This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which era of American literature is known for its accurate and detailed portrayal of everyday life, often focusing on the middle class? A) Colonial literature. B) Transcendentalism. C) Realism. D) Native American. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realism. 2. What is it called when reality is different than what appears to be true? A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational Irony. 3. Essay or speech in which any topic is discussed in detail A) Epigraph. B) Exposition. C) Metonymy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exposition. 4. Who wrote "An Author to Her Book?" A) Phillis Wheatley. B) Anne Bradstreet. C) Judith Sargent Murray. D) Mary Rowlandson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne Bradstreet. 5. Words that describe a character A) Character traits. B) Mood. C) Theme. D) Main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character traits. 6. Events that make the conflict worse A) Falling action. B) Rising action. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 7. People began to rededicate themselves to the Puritan vision and a wave of religious enthusiasm arose during the ..... A) First Great Awakening. B) The Englightenment. C) The American Revolution. D) None are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Great Awakening. 8. The Leather stocking Tales of James Fennimore Cooper was published in A) 1819. B) 1820. C) 1823. D) 1840. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1823. 9. In Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper", the Main characters husband was of what profession? A) Doctor. B) Lawyer. C) Police Officer. D) Politician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doctor. 10. Stanza of poetry consisting of 2 lines A) Simile. B) Colloquialism. C) Quatrain. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couplet. 11. Expressions that do not mean literally what they say A) Consonance. B) Understatement. C) Figurative language. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Figurative language. 12. We went to Pizza Hut last night to eat, and they were out of pizza. A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 13. The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson A) Emily Dickinson. B) Arthur Miller. C) Herman Melville. D) Jack London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emily Dickinson. 14. One of the main difference between Romantic tradition literature and modern short stories is A) The short stories focuses on breakups. B) The short stories focus on the thoughts and problems of real people. C) Romantic literature is not symbolic. D) Romantic literature is a real portrayal of personal lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The short stories focus on the thoughts and problems of real people. 15. What did the Americans establish during their stay here in the Philippines? A) Hospitals. B) Schools. C) Companies. D) Businesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schools. 16. "Three months on the island is what his soul craved." A) The pit and the pendulum. B) The cop and the anthem. C) The open boat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cop and the anthem. 17. What chief emotions does the speaker in Bradstreet's poem express? A) Respect and admiration for her husband. B) Concern and anxiety about her marriage. C) Love for and happiness with her husband. D) Fear of death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love for and happiness with her husband. 18. How does Olaudah Equiano convey the horror of his journey on the slave ship? A) He appeals to religious faith. B) He criticizes the British government. C) He argues for a moral law. D) He uses sensory details. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He uses sensory details. 19. Romantic poetry can be seen as early as 1818 with ..... 's "To a Waterfowl" . A) Edgar Allen Poe. B) William Cullen Bryant. C) Nathaniel Hawthrone. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Cullen Bryant. 20. Words side-by-side that are seemingly contradictory A) Oxymoron. B) Symbol. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. ← 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