American Literature Quiz 24 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. WASP's

Correct Answer: B) Northeast.

2. Grave; sober; rigorously self-disciplined; severely simple; without ornament

Correct Answer: C) Austere.

3. "Thanatopsis" is a poem about ..... ? .....

Correct Answer: A) Death.

4. "She have excelled in track, softball, and show choir." What type of error does this sentence contain?

Correct Answer: C) Subject/verb agreement.

5. Words with strong connotations or emotional associations

Correct Answer: A) Loaded language.

6. Which type of writing is a story written to be performed?

Correct Answer: C) Drama.

7. A total, often ludicrous failure

Correct Answer: D) Debacle.

8. What is the definition of a predicate?

Correct Answer: C) Tells what the subject is, has, does, or feels.

9. Obscurity or indistinctness

Correct Answer: C) Ambiguity.

10. A verb that has a receiver of the action

Correct Answer: A) Transitive.

11. What is the definition of a subject?

Correct Answer: A) Tells who or what the sentence is about.

12. Who is this famous author?

Correct Answer: A) Arthur Miller.

13. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Correct Answer: A) Harriet Jacobs.

14. Which are two words used to describe Puritans?

Correct Answer: B) Plain and Simple.

15. American Romantics assumed that the natural world and human society was inherently good.

Correct Answer: B) False.

16. Why was Edward Taylor reluctant to publish his writing?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

17. In which literary period did authors write mostly diaries and histories that expressed the connections between God and their everyday lives?

Correct Answer: B) Puritan/Early Colonial Period.

18. To cut or split open

Correct Answer: B) Cleave.

19. Define CONSONANCE.

Correct Answer: A) The repetitive use of consonants.

20. Which of the following would best describe the relationship between Proctor and Abigail?

Correct Answer: C) They had an affair.