This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American > American Literature – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why was the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" written? A) As a pro- slavery argument. B) The author was a runaway slave. C) As a view point from Canada. D) As propaganda against slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As propaganda against slavery. 2. The process of passing on sayings, songs and tales. A) Narration. B) History. C) Persuasion. D) Oral Tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oral Tradition. 3. About William Bradford A) Wrote the Mayflower Compact agreement. B) Founded Jamestown. C) Wrote about the Plymouth Plantation. D) A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and C. 4. Which statement below best paraphrases what John Winthrop meant when he declared that the MBC would be as a "city upon a hill" ? A) Religious freedom. B) Everyone has a role in society. C) Only men should work. D) Woman have no role in society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everyone has a role in society. 5. The cloud-spirits peeped from their silvery islands, as the congregated mirth went roaring up the sky! The Man in the Moon heard the far bellow. "Oho, " quoth he, "the old earth is frolicsome to-night!" This is: A) An autobiography. B) A fairy tale. C) Gothic fiction. D) A novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gothic fiction. 6. Name the ship that brought the first Pilgrims to the New World A) Mayflower. B) Santa Maria. C) Titanic. D) HMS Bounty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mayflower. 7. Native Son (1940) is written by A) Jean Toomer. B) Richard Wright. C) Ralph Ellison. D) Stephen Crane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard Wright. 8. HOWhich of the following themes or ideas are closely associated with the Native American way of life? A) Waste and abuse of natural resources. B) Immoral behavior. C) Love and respect for family and its elders. D) Uncivilized society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love and respect for family and its elders. 9. Whom does St. Clare give to Ophelia to educate? A) Eva. B) Prue. C) Emmeline. D) Topsy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Topsy. 10. What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact? A) Establish a new government. B) First agreement on self governing. C) Religious freedom. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First agreement on self governing. 11. Which statement below best defined Whitman's idea of Oversoul? A) Death. B) Relationships. C) American landscape. D) Hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American landscape. 12. Why does Henry David Thoreau write his book "Walden" ? A) To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action. B) To critique slavery. C) Tell his entire life story. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show ideas of transcendentalism are put into action. 13. Which of the following describes the pre-colonial era's literature styles? A) Pamphlets, poetry, novels, short stories. B) Novels, poetry, dramas, histories. C) Literary magazines, poetry, novels, short stories. D) Narratives and poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narratives and poetry. 14. Themes in colonial time period: A) Resistance. B) Cultural independence. C) Europe. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 15. A factual account of the development of a people, nation, institution or culture A) Tradition. B) Constitution. C) History. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) History. 16. Usher can only stand types of noises in his acutely uncomfortable state. The narrator describes a number of impromptus that Usher plays for him on which instrument? A) The harp. B) The guitar. C) The ukulele. D) The violin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The guitar. 17. The first part of American History dwells of the ..... A) Discovery of America by Columbus. B) Discovery and settlement of the Western continent. C) Early English settlers. D) Missionaries settled in America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Discovery and settlement of the Western continent. 18. Where does Tom first meet Eva? A) In New Orleans. B) On a ferry. C) In Memphis. D) On a river boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On a river boat. 19. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of William Bradford? A) Created spiritual Diary. B) Non-Separating puritan. C) Separating puritan. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and C. 20. This mode of discourse relates a story A) Fiction. B) Narration. C) Exposition. D) Persuasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Narration. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 2American 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