This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Making a decision about what might happen next A) Inference. B) Predict. C) POV. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predict. 2. Equiano's piece is an example of this A) Puritan plain style. B) Slave Narrative. C) Myth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slave Narrative. 3. To defend their independence, the Americans fought a long war with the British, who finally accepted American independence in ..... A) 1783. B) 1803. C) 1600. D) 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1783. 4. Which type of essay requires you to choose a side (or chooses one for you?) A) Argumentative. B) Informative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argumentative. 5. Wise; having keen perception and sound judgement A) Abject. B) Sagacious. C) Solicit. D) Aspirated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sagacious. 6. Excessive devotion to someone A) Aggrandize. B) Adulation. C) Deferential. D) Straw man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adulation. 7. I hope everyone has a great winter break please remember to stay warm and get plenty of rest. A) Sentence Fragment. B) Run-On Sentence. C) Comma Splice. D) Complete Sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-On Sentence. 8. Text that uses spirits to explain something in nature A) Dark romantic literature. B) Native American myths. C) Realistic novel. D) Transcendental essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Native American myths. 9. Extended metaphor throughout a story A) Allegory. B) Hyperbole. C) Idioms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 10. If you are asked to choose a side and you have no opinion on the topic, you should A) Just not write the essay. Writing sucks!. B) Choose a side and pretend to support it. You are being scored on writing skills, not your opinions. C) Cry. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choose a side and pretend to support it. You are being scored on writing skills, not your opinions. 11. The liberal and abolitionist movements were formed by A) Patriotism movements. B) Human movements. C) Romantic philosophy. D) Revolution age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantic philosophy. 12. "Battle with the Kegs" is a ..... ? ..... A) Eulogy. B) Satire. C) Lyric poem. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satire. 13. The character Linda ..... A) Allows Tim to shutdown bullies. B) Gives Tim his first experience with love and loss. C) Gives Tim his first experience with rejection. D) Shows that women are capable of combat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives Tim his first experience with love and loss. 14. Which of the following BEST represents a summary of "To My Dear and Loving Husband" ? A) The woman loves her husband forever and more than treasure. B) Love lasts forever. C) The speaker of "To My Dear and Loving Husband" claims that the love she has for her husband is beyond compare. She first compares her marriage to those of other women and then proceeds to describe the love she has for her husband as endless and priceless. Finally, she expresses her appreciation for his love and expresses her desire to continue their love in their afterlives.n. D) This poem is about a wife who loves her husband. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speaker of "To My Dear and Loving Husband" claims that the love she has for her husband is beyond compare. She first compares her marriage to those of other women and then proceeds to describe the love she has for her husband as endless and priceless. Finally, she expresses her appreciation for his love and expresses her desire to continue their love in their afterlives.n. 15. The ..... point of view is used to maintain a formal voice. A) First Person. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Person. 16. Define DISSONANCE. A) Attacking a person instead of answering their argument. B) Disagreement or incongruity. C) Not related to a specific object; theoretical. D) Reasoning where a conclusion is reached based on premises presented. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disagreement or incongruity. 17. A reappearing theme in a creative person's work or style A) Venerate. B) Surmount. C) Motif. D) Rescind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Motif. 18. What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza?If ever two were one, then surely we.If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. A) Abab rhyme scheme. B) Aabb rhyme scheme. C) Aaab rhyme scheme. D) Abba rhyme scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aabb rhyme scheme. 19. True or false:When you use information from the text, you must use a direct quote and quotation marks A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 20. What are two subgenres of American Romanticism? A) Guilt and sin. B) Good and evil. C) Sin and psychology. D) Dark Romanticisim and Transendentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dark Romanticisim and Transendentalism. ← 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