This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American > American Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of John Winthrop? A) American myths. B) Non separating puritan. C) City upon a hill. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 2. When did Hemingway receive the Nobel Prize for Literature? A) 1952. B) 1954. C) 1956. D) 1958. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1954. 3. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" as a literary work exposed the evils of..... A) Dowry. B) Slavery. C) Corruption. D) Superstitions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slavery. 4. Who wrote Mending wall? A) Carl Sanburg. B) T.S. Eliot. C) E.e cummings. D) Robert Lee Forst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Lee Forst. 5. All of the following are traits demonstrated by the hero except? A) Obedience. B) Patience. C) Loyalty. D) Jealousy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jealousy. 6. What is Mrs. Shelby's first name? A) Emily. B) Rachel. C) Margaret. D) Danielle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emily. 7. A diary of someone's day by day account of events A) Journal. B) History. C) Article. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Journal. 8. Thoreau places a sense of..... Upon the ants A) Honor and glory. B) Meticulous faction. C) Responsibility. D) Revenge and betrayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honor and glory. 9. From where does Eliza cross into Cananda? A) Lake Erie. B) Lake Huron. C) Niagara Falls. D) Northern Minnesota. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lake Erie. 10. Whitman uses line length and word choice to represent A) A wide range of emotion from joy to sorrow. B) His style of writing. C) The joyous moment. D) A feeling of excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A wide range of emotion from joy to sorrow. 11. How do the Shelby's treat their slaves? A) Kindly but firmly. B) Set them all free. C) Beat them everyday. D) They do not have slaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kindly but firmly. 12. "An Indian's Looking Glass for the White Man" illustrates what genre of early American writing? A) Sermon. B) Autobiography. C) Spiritual diary. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biography. 13. What type of myth is the tale "The Jealous Uncle" ? A) Origin tale. B) Trickster tale. C) Hero tale. D) A fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hero tale. 14. What story tells how Squanto taught the settler to grow corn, procure commodities and fish? A) General History of Virginia. B) Puritan Sermons. C) The story of Plymouth Plantation. D) Pride and Prejudice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The story of Plymouth Plantation. 15. American Civil War was fought in A) 1815-1820. B) 1830-1840. C) 1861-1865. D) 1825-1833. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1861-1865. 16. Miniver Cheevy's name satirically hints at his A) A minimalist achievements in life. B) Magnanimous life style. C) Brave approach to life. D) Hard work and sensitivity towards the society. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A minimalist achievements in life. 17. Which statement best describes literary significance of William APess? A) Indian Autobiography. B) Father of free verse. C) Father of American poetry. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 18. Which of Upton Sinclair's books is about the meat-packing industry? A) Main Street. B) Arrowsmith. C) Elmer Gantry. D) The Jungle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Jungle. 19. This person was captured by Native Americans but saved by Pocahontas A) Joseph Smith, Jr. B) Jerry Smith. C) Hiram Smith. D) John Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Smith. 20. The tone of the third stanza of the poem embodies a sense of A) Panic. B) Pain. C) Calmness. D) Content. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panic. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 4American Literature Quiz 5American Literature Quiz 6American Literature Quiz 7American Literature Quiz 8American Literature Quiz 9American Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books