This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 63 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 63 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Attacking a person instead of answering their argument A) To man. B) Didacticism. C) Digression. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To man. 2. The largest number of migrants between 1820-1920 came from ..... ? A) Italy. B) Ireland. C) Germany. D) Latvia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 3. The mention of religion in the mining camp is: A) Very little occasional. B) In a profane way. C) Very devoted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a profane way. 4. Is this correct usage?Scott transcended up the staircase to reach his room A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. When Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere in the 1490s, it was already home to hundreds of ..... peoples with different languages, cultures, and social values. A) Spanish. B) Native American. C) Russian. D) Asian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Native American. 6. Assuage means: A) To calm. B) Redirect. C) Arouse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To calm. 7. Which author wrote "A white Heron" ? A) James Baldwin. B) Sarah Orne Jewett. C) Thomas Pynchon. D) Theodore Dreiser. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sarah Orne Jewett. 8. Even a youngster can ..... a nail into a piece of soft wood A) Choke. B) Drive. C) Locomotive. D) Yonder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drive. 9. Our opponent's alert defense..... our efforts to score on a surprise end sweep. A) Thwarted. B) Implicit. C) Disconsolate. D) Equanimity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thwarted. 10. Who is in charge of the court? A) Parris. B) Hale. C) Giles Corey. D) Danforth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Danforth. 11. To walk about in and idle or leisurely manner:STROLL (v) The couple ..... through the park, taking their time to enjoy the scenery. A) Sauntered. B) Bleak. C) Imperatively. D) Elation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sauntered. 12. About which subject does John Jay primarily write about in The Federalist Papers? A) Foreign Affairs. B) The Bill of Rights. C) Internal Affairs. D) Factions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreign Affairs. 13. What is an aphorism? A) A short, wise saying that tells a truth about life. B) An exaggeration. C) Giving a non-human thing human characteristics. D) An extended metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A short, wise saying that tells a truth about life. 14. Why does Grant give a description of the school house? A) To show readers where he works. B) To illustrate the poor conditions of the school. C) To persuade the reader that the school needs serious help. D) To reveal how upset he feels about his job. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To illustrate the poor conditions of the school. 15. What experience does this portion of Equiano's slave narrative describe A) The loss of African cultural traditions. B) The fight to abolish slavery. C) The observations of a slave merchant. D) The horrors slaves faced on these voyages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The horrors slaves faced on these voyages. 16. To give, feel, or show in return. A) Exhilarated. B) Exploit. C) Impetuously. D) Reciprocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reciprocate. 17. Motives reveal character A) "Rip van Winkle". B) "'The Great Carbuncle". C) "The Pit and the Pendulum". D) "The Open Boat". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "'The Great Carbuncle". 18. What is one theme of Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America" ? A) Slavery goes against God's laws. B) People of all colors can be redeemed by God. C) God is removed from the daily lives of humans. D) Slave traders will some day be enslaved by God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People of all colors can be redeemed by God. 19. Which author wrote and preached "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" ? A) Benjamin Franklin. B) Johnathan Edwards. C) Phillis Wheatley. D) Thomas Paine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Johnathan Edwards. 20. According to Tim O'Brien, what can "story-truth" due that "happening-truth" can't? A) It can make wild elaborations. B) It can allow readers to "feel" true emotions. C) It can be easier to retell to others. D) It can clear up any ambiguities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can allow readers to "feel" true emotions. ← 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