This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature – Quiz 78 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 78 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Whichof the following was not apart of the American Dream? A) Belief in the USA as a paradise. B) Trust in individualism and self-reliance. C) Faith in the country's progress. D) Disregard for personal effort. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disregard for personal effort. 2. Absolve A) Loathe. B) To give up or renounce. C) To pardon. D) Occasional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To pardon. 3. Which statement expresses the best conclusion to be drawn about the couple whose story is told in "Everything Stuck to Him" ? A) They live overseas in Milan, Italy. B) They are fairly young to have just had a child. C) They are the daughter and son-in-law of a successful dentist. D) They have both grown quite confident in their child-raising skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are fairly young to have just had a child. 4. Verisimilitude is only one of the ..... upon which a work of fiction is judged. A) Infirmity. B) Expatiate. C) Precocious. D) Criterion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Criterion. 5. Your uncle wouldn't even part with a dime to help the kids pay for their trip. That's just one more example of hispenurious ways. In contrast, many people who have much less money have donated a great deal to the cause.What does "penurious" mean? A) Very old. B) Very wealthy. C) Very cranky. D) Very stingy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very stingy. 6. The mutiny was blamed on a group of malcontents and agitators who had ..... discord and unrest among the troops. A) Prolific. B) Collate. C) Impassive. D) Foment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foment. 7. Why did Edward Taylor immigrate to America in 1668 from England? A) He did not want to sign an oath of loyalty to the church of England. B) He had many friends and family members already living there at the time. C) European's generally rejected Taylor's style of writing. D) He took a pastoral call in Westfield Massachusetts and eventually lived there for the rest of his life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He did not want to sign an oath of loyalty to the church of England. 8. The 1885 novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was written by A) Mark Twain. B) Walt Whitman. C) John Steinbeck. D) William Faulkner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mark Twain. 9. The Grapes of Wrath A) J.D. Salinger. B) John Steinbeck. C) Flannery O'Connor. D) Eugene O'Neill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) John Steinbeck. 10. Sarcasm, or saying one thing when you mean something different, is an example of A) Dramatic irony. B) Flashback. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 11. A trip is one synonym for ..... A) Plumage. B) Covering. C) Journey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Journey. 12. During the 1600's, America colonized throughout New England, creating new jobs and civilization. Who was the woman who learned how to read and write during this time period? A) Mary Rowlandson. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Anne Bradstreet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anne Bradstreet. 13. From what year did the Americans Colonized the Philippines? A) 1998-2023. B) 1941-1945. C) 1898-1945. D) 1890-1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1898-1945. 14. "Absolute despotism" is an example of what rhetorical device? A) Parallelism. B) Anaphora. C) Charged words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charged words. 15. "Paul Revere's Ride" is an example of what type of literature? A) Nonfiction. B) Poetry. C) Autobiography. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetry. 16. Eagerly A) Defamation. B) Abomination. C) Pallor. D) Avidly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Avidly. 17. A feeling of dislike A) Ambiguity. B) Ambivalence. C) Antipathy. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antipathy. 18. What literary device does Emily Dickinson use in the poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" ? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. Who was the first eminent poet of nature? A) Timothy Dwight. B) William Cullen Bryant. C) James Russell Lowell. D) Robert Frost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Cullen Bryant. 20. "the reason, or need, for something to be done" is the speaker's A) Requirement. B) Purpose. C) Logos. D) Pathos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requirement. ← 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