This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 79 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Realists wanted most to: A) Entertain people with romance. B) Portray life as it actually is. C) Forget the troubles of war. D) Create fantastic new realities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Portray life as it actually is. 2. Who is the "witchcraft expert" in The Crucible? A) Parris. B) Giles Corey. C) Hale. D) Danforth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hale. 3. Fourteen line lyric poem with a fixed rhyme scheme A) Elegies. B) Odes. C) Sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 4. Which part of speech shows an action? A) Verb. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verb. 5. Which magazine did Washington Irving edit in 1812? A) The Plain Truth. B) National Enquirer. C) The Magazine of Art. D) Analectic Magazine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analectic Magazine. 6. ..... was a member of the Puritan group known as the Pilgrims, who settled Plymouth Colony in 1620. He also viewed writing primarily as a practical tool. A) John Smith. B) John Winthrop. C) William Bradford. D) Thomas Paine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Bradford. 7. An extreme exaggeration in writing A) Understatement. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 8. The opposite of being averred is A) Shouted. B) Affirmed. C) Denied. D) Memorable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affirmed. 9. The opposite of an implicit threat is a ..... threat A) Empty. B) Unspoken. C) Explicit. D) Mild. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explicit. 10. 'Mundus Novus' is the work of: A) Christopher Columbus. B) Amerigo Vespucci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amerigo Vespucci. 11. Arrangement of incidents or events in a story or novel A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Theme. D) Characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 12. Ture or false:Oral tradition refers to spoken word. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. Language that appeals to the senses, allowing the reader to experience what the author is describing A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 14. American Literature predates most writing in history. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Because of the sunny days, the land was ..... and the harvest was full. A) Verdant. B) Pallor. C) Appall. D) Candor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verdant. 16. Which type of writing is a nonfiction work in which a person tells about his/her OWN life? A) Autobiography. B) Fantasy. C) Fable. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autobiography. 17. What do transcendentalists believe? A) True reality is spiritual. B) True reality is imagination. C) True imagination is spiritual. D) True imagination is reality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True reality is spiritual. 18. Thomas Paine claimed that a government of our own is our ..... ? A) Natural right. B) Obligation. C) Responsibility. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural right. 19. A Latin word that means "against the man." As the name suggests, it is a literary term that involves commenting on or against an opponent, to undermine him instead of his arguments. A) Existentialism. B) Verisimilitude. C) To man. D) Didacticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To man. 20. Define ENTAIL A) To examine in great detail. B) To cause to involve by necessity or as a consequence. C) To put off; delay. D) Immeasurably small. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cause to involve by necessity or as a consequence. ← 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