This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 58 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A poem written in un-rhymed iambic pentameter and a pattern of five iambic feet per line A) Blank verse. B) Sonnet. C) Free verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blank verse. 2. Unwieldy packages are: A) Valuable. B) Unidentified. C) Light. D) Bulky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bulky. 3. When Carrie entered Minnie's site: A) You were invited to have the time and consumption you want. B) It was arranged that I work at home. C) He was sent to look for work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was sent to look for work. 4. A group of lines that form a unit of poetry A) Stanza. B) Verse. C) Refrain. D) Repetend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 5. Charming or flattering A) Ingratiating. B) Incredulously. C) Abomination. D) Conciliatory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ingratiating. 6. Which of the following is a theme from The Crucible? A) The law favors the righteous. B) Hysteria can destroy a community. C) Wisdom is often found in the young. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hysteria can destroy a community. 7. What was Amy Lowell's first poem?(Published in 1910.) A) The Taxi. B) Transiting Venus. C) Fixed Idea. D) The Sisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed Idea. 8. What does the term (coined by W.E.B. Du Bois) "Double-Consciousness" refer to? A) Two inner consciences. B) African American identity is only defined by how certain whites see them. C) The act of being aware of one's self only through the eyes of others. D) Being aware of others even when not with them directly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The act of being aware of one's self only through the eyes of others. 9. A traditional story passed down through the generations A) Myth. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 10. A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true A) Blank verse. B) Paradox. C) Synecdoche. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 11. What kind of lense draws you into the arena of an author's pesonal life by considering his/her heritage, experiences, and economic insight? A) Political. B) Literary. C) Historical/cultural. D) Biographical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biographical. 12. Who wrote "On Being Brought from Africa to America" ? A) Phillis Wheatley. B) Anne Bradstreet. C) Julie Andrews. D) Francis Hopkinson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phillis Wheatley. 13. What was the name of the group of people that sought to "purify" the Church of England? A) The Puritans. B) The Rationalists. C) The Scientists. D) The Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Puritans. 14. William Bradford is the author of: A) 'Generall Historie of Virginia'. B) 'The History of New England from1630 to 1649'. C) 'Of Plymouth Plantation'. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Of Plymouth Plantation'. 15. Not involved emotionally; indifferent. A) Resign. B) Brazenness. C) Detached. D) Jostle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detached. 16. Characteristics that show how cultures do certain things or values they have: A) Origin myth. B) Cultural Characteristics. C) Oral Tradition. D) Inversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural Characteristics. 17. Scott B. Was pulled aside when going through security so that the agents could search his bags for ..... A) Occult. B) Contraband. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contraband. 18. Who wrote the poem "Psalm 137" ? A) William Cullen Bryant. B) Phillis Wheatley. C) Noah Webster. D) Timothy Dwight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Timothy Dwight. 19. Oil, Gas, Minerals A) South. B) Midwest. C) West. D) Norhteast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West. 20. A rhythmic unit in which lines of poetry are commonly arranged is a ..... A) Stanza. B) Line. C) Verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. ← 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