This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American > American Literature – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This quote comes from what writing: "God holds you over the pit of Hell much as one holds a spider over the fire....." ? A) Spiders of the World. B) Hands of Satan. C) Hell and Salem. D) Sinners in the Hand . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinners in the Hand . 2. "learn by going where I have to go" . The poet learns of A) Going back to his hometown. B) His errors and starts correcting them. C) Going back to the state of depression. D) The final destination where he has to reach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The final destination where he has to reach. 3. A language come into existence when..... A) There is brutal necessity. B) There are speakers of the language. C) Ancient elements force to become a language. D) A new language id discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is brutal necessity. 4. Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to illustrate the evils of..... A) Alcohol. B) Slavery. C) Foreign. D) Imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slavery. 5. What statement below best sums up the literary significant of Maria Stewart? A) First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience. B) First African American to publish life writingC Most popular native american writer. C) Most popular slave narrative. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First African American woman to speak to a mixed audience. 6. Which of the following is NOT a feature or characteristics of Emily Dickinson's poetry? A) Mysterious. B) Slant Rhymes. C) True Rhymes. D) No titles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True Rhymes. 7. The purpose of placing 'fallen cold and dead' at the end of each section is to A) Remind the leader of the tragedy. B) Repeat the lines for the rhyming. C) Keep the readers aware of what is to come. D) Clarify his idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remind the leader of the tragedy. 8. About Edward Taylor A) Wrote Huswifery in an ornate style that wouldn't have been accepted by the Puritans. B) Wrote a poem about his house burning down. C) Was exiled to the New World because he wouldn't talk to the Church of England. D) A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and C. 9. Of what does Goodman Brown become guilty after his midnight meeting in the woods? A) Atonement. B) Catharsis. C) Gullibility. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hubris. 10. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed? A) 1784. B) 1841. C) 1850. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1850. 11. Why do people evolve a language A) To communicate. B) To articulate their circumstances. C) For existence. D) For identifying themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To articulate their circumstances. 12. Who inherits ownership of Tom when St. Clare dies? A) Eva. B) Marie. C) George Shelby. D) Haley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marie. 13. The Puritans who settled Massachusetts Bay were non-separating Puritans, which meant? A) They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England. B) Separate from church of England. C) Start their own beliefs. D) Create seperation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England. 14. According to the sign in the Kentucky Inn, what is branded to George's right hand? A) The letter S. B) The Letter H. C) A hexagon. D) The number 314. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number 314. 15. What is TULIP? A) Total depravity. B) Unconditional election. C) Limited atonement. D) Irresistible GraceE. Perseverance of the SaintsF. All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Total depravity. 16. The vivid imagery of the season is shown to A) Reinforce the thoughts of the narrator. B) Reflect the happenings in the life of the narrator. C) State the situation of the narrator. D) Emphasize the choice of the season. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reinforce the thoughts of the narrator. 17. The 'fearful trip' is a recall of A) The Civil war. B) Voyage. C) Abraham Lincoln. D) Trip form England to the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Civil war. 18. About Christopher Columbus A) Arrived on the Mayflower. B) Mistook Bahama Islands for India. C) Kept a journal of the First Voyage to America. D) B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B and C. 19. What vice does Tom attempt to convince Augustine Clare to renounce? A) Gambling. B) Drinking. C) Bribery. D) Lying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drinking. 20. Maria Stewart is associated with what major American literary movement? A) Idealism. B) Slavery. C) Romanticism. D) Nationalism. 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