This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex" is an example of what type of literature? A) Drama. B) Nonfiction. C) Fiction. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 2. Even though I love to go fishing, I'm much too ..... to put the worm on the hook myself. A) Avarice. B) Squeamish. C) Reprove. D) Demeanor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Squeamish. 3. The Puritan Time Period in American Literature? A) 1640-1750. B) 1650-1750. C) 1640-1740. D) 1650-1740. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1650-1750. 4. Reverend Hale presents evidence that Proctor is not a good Christian. What is that evidence? A) Proctor's Church attendance. B) Because he couldn't say the Commandments. C) Because he works on Sundays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proctor's Church attendance. 5. In a way that is full of danger or risk A) Perilously. B) Prose. C) Cleave. D) Solicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perilously. 6. Form a narrator tells story through A) Voice. B) Allegory. C) Rhetorical question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voice. 7. When it's hot, I like to ..... my thirst with good old fashioned water A) Solace. B) Recompense. C) Sustain. D) Quench. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quench. 8. The way he consistently undercut my assistance suggested that he was ..... to my desire to help him. A) Inimical. B) Redundant. C) I am crying. D) Ostentatious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inimical. 9. A noncommittal response is a: A) Unique. B) Positive. C) Not definite. D) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not definite. 10. Which era of American literature includes the oral traditions, myths, and legends of the indigenous peoples of America? A) Colonial literature. B) Transcendentalism. C) Realism. D) Native American. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Native American. 11. To annoy; to bother. A) Futile. B) Irk. C) Hostile. D) Vindictive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irk. 12. Which of the following is not written by Eugene O'Neill? A) The Hairy Ape. B) Lazarus Laughed. C) The Death of a Salesman. D) Mourning Becomes Electra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Death of a Salesman. 13. What are the two oldest towns in the United States? A) St. Augustine and Jamestown. B) Orlando and Tampa. C) Savannah and Augusta. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St. Augustine and Jamestown. 14. "A chicken farmer's favorite car is a coupe." is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 15. Love for the church A) "The Day of Doom". B) Psalm 137. C) The Author to Her Book. D) Meditation One. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psalm 137. 16. Impulsively; suddenly; rashly. A) Lurch. B) Withered. C) Impetuously. D) Tentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impetuously. 17. Extreme exaggeration ..... I've read that book a million times A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. The first European settlers found life to be very ..... A) Easy. B) Hard. C) Entertaining. D) Boring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hard. 19. Which of the following is lined correctly? A) My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.Thy love is such I can no way repay;The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.Then while we live, in love let's so persever, That when we live no more, we may live ever. B) My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.5 Thy love is such I can no way repay;The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.Then while we live, 10. in love let's so persever, That when we live no more, we may live ever. C) 1. My love is such 2. that rivers cannot quench, 3. Nor ought but love from thee 4. give recompense.5. Thy love is such 6. I can no way repay;7. The heavens reward thee 8. manifold, I pray.9. Then while we live, 10. in love let's so persever, 11. That when we live no more, 12. we may live ever. D) 5. My love is such 10. that rivers cannot quench, 15. Nor ought but love from thee 20. give recompense.25. Thy love is such 30. I can no way repay;35. The heavens reward thee 40. manifold, I pray.45. Then while we live, 50. in love let's so persever, 55. That when we live no more, 60. we may live ever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.5 Thy love is such I can no way repay;The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.Then while we live, 10. in love let's so persever, That when we live no more, we may live ever. 20. Plays written in the 50s and 60s with the basic belief that human existence is absurd or without meaning A) Romantic plays. B) Realistic plays. C) Theatre of the Absurd. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theatre of the Absurd. ← 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