American Literature Quiz 68 (20 MCQs)

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1. Pen name of O Henry

Correct Answer: A) William Sydney Porter.

2. Plain style is an element of which literary period?

Correct Answer: B) Puritan/Early Colonial Period.

3. Old fashioned; out of date

Correct Answer: C) Antiquated.

4. If you don't curtail your spending, you'll be broke in no time at all!Which word is a synonym of "curtail" ?

Correct Answer: D) Reduce.

5. Maggie:A Girl of the Streets

Correct Answer: D) Stephen Crane.

6. What kind of lens helps you consider how elements of history and culture may have influenced the author and the writing?

Correct Answer: B) Historical/cultural.

7. Of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.

Correct Answer: C) Abject.

8. An appreciation for the schoolteachers who trained America's Founding Fathers

Correct Answer: A) "America Was Schoolmasters".

9. The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance

Correct Answer: C) Penitence.

10. Poe is looked upon as one of the great writers of the 1800's. What is this time called for America?

Correct Answer: B) Romanticism.

11. An opportune moment is a(n)..... moment

Correct Answer: B) Suitable.

12. Introduced the Detective Story

Correct Answer: A) Edgar Allen Poe.

13. Lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest

Correct Answer: C) Fasting.

14. The turtle myth explains the origin of

Correct Answer: B) The earth.

15. In "The famous frog.....", the narrator is:

Correct Answer: A) Someone who asked about a friend, but is never told about them.

16. Using words from same part of speech (same grammatical structure)

Correct Answer: C) Parallelism.

17. "It is difficult to hike in the mountains over ....., " said the tour guide.

Correct Answer: D) Yonder.

18. Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind

Correct Answer: B) Adamant.

19. Daniel Webster could not jump because:

Correct Answer: A) They had filled it with pellets.

20. To lift up; to put in high spirits.

Correct Answer: A) Exalt.