This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 69 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to Tim O'Brien, a true war story ..... A) Doesn't have a moral. B) Has vulgar language. C) Makes you feel it in your gut. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. An abstemious lifestyle is a ..... lifestyle. A) Angry. B) Unrestrained. C) Austere. D) Indulgent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Austere. 3. Feeling you get from a story A) Move. B) Protector. C) Mood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 4. My Antonia A) James Baldwin. B) Willa Cather. C) William Faulkner. D) Harriet Jacobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Willa Cather. 5. What makes American literature American? A) American authors. B) American stories. C) The Puritans. D) Self-reliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-reliance. 6. Much of the early Native American literature did not survive because A) Explorers burned it. B) They realized there were other ways to explain things in the world. C) Native Americans were being wiped out by European diseases. D) None are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Native Americans were being wiped out by European diseases. 7. "It was hope that causes the nerve to quiver." A) The Pit and the Pendulum. B) Rip van Winkle. C) The Open Boat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pit and the Pendulum. 8. Donal showed a ..... that was unique among the politicians in the race. A) Incandescent. B) Verdure. C) Appall. D) Candor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Candor. 9. The sharp exchanges of the Cold War gave way to a period of hesitant cooperation known under the name of an American policy called A) Concreate. B) Detente. C) Pacific. D) American colossus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detente. 10. (v.) to rest; lie; place; (n.) relaxation, peace of mind, calmness A) Repose. B) Prose. C) Audacity. D) Dignitary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repose. 11. What did the trans-continental railroad enable? A) Railroad travel from Chicago to New Orleans. B) Railroad travel from coast to coast. C) Railroad travel for America's poor. D) Railroad travel from Oklahoma to Calfornia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Railroad travel from coast to coast. 12. Who or what is used as a symbol of America's growing economy in Theodore Driesler's extract from The Titan? A) The tug-boats. B) The Irish Stevedores. C) The dilapidated brown buildings. D) The European street-hawkers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Irish Stevedores. 13. Why wasn't Grant at the trial? A) Because he was busy. B) Because he already knew the outcome. C) Because he had not been told about it. D) He was teaching school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was teaching school. 14. Please get the following from the store, bread, cheese, eggs, and milk. A) No change. B) Store-bread,. C) Store; bread. D) Store:bread,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Store:bread,. 15. The opposite of censurable behavior is ..... behavior. A) Obnoxious. B) Outrageous. C) Commendable. D) Blameworthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commendable. 16. Regarding the conquest of the west, there was an important pause because: A) The geography of the plains had little water and wood. B) They were at a disadvantage in the conflict with the natives. C) Forest fires were very frequent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The geography of the plains had little water and wood. 17. Decide what the tone of the following sentence is:Eat your breakfast before I throw it away! A) Positive. B) Negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 18. Original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based A) Flashback. B) Archetype. C) Fable. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archetype. 19. When trying to determine the meaning of technical vocabulary, you can start by analyzing the ..... (where the word came from). A) Stems. B) Leaves. C) Branches. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roots. 20. Text that portrays man vs nature conflict where nature wins A) Romantic. B) Puritanistic. C) Modernistic. D) Naturalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Naturalistic. ← 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