This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "to bring under domination or control" is the definition for A) Extirpate. B) Proselytize. C) Subjugate. D) Expansionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subjugate. 2. Writing that mimics the flow of thoughts through the mind A) Ambivalence. B) Hubris. C) Stream-of-consciousness. D) Nostalgia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stream-of-consciousness. 3. Define APPRISE. A) To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved. B) Not adroit; clumsy; inept; awkward. C) To notify, or to make aware; to inform. D) To soften; to become less severe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To notify, or to make aware; to inform. 4. No longer in use A) Venerate. B) Obsolete. C) Surmount. D) Ostracize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obsolete. 5. What animal was used to describe Jefferson? A) A dog. B) A hog. C) A monkey. D) A cow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hog. 6. Appeal used to convince an audience by use of logic or reason A) Allegory. B) Ethos. C) Pathos. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logos. 7. "supreme power or authority" best defines A) Extirpate. B) Subjugate. C) Sovereignty. D) Proselytize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sovereignty. 8. Classroom Cleanliness:Which of the following is NOT true about keeping the classroom clean, neat, and orderly? A) It is everyone's responsibility to keep the classroom clean, neat, and orderly. B) Students do not need permission to eat during instructional time. C) Defacing school/classroom property will result in detention and/or harsher consequences. D) Students will be dismissed when their seating area is clean and orderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students do not need permission to eat during instructional time. 9. According to "from The History of Plymouth Plantation, " when they arrived, the settlers were warmly welcomed by ..... A) No one. B) The Indians. C) The governor. D) Earlier Europeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No one. 10. How many Natives roamed the land around 1492? A) 10 million. B) 60 million. C) 90 million. D) 20 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60 million. 11. Brief constructed response could also be called A) Essay. B) Narrative. C) Short answer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short answer. 12. What magazine did Jon Krakauer work for when sent to Nepal in 1996? A) Outside. B) Mountain Climbing. C) Time. D) National Geographic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Outside. 13. The one sentence that tells what the essay is going to be about. A) Topic sentence. B) Theme. C) Thesis statement. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thesis statement. 14. The literary term evident in this line: "The war is inevitable ..... and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!" A) Restatement. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Parallelism. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 15. Favored by fortune; prosperous A) Ascribe. B) Auspicious. C) Fastidious. D) Fallacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Auspicious. 16. Thomas Paine published the famous pamphlet "Common Sense" directly after what? A) The opening battles of the Revolutionary War. B) After publishing "Crisis". C) After publishing "Rights of Man". D) Immigrating to America in his thirties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The opening battles of the Revolutionary War. 17. Which of the three below would be considered a creditable source? A) Bloggers.com. B) Cnn.org. C) Wikipedia.com. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cnn.org. 18. What was the only sure way to survive the Salem Witch Trials if you were accused? A) Write a letter to the judge. B) Try to convince them you are innocent. C) Faint. D) Lie and say that you are a witch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lie and say that you are a witch. 19. What are the two types of clauses? A) Independent and reflective. B) Independent and dependent. C) Dependent and stand alone. D) Santa and Mrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independent and dependent. 20. Define SCRUTINIZE. A) Having moral or ethical standards; principled. B) Immeasurably small. C) To examine in great detail carefully. D) To put off; delay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To examine in great detail carefully. ← 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