This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:Native Americans believed that nature was sacred. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. To disown, reject; to deny the validity of A) Profligate. B) Abstemious. C) Connoisseur. D) Repudiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repudiate. 3. What do people generally assume about Richard Cory? A) That wealth is making him happy. B) He is constantly sad. C) He is constantly upset for small reasons. D) He lives a hard yet happy life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That wealth is making him happy. 4. But still I feared I should be put to death, the white people looked and acted, as I thought, in so savage a manner; for I had never seen among any people such instances of brutal cruelty A) Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. B) Benjamin Franklin, "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America". C) Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle". D) Phillis Wheatley, "On Being Brought from Africa to America". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano. 5. A story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning A) Satire. B) Didactic. C) Allegory. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 6. American Indian Writing, Explorer and Settler Narratives, The Puritans A) Pre-colonial. B) Romanticism. C) Modernism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre-colonial. 7. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote the poem The Yellow Wallpaper. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. In Common Sense, what is one way in which Thomas Paine strengthens his own claims? A) By describing his early life in England using flowery language. B) By flattering the king of England with a list of compliments. C) By presenting a long list of Asia's offenses against America. D) By presenting counterarguments and showing why they are wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By presenting counterarguments and showing why they are wrong. 9. Who is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg, is famous for the lavish parties he throws every Saturday night, but no one knows where he comes from, what he does, or how he made his fortune? A) Jay Ford. B) Frost. C) Jay Gatsby. D) Gatsby Fitz. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jay Gatsby. 10. "On Being Brought from Africa to America" talks about Wheatley's journey as a slave but can also been seen as a metaphor for what? A) Salvation. B) Hunger. C) Abandonment. D) Losing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salvation. 11. What is a central idea of a text? A) The central idea is the first sentence of the paragraph which explains the subject being discussed in the passage. B) The central idea is the point that the author wants you to remember most. It may be stated directly, but it is often implied. C) The central idea serves as the subject of a paragraph, essay, report, or speech. It may be expressed as a topic sentence in a paragraph or a thesis statement in an essay, report, speech, or research paper. D) A central idea is the subject that the literary work is about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The central idea is the point that the author wants you to remember most. It may be stated directly, but it is often implied. 12. A figure of speech that makes a comparison but does not use like or as A) Setting. B) Mood. C) Metaphor. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 13. I'm not myself-I'm somebody else-that's me yonder-no-that's somebody else, got into my shoes- A) Benjamin Franklin, "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker". B) Hannah Webster Foster, The Coquette. C) Phillis Wheatley, "On Being Brought from Africa to America". D) Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle". 14. Attitude of the writer A) Point of view. B) Voice. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 15. Allegory must include A) Symbolism. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 16. The pilgrims were from where? A) Spain. B) England. C) Holland. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) England. 17. The close relationships between Native American clans and animals, spirits, and supernatural beings were symbolized on: A) Totems. B) Wampum belts. C) Pictographs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Totems. 18. The owner of the restaurant wouldn't allow Samantha to walk through the door. "I'm sorry, " she said, "but youstarted a food fight the last time you were here. You may not have ingress to my restaurant!" What does "ingress" mean in this selection? A) A kind of bird that lives by the sea. B) Any food that can be thrown. C) A good price for a meal. D) The right to enter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The right to enter. 19. At the end of the day of job searching, Carrie was: A) Devastated, because she didn't get it. B) Hopeful that she will get it the next day. C) Terrified, because the work had been bad. D) Happy, because she had gotten a job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Happy, because she had gotten a job. 20. What was the other type of classical poetry that Wheatley practiced and was known for? A) Eulogies. B) Elegies. C) Sonnets. D) Limericks. 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