This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American Literature > American Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the author of "Huswifery" ? A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Jonathan Edwards. C) Edward Taylor. D) Phillis Wheatley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edward Taylor. 2. What did neoclassicism favor? A) Emotions. B) Logic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logic. 3. Consider the following theme: "Love is priceless."Which piece of evidence BEST supports the theme? A) "If ever two were one, then surely we.". B) "Thy love is such I can no way repay;". C) "Then while we live, in love let's so persever". D) "That when we live no more, we may live ever.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Thy love is such I can no way repay;". 4. No word must ever leak out about this military action! It has to be a clandestine operation in order to succeed.Which word is a synonym of "clandestine" ? A) Family. B) Useful. C) Secret. D) Dangerous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secret. 5. Don't you think it's a little pointless to ..... with the umpire when you know he's not going to change his call? A) Megalomania. B) Sedentary. C) Remonstrate. D) Supposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remonstrate. 6. India gained autonomy from England in 1947, but there is still a strong English influence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. When writing a narrative, what are the "two D's?" A) Details and descriptions. B) Details and dialogue. C) Dialogue and direct characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Details and dialogue. 8. Thinkers from what time began to question previously accepted truths about who should hold the power in government? A) Great Awakening. B) Enlightenment Enlightenment. C) Renaissance. D) Great Wake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enlightenment Enlightenment. 9. Approximately how many men were drafted into the American Army during the First World War? A) 4 million. B) 6 million. C) 8 million. D) 10 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 million. 10. What did the Dawes Act of 1887 do? A) It entitled all migrants to plots of land. B) It organised Native Indians into reservations. C) It abolished slavery. D) It allowed immigrants to arrive in Ellis Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It organised Native Indians into reservations. 11. Technique of arranging events and information in a way that later events are prepared for a story A) Fable. B) Allegory. C) Diction. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 12. Around 1850, abortion: A) It had practically disappeared. B) It was legal. C) It was proportionally similar to the current era. D) It was practiced under certain permits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was proportionally similar to the current era. 13. Those scientists want to hear what our professor thinks about their theory because he is the foremost expert in theirfield. A) The first or main one. B) Craziest. C) Least informed. D) Loudest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The first or main one. 14. One example of a ..... is The American Crisis, Number 1 A) Poem. B) Pamphlet. C) Myth. D) Sketch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pamphlet. 15. Not fully worked out; somewhat undecided. A) Lurch. B) Withered. C) Detached. D) Tentative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tentative. 16. Ready or willing to answer, act, agree or yield A) Affable. B) Anachronism. C) Incipient. D) Amenable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amenable. 17. Fondness for the past A) Nostalgia. B) Didactic. C) Stream-of-consciousness. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nostalgia. 18. Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow What does the broken winged bird symbolize? A) Goals that you have met. B) Nightmare. C) Unfulfilled dreams. D) Life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unfulfilled dreams. 19. Define midlife crisis A) A time of great self-confidence and clear identity. B) A period where someone struggles with their identity & self-confidence. C) Act of using resources to satisfy needs and wants. D) Much discussed or disputed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A period where someone struggles with their identity & self-confidence. 20. A definition of an American A) "America for Me". B) "The Flag Goes By". C) "A Creed for Americans". D) "What is An American?". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "What is An American?". ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books