This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which phrase best describes the mother in "The Leap" when she jumps onto the burning house to rescue her daughter? A) Calm and capable. B) Caring but hesitant. C) Nervous and embarrassed. D) Frightened but determined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calm and capable. 2. Use of a concrete object to represent an abstract thought or idea A) Maxim. B) Symbolism. C) Assonance. D) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 3. A ..... character undergoes significant changes throughout a piece of literature. A) Static character. B) Dynamic character. C) Flat character. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character. 4. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow A) Ernest J. Gaines. B) Ernest Hemingway. C) Washington Irving. D) William Faulkner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Washington Irving. 5. Infringe on his rights A) Comply with. B) Violate. C) Respect. D) Ignore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Violate. 6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings A) Ray Bradbury. B) Jack London. C) Maya Angelou. D) Henry James. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maya Angelou. 7. A cat chasing a dog would be an example of ..... A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational Irony. 8. What was the most popular school of thought called during the American Revolution? A) Platonism. B) Neoclassicism. C) Romanticism. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neoclassicism. 9. Louisa's situation regarding Joe Dagget's vision was: A) An expected joy. B) An alteration in the order of your things. C) An unexpected and inopportune person. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An alteration in the order of your things. 10. Excessive pride in one's self and looks. A) Dutiful. B) Dwindle. C) Vanity. D) Jilt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vanity. 11. To deceive; to charm; to enchant A) Beguile. B) Calumny. C) Gingerly. D) Deposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beguile. 12. What is the number (5) of syllables in a line of poetry and the emphasis on those syllables called? A) Rhymed Couplet. B) Hyperbole. C) Iambic Pentameter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iambic Pentameter. 13. Who was in charge of the Indian war campaigns during the 1860s and 1870s? A) General Whitaker. B) General Sheridan. C) General Montgomary. D) General Hoover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) General Sheridan. 14. The period of containment and cold war lasted till the ..... of this century A) 1892. B) 1970s. C) 1890s. D) 1920s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1970s. 15. To become gradually smaller. A) Exhilarated. B) Dwindle. C) Imminent. D) Reciprocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dwindle. 16. The feeling that the writer creates is called the ..... A) Feeling. B) Setting. C) Plot. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 17. Love of American places A) "Portland Declaration". B) "'The Nation and the Gospel". C) "American Names". D) "Liberty and Union". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "American Names". 18. A phrase or fixed expression that has a different figurative meaning than its literal meaning It's raining cats and dogs. A) Symbolism. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 19. Having moral or ethical standards; principled A) Meticulous. B) Scrupulous. C) Picayune. D) Tenacious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scrupulous. 20. The opposite of corroborate is A) Substantiate. B) Record. C) Believe. D) Refute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refute. ← 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