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AMERICAN LITERATURE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Many tribes lacked a written language as they believed in the power of words and own memory.

a)
Native American
b)

Enlightenment

c)

Realism

d)

Disillusionment

2.

Stories were handed down orally

a)

Age of Anixety

b)

Romanticism

c)

Native American

d)

Realism

3.

It's goal was to make the Bible and the word of God relevant to everyday people.

a)

Realism

b)

Naturalism

c)

Disillusionment

d)

Puritan

4.

Had a large influence in American literature and still influence moral judgment and religious beliefs in the United States to this day.

a)

Realism

b)

Puritan

c)

Anxiety

d)

Romanticism

5.

One of the prominent authors in northern america and one of the first poets to write English verse in the American colonies during Puritan Age.

a)

Cotton Mather

b)

Navarro Scott Nomaday

c)

Anne Bradstreet

d)

Ernest Hemingway

6.

An author that wrote over 400 works during Puritan Age

a)

Anne Bradstreet

b)

Cotton Mather

c)

Navarro Scott Nomaday

d)

Ernest Hemingway

7.

It is also known as the Age of Reason

a)

Anxiety

b)

Puritan

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Realism

8.

It was a philosophical movement that took place from 1720 to 1820

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Naturalism

c)

Realism

d)

Anxiety

9.

Thinkers and Writers were devoted to the ideals of justice, liberty, and equality as the natural rights of man.

a)

Naturalism

b)

Realism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Enlightenment

10.

He is the third U.S preseident

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Henry Patrick

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Philip Freneau

11.

Enlightenment : Philosopical Movement, (a)   : Scientific Principles and methods

12.

(a)   : The Old Man and the Old Sea, Stephen Crane : The Red Badge of Courage

13.

Suzanne Collins : (a)   , Neil Gaiman : Coraline

14.

F.Scott Fitzgerald : The Great Gatsby, (a)   : The Wasteland

15.

William Faulkner : Greatest Writer of southern literature, (a)   : Prominent author in the northern america

16.

This era is marked by fantastic works that were out of touch with real life.

(a)  

17.

He is also known as the "Poet of Nature".

(a)  

18.

What is the title of the work from the Romanticism Era that started in 1789 and was finished in 1850 as it was his autobiography poem?

(a)  

19.

The accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life.

(a)  

20.

He wrote novels about Americans encountering Europeans and their experiences in Europe

(a)