F16 11th Final Exam Review

Question 1

The Fireside poets are from which literary period?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 2

Dashes, rhyme scheme, and capitalization are all characteristics of whose poetry?

Accepted Answer

Emily Dickinson

Question 3

True or False: Patrick Henry wrote The Crisis.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is from which piece of Colonial literature?

Accepted Answer

Speech to the Virginia Convention

Question 5

Who wrote "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

Accepted Answer

Jonathan Edwards

Question 6

Native American stories often included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

sacrifice

Question 7

Native Americans passed down stories and traditions....

Accepted Answer

orally

Question 8

The essay about the hurricane is St. Croix was written by

Accepted Answer

Alexander Hamilton

Question 9

Transcendental writers value which of the following?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 10

Who wrote "Self-Reliance"?

Accepted Answer

Emerson

Question 11

Which of the following authors is from the Colonial period?

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 12

"The World on the Turtle's Back" is what type of story?

Accepted Answer

a creation myth

Question 13

Puritans valued:

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 14

Who wrote Walden?

Accepted Answer

Thoreau

Question 15

This work by Benjamin Franklin describes the virtues he's striving to embody.

Accepted Answer

Autobiography

Question 16

T/F: Two of the most well known Transcendental authors are Emerson & Thoreau.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which two literary periods to Whitman & Dickinson bridge in order to be called "transitional" ?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism and Romanticism

Question 18

This work by Benjamin Franklin is full of aphorisms.

Accepted Answer

Poor Richard's Almanack

Question 19

Colonial Period writings consisted mostly of

Accepted Answer

poetry, autobiographies, historical documents

Question 20

Arthur Miller is the author of which literary work?

Accepted Answer

The Crucible

Question 21

The Native Americans' symbolic method of writing/communication is known as

Accepted Answer

pictographs

Question 22

Free-verse poems with long sentences and America-centered themes are characteristic of who?

Accepted Answer

Whitman

Question 23

All of the following are characteristics of the Colonial period except

Accepted Answer

fascination with death

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