This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 54 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A Fable A) William Faulkner. B) Nathaniel Hawthorne. C) Harper Lee. D) Maya Angelou. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Faulkner. 2. Tending to cause harm A) Incisive. B) Inimical. C) Absolve. D) Implicit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inimical. 3. Define EXTERNAL CONFLICT. A) A literary device used in plays and novels to introduce light entertainment between tragic scenes. B) A characteristic involvement of an action wherein a character finds himself in struggle with those outside forces that hamper his progress; most commonly where a protagonist fights back against the antagonist's tactics that impeded his or her advancement. C) An internal or psychological conflict arises as soon as a character experiences two opposite emotions or desires; usually virtur or vise, or good and evil inside him, causing the character to suffer mental agony. D) A type of feeling that readers get from a narrative, based on details such as setting, background, objects, and foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A characteristic involvement of an action wherein a character finds himself in struggle with those outside forces that hamper his progress; most commonly where a protagonist fights back against the antagonist's tactics that impeded his or her advancement. 4. A metaphorical or figurative use of words in which writers shift from the literal meanings of words to their non-literal meanings. A) Parable. B) Jargon. C) Pathos. D) Trope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trope. 5. Who was the wife of the man who slept for 20 years? A) Lady Van Winkle. B) Philis Van Winkle. C) Judith Gardener. D) Mary Poppins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lady Van Winkle. 6. Jackson wanted to build a snowman therefore he put his winter coat and gloves on. A) No change. B) Snowman; therefore,. C) Snowman, therefore,. D) Snowman, therefor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Snowman; therefore,. 7. How many people arrived in America between 1880-1889? A) 5.2 million. B) 8.4 million. C) 3.2 million. D) 6.5 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5.2 million. 8. Guardian A) Shephard. B) Protector. C) Hidden. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protector. 9. How the characters see or feel about something A) Perspective. B) Setting. C) Emotion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perspective. 10. To expatiate on the plan is to ..... A) Vote on. B) Propose. C) Execute. D) Enlarge on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enlarge on. 11. Middle class rules A) Northeast. B) West. C) South. D) Midwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Midwest. 12. Mostly urban area A) Midwest. B) West. C) Northeast. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northeast. 13. What does Benjamin Franklin call his youthful errors? A) "Errata". B) "Flukes". C) "Minor Flukes". D) "Moral Wrongs". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Errata". 14. Having a similarity of comparability A) Analogous. B) Adept. C) Affinity. D) Acquiesce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analogous. 15. Appeal used to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character A) Synecdoche. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethos. 16. The ridicule of human folly is satire A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which of the following works was not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 19th century? A) "Young Goodman Brown". B) "The Birth Mark". C) "The Rhodora". D) "The Minister's Black Veil". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The Rhodora". 18. What was the purpose of the Walum Olum? A) To explain creation. B) To explain natural phenomenons, such as bad weather. C) To explain the nature of the gods/goddesses. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To explain creation. 19. Using exact words from a text and identifying them with quotation marks and citation A) Direct quote. B) Paraphrase. C) Summarize. D) Restating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct quote. 20. What is the purpose of a hook in an essay? A) To give evidence from the text. B) To gain a reader's attention. C) To shock and offend the reader. D) To throw the reader off course. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To gain a reader's attention. ← 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