This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Colonial Period dated from A) 1500s-1600s. B) 1600s-1700s. C) 1600s-1740s. D) 1600s-1800s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1600s-1740s. 2. Which statement is not from those who are against independence from England? A) American have great liberty. B) England protected us. C) England is the parent country. D) The economic had once flourished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American have great liberty. 3. A single person speaks alone A) Antagonist. B) Monologue. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monologue. 4. Of little value A) Picayune. B) Gamut. C) Iota. D) Pittance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picayune. 5. A main reason people in early American history wrote autobiographies was A) So they wouldn't be forgotten. B) To impress the king in their home country. C) To show what they learned that might help other people learn too. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show what they learned that might help other people learn too. 6. What was the primary reason for mass migration to the US in the c19th? A) Cheap free land. B) A more tolerant society. C) The climate and quality of the soil. D) A new constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cheap free land. 7. Define SYNTAX. A) The study of the rules and patterns forming phrases and sentences. B) Systems of thoughts composed of ideas, attitudes, and courses of action, beliefs and practices that systematically construct the subjects and the worlds of which they speak. C) Refers to a particular philosophy in art and literature that emphasizes the idea that different forms of art and literature ought to convey information and instructions, along with pleasure and entertainment. D) A process of reasoning in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of the rules and patterns forming phrases and sentences. 8. The Tom Sawyer Gang was: A) A group of children who imagined acts of looting and slaughter. B) A gang that committed numerous crimes. C) A code name to hide the identity of a criminal gang. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of children who imagined acts of looting and slaughter. 9. Which of these was NOT a type of figure of speech we talked about Edwards using in his sermon? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. To restate in your own words is to: A) Narrate. B) Paraphrase. C) Alter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paraphrase. 11. Main character in "Winter Dreams" A) Mortimer Jones. B) Judy Jones. C) Dexter. D) Caddy Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dexter. 12. A false impression or belief A) Pervade. B) Prosperity. C) Agitated. D) Delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delusion. 13. A philosophical movement that stresses the individual's unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for making meaningful, authentic choices in a universe seen as purposeless or irrational: A) Existentialism. B) Didacticism. C) Pragmatism. D) Apathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Existentialism. 14. How does Francis Scott Key convey the "glory" of the American flag? A) He builds tension, and then reveals that the flag is still standing. B) He uses dark, threatening imagery to describe the flag itself. C) He summarizes the history and significance of the flag. D) He compares the flag to a soldier's courage and patriotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He builds tension, and then reveals that the flag is still standing. 15. Which of these conditions does Smith show to be a major cause of the Jamestown settlers' difficulties A) The Native Americans refused to sell them food. B) Trade between England and the New World was slow. C) The voyage from England took much longer than expected. D) The settlers were under constant attack from the Natives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The voyage from England took much longer than expected. 16. What narrative perspective did John Smith use in "The General History of Virginia" ? A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 17. The opposite of herculean is A) Puny. B) Mighty. C) Collective. D) Individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puny. 18. Individualism Innocence Intuition Integrity Imagination The five "I"s are associated with which group in American Literature A) Realist. B) Modernist. C) Transcendentalist. D) Rationalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transcendentalist. 19. Arrogance A) Pragmatism. B) Hubris. C) Dissonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hubris. 20. Success; wealth; good fortune A) Venture. B) Refugee. C) Prosperity. D) Agitated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prosperity. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 2American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 5American Literature Quiz 6American Literature Quiz 7American Literature Quiz 8American Literature Quiz 9American Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books