2nd Quarter Exam Review

What is a synonym for precarious?

Washington Irving was named after?

In what U.S. state does the story "The Devil and Tom Walker" take place?

What is a synonym for askance?

In 1830, Congress passed the __, relocating Native Americans to territories now known as Oklahoma.

Dark Romantics and Transcendentalists had nothing in common.

What is a synonym for stagnant?

What is a synonym for self-reliance?

This was one of Washington Irving's pseudonyms.

Washington Irving was an adventurer.

What did the devil want Tom to do with the treasure?

What is a synonym for obliterate?

_ changed the way people worked and lived. Transportation, communication, and commerce would never be the same.

What is a synonym for prowess?

In 1826, the __ movemenet began in Millbury, Massachusetts.

To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.

What is a synonym for peculiar?

One element in a situation.

To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and faults can be seen.

What is a synonym for confound?

What is a synonym for resolute?

Tom Walker's intentions for attending church were pure.

Romantics and Transcendentalists writers a new kind of literature that emphasized imagination, feels, & individualism.

What is a synonym for toil?

To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.

Tom Walker and his wife enjoyed their time together.

Who led a group of Romantics called the Transcendentalists?

One conflict that laid the groundwork for the Civil War is?

What is a synonym for coffer?

What is a synonym for doleful?

Change in form or condition.

Who is the black woodsman in The Devil and Tom Walker?

What is a synonym for conviction?

When the reader or audience knows something the character does not.

Who explored the conflict between good and evil and the effects of guilt?

In "The Devil and Tom Walker," what was buried under the giant oak trees?

A manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor to improve mankind.

What is a synonym for conformity?

What pseudonym was Washing Irving using when he wrote "The Devil and Tom Walker"?

An intense feeling of optimism was one product of Emerson's belief that we can find __ directly in nature.

To present the opposite of the normal order.

Aside from his wife's apron, what did Tom Walker find in the swamp?

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allen Poe were known to be anti-transcendentalists.

An exaggerated portrayal of the weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an individual or group.

Industrialization and _ caused cities to become overcrowded and polluted.

Even with all of the money, Tom Walker's life was still empty, without purpose.

Who, along with other abolitionists struggled to put an end to slavery?

The United States rapidly expanded westward after the _ in 1803.

What is a synonym for impart?

What is a synonym for aversion?

Necessary for completeness.

Who sought to relieve the horrible conditions in institutions for people with mental illness?

Implied

By the beginning of the _ century, Americans created an independent nation, but not their cultural identity.

What is a synonym for prevalent?

What is a synonym for ostentation?

What is a synonym for cloven?

What is a synonym for termagant?

What is a synonym for predominate?

The opposite of exaggeration.

This type of irony is when a writer says one thing and means another.

__ were forced to give up their way of life to take up farming and other livelihoods acceptable by white culture.

What is a synonym for manifest?

Most important.

What is a synonym for transcendent?

Tom Walker's wife is a tall and angry woman.

Inspired by an awkening of intellectual and religious fervor, who worked to improve society?

What is a synonym for propitiate?

What is a synonym for solitude?

Making something seem more important than it really is.