This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Pen name of Samuel Clemens A) O Henry. B) Mark Twain. C) George Eliot. D) Lemony Snicket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mark Twain. 2. The critic wondered how such trash could be ..... on the public as great literature. A) Denizen. B) Pernicious. C) Dowdy. D) Foisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foisted. 3. The ..... also believed that they had a God-given responsibility to establish an ideal way of life in America. A) Native Americans. B) Puritans. C) Alaskans. D) Africans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Puritans. 4. What did American Romantics believe was a spiritual and moral guide? A) Church. B) Nature. C) Books. D) Inner self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature. 5. In "A Nun in New England, " Louisa's attitude toward things (dishes, food, etc.) was: A) Very different from the neighbors. B) Conventional. C) Unnecessary wear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very different from the neighbors. 6. A piece of lumber of small cross section A) Supplant. B) Scantling. C) Sagacious. D) Gesticulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scantling. 7. Despite slavery, Washington's mother was able to devote good time to his education: A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Falso. 8. "I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born and here they shall die." This is an example of: A) Parallelism. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Repetition. D) Restatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restatement. 9. In "His Mammy from Virginia", the leading role is: A) A young doctor. B) A dance teacher. C) A black woman who lost her daughter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dance teacher. 10. True/False:Writers of the time wrote about how Native Americans and Europeans viewed one another. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. The notoriously harsh theatre critic rarely hesitated to ..... even the most famous and respected actors. A) Pallid. B) Pallor. C) Denigrate. D) Verdant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denigrate. 12. The opposite of enhancing value is A) Increase. B) Determine. C) Diminish. D) Appraise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diminish. 13. True/False:With oral tradition, stories can become distorted and lead to multiple versions A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Extremely poisonous or harmful. A) Virulent. B) Irk. C) Futile. D) Hostile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virulent. 15. Approval; commendation A) Approbation. B) Adamant. C) Digression. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approbation. 16. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons people came to America? A) Money. B) Work. C) Religious Freedom. D) The Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Food. 17. The first people came across the Bering Straight onto the American continent from the continent of ..... A) Africa. B) Europe. C) Antarctica. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asia. 18. The style and structure of Sylvia Plath's early works are primarily characterized by what? A) Relatively conventional forms, structures, and rhyming. B) Purely confessional in mode, tone, and structure. C) Short and very formal writings. D) Long and relatively formal writings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relatively conventional forms, structures, and rhyming. 19. Putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay specifically:not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply (adj) You could tell he wanted everyone to stop what they were doing and obey his orders based on the ..... tone of his voice. A) Peremptorily. B) Interpose. C) Corroborated. D) Supercilious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peremptorily. 20. What was the name given to Jon Dos Passos' written style? A) Stream of conciousness. B) Camera Eye. C) Human Gaze. D) Free Indirect Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camera Eye. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books