This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 43 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Of all the creatures that inhabit the oceans, whales are by far the mightiest ..... of the deep. A) Palpable. B) Denizen. C) Pernicious. D) Dowdy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denizen. 2. Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. A) Anecdote. B) Prose. C) Abject. D) Aspirated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prose. 3. Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world A) Foreshadowing. B) Ethereal. C) Metaphor. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethereal. 4. Asian immigrants A) Northeast. B) South. C) West. D) Midwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West. 5. What is an independent clause? A) A person, place, thing, or idea. B) A word that shows direction or location. C) Cannot stand alone as a sentence, is missing a subject or verb. D) Can stand alone as a sentence, expresses a complete thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can stand alone as a sentence, expresses a complete thought. 6. Highly colored, reddish A) Discursive. B) Salient. C) Florid. D) Sear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Florid. 7. Quentin's ..... was a sure sign that he had led a very sheltered life. A) Pallid. B) Viridity. C) Candor. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viridity. 8. Who was the lazy husband who slept for 20 years? A) Rip Van Winkle. B) Judah Gardener. C) Francis Hopkinson. D) Washington Irving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rip Van Winkle. 9. ..... is another word for feathers. A) Buzzard. B) Plumage. C) Turkey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plumage. 10. Children sometimes exhibit a(n) ..... aptitude for chess and even become recognized masters before they reach their teens. A) Precocious. B) Infirmity. C) Expatiate. D) Criterion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precocious. 11. The actress' ..... gold gown was the talk of all the celebrities at the awards ceremony last night. A) Verdure. B) Incandescent. C) Candid. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incandescent. 12. Prudent, shrewdly conceived; expedient A) Bulwark. B) Politic. C) Procrastinate. D) Vapid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Politic. 13. A politic decision is also a..... decision A) Disastrous. B) Prudent. C) Rash. D) Recent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prudent. 14. The sullen, defeatist attitude displayed by a few of the players had a ..... effect on the whole team's morale. A) Pernicious. B) Dowdy. C) Foist. D) Satiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pernicious. 15. To engage in mining in the West, men made certain commitments: A) Bring their entire families. B) Leave your women and comforts. C) Install public services in mining camps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leave your women and comforts. 16. Define TETRAMETER. A) A line of poetry that includes four metrical feet. B) A line in verse or poetry that has five strong metrical feet or beats. C) Contains six feet and usually utilizes a combination of dactyls and spondees. D) Used to refer to a metrical foot that contains two unstressed syllables. The foot is less common today than it was in classical Greek poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A line of poetry that includes four metrical feet. 17. Part or to' ri us A) En' thrall. B) This same' i nate. C) Of fa' ble. D) An no' ta tion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This same' i nate. 18. Wrote "The Unerring Instinct" A) Mark Twain. B) Thornton Wilder. C) Sarah Orne Jewett. D) O Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thornton Wilder. 19. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "specious." A) Noun. B) Conjunction. C) Adjective. D) They tend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 20. If you call someone a barbarian, it's not polite, and it also means you probably don't think that person if A) Full. B) Thirsty. C) Hungry. D) Civilized. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Civilized. ← 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