This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is not the period of American literature? A) Colonial Period. B) Revolutionary. C) Realism. D) Black period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black period. 2. A pair (two) of rhyming lines A) Quatrain. B) Couplet. C) Free Verse. D) Ballad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Couplet. 3. Lifelike; realistic; distinct. A) Poised. B) Alien. C) Vivid. D) Vital. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vivid. 4. A Good Man is Hard to Find A) Toni Morrison. B) Sylvia Plath. C) Flannery O'Connor. D) John Steinbeck. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flannery O'Connor. 5. At the end of the story, it could be stated that: A) Louisa always wanted to get married. B) Louisa did not want to marry. C) Louisa had a sad single life. D) Louisa made a deal with Lily. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Louisa did not want to marry. 6. I have no desire to ..... the process. A) Abhor. B) Hide. C) Absolve. D) Protract. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protract. 7. What is spectral evidence? A) The message of a story. B) Witnesses claimed that the accused appeared to them and did them harm in a dream or a vision. C) A character that changes from the beginning of the story to the end. D) A question asked in order to make a point, not to get an answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Witnesses claimed that the accused appeared to them and did them harm in a dream or a vision. 8. What is the essential component of most confessional poetry? A) Dedication and preoccupation with "the self". B) Structure and language engaging in personal reflections. C) Metaphors and persona giving into personal opinions. D) Connection of "the self" with a smaller world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dedication and preoccupation with "the self". 9. A moment of revelation or an "Aha!" moment is also known as A) A good moment. B) Antiheroic moment. C) Viola. D) Epiphany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphany. 10. Words that have repetition of similar vowel sounds, but are not rhyming words A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 11. To be considered a paragon is to be considered a ..... A) Model. B) Busybody. C) Victim. D) Patsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Model. 12. Well respected; distinguish; prominent. A) Sluggishly. B) Obesity. C) Vindicate. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) August. 13. Native Americans saw animals, plants, and the forces of nature as part of a great sacred cycle of life that humans must ..... A) Treat with respect. B) Use to make money off of. C) Control. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treat with respect. 14. The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group A) Gesticulation. B) Cunningly. C) Etiquette. D) Ineffable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Etiquette. 15. A character with qualities in contrast with another A) Foil. B) Epigram. C) Elegy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 16. Which type of writing is a nonfiction writing which tells about the life of a person (written by another person)? A) Autobiography. B) Biography. C) Poetry. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biography. 17. What European nation colonized Florida? A) France. B) Spain. C) England. D) Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain. 18. Which logical fallacy's definition is "something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question?" A) Red Herring. B) Circular Reasoning. C) Loaded Question. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Herring. 19. Rack A) Winner. B) Step; walk. C) Hardship; torture. D) Passed through safely. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hardship; torture. 20. Joins words, phrases, and clauses A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) They tend. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjunction. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 2American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 4American Literature Quiz 5American Literature Quiz 6American Literature Quiz 8American Literature Quiz 9American Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books