This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dull, uninteresting; tiresome; lacking sharpness and flavor A) Vapid. B) Politic. C) Bulwark. D) Procrastinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vapid. 2. Comparing two things that are not alike, using words such as "like", "as", or "than" A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 3. Primary sources are written ..... A) First hand. B) Second hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First hand. 4. A feature of a poem in which the last words or two lines rhyme with one another A) End rhyme. B) Mood. C) Metaphor. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) End rhyme. 5. A traditional story that explains how life began A) Exploration Narrative. B) Narrative. C) Origin Myth. D) Chronological Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Origin Myth. 6. Respectful A) Rhetoric. B) Dearth. C) Deferential. D) Verisimilitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deferential. 7. Writing about real persons, places, and events; concerned with factual information A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 8. Lumber industry, fishing A) West. B) Northeast. C) South. D) Midwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West. 9. To make a raucous noise:to yell A) Carpe diem. B) Hubris. C) Didactic. D) Yawp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yawp. 10. Writing that ridicules or scorns people and things, showing their failures A) Sarcasm. B) Irony. C) Satire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satire. 11. One of the keys to North American expansion was: A) The transportation of fresh water. B) The difficult construction of railways. C) The management of new housing construction techniques. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The difficult construction of railways. 12. You could hear the sarcasm in her voice as she said how much she liked her job. A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 13. One of the main reasons why the northern colonies had small farms and the southern states had large plantations that led to the use of slaves was ..... A) The climate. B) The habits of the country they came from. C) Their religious beliefs. D) What the Native Americans taught them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The climate. 14. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "contiguous." A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Preposition. D) They tend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective. 15. Deceptive; misleading A) Austere. B) Fallacious. C) Dearth. D) Deferential. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fallacious. 16. Passed through safely A) Weather'd. B) Rack. C) Tread. D) Victor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather'd. 17. Comparison of 2 or more unlike things using 'like' or 'as' A) Foreshadowing. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. The auction of Ming dynasty vases brought together ..... and collectors of Chinese art from all over the world. A) Impassive. B) Connoisseur. C) Collate. D) Blatant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connoisseur. 19. Define POINT OF VIEW. A) One type of biography, which tells the life story of its author, meaning it is a written record of the author's life. B) A character that shows qualitites that are in contrast with the qualities of another character with the objective to highlight the traits of the other character. C) The angle or perspective from which a story is told. D) Voice refers to the specific style an author writes in. This includes the way they use point of view, tone, rhetorical devices, syntax, and more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The angle or perspective from which a story is told. 20. Not to be avoided or evaded:NECESSARY(adj) I was told, pretty ....., to check my pockets before putting my clothes in the washer. A) Imperatively. B) Incredulous. C) Accentuated. D) Sauntered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperatively. ← 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