This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 48 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A linking verb A) Have gone. B) Is. C) Was going. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 2. (v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression A) Disassemble. B) Contentious. C) Evade. D) Prodigious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disassemble. 3. Read this paragraph that a student wrote as part of a paper for history class. 1 The Panama Canal remains one of the greatest inventions in the history of the world. 2 Until its completion in 1914, only one long, arduous route existed for ships traveling between the east and west coasts of the United States. 3 The ships had to sail down to the southern-most tip of South America, around the tip of Cape Horn, and then back up the western coast of the continent. 4 When the Panama Canal was built, it gave ships a route through the middle of Panama in Central America. 5 This mind-blowing new route was way less intense and made the ships' voyages approximately 8, 000 nautical miles shorter. Which sentence should the student revise to make it more appropriate for the audience and purpose? A) Sentence 2. B) Sentence 3. C) Sentence 4. D) Sentence 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sentence 5. 4. Which of the following is a true statement about a myth A) Myths are usually about everyday people and their daily lives. B) All myths attempt to explain the origin of earthly life. C) Myths often feature immortal beings. D) Myths rarely convey cultural values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myths often feature immortal beings. 5. Comparing two or more things without using words such as "like", "as", or "than" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. Full of complaints A) Trepidation. B) Motif. C) Querulous. D) Pervasive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Querulous. 7. Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac? A) Captain John Smith. B) William Bradford. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) Thomas Jefferson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benjamin Franklin. 8. I'm amazed that one small ..... is able to push ten large railroad cars down a track. A) Drive. B) Locomotive. C) Yonder. D) Choke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locomotive. 9. The Crying Lot of 49 A) Thomas Pynchon. B) Henry Roth. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Kurt Vonnegut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Pynchon. 10. "From the hour when two souls showed themselves so simply wise, its splendor waned." A) The great carbuncle. B) The open boat. C) The unerring instinct. D) Rip van winkle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The great carbuncle. 11. In "Everyday Use, " what do the details indicate was the cause of Maggie's scars? A) She was burned in a house fire. B) She was injured in a car accident. C) She cut herself badly while making quilts. D) She was badly scratched in a childhood fight with Dee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She was burned in a house fire. 12. What characteristics do the novels Sister Carrie and The Job share? A) They depict the changing social conditions facing women at the beginning of the c20th. B) They present failures in family relationships. C) They reveal the tough working conditions facing migrants to America in the early c20th. D) They keep it real, y'all. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They depict the changing social conditions facing women at the beginning of the c20th. 13. Liberty without unity promotes self-interest A) "America Was Schoolmasters". B) "The Flag Goes By". C) "A Jingle of Words. D) "Liberty and Union". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Liberty and Union". 14. Toni Morrison's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge broke ground for being the first revolutionary war-age poem written by a woman. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Define CHARACTERIZATION. A) A literary device used in plays and novels to introduce light entertainment between tragic scenes. B) A long narrative poem that is elevated and dignified in theme, tone, and style. C) A literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details of a character in a story. D) A literary device featuring a "speech" made by a single character in a work of literature or dramatic work (for theater or film). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A literary device that is used step-by-step in literature to highlight and explain the details of a character in a story. 16. In "Experience, " Ralph Waldo Emerson writes that "Divinity is behind our: A) Dependence and devotion. B) Failures and follies". C) Mistakes and misjudgements". D) Peace and prosperity". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Failures and follies". 17. Unyielding; impenetrable; unbreakable A) Affable. B) Adamant. C) Aesthetic. D) Authoritative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adamant. 18. The quality or state of being marked by high spirits (n) Winning the championship filled the team with a sense of ..... A) Elation. B) Spectacles. C) Peremptorily. D) Sauntered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elation. 19. What are the dates for Colonialism in America? A) 1800-1850. B) 1750-1850. C) 1607-1750. D) 1900-1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1607-1750. 20. Placing the elements of a sentence out of order A) Inversion. B) Puritan Plain Style. C) Archetype. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inversion. ← 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