This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Unutterable, indescribable A) Cunningly. B) Gestation. C) Clammy. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ineffable. 2. Twentieth century american literature is marked by A) Humanism and imagism. B) Humanism and formalism. C) Humanism and naturalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humanism and naturalism. 3. A man tries to get arrested for the winder A) The Pit and the Pendulum. B) The Unerring Instinct. C) The Cop and the Anthem. D) The Town Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Cop and the Anthem. 4. The first State where women could vote was: A) Wyoming. B) Utah. C) North Carolina. D) South Carolina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wyoming. 5. Once our natural reserves of oil and gas are ....., they can never be replenished. A) Infirmed. B) Expatiated. C) Depleted. D) Tortured. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depleted. 6. Who wrote "What Is An American" ? A) Noah Webster. B) Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. C) Washington Irving. D) William Bartram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. 7. Expresses a person's thoughts and feelings in a poem. Elegies, odes, and sonnets. A) Narrative poems. B) Blank verse. C) Lyric poetry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyric poetry. 8. This literary period expressed a lack of emphasis and dependence on the Bible and more use of logic and science. A) Native American Period. B) Puritan/Early Colonial Period. C) Revolutionary/The Enlightenment Period. D) Neoclassical Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolutionary/The Enlightenment Period. 9. Wrote The Scarlet Letter A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. B) Stephen Crane. C) Thornton Wilder. D) Edgar Allen Poe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 10. Which rhetorical device uses a comparison to something very different to help someone understand a larger idea? A) Parallelism. B) Repetition. C) Restatement. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 11. Attendance:You arrived after the tardy bell, what should you do? A) Go straight to my seat and get ready to engage in learning. B) Sign the tardy log before picking up materials, sitting down, and engaging in learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sign the tardy log before picking up materials, sitting down, and engaging in learning. 12. Dismissal:Who or what dismisses the class? A) The bell. B) Ms. McElwee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ms. McElwee. 13. Is the poem " ..... upon the Burning of Our House" more focused on FAITH AND GOD or SCIENCE AND REASON? A) It was focused on faith and God.(Puritanism). B) It was focused on science and reason.(Rationalism). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was focused on faith and God.(Puritanism). 14. ..... means:The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases A) Anaphora. B) Epistrophe. C) Antithesis. D) Parallelism tagsliterary device. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 15. A third person narrative that the narrator tells the events from the perspective of one specific character, focusing on this character's thought and feelings. A) Third Person Ominiscient. B) Third Person Limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third Person Limited. 16. In "The American Ideal", the proposal is: A) Imitate European production models. B) Applaud the achievements of emerging countries. C) Develop strategic alliances with Europe. D) Highlight a spirit of nation in all areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Highlight a spirit of nation in all areas. 17. An appreciation for the flag A) "America for Me". B) "The Flag Goes By". C) "A Creed for Americans". D) "What is An American?". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The Flag Goes By". 18. In the story, the father allows himself to be abandoned voluntarily. A) TRUE. B) Falso. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 19. The "get rich quick" theme originated in the days of the A) Gold-rush. B) Dead. C) Jazz Age. D) Happiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gold-rush. 20. I could see from the grim look on my boss's face that "never" would undoubtedly be the most opportune time to ..... the ticklish subject of a raise. A) Callow. B) Contingent. C) Broach. D) Gap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broach. ← 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