This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 73 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define SCRUTINIZE. A) Having moral or ethical standards; principled. B) Immeasurably small. C) To examine in great detail carefully. D) To put off; delay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To examine in great detail carefully. 2. Identify the following passage:In regard to these men, my fancy and my judgment are in scales. Sometimes one preponderates, sometimes the other. Which will finally outweigh, time alone can reveal. A) Phillis Wheatley, "To S.M., a Young African Painter on Seeing His Works". B) Benjamin Franklin, "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker". C) Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle". D) Hannah Webster Foster, The Coquette. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hannah Webster Foster, The Coquette. 3. In logic; a self-contradictory statement A) Paradox. B) False analogy. C) Generalization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 4. Define deified A) Quality or state of being impressive or awesome. B) Act of using resources to satisfy needs and wants. C) Exalt to the position of a god or personify as a god. D) To make indirect reference; hint at or suggest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exalt to the position of a god or personify as a god. 5. To make better A) Cleave. B) Ameliorate. C) Abomination. D) Deference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ameliorate. 6. Discipline Policy:What happens immediately after the verbal warning if you choose not to follow classroom and school-wide behavior expectations? A) Teacher-student conference (documented in Misis). B) Call home and reflection letter (documented in Misis). C) Referral to counselor and/or admin (documented in Misis). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teacher-student conference (documented in Misis). 7. To persuade using facts, evidence, and statistics A) Pathos. B) Ethos. C) Logos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 8. Sinclair Lewis' 1922 novel 'Babbitt' explores ..... A) Life in Chicago for Latvian immigrants. B) The meaninglessness of middle class life in America's suburbs. C) The political corruption of America's major cities. D) The lack of social cohesion in America's cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The meaninglessness of middle class life in America's suburbs. 9. What do we call the language used to talk and write about school subject matter? A) Academic language. B) Academics. C) Academic words. D) Academic vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Academic vocabulary. 10. Why does Columbus specifically mention gold in the last part of his journal A) He receives definite information on stores of gold on the island. B) He knows that his patrons are only interested in gold. C) Acquiring riches is one of the main aims of his voyage. D) The natives have great stores of gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acquiring riches is one of the main aims of his voyage. 11. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost is written in what meter? A) Iambic Pentameter. B) Iambic Tetrameter. C) A relatively speedy meter. D) Varied Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic Tetrameter. 12. Rhyme that occurs at the ends of lines of poetry A) End rhyme. B) Meter. C) Internal rhyme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 13. Victor A) The center piece of timber along the bottom of a ship. B) Step; walk. C) Rejoicing; showing great joy. D) Winner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winner. 14. Margaret Sanger: A) She was the main promoter of the Comstock Law. B) He suffered prison for his opposition to the Comstock Law. C) He showed his position in favor of the wealthy classes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He suffered prison for his opposition to the Comstock Law. 15. The role of civilization in taking care of the elderly or disabled A) "Rip van Winkle". B) "'The Great Carbuncle". C) "The Pit and the Pendulum". D) "The Town Poor". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Town Poor". 16. An individual's account of day to day events written to be published or shared A) Diary. B) Myth. C) Journal. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Journal. 17. To what does Phillis Wheatley compare the human heart in "An Hymn to the Evening" ? A) The lives of slaves. B) A productive day. C) A bird's song. D) The setting sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The setting sun. 18. Some kinds of plastic become ..... if they're heated. A) Malcontent. B) Pliable. C) Unabridged. D) Sporadic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pliable. 19. A verb with no receiver of the action A) Transitive. B) Intransitive. C) Linking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intransitive. 20. Words that have similar consonant sounds, but different vowel sounds A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. ← 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