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American Lit Semester 2 Final Exam Review (Poetry and Short Stories)
American Lit Semester 2 Final Exam Review (Poetry and Short Stories)
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This is a review from stuff in class about poetry and short stories.
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1
Why do his doctors and family members react negatively to Benjamin’s birth?
They're worried that their reputations will be damaged.
They're afraid he has a contagious disease.
They think that someone is playing a prank on them.
They're worried about him.
2
Benjamin and Hildegard grow distant when he returns from war and discovers that she is older.
False
True
3
Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is about a literal and metaphorical crossroad in the life.
True
False
4
The two Emily Dickinson poems are both unconventional representations of what?
death
everyday life
college education
birth
5
What is the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just to Say" about?
He has a secret he wants to tell people, but can't.
He hides under a blanket when his sister tries to scare him.
He eats the plums that someone was saving in his icebox.
He is making fun of his wife's stuttering.
6
Imagist poetry tried to freeze a moment in time along with the emotions.
True
False
7
In a "TPCASTT" Poetry Analysis, what does the "S" stand for?
Symbol
Share
Shift
Setting
8
Pound uses heavy allusion. Williams's poems are easily understood without outside knowledge.
False
True
9
Which type of punctuation is Emily Dickinson known for making heavy use of?
hyphens
semicolons
dashes
exclamation marks
10
As a poet, Langston Hughes was best known for...
incorporating jazz-age slang and rhythms into his poetry.
writing in a clean, slang-free style.
helping Abraham Lincoln write the Emancipation Proclamation.
the numerous affairs and relationships that he engaged in.
11
Benjamin and his grandson attend kindergarten on the same day.
True
False
12
What questionable activity does Benjamin involve himself in when he is just a few years old?
driving a car
gambling
illegal fishing
smoking cigars
13
What is Langston Hughes's poem "Theme for English B" about?
He is trying to write an assigned essay.
He debating if he should use formal English for a jazz song.
He is attempting to analyze the themes in the play Hamlet.
He is doing a research paper and is having MLA issues.
14
Which of the following is not true about imagist poetry?
It tries to capture a single moment in time.
It caused people to re-think what a poem could be.
It uses complex, uncommon language.
It stays away from poetic patterns and rhyme schemes.
15
Emily Dickinson was a very social person and had a difficult time being alone.
True
False
16
Benjamin Button is born as a fully-grown, old man with a beard.
True
False
17
In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," how does "Death" interact with the speaker?
Death gives her a choice between two roads.
Death plays a game with her, and she wins and avoids death.
Death picks her up in a carriage, and they travel around.
Death dances with her at a special event.
18
One of the themes of E.E. Cummings’s poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is…
the hypocrisy of devout believers.
the battle to get an "A" in American literature.
the cyclical nature of life.
the eternal struggle of the cosmos.
19
In "The River Merchant's Wife", what technique is used when referring to Chinese culture?
metaphor
allusion
symbolism
alliteration
20
What does the last "T", step 7, stand for in "TPCASTT"?
Theme
Talk/Discuss
Total
Title
21
Who wrote "The Story of an Hour"?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Emily Dickinson
Ernest Hemingway
Kate Chopin
22
In "The Red Wheelbarrow", what is one possible reason "so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow"?
The wheelbarrow is a personification of his best friend.
It's a tool for farmers, and their livelihood depends it.
The wheelbarrow is gold-plated and a valuable commodity.
The wheelbarrow is carrying the a child.
23
Why is Benjamin Button thrown out of Yale?
He’s mistaken for a dangerous lunatic.
He doesn't get good enough grades.
He wants to be the professor.
He is mean to his fellow students.
24
The flourishing of art in New York among African-Americans is known as the _______ Renaissance.
Black
Poetry
Jazz
Harlem
25
Late in his life, Benjamin is able to attend Harvard and becomes...
a member of the board.
a professor.
an honors student.
a football star.
26
In "The Story of an Hour", she says, "Free! Body and soul free!" From what is she free?
an oppressive job
a loveless marriage
guilt and sin
slavery
27
Emily Dickinson's poetry was widely misunderstood during the 1800s because...
her poetry was modeled after the rhythms of jazz music.
her use of slang created a lot of new words in the 1800s.
she was a criminal and people thought she was insane.
of her unconventional use of punctuation and rhyme schemes.
28
Langston Hughes's poem "Dream Boogie" is about how the speaker dances in his dreams.
False
True
29
Why is Ezra Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" is considered an essential imagist poem?
The image that is being presented to the reader is obscured.
It's one of the longest descriptions of a single location.
It captures the mood/setting in 2 lines with simple words.
It refers to Batman being the alter ego of Bruce Wayne.
30
What is the poet E.E. Cummings known for?
eating while he worked and staining his manuscripts
a personal life the exact opposite of what he wrote about
playing with grammar and ignoring capitalization/punctuation
writing about strange subjects (a cat that was alive & dead)
