This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 50 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes, This debt we pay to human guile;With torn and bleeding hearts we smile What does the mask symbolize? A) A disguise. B) Hidden emotion. C) Grins and lies. D) A covering for all or part of the face,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hidden emotion. 2. Implied meaning A) Anecdote. B) Allusion. C) Connotation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 3. Who wrote the novel The Sound and The Fury? A) William Wordsworth. B) William Faulkner. C) Edward Albee. D) Eugene O'Neill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Faulkner. 4. What is a thesis in literature? A) A thesis is a statement or theory that is put forward as a main or central idea of the text. B) A thesis is a statement in a non-fiction or a fiction work that a writer intends to support and prove. They provide clear indicators as to which direction the writer will follow in their work. C) A thesis is body of ideas and methods we use in the practical reading of literature. D) The thesis serves as the subject of a paragraph, essay, report, or speech. It may be expressed as a topic sentence in a paragraph or a thesis statement in an essay, report, speech, or research paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A thesis is a statement in a non-fiction or a fiction work that a writer intends to support and prove. They provide clear indicators as to which direction the writer will follow in their work. 5. Pre-Colonial writing that focuses on nature, origin myths, and spirituality A) American Indian Writing. B) Explore and settler narratives. C) The Puritans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) American Indian Writing. 6. "The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas and form new opinions" A) What is an American?. B) An Escape from Alligators. C) Rip Van Winkle. D) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What is an American?. 7. William Bradford is responsible for writing what text? A) Bay Psalm book. B) Of Plymouth Rock. C) The Crucible. D) The Scarlet Letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of Plymouth Rock. 8. Amenable to the proposal is A) Responsive to. B) Hostile to. C) Suspicious of. D) Related to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Responsive to. 9. One way we sustain ourselves, or support our bodies and give us the nourishment we need is ..... A) We eat healthy food. B) We drink water. C) We get rest. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 10. Most slaves had been taken from their homes in West Africa by slave traders. After enduring the horrors of the " ..... " the long sea voyage across the Atlantic, they reached the slave markets of the Americas. A) Bering Strait. B) Middle Passage. C) Southern Hemisphere. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle Passage. 11. True or False:On an argumentative essay, it's fine to agree with both sides A) True:that's the way life is, right?. B) False:choose a side you can support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False:choose a side you can support. 12. Who wrote Letters from an American Farmer Letter III" ? A) Thomas Paine. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. D) Benjamin Franklin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. 13. Carrie's trip showed that: A) He is innocent and very simply dressed. B) It has little appeal to strangers. C) He knows how to be influential in his words. D) It can be completely autonomous of itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is innocent and very simply dressed. 14. Define ARCANE A) Luxury. B) Strength. C) Mysterious. D) Deceptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mysterious. 15. Define EPISTROPHE. A) An irrelevant topic introduced in an argument to divert the attention of listeners or readers from the original use. B) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. C) Credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved. D) Terminology that relates to a specific activity, profession or group. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. 16. What focus of regionalism made it different from other realist writers? A) Regional dialect/speech. B) Regional customs, beliefs. C) Regional landscape. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. To elicit a response means to: A) Explain. B) Draw out. C) Deny. D) Reject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Draw out. 18. Which of the following is written correctly? A) "To My Dear and Loving Husband". B) To My Dear and Loving Husband. C) To My Dear and Loving Husband. D) "to my dear and loving husband". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "To My Dear and Loving Husband". 19. Hiroshima A) John Hersey. B) Emily Dickinson. C) Mark Twain. D) Stephen Crane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Hersey. 20. In "The Origin of Plumage, " the turkey buzzard originally chooses the more ..... feathers. A) Beautiful. B) Content. C) Lazy. D) Secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beautiful. ← 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