This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. To Have and Have Not A) Lorraine Hansberry. B) James Baldwin. C) Ernest Hemingway. D) Theodore Dreiser. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ernest Hemingway. 2. The election could actually end up being decided in the U.S. Congress. Al Gore's vice presidential running mate, JoeLieberman, and perhaps Mr. Gore himself, would be able to vote on the matter. Some would argue that they shouldrecuse themselves, but they would probably exercise their right to vote.What does "recuse" mean? A) Step aside and not be involved. B) Admit that you are wrong. C) Leave the country. D) Insist on being heard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Step aside and not be involved. 3. Call it Sleep A) J.D. Salinger. B) Thomas Pynchon. C) Leslie Marmon Silk. D) Henry Roth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry Roth. 4. Define DEMOTE A) To lessen the value. B) To reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position. C) To restrain; to prohibit. D) To be in conflict wiht; go or act against; to violate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To reduce to a lower grade, rank, class, or position. 5. The guards were alerted to the break-in by the ..... burglar alarm. A) Ostentatious. B) Redundant. C) I am crying. D) Enthrall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am crying. 6. The most recurring element among the protagonists is: A) Friendship. B) Love. C) The compassion. D) The envy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The envy. 7. What form does the poem "Mowing" by Robert Frost use? A) Sonnet. B) Sestina. C) Acrostic poem. D) Villanelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 8. Personal reason why the author may approve or disapprove of a subject A) Bias. B) Main Idea. C) Theme. D) Author's Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 9. Who was NOT a hero of the Revolutionary War who later became a President of the United States? A) Abraham Lincoln. B) George Washington. C) John Adams. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abraham Lincoln. 10. "Through the Woods" features stories where ..... A) The creatures of the woods offer assistance. B) Humans end up being monsters. C) Women free each other from harm. D) Men protect the defenseless. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans end up being monsters. 11. Which type of writing is fabricated, which means "made-up" ? A) Nonfiction. B) Fiction. C) Fantasy. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction. 12. When Grizzlies Walked Upright was told by The Modoc tribe. What does that story indicate about the values of The Modoc? A) Cooperation. B) Respect for animals. C) Family love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Family love. 13. The following excerpt is from which of Cotton Mathers writings during the Salem Witch Trials? "I was not present at any of them; nor ever had I any personal prejudice at the persons thus brought upon the stage." A) "Meditation 8, John 6:51, I am the Living Bread". B) "The Trial of Martha Carrier". C) "The Wonders of the Invisible World". D) "The American Magnalia of Christ". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The Wonders of the Invisible World". 14. All of the following are similar ideas between John Smith's and Bradford's accounts except A) Disease and sickness. B) The condition of the ship. C) Native Americans. D) Leadership. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The condition of the ship. 15. The time and place in a story A) Metaphor. B) Setting. C) Rhythm. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 16. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "extenuate." A) Adverb. B) Conjunction. C) Verb. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verb. 17. A Gathering of Old Men A) Ernest J. Gaines. B) John Hersey. C) Rodolfo Anaya. D) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ernest J. Gaines. 18. Exclude someone A) Obsolete. B) Ostracize. C) Wane. D) Solicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ostracize. 19. Richard Saunders was Benjamin Franklin's..... A) Business partner. B) Pen name. C) Father. D) Uncle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pen name. 20. Sentence elements are out of normal position (the way Yoda speaks): A) Syntax. B) Inversion. C) Narrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inversion. Next →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAmerican 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