This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Cultural Appreciation? A) Someone seeks to understand and learn about culture in an effort to broaden their perspective. B) Taking one aspect of culture that is not your own and using it for your own personal interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone seeks to understand and learn about culture in an effort to broaden their perspective. 2. Narrative (extended constructed response) type questions could require you to A) Write an alternate ending. B) Write from a different point of view. C) Write an introduction based on an excerpt. D) All of these options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these options are correct. 3. Strange; unfamiliar; foreign. A) Limber. B) Alien. C) Vigorously. D) Solemn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alien. 4. A story that the author is telling about a personal experience that they had. A) Oral Tradition. B) Personal Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal Narrative. 5. Who was born on September 11, 1862? A) O. Henry. B) Eva green. C) Jack London. D) Ohn canifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) O. Henry. 6. A traditional tale passed down through generations that explains something in nature A) Myth. B) Trickster tale. C) Story. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 7. Respect; courtesy A) Tantalizing. B) Deference. C) Penitence. D) Effrontery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deference. 8. Word or a phrase repeated throughout a poem A) Refrain. B) Repetend. C) Repetition. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetend. 9. Careful to fulfill obligations. A) Dutiful. B) Piety. C) Dwindle. D) Imminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dutiful. 10. Louisa and Joe's long-distance relationship was: A) A farce, in which each one had their own life. B) An imposition of the woman until Joe gets his fortune. C) Strangely long and faithful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strangely long and faithful. 11. Phillis Wheatley was the ..... ? ..... woman to publish poetry in America. A) First. B) Second. C) Most important. D) Last. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 12. What are the two possible types of essay prompts you will have on day one of testing? A) Persuasive or argumentative. B) Narrative or literary analysis. C) Persuasive or informative. D) Informative or argumentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Informative or argumentative. 13. An acknowledgment from DuBois to Washington is: A) His ability to step over others. B) His knowledge of the southern man. C) Your academic credentials. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His knowledge of the southern man. 14. To conquer a problem or obstacle A) Trepidation. B) Querulous. C) Motif. D) Surmount. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surmount. 15. Intended or likely to placate or pacify A) Incredulously. B) Abomination. C) Contentious. D) Conciliatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conciliatory. 16. Speech specific to a certain era or area of the country, slang A) Yawp. B) Aphorism. C) Foil. D) Vernacular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vernacular. 17. Imaginative prose narrative written to give the reader entertainment and insight A) Short story. B) Poetry. C) Essay. D) Book review. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short story. 18. In Naturalism, writers analyzed and criticized human behavior through the new areas of ..... and ..... A) Symbolism, irony. B) Psychoanalysis, stream of consciousness. C) Psychology, sociology. D) Idealism, human perfectibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psychology, sociology. 19. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "carnage." A) Verb. B) Preposition. C) Adjective. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noun. 20. To surrender or yield; to give up A) Capitulate. B) Audaciously. C) Prostrate. D) Delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitulate. ← 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