This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American > American Literature – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where does Senator Bird take Eliza and Harry? A) To a Congregationalist community. B) To a Methodist community. C) To a Quaker settlement. D) To Philadelphia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To a Quaker settlement. 2. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was written by..... A) Harriet Beecher Stowe. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) Arthur Miller. D) Edith Wharton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harriet Beecher Stowe. 3. Which of the following is not an animal Hare prepared for humans to eat? A) Bear. B) Elk. C) Horse. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horse. 4. The use of a etcetera in the final line is ..... A) Euphemism. B) Empathy. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 5. In Walden, who urges people to simplify their lives and look to nature for meaning? A) Robert Frost. B) Walt Whitman. C) Henry David Thoreau. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry David Thoreau. 6. What animal is personified as Hare's grandfather? A) Bear. B) Fox. C) Deer. D) Cougar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bear. 7. This mode of discourse presents details that appeal to the senses A) Description. B) Metaphor. C) Persuation. D) Narration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 8. Which American writer won the Nobel Prize in 1930? A) Sinclair Lewis. B) Upton Sinclair. C) John Steinbeck. D) Raymond Chandler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sinclair Lewis. 9. This term is an elaborate comparison between two different subjects A) Simile. B) Conceit. C) Sermon. D) Anomoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conceit. 10. "And then hopped sidewise to the Wall" . Here the poet personifies the bird as a A) Predator. B) Gentleman. C) Hierarchical views of man. D) Protector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gentleman. 11. What promise did Augustine's sudden death prevent him from fulfilling? A) Freeing his slaves. B) Relearning to pray. C) Overcoming his alcoholism. D) Reuniting Tom with Aunt Chole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freeing his slaves. 12. We associate John Winthrop with what colonial Settlement? A) Plymouth. B) Mayflower compact. C) Massachusetts Bay Colony. D) Rhode Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Massachusetts Bay Colony. 13. Which of the following is not one of the 4 part of Puritan Sermon? A) Text. B) Doctrine. C) Bibliography. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bibliography. 14. This governor was re-elected 30 times A) Anne Bradstreet. B) Bradford Nelson. C) Jonathan Edwards. D) William Bradford. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Bradford. 15. How does Sam secretly alert Eliza to Mr.Haley's presence outside the inn? A) Throws a rock. B) Shouts about his hat. C) Sneezes loudly. D) Bucks his horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shouts about his hat. 16. What event provides the motivation for Shelby to release all the slaves? A) Tom's death. B) Eliza's escape. C) Tom's daughter's wedding. D) Tom saving Eva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom's death. 17. Whom did the corn clan member pray to for help? A) His dead uncle. B) His dead father. C) His dead grandmother. D) His dead grandfather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His dead uncle. 18. Over which river does Eliza make her miraculous crossing? A) The Mississippi. B) The Colorado. C) The Ohio. D) The Danube. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ohio. 19. Postmodern writing often uses ..... and ..... as literary devices. A) Black humor; metafiction. B) Metaphors; verbal irony. C) Hyperbole; Personification. D) Symbolism; Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black humor; metafiction. 20. About Johnathan Edwards A) Wrote the Mayflower Contract. B) Was a Puritan preacher and writer. C) When he spoke, audiences rose to their feet and cheered. D) B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B and C. ← 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