This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 70 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Text that portrays man vs nature conflict where nature wins A) Romantic. B) Puritanistic. C) Modernistic. D) Naturalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naturalistic. 2. (of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age. A) Calumny. B) Adamant. C) Vanity. D) Gaunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gaunt. 3. What is a primary source document? A) Online magazine. B) Journal article. C) Textbook. D) A first hand account. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A first hand account. 4. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" includes a reference to each of the following creatures except ..... A) Worm. B) Spider. C) Scorpion. D) Snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scorpion. 5. What is irony in stories and writings? A) Things that are related to iron. B) What on the surface appears to be or is expected and is actually the case. C) What on the surface appears to be the case or to be expected differs radically from what is actually the case. D) Literary technique which employs words like such as and in the same manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What on the surface appears to be the case or to be expected differs radically from what is actually the case. 6. Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size; a broad claim based on limited evidence. A) Hasty generalization. B) False causation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasty generalization. 7. According to the author, the characters who never lie are: A) Tom Sawyer. B) Huckleberry. C) Aunt Polly and Widow Douglas. D) Jim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aunt Polly and Widow Douglas. 8. I believe that if you lower taxes so that people can keep more of the money they earn, it will be an incentive for themto work harder.What is the meaning of "incentive" ? ..... A) A reason to do something. B) A small amount of money. C) A tax. D) A good job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A reason to do something. 9. Why were slaves brought to America? A) For a better life. B) To be prisoners. C) To work. D) To teach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To work. 10. The people in the story A) Setting. B) Character. C) Plot. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character. 11. The opposite of broach is A) Discuss. B) Negotiate. C) Avoid. D) Bring up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avoid. 12. Which means of transportation would most Americans today consider to be superannuated? A) Airplane. B) Spaceship. C) Automobile. D) Stagecoach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stagecoach. 13. Causing or likely to cause an argument A) Contentious. B) Notorious. C) Abomination. D) Conciliatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contentious. 14. The Topic of most Revolutionary writing was A) Religion. B) Science. C) Politics. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Politics. 15. To move with a quick gait. A) Scuffle. B) Dissipate. C) Avert. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scuffle. 16. Define ESTRANGE. A) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. B) To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity. C) To give consent, approval. D) To notify, or to make aware; to inform. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. 17. When our little practical joke backfired in our faces, the principal called us into his office and ..... us severely for our thoughtless behavior. A) Avariced. B) Reproved. C) Demeanor. D) Corroborated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reproved. 18. "A Sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." A) Mrs. McWilliams and the Lighting. B) The Town Poor. C) Rip van Winkle. D) The Open Boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rip van Winkle. 19. A word that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence A) Verb. B) They tend. C) Preposition. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preposition. 20. The reader must infer what a character is like based on what they are SHOWN A) Indirect Characterization. B) Direct Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect Characterization. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 2American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 4American Literature Quiz 5American Literature Quiz 6American Literature Quiz 7American Literature Quiz 8American Literature Quiz 9American Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books