American Literature MCQs

Option A: A person who has two black parents.

Option B: A person who has one Meranto parent and one black.

Option C: A person who has two Delfigo parents.

Option D: A person who has one white parent and one parent who is a Mulatto

Correct Answer: A person who has one white parent and one parent who is a Mulatto ✔

Option A: Eva

Option B: Marie

Option C: George Shelby

Option D: Haley

Correct Answer: Marie ✔

Option A: A genrous village chief who is known for his kindness

Option B: Hare’s grandfather

Option C: A god who protects and guides Hare on his many adventures

Option D: A tyrannical village chief who is known for his elbow blades

Correct Answer: A tyrannical village chief who is known for his elbow blades ✔

Option A: Above and beyond

Option B: limitations

Option C: no limitations

Option D: Eqaulity

Correct Answer: limitations ✔

Option A: Juan Tomas and his wife.

Option B: The doctor and the priest.

Option C: Kino and his wife Juana.

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Kino and his wife Juana. ✔

Option A: Narrative frame

Option B: Hortatory sermon

Option C: Snaring

Option D: Jamming

Correct Answer: Narrative frame ✔

Option A: An edgy platform

Option B: Other side

Option C: A pointed, projected part of something

Option D: An adumbration

Correct Answer: A pointed, projected part of something ✔

Option A: Establish a new government

Option B: first agreement on self governing

Option C: Religious freedom

Option D: Sovereignty

Correct Answer: first agreement on self governing ✔

Option A: Panic

Option B: Pain

Option C: Calmness

Option D: content

Correct Answer: Panic ✔

Option A: American myths

Option B: non separating puritan

Option C: City upon a hill

Option D: All are correct

Correct Answer: All are correct ✔

Option A: Bear

Option B: Coyote

Option C: Snake

Option D: Hare

Correct Answer: Hare ✔

Option A: To grimace

Option B: To bleat like sheep

Option C: To lift heavy things

Option D: To cut grass

Correct Answer: To grimace ✔

Option A: A European fairy tale

Option B: A local ghost story

Option C: An Indian legend

Option D: A European ghost story

Correct Answer: A European fairy tale ✔

Option A: John Smith

Option B: Coronado

Option C: Columbus

Option D: De Vaca

Correct Answer: Columbus ✔

Option A: Sherwood Anderson

Option B: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Option C: Saul Bellow

Option D: Wallace Stevens

Correct Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald ✔

Option A: a round about way of telling things

Option B: a heart warming smile

Option C: listening through an ear and pass it off through the other

Option D: a complete experience

Correct Answer: a complete experience ✔

Option A: Maine

Option B: Massachusetts

Option C: Georgia

Option D: Ohio

Correct Answer: Maine ✔

Option A: They have the power to fix things themselves

Option B: Men are more powerful

Option C: Both are correct

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: They have the power to fix things themselves ✔

Option A: By ferry

Option B: On a makeshift raft

Option C: In a stolen canoe

Option D: Hopping rafts of ice

Correct Answer: Hopping rafts of ice ✔

Option A: A Bird in the Hand

Option B: Hands of Satan

Option C: Sinners in the Hand…

Option D: Sins of the World

Correct Answer: C. Sinners in the Hand… ✔

Option A: Slave narrative

Option B: Indian autobiography

Option C: Sermon

Option D: Trancendentalism

Correct Answer: Slave narrative ✔

Option A: Tennessee

Option B: Kentucky

Option C: Alabama

Option D: Mississipi

Correct Answer: Kentucky ✔

Option A: The devastation of the indies

Option B: Flor Y Canto

Option C: A Very Old Man with Enormous wings

Option D: Hopskotch

Correct Answer: The devastation of the indies ✔

Option A: Wrote Huswifery in an ornate style that wouldn’t have been accepted by the Puritans

Option B: Wrote a poem about his house burning down

Option C: Was exiled to the New World because he wouldn’t talk to the Church of England

Option D: A and C

Correct Answer: ✔

Option A: Joseph Smith, Jr

Option B: Jerry Smith

Option C: Hiram Smith

Option D: John Smith

Correct Answer: John Smith ✔

Option A: Sermon

Option B: Autobiography

Option C: Spiritual diary

Option D: Biography

Correct Answer: Biography ✔

Option A: Anti-Slavery

Option B: Father of american poetry

Option C: Pro Slavery

Option D: Father of American Liteature

Correct Answer: Anti-Slavery ✔

Option A: They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England

Option B: Separate from church of England

Option C: Start their own beliefs

Option D: Create seperation

Correct Answer: They did not want to disassociate from the Church of England ✔

Option A: The passing on from one generation to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions after it has been written down.

Option B: The telling of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions to a single generation within and between nonliterate cultures

Option C: The use of “like” or “as” to draw a comparison between two unlike things

Option D: The passing on from one generation (and/or locality) to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-literate cultures by word of mouth

Correct Answer: The passing on from one generation (and/or locality) to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-literate cultures by word of mouth ✔

Option A: euphemism

Option B: empathy

Option C: alliteration

Option D: onomatopoeia

Correct Answer: euphemism ✔

Option A: Jamming

Option B: Ambiguity

Option C: Snaring

Option D: Foregrounding

Correct Answer: Snaring ✔

Option A: will adjust with reality

Option B: becomes adamant and disillusioned

Option C: will find sources elsewhere

Option D: resigns to reality

Correct Answer: becomes adamant and disillusioned ✔

Option A: Following orders.

Option B: Resisting arrest.

Option C: Civil disobedience.

Option D: Mutiny.

Correct Answer: Civil disobedience. ✔

Option A: Father of Free verse

Option B: Father of american poetry

Option C: Pro Slavery

Option D: Father of American Liteature

Correct Answer: Father of American Liteature ✔

Option A: Hawthrone

Option B: Stewart

Option C: Thoreau

Option D: A and B

Correct Answer: Thoreau ✔

Option A: Robert Frost

Option B: Langston Hugues

Option C: Countee Cullen

Option D: Sherwood Anderson

Correct Answer: Robert Frost ✔