial Period.

4. Old fashioned; out of date

Correct Answer: C) Antiquated.

5. If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all!Which word is a synonym of "curtail" ?

Correct Answer: D) Reduce.

6. Maggie:A Girl of the Streets

Correct Answer: D) Stephen Crane.

7. What kind of lens helps you consider how elements of history and culture may have influenced the author and the writing?

Correct Answer: B) Historical/cultural.

8. Of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.

Correct Answer: C) Abject.

9. An appreciation for the schoolteachers who trained America's Founding Fathers

Correct Answer: A) "America Was Schoolmasters".

10. The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance

Correct Answer: C) Penitence.

11. Poe is looked upon as one of the great writers of the 1800's. What is this time called for America?

Correct Answer: B) Romanticism.

12. An opportune moment is a(n)..... moment

Correct Answer: B) Suitable.

13. Introduced the Detective Story

Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allen Poe.

14. Lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest

Correct Answer: C) Fasting.

15. The turtle myth explains the origin of

Correct Answer: B) The earth.

16. In "The famous frog.....", the narrator is:

Correct Answer: A) Someone who asked about a friend, but is never told about them.

17. Using words from same part of speech (same grammatical structure)

Correct Answer: C) Parallelism.

18. "It is difficult to hike in the mountains over ....., " said the tour guide.

Correct Answer: D) Yonder.

19. Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind

Correct Answer: B) Adamant.

20. Daniel Webster could not jump because:

Correct Answer: A) They had filled it with pellets.