This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 61 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Expressed or written in the native language of a place, A) Syntax. B) Vernacular. C) Annotate. D) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vernacular. 2. Farm belt A) Midwest. B) West. C) South. D) Northeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Midwest. 3. Having a calm, controlled, and dignified manner; composed. A) Poised. B) Alien. C) Vigorously. D) Solemn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poised. 4. The representation of a story or event A) Narrative. B) Foreshadowing. C) Colloquialism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrative. 5. Define APPROBATION. A) Approval; commendation. B) Indicating or showing unbellief. C) Scarcity; lack. D) To agree or concur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approval; commendation. 6. What does Zora Neale Hurston distance herself from in How it feels to be Colored Me'? A) Ravishes of racism. B) Detrimental effects of Nationalism. C) Sobbing school of negrohood. D) Harmful antics of the Harlem Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sobbing school of negrohood. 7. Bowing or kneeling down in humility, adoration, or submission A) Pervade. B) Prosperity. C) Prostrate. D) Delusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prostrate. 8. The Breaking into this Money of Vernon's was one of the first great Errata of my Life. A) Benjamin Franklin, "The Way to Wealth". B) Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography. C) Benjamin Franklin, "Information to Those Who Would Remove to America". D) Benjamin Franklin, "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography. 9. What are the compound verbs in this sentence?:She would run or swim. A) Run, swim. B) Would. C) She. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Run, swim. 10. All but ONE of the following is an example of Epistrophe:SELECT THE EXCEPTION A) I care for this class. I enjoy this class. I love this class. B) I have pride in myself. I am confident in myself. I love myself. C) I love cats. I love dogs. I love animals. D) I woke up late today. I arrived late today. I am going to stay up late today. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I love cats. I love dogs. I love animals. 11. Explores the themes of alienation and disconnectedness A) Tragedy. B) Political drama. C) Modern Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern Drama. 12. The career of ..... reflected the American colonists' ability to rise in the world. He began life as one of seventeen children in a poor family. He ended as a businessman, an influential politician, and a famous writer and scientist. A) Thomas Jefferson. B) William Bradford. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benjamin Franklin. 13. The Residence Law assumed that: A) Migrants to the West had to stay there. B) They were offered 64 hectares to reside. C) Residents had to work on the railroad. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were offered 64 hectares to reside. 14. Literary element used to influence peoples ideas or actions, A) Argumentation. B) Informational text. C) Literary nonfiction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Argumentation. 15. The history of American literature really began with the advent of romanticism in the ..... A) 19th century. B) 20th century. C) 18th century. D) 17th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th century. 16. To make (something) more prominent or noticeable:ACCENT, EMPHASIZE (v) The lighting in the room ..... the beautiful artwork on the walls, making it more prominent and stunning. A) Accentuated. B) Bantered. C) Corroborated. D) Imperatively. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accentuated. 17. Cooly and patronizingly have or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior (adj) Her ..... attitude, marked by a sense of superiority and contempt, made it difficult for her to make friends. A) Supercilious. B) Elation. C) Desolate. D) Banter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supercilious. 18. O Pioneers! A) Maxine Hong Kingston. B) Ernest J. Gaines. C) Willa Cather. D) Louisa May Alcott. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Willa Cather. 19. What war was fought against Britain and The Native Americans, who wanted to drive the British out of North America? A) British and Indian War. B) Cold War. C) French and Indian War. D) Great War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French and Indian War. 20. Prunella and Paula are sisters, but they're very different. Just look at how they dress. Prunella doesn't care what shewears. Paula, on the other hand, is quite chic [sheek].What does chic mean? A) Intelligent. B) Stylish. C) Full of feathers. 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