American Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. In which city does the St.Clare live?

Correct Answer: B) New Orleans.

2. What is Augustine St. Clare's selfish wife's name?

Correct Answer: A) Marie.

3. What was the original title of Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea?

Correct Answer: C) The Sea in Being.

4. Henry David Thoreau lived for a while.....

Correct Answer: D) At Walden Pond.

5. Miniver scorned the gold he sought. Here gold refers to

Correct Answer: D) The pot of luck.

6. What does the narrator of the story about Rip describe as the great error in Rip's composition?

Correct Answer: D) His unwillingness to work.

7. How does St. Clare die?

Correct Answer: D) He is stabbed.

8. Abslom, Absalom is a novel written by

Correct Answer: B) Faulkner.

9. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Enlightenment?

Correct Answer: C) Political.

10. Apess concludes his piece by:

Correct Answer: D) Exhorting his allies and advocates to continue working to end prejudice.

11. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of John Saffin?

Correct Answer: C) Pro Slavery.

12. In which state is the Shelby farm located?

Correct Answer: B) Kentucky.

13. This checkmark diagram represents the plot structure for what genre of early American writing?

Correct Answer: A) Slave narrative.

14. Who wrote "The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock" ?

Correct Answer: C) T.S. Eliot.

15. About John Smith

Correct Answer: D) A and B.

16. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Thoreau?

Correct Answer: C) Self-reliance.

17. Who has been teaching Uncle Tom to read?

Correct Answer: B) George.

18. About Cotton Mather

Correct Answer: D) B and C.

19. What does Topsy steal?

Correct Answer: B) A pair of gloves.

20. In addition to driving the family coach, what other responsibility do the St. Clare assign Uncle Tom?

Correct Answer: B) Managing finances.