This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 30 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 3rd person limited, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of ..... A) 1 character. B) 2 characters. C) None of the characters. D) All of the characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 character. 2. Which logical fallacy's definition is "an attempt to support a statement by simply repeating the statement in a different way?" A) Red Herring. B) Loaded Question. C) Circular Reasoning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 3. Which novel expressed romantic ideas about the relationship between men and nature? A) To a Waterfowl. B) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. C) Last of the Mohicans. D) The Sketchbook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Last of the Mohicans. 4. What purpose does a thesis serve? A) Gains the reader's attention with a question, statistic, or anecdote. B) Gives examples from the text. C) Cites the sources. D) Is a "road map" to the rest of the essay; tells the reader what to expect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a "road map" to the rest of the essay; tells the reader what to expect. 5. (adj.) rising (adj.) dominant, important or influent (n.) position or state of being dominant or in control A) Perilously. B) Dignitary. C) Aspirated. D) Ascendant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ascendant. 6. True or false:Sarah Kemble Knight's journal is studied because her experiences and behavior were unusual for a woman of her class and time? A) True. B) False. C) Definitely neither . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Traditional verse in poetry that usually rhymes A) Prose. B) Free form. C) Fix form. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fix form. 8. What is the predicate nominative in this sentence?:Lauryn is a dancer. A) Is. B) Lauryn. C) Dancer. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dancer. 9. Who died at the end of "The Open Boat" A) The captain. B) The cook. C) The oiler. D) The correspondent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The oiler. 10. A place of residence A) Pittance. B) Gamut. C) Domicile. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domicile. 11. What provided the model for Puritan writing? A) "Some Lines Upon the Burning of Our House". B) Poor Richard's Almanac. C) The Bible. D) The Declaration of Independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bible. 12. Displaying passionate intensity or enthusiasm; very hot:GLOWING (adj) She felt the ..... heat of the mid-morning sun sting the skin of her arms when she got to the beach. A) Fervent. B) Effeminate. C) Banter. D) Corroborated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fervent. 13. To abstain; shun; avoid A) Outline. B) Ambiguity. C) Juxtapose. D) Eschew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eschew. 14. Technique of narrating an event that occurred before the point in the story to which the narrator has advanced A) Archetype. B) Foreshadowing. C) Bildungsroman. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 15. How many books did James Fenimore Cooper publish in his entire lifetime? A) 25. B) 40. C) 48. D) 58. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40. 16. Who was the protagonist of "Pursuit of Happyness" ? A) Will Smith. B) Dean Witter. C) Richard Gardner. D) Chris Gardner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chris Gardner. 17. Defiant behavior; boldness. A) Tactful. B) Brazzeness. C) Exalt. D) Snickers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brazzeness. 18. A SENTIENT has the power of ..... A) Perception of the heart. B) Perception of the sciences. C) Perception of the energy. D) Perception of the senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perception of the senses. 19. Story where the main character goes through a series of trials leading to a final catastrophe which is cause by the character's own flaw or flaws A) Paradox. B) Crucible. C) Satire. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tragedy. 20. To enlarge; to make something appear greater A) Apathy. B) Aggrandize. C) Assuage. D) To man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aggrandize. ← 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