This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Few immigrants A) South. B) Northeast. C) West. D) Midwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South. 2. DuBois presented a contradiction about citizenship: A) Being American and being Latino. B) Being American and being a migrant. C) Being American and being black. D) Being American and being foreign. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Being American and being black. 3. Judge Thatcher had Huck's money for the following purpose: A) Share it with Huck's father. B) Save it for your own benefit. C) Safeguard it for Huck to manage when the time is right. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Safeguard it for Huck to manage when the time is right. 4. The ..... shown him by his neighbors after the robbery touched him dearly. A) Infinitesimal. B) Solicitude. C) Inordinate. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solicitude. 5. An example of this includes iambic pentameter A) Mood. B) Setting. C) Rhythm. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhythm. 6. Suddenly reject or abandon (a lover) A) Repose. B) Jilt. C) Audacity. D) Hypodermic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jilt. 7. Which era of American literature is characterized by a focus on individualism, intuition, and the belief in the inherent goodness of people and nature? A) Colonial literature. B) Transcendentalism. C) Realism. D) Native American. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendentalism. 8. Put this medicine on your arm and rub it into your skin until it's invisible. It will inhibit the infection's attempt tospread.What does "inhibit" mean? A) Live in a certain place. B) Block or slow down. C) Itch or burn. D) Help to do something important. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Block or slow down. 9. The predicate of a sentence tells us what the subject is or does. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Pertaining to under the skin A) Hypodermic. B) Scantling. C) Gestate. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hypodermic. 11. A Long Day's Journey into Night A) Flannery O'Connor. B) Henry Roth. C) J.D. Salinger. D) Eugene O'Neill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eugene O'Neill. 12. Which of these statements best describes Dos Passos' attitudes towards American cities? A) Despite their architectural and cultural innovation they dehumanised and disenfranchised many inhabitants. B) Despite the decision to proceed with prohibition they were hotbeds of crime. C) They were environments which hampered financial progress on account of the way the buildings were tall. D) They were extraordinary places where spiritual happiness could be achieved. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Despite their architectural and cultural innovation they dehumanised and disenfranchised many inhabitants. 13. Miseries are things that are A) Difficult. B) Uncomfortable. C) Unpleasant. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. The opposite of a scintillating performance is a ..... performance A) Vapid. B) Brilliant. C) Educational. D) Unprecedented. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vapid. 15. It is an object, character or idea used to represent something else. A) Classic. B) Dialogue. C) Tone. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbol. 16. What type of poem is "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" ? A) Sonnet. B) Limerick. C) Ballad. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyric. 17. What did Krakauer realize about Beck Weathers? A) He was an outspoken Democrat. B) He was anxious and arrogant. C) He was tough and exuberant. D) He was having a midlife crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was tough and exuberant. 18. The collection of poems titled, Leaves of Grass was written by ..... A) Mark Twain. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Walt Whitmn. D) Edith Wharton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walt Whitmn. 19. Strife resulting from lack of agreement; dissension A) Embroil. B) Manifest. C) Discord. D) Cogent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discord. 20. Unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch A) Supplant. B) Clammy. C) Hypodermic. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clammy. ← 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