This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 60 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Useless; worthless; pointless. A) Vindictive. B) Intrigue. C) Futile. D) Hostile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Futile. 2. First National Bank, Austin O. Henry works as a A) Teller. B) Banker. C) Warrior. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teller. 3. "This toothpaste will decrease your chances of getting a cavity by over 87%" is an example of which appeal? A) Logos. B) Pathos. C) Ethos. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Logos. 4. (adj.) skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite A) Audacity. B) Tactful. C) Solemn. D) Sagacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tactful. 5. Fahrenheit 451 A) Ray Bradbury. B) Mark Twain. C) Stephen Crane. D) Nathaniel Hawthorne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ray Bradbury. 6. Literary period with disillusionment with society, scars of WWI, mistrust in institutions, new writing styles. Evolving gender roles. A) Postmodernism. B) Modernism. C) Realism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modernism. 7. What was the purpose of "Speech int he Virginia Convention? A) To convince Americans that armed resistance to England was the best course of action. B) To persuade Americans to compromise with England and avoid War. C) To argue agains taxation without representation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To convince Americans that armed resistance to England was the best course of action. 8. A ..... is a traditional story, usually involving supernatural beings or events, that explain how some aspect of human nature or the natural world came to be. A) Fable. B) People talk. C) Myth. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 9. ..... is a pattern of stressed sounds in poetry A) Iamb. B) Meter. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meter. 10. What literary device does Poe use when he states, "And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain" in The Raven? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. Who wrote hymns A) Caedmon. B) Cynewulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caedmon. 12. This genre has a cyclical world view. A) Native American Period. B) Puritan/Early Colonial Period. C) Revolutionary/The Age of Reason/The Enlightenment/Neoclassical period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Native American Period. 13. Items placed side by side in a literary text for contrast or comparison A) Narrative. B) Allegory. C) Juxtaposition. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 14. A lamp that can be covered and carried and hung A) Moorings. B) Peril. C) Lantern. D) Defiance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lantern. 15. Who did Anne Sexton consider to be her mentor? A) Sylvia Plath. B) Wallace Stevens. C) Adrienne Rich. D) W.D. Snodgrass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) W.D. Snodgrass. 16. The performer ..... the children with magical tricks and spellbinding illusions. A) Redundant. B) Enthralled. C) I am crying. D) Contiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enthralled. 17. Nature stays the same, but civilization does not A) "Rip van Winkle". B) "'The Great Carbuncle". C) "The Pit and the Pendulum". D) "The Town Poor". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Rip van Winkle". 18. Define mouldering A) Quality or state of being impressive or awesome. B) Act of using resources to satisfy current needs and wants. C) Slowly decaying or disintegrating due to neglect. D) Much discussed or disputed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slowly decaying or disintegrating due to neglect. 19. When the Pilgrims landed in what is now Massachusetts, they were fearful that the Native Americans would attackthem. However, the people that they encountered, the Wampanoag Indians, were a peaceful and generous tribe.To encounter, is to ..... A) Meet. B) Note how many. C) Fight. D) Exchange wares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meet. 20. Tim O'Brien says he writes war stories for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) To forget painful events. B) To make things present. C) To bring people back to life. D) To feel again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To forget painful events. ← 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