This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Over-exaggeration used for effect A) Hyperbole. B) Assonance. C) Assonance. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. " ..... approach thy grave, / Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." A) Psalm 137. B) Thanatopsis. C) Rip Van Winkle. D) To a Waterfowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thanatopsis. 3. Which of the following authors included Enlightenment ideals in their political writing? A) Thomas Jefferson. B) Thomas Paine. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 4. A theme discussed in the story is: A) Poverty. B) The discrimination. C) The inherited identity. D) The search for status. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The inherited identity. 5. "Tell Tale Heart" and "Thank You Ma'am" are examples of what type of literature? A) Novel. B) Drama. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction. 6. Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements A) Vanity. B) Ameliorate. C) Deposition. D) Cleave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vanity. 7. What profession was Benjamin Franklin's father determined to have him pursue? A) Printing. B) Medical. C) Lawyer. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Printing. 8. The legend of good women talks about A) 8 us. B) 5 women. C) 9 women. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 women. 9. The narrative of Huckleberry Finn is from the point of view of: A) The Widow Douglas. B) El juez Thatcher. C) Tom Sawyer. D) Huckleberry Finn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Huckleberry Finn. 10. The following excerpt is from which 19th century poem? "And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart; Go fourth under the open sky and listen To Nature's teachings ..... A) William Cullen Bryant "To a Waterfowl". B) William Cullen Bryant "Thanatopsis". C) Ralph Waldo Emerson "Merlin". D) Ralph Waldo Emerson "Concord Hymn". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Cullen Bryant "Thanatopsis". 11. One who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority A) Umbrage. B) Accrue. C) Insurgent. D) Reprove. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insurgent. 12. How many lines are in each stanza of The Raven? A) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 13. Transportation became easier from 1790-1830 with the development of ..... A) Cars. B) Mills. C) Steam locomotives. D) Wagons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mills. 14. A character that is used as a contrast to the main character to highlight certain qualities of the main character A) Foil. B) Dynamic character. C) Tragic hero. D) Yawp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 15. Beloved A) Toni Morrison. B) Leslie Marmon Silk. C) J.D. Salinger. D) Henry David Thoreau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toni Morrison. 16. The overall feeling or emotion the author establishes by the choice of words and language, the actions of the characters, and the setting A) Atmosphere. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 17. What is the compound direct object in this sentence?:I am making cookies, guacamole, and pudding for the advisory party. A) Am making. B) I. C) Cookies, guacamole, pudding. D) Cookies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cookies, guacamole, pudding. 18. If something is tedious, we might also say it is ..... A) Exciting. B) Scary. C) Boring. D) Upside down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boring. 19. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "heresy." A) Adjective. B) Noun. C) Interjection. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. 20. The story especially affects: A) In the abandonment of an elderly relative. B) In death as a natural fact. C) About the danger of living in the snow. D) In the lack of knowledge about fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In death as a natural fact. ← 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