This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Do not eat to fast, or you might ....., " said the girl's father. A) Yonder. B) Choke. C) Drive. D) Locomotive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choke. 2. What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form? A) Personification. B) Hyperboles. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. How many novels make up James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking series? A) 2. B) 5. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 4. DuBois estimates the African American population at: A) 5 million. B) 10 million. C) 15 million. D) 18 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 million. 5. In "Our Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser: A) The young woman's innocence is revealed. B) The story of a woman of the world is told. C) The story of an upper class woman is told. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The young woman's innocence is revealed. 6. Which of the following accusation was deleted in the published version of The Declaration of Independence? A) He has waged cruel war against human nature itself. B) He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly. C) He has endeavored to prevent the population of these states. D) He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has waged cruel war against human nature itself. 7. The Bell Jar A) Toni Morrison. B) Sylvia Plath. C) Flannery O'Connor. D) Thomas Pynchon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sylvia Plath. 8. Which of the following was NOT one of the types of literature from the Puritans? A) Diaries. B) Letters. C) Sermons. D) Short Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short Stories. 9. What did the Homestead Act of 1863 encourage? A) The organisation of Native Indians into reservations. B) The settlement of the west by migrants. C) The use of mechanised machinery in farms. D) African Americans to settle in California. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The settlement of the west by migrants. 10. The Iroquois lived in the ..... woodland area of the United States. A) Western. B) Eastern. C) Northern. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eastern. 11. In "The Divinity School Address, " Ralph Waldo Emerson attacks historical Christianity in favor of what? A) Calvinist beliefs. B) Puritan beliefs. C) Catholic doctrine. D) Natural religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural religion. 12. What does RACE stand for? A) Read, answer, cite, evidence. B) Restate, answer, cite, evidence. C) Restate, answer, cite, explain. D) Read, analyze, cite, explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restate, answer, cite, explain. 13. The famous novel "The Grapes of Wrath" was written by ..... A) John Steinbeck. B) Allen Ginsberg. C) Edwin Arlington Robinson. D) Wila Cather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Steinbeck. 14. The line "War is thrilling; war is drudgery., " makes use of a A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Paradox. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 15. To persuade, inform or entertain are examples of: A) Author's Purpose. B) Puritan Plain Style. C) Inversion. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Author's Purpose. 16. How many virtues did Franklin work on? A) 13. B) 10. C) 7. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13. 17. Which story by O. Henry deals with the sacrifices husband and wife make to buy Christmas presents for each other? A) Heart of the West. B) The Gentle Grafter. C) Let me feel your pulse. D) The Gift of the Magi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Gift of the Magi. 18. The following is a good example of the use of ..... in literature.That man is as tall as a house. A) Hyperbole. B) Symbolism. C) Archetype. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 19. Of Plymouth Plantation is an example of prose. Prose is classified into four forms, or modes of discourse. Which of the following is NOT a form of prose? A) Narration. B) Description. C) Poetry. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry. 20. To turn away or aside A) Sluggishly. B) Obesity. C) Avert. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avert. ← 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