This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Using the same letter sound throughout the sentence A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 2. A comparison without the words "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Analogy. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. Why were so many alligators near the shore in "An Escape from Alligators?" A) Thousands of fish were there. B) They were returning to their home waters. C) They were seeking revenge on humans. D) They were caring for their young. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thousands of fish were there. 4. Seize the day A) Maxim. B) Universal "I". C) Foil. D) Carpe diem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carpe diem. 5. A Raisin in the Sun A) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. B) Emily Dickinson. C) James Baldwin. D) Lorraine Hansberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lorraine Hansberry. 6. (n.) a ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance A) Defamation. B) Apparition. C) Deposition. D) Abomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apparition. 7. A false and malicious accusation A) Calumny. B) Abomination. C) Conciliatory. D) Cleave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calumny. 8. Which of these reasons does not explain why journals can be unreliable A) Writer's impressions color the telling of the events. B) Provides details that can only be supplied by an eye witness. C) It is a record of personal reactions. D) Writer may be writing to persuade an audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provides details that can only be supplied by an eye witness. 9. Which of these is NOT true of the Native Americans. A) They believed the people belonged to the land. B) They believed in harmony with nature. C) They believed animals and people could turn into each other. D) They believed the land belonged to the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They believed the land belonged to the people. 10. What is the predicate adjective in this sentence?:The weather is terrible. A) Weather. B) Is. C) Terrible. D) The weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrible. 11. Belonged to which period in American Literature? A) The Puritan. B) The Neoclassical. C) The Romantic. D) The Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Puritan. 12. Explorers and early settlers wrote about ..... A) Creation. B) Their homeland. C) Themselves. D) Their travels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their travels. 13. Which did the neoclassicism favor? A) Man's reason. B) God's supernatural explanation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man's reason. 14. Chaucer's magnum opus A) The Canterbury tales. B) The legend of good women. C) Romance of the rose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Canterbury tales. 15. A figure of speech that makes a comparison but does not use like or as is a(n) A) Genre. B) Metaphor. C) Mood. D) Image. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Michael is an ardent supporter of his presidential candidate. That became obvious to me when I found out how muchtime he's donated to the campaign. Perhaps Michael knows what he's doing.What does "ardent" mean in the context of the selection? A) Old. B) Intelligent. C) Foolish. D) Very strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very strong. 17. The word SUMMARIZE means ..... A) To tell why. B) To take it apart. C) To give a short version. D) To make your best guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To give a short version. 18. Address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment A) Reproach. B) Penitence. C) Adamant. D) Deference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reproach. 19. The white men do not want to let Grant see Jefferson because- A) They think it is a waste of time. B) Nothing that Grant can do will help Jefferson. C) Education may aggravate Jefferson. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. Who was the first writer in America to become internationally known? A) Phillis Wheatley. B) Benjamin Franklin. C) Washington Irving. D) William Bartram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washington Irving. ← 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