Lit Cumulative Review (11)

The literal meaning of the word "Thanatopsis" is

In "Self-Reliance" Emerson praises youth as the model of self-reliance.

Which idea is NOT one of the ideas central to Unitarianism?

A pause in the middle of a line of poetry

This author was jailed briefly for his refusal to pay poll tax

Which of the following is emphasized in "To Helen"?

The situation in which the reader is aware of a plot development whereas a character in the story is not

In "The Birthmark," what does the opening description reveal about Aylmer's love for science and his love for his wife?

To whom does the title "To Helen" refer?

What is true about God according to the romantics?

Irving was the first American writer to emphasize what purpose for writing?

Aylmer eventually dwells more on Georgiana's birthmark than on her beauty.

What is the "burden" Longfellow refers to in "Divina Commedia"?

Thoreau lived with Emerson and his family during two different periods of time

In Section 6 of "Song of Myself" death is viewed as

Which of the following characteristics is true of transcendentalism?

Mezzo Cammin is a(n)

A poem that expresses lament or mourning

What frequently repeated image is particularly significant in "Bartleby the Scrivener"?

Who was the philosophical leader of Transcendentalism?

In Chapter 7 of "Deerslayer", Cooper tells us about how Deerslayer accidentally killed another man.

Each of the following is a legitimate way of reading Walden EXCEPT as

What is the surface conflict in "Bartleby the Scrivener"?

Melville denied all possible existence of God.

What literary device is used in "To a Waterfowl"?

"To My Mother" is Poe's lament over his birth mother, whom he had never known because of his adoption in infancy.

Genial satire meant to poke fun

The romantics found their source of truth in external sources rather than in the individual.

Which is NOT one of the lessons about man learned from "The Birthmark"?

What aspect of Cooper's work is of special interest to the Christian?

Which poem acts as a transition between Poe's poetry and fiction?

A literary tool; Uses an object or character to represent something beyond its literal meaning

Which term is defined as a doubleness or inconclusiveness of meaning?

Georgiana hesitates momentarily in a brief agony of uncertainty about Aylmer's science before drinking the potion.

The speech pattern of a specific group of people

At the beginning of "The Birthmark," what is Georgiana's attitude toward the birthmark?

According to Thoreau in "Civil Disobedience," the best government "governs most"

How does Rip respond to his wife's nagging?

What is Rip Van Winkle's primary fault?

Longfellow did all of the following EXCEPT

What central metaphor does Emerson use in this excerpt from Nature to illustrate man's relationship with nature?

Wrote a satiric evaluation of three of his contemporaries called "A Fable for Critics"

Despite his place in American literature, relatively few of Irving's works have distinctly American settings.

Lowell wrote about Whittier in one of his stanzas from "A Fable for Critics"

Washington Irving was America's first professional man of letters.

Which of the following ideas describes a stylistic element of "Annabel Lee"?

What is the setting of "Rip Van Winkle"?

Which character acts as the narrator's antithesis in "Bartleby the Scrivener"?

What attitude toward death is recommended in the conclusion of "Thanatopsis"?

Which is NOT a clue to the reader about the length of Rip's stay on the mountain?

Aylmer is successful in removing the birthmark.

The romantics believe that man is inherently good, and can improve himself by interacting with nature.

Despite his bizarre refusal of requests, Bartleby is valuable to the narrator because he is productive and honest.

What is a characteristic theme of Poe's writing?

Lists of names of persons, places, or things

Holmes's "Old Ironsides" advocated for destroying an old ship.

Refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader

A comparison of two things that are otherwise unrelated

The Knickerbockers were named after Diedrich Knickerbocker, the storyteller invented by Washington Irving.

"Ichabod" literally means

Whitman uses the cataloging technique in "I Hear America Singing."

Assonance is the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds in nearby words.

This author was brought "to a boil" by Emerson and was praised as the "good gray poet" toward the end of his life

What was the official publication of the transcendentalists?

What characteristic makes "To My Mother" unlike the rest of the poet's poetry?

Whitman actually proclaimed himself the National Poet of the United States.

At the beginning of "The Birthmark," what is Almer's attitude toward the birthmark?

A speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object

How does the later version of "Thanatopsis" compare to the original version?

What is the narrator's state of mind in "The Raven"?

The foremost voice in the literary war against slavery

In "The Birthmark," the birthmark on Georgiana's left cheek looks like a miniature red hand.

This author defined poetry as "meter-making argument"; as a thinker, he is a pivotal figure in American literature

What was Bryant's inspiration for "To a Waterfowl"?

The reference to "a Power" in "To a Waterfowl" refers to the God of the Bible.

Lowell's "The Lesson" criticizes mankind for thinking of God as "a bigger kind of me"

Wrote both prose and poetry that was highly influencial, especially his criticism of his contemporaries

In "O Captain! My Captain!" the captain and ship symbolize Emerson and the transcendental movement

What type of poem is written for a specific or special occasion?

Rip is hated by all the wives and children in the town

How does "The Raven" end?

Hints that events will occur later in the story

The first American to have his bust placed in the Poet's Corner of Wesminster Abbey

What is the dominant theme of "The Deerslayer"?

A form of poetry that uses lines irregular in length without fixed metrical patterns and usually without rhyme

Bartleby is the only one of the narrator's employees whose real name is mentioned in the story.

The new literary spirit of romanticism dominated American literature during what years?

Which is NOT a common theme in Hawthorne's writing?

In "The Chambered Nautilous," Holmes encourages growing out of "outdated" religious thinking

What is the basis for the new name for the Deerslayer?

The emotional atmosphere of a work

His greatest achievement was the Americanization of European themes and forms

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words or stressed syllables

Which term is defined as a story with a literal and implied level of meaning?

Obvious overstatement or exaggeration intended to make a point

Was a scientific rationalist and outspoken Unitarian who sought to destroy the conservative religion of his fathers

A type of biting satire meant to humiliate or discredit

Was a medical professor who is primarily known for his poetry, specifically his occasional verse.

Was the first American poet to make a living from his writing