This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A group of writers who felt alienated to the world? A) A group of writers living in Paris after World War I. B) A group of writers living in Paris duringWorld War I. C) A group of writers living in Paris after World War 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of writers living in Paris after World War I. 2. Restating an idea using the SAME WORDS (Kindness is the answer. Kindness can go a long way. Kindness unites us as a nation and makes us one again) A) Repetition. B) Allusion. C) Antithesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 3. The central idea of "To My Dear and Loving Husband" is that A) Other women can't possibly be as happy as the speaker. B) The speaker loves her husband more than she loves God. C) Heaven will repay the speaker's loving husband with eternal life. D) The love the speaker shares with her husband is equal to a mine full of gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Other women can't possibly be as happy as the speaker. 4. "A Bad Case of the Stripes" is an example of what type of literature? A) Drama. B) Poetry. C) Nonfiction. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 5. What poetic qualities did imagism emphasize? A) Flexible rhyme schemes. B) Clear, precise language. C) Natural writing. D) Formal plots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clear, precise language. 6. For DuBois, the personification of the Nation is: A) Of freedom. B) Of oppression. C) Of reconciliation. D) Of a rule of law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of oppression. 7. Which of the following best describes John Smith? A) Arrogant leader. B) Famous explorer. C) Mapmaker. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Dyspepsia A) Dyspepsia. B) Sagacious. C) Repose. D) Jilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dyspepsia. 9. Which word best describes the narrator of "The Leap" as a child? A) Irresponsible. B) Disciplined. C) Humble. D) Fearful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disciplined. 10. Which military act greatly contributed to America's involvement in the First World War? A) The massacres at the Somme. B) The sinking of the Lusitania. C) The Battle of the Alamo. D) The attack on Pearl Harbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sinking of the Lusitania. 11. A man sleeps for 20 years A) Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightening. B) Rip van Winkle. C) The Cop and the Anthem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rip van Winkle. 12. "I love thy kingdom, Lord, / The house of thine abode, / The church, our blest Redeemer sav'd / With his own precious blood." A) Psalm 137. B) Thanatopsis. C) Rip Van Winkle. D) To a Waterfowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psalm 137. 13. Uncle Tom's Cabin A) Mark Twain. B) Harriet Beecher Stowe. C) Kurt Vonnegut. D) John Steinbeck. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mark Twain. 14. Which of these notable Civil Rights figures gave the "Atlanta Exposition" speech in 1895? A) Booker T Washington. B) Martin Luther King Jr. C) W.E.B Du Bois. D) Ta-nahesis Coates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Booker T Washington. 15. Exemption from punishment A) Impugn. B) Benevolent. C) Impunity. D) Beneficiary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impunity. 16. "How stars were created" is considered a ..... in Native American Literature. A) Origin myth. B) Creation myth. C) Trickster. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Origin myth. 17. Which of these literary trends or movements was most strongly influenced by nature? A) Romanticism. B) Regionalism. C) Transcendentalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transcendentalism. 18. Was ..... period in American Literature. A) The Puritan. B) The Neoclassical. C) The Romantic. D) The Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Romantic. 19. Writer deliberately makes a smaller deal out of a big, serious matter A) Understatement. B) Exaggeration. C) Overstatement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 20. The following words are examples of ..... symbols in literature. Dove:peace, purity, simplicity.Raven:death, destruction, impending doom.Red:blood, passion, emotion, danger, or daring. A) Contextual. B) Conventional. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conventional. ← 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