This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 84 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 84 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" is an example of what literary device? A) Aphorism. B) Metaphor. C) Logos. D) Ethos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphorism. 2. Expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 3. What kind of lens is the one that focuses your attention on the author's style and on such elements as plot, setting, character, and theme? A) Literary. B) Historical/cultural. C) Biographical. D) Political. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary. 4. The meaning of the story A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 5. Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action A) Nostalgia. B) Ambivalence. C) Ambiguity. D) Chiaroscuro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ambivalence. 6. Which of the following authors is known for his/her contribution to modern short stories? A) Robert Frost. B) Carl Sandburg. C) Fitzgerald. D) Emily Dickenson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fitzgerald. 7. Attendance:What should you do if you are absent? A) Nothing, just show up to class the next time and hope for the best. B) Check Schoology for assignments and contact Ms. McElwee if I have questions or need help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Check Schoology for assignments and contact Ms. McElwee if I have questions or need help. 8. Shriveled. A) Resign. B) Withered. C) Detached. D) Jostle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Withered. 9. The bee buzzed barefoot through the beach is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Imagery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 10. Disturbed; upset A) Agitated. B) Venture. C) Refugee. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agitated. 11. Identify the item that indicates the part of speech of the word "sententious." A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Adverb. D) They tend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 12. An author gives hints about what will happen later in the text A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 13. WaltWhitman would be most likely to write about: A) A famous politician. B) An ordinary worker. C) A complicated factory. D) A Shakespearean sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ordinary worker. 14. Characterized by a love of beauty; relating to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion an sensation as opposed to pure intelllectuality A) Antiquated. B) Allegory. C) Aesthetic. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aesthetic. 15. What is a topic? A) The topic is a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly. B) The topic is the foundation for a literary work. C) The topic is a particular issue or idea that serves as the subject of a paragraph, essay, report, or speech. It may be expressed as a topic sentence in a paragraph or a thesis statement in an essay, report, speech, or research paper. D) A topic is the lesson learned by reading the story, sort of like the moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The topic is a particular issue or idea that serves as the subject of a paragraph, essay, report, or speech. It may be expressed as a topic sentence in a paragraph or a thesis statement in an essay, report, speech, or research paper. 16. The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence for emphasis A) Restatement. B) Anaphora. C) Parallelism. D) Aphorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 17. An expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments A) Profligate. B) Connoisseur. C) Abstemious. D) Novice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connoisseur. 18. Which of the following was one of the first settlers to America from Europe? A) Germans. B) Austrians. C) Puritans. D) Catholics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Puritans. 19. Rhyme occurring within a single line of poetry A) Rhyme. B) End rhyme. C) Internal rhyme. D) External rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal rhyme. 20. The most suspenseful moment of the story A) Conflict. B) Climax. C) Protagonist. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climax. ← 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