This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mrs. Harper era: A) A stranger who told Clara gossip. B) The pimp that John used to get Clara to accept him. C) Clara's real mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clara's real mother. 2. Alikely subject for an Emily Dickinson poem might be: A) Jogging. B) The nature of the universe. C) Death. D) Friendship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Death. 3. Poetry that is without regular rhythm but with regular rhyme A) Paradox. B) Free verse. C) Blank verse. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank verse. 4. What is the direct object in this sentence?:His speech went well. A) His. B) Speech. C) Well. D) There isn't one. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There isn't one. 5. Define venerable A) Quality or state of being impressive or awesome. B) Admired and respected because of status or age. C) To make indirect reference; hint at or suggest. D) Act of using resources to satisfy needs and wants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Admired and respected because of status or age. 6. Which group worshiped many gods and had a close relationship with nature? A) Explorers. B) Settlers. C) Puritans. D) Native Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Native Americans. 7. "They struck their jaws together so close to my ears as almost to stun me, and I expected every moment to be dragged out of the boat and instantly devoured." A) What is an American?. B) An Escape from Alligators. C) Rip Van Winkle. D) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Escape from Alligators. 8. Define REFRAIN. A) Repetitive use of consonants. B) A repeating symbol, idea, or image related to the theme. C) Line or lines which appears at the end of stanzas or divisions. D) Unstressed syllable, then stressed syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Line or lines which appears at the end of stanzas or divisions. 9. Cheerful, lively, or excited. A) Exhilarated. B) Exploit. C) Impetuously. D) Tentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exhilarated. 10. A natural liking for A) Affinity. B) Adulation. C) Fallacious. D) Incipient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affinity. 11. What is a sentence fragment? A) A complete thought with a subject and a predicate. B) Only part of a sentence. Might be missing a subject, a predicate, or both. C) A group of words with a subject and a verb. D) A word that describes a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only part of a sentence. Might be missing a subject, a predicate, or both. 12. When a foreigner maintains his roots in the country of origin: A) He leads a less than illustrious life. B) He becomes an example for the rest. C) Impact with your last name. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He leads a less than illustrious life. 13. Act of harming or ruining another's reputation A) Cleave. B) Ameliorate. C) Defamation. D) Notorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defamation. 14. A usually automotive pbulic vehicle designed to carry a large number of passengers:BUS (n) The ..... arrived at the corner of the street, ready to transport a large number of passengers. A) Omnibus. B) Accentuated. C) Sauntered. D) Effeminate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omnibus. 15. What is the complete subject of this sentence?:The tall trash can sat in the corner of the room. A) Trash can. B) Room. C) The tall trash can. D) Sat in the corner of the room. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tall trash can. 16. The call of the wild is ..... (By Jack London) A) A short adventure novel. B) A long sad story. C) A short narrative. D) A generally long work of fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A short adventure novel. 17. President Calvin Coolidge said: A) Live long, prosper and be free. B) The chief business of the American people is business. C) If we succumb to a dreamworld we will wake up to a nightmare. D) Temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The chief business of the American people is business. 18. Which of these statistics about the 1920s is NOT correct A) 1% of the nation's banks controlled 50% of the nation's profits. B) By 1933 the number of unemployed had reached nearly 13 million. C) Top 5% of earners owned more money than the bottom 60% of the population. D) 75% of immigrants found jobs working in industry within the first year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 75% of immigrants found jobs working in industry within the first year. 19. La Ley Comstock: A) Promoted the dissemination of information about contraceptives. B) She developed a broader vision of women's rights. C) Restricted access to information about contraceptives. D) It had the unanimous approval of the women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restricted access to information about contraceptives. 20. Literary period that is harsh, gritty truths, local color, vivid descriptions A) Realism. B) Surrealism. C) Romanticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realism. ← 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