This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > American > American Literature – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books American Literature Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Monadnock on his forehead hoar Doth seal the sacred trust, Your mountains build their monument, Though ye destroy their dust. What is the meaning of the word "hoar" ? A) Scarred. B) Grey or white with age. C) Ancient or venerable. D) Wrinkled with age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grey or white with age. 2. The farmer drove his plough-share deep "Whose bones are these? " said he, "I find them where my browsing sheep Roam o'er the upland lea." What does "lea" mean? Veldu eitt: A) Rocky land. B) Bridge. C) Plain or plateau. D) Meadow or pastureland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meadow or pastureland. 3. Who is the central character in Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea? A) Santiago. B) Marlin. C) Mandolin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Santiago. 4. How many children does Uncle Tom have? A) One. B) Seven. C) Five. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 5. Bartolome de Las Casas wrote A) The devastation of the indies. B) Flower and song. C) A Very Old Man with Enormous wings. D) Hopscotch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The devastation of the indies. 6. Which of the following is a true statement about Romanticism? A) Interest in the common man. B) Celebration of the individual. C) Age of reason. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 7. This is the title of a famous Puritan sermon A) A Bird in the Hand. B) Hands of Satan. C) Sinners in the Hand . D) Sins of the World. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sinners in the Hand . 8. In which state was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" written? A) Maine. B) Massachusetts. C) Georgia. D) Ohio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maine. 9. Why do we call Ralph Waldo Emerson the "Father of American Literature" ? A) First native american to publish life writing. B) Mentor to other writers. C) Literary Maverick. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mentor to other writers. 10. Jack London's "To Build a Fire" contained foreshadowing, which means..... A) It took place at nightfall. B) It was a moody and spooky story. C) It contained clues to events yet to happen. D) It had descriptions of shadows in the woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It contained clues to events yet to happen. 11. What term describes Cassy's racial heritage? A) Quadroon. B) Mulatto. C) Octoroon. D) Hectoroon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mulatto. 12. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Indian autobiography genre? A) Birth. B) Assimilation. C) Sovereignty. D) Religious in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sovereignty. 13. Which one is a great patriotic poem by Frost? A) Mending Wall. B) Birches. C) The Gift Outright. D) Directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Gift Outright. 14. The "Cycle of American Literature" was written by? A) Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Thoruau. C) Robert E. Spiller. D) Gustave Falubert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert E. Spiller. 15. The emagery in the poem is A) Mystical. B) Naturalistics. C) Deterministic. D) Supernatural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naturalistics. 16. ..... is the end of fame A) Love. B) Pity. C) Misfortune. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pity. 17. The website address for our class is..... A) [email protected]. B) [email protected]. C) Www.gatecseit.in. D) [email protected]. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Www.gatecseit.in. 18. Thoreau believed that if a government was unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called..... A) Following orders. B) Resisting arrest. C) Civil disobedience. D) Mutiny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil disobedience. 19. Which of the following is NOT among the 13 virtues Franklin struggles to master? A) Temperance. B) Silence. C) Order. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 20. This Puritan author wrote a persuasive speech A) William Bradstreet. B) Mather Edwards. C) John Williams. D) Johnathan Edwards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johnathan Edwards. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesAmerican Literature Quiz 1American Literature Quiz 2American Literature Quiz 3American Literature Quiz 4American Literature Quiz 5American Literature Quiz 6American Literature Quiz 8American Literature Quiz 9American Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books