This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place is a brief conversation bewteen 2 waiters in a ..... cafe. A) French. B) Spanish. C) American. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spanish. 2. Wherever he goes, the esteemed Dr. Sanchez is applauded for his life saving research.What does "esteemed" mean? A) Held over another's head. B) Very old. C) Scientific minded. D) Greatly admired. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greatly admired. 3. Types of irony A) Sarcasm, satire, and parody. B) Metaphor, simile, and personification. C) Verbal, situational, and irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal, situational, and irony. 4. When describing human stupidity, Washington Irving does it best by using what type of literary device? A) Hyperbole. B) Rhetorical Questions. C) Satire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satire. 5. Accordingto the Modernist poets, which part of a poem was most important? A) Rhyme and meter. B) Wordplay and diction. C) Prettiness and wit. D) Sensory Images. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensory Images. 6. Who was Franklin's Autobiography originally written for? A) Franklin's Fans. B) Franklin's Son. C) Franklin's Wife. D) All of America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franklin's Son. 7. With a slow and freaful ....., I walked toward the principal's office. A) Keel. B) Tread. C) Rack. D) Exulting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tread. 8. A preference or special liking for something A) Calumny. B) Predilection. C) Conciliatory. D) Gaunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predilection. 9. To abet an escape my also mean to ..... an escape. A) Foiled. B) Discovered. C) Planned. D) Aided. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aided. 10. Irony is the attitude of the narrator toward his subject A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. In the privacy of my own home, I gave the film crew my ..... opinion about the matter. A) Candid. B) Verdant. C) Livid. D) Pallid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Candid. 12. What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun? A) Verb. B) Adverb. C) Adjective. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 13. Behaving in a way that suggests one has higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case A) Repose. B) Hypocritical. C) Sagacious. D) Abomination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hypocritical. 14. To take back, cancel A) Obsolete. B) Rescind. C) Surmount. D) Solicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rescind. 15. Alex is the epitome of a great student; She never does her homework and is always late for class. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. An undertaking, often involving risk or danger A) Refugee. B) Venture. C) Allusion. D) Capitulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Venture. 17. Define DECADENT. A) Disagreeing; a person who disagrees. B) To be in conflict with; go or act against; to violate. C) Characterized by goodwill; desiring to help others. D) Moral degeneration or decay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral degeneration or decay. 18. Our advertising campaigns have been too ..... to have a lot of success. A) Intermittent. B) Sporadic. C) Imperative. D) Unabridged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sporadic. 19. A speaker outside the action narrates using pronouns such as "he", "she", or "they" A) Third person point of view. B) Second person point of view. C) First person point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third person point of view. 20. Define INCIPIENT A) Beginning, starting, coming into existence. B) To draw out; to extend, especially in duration. C) Breach; violation. D) Someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beginning, starting, coming into existence. ← 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