American Lit Test Review Chapter 5

Question 1

Melville was the most powerful influence on modern Am. poets & represents Americas drift away from Puritan values/ideals

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Which of the following events actually happen in "The Cask of Amontillado"?

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All of the above

Question 3

Each is a legitimate way of reading Walden except as

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an ode to dejection

Question 4

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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 5

Which of the following is true of transcendentalism

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it includes a belief in a Universal Being

Question 6

The emotional aspect of a work

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mood

Question 7

Who was motivated by literary nationalism; expressed a viewpoint based on values sympathetic to Christianity

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 8

The narrator in "Bartelby, the Scrivener" does not express any remorse over Bartelby's death

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False

Question 9

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

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dramatic irony

Question 10

characters portrayed less fully by the author

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minor character

Question 11

Each of the following ideas is true of Melville except which one?

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One of the dominant themes of his work is the triumph of good over evil

Question 12

In "The Raven", the raven symbolizes grief

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True

Question 13

Who is ultimately responsible for prompting the narrator's decision to rid himself of Bartelby?

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the narrator's professional acquaintances

Question 14

a story with a literal and an implied level of meaning

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allegory

Question 15

In "The Minister's Black Veil," what does the crape symbolize?

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a secret between Rev. Hooper and his congregation

Question 16

What is the mood of "Annabel Lee"?

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nostalgic

Question 17

Which of the following is true about Emerson

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He was the philosophical leader of transcendentalism

Question 18

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

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neither A nor B

Question 19

Hints at events that will occur later in the story

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foreshadowing

Question 20

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

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free verse

Question 21

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

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True

Question 22

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

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a man building a house

Question 23

Lists of the names of persons, places, or things

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catalog

Question 24

Each of the following ideas is true about Hawthorne except which one?

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He accepted salvation by faith in Christ

Question 25

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

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Walt Whitman

Question 26

obvious overstatement or exaggeration intended to make a point

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hyperbole

Question 27

What central recommendation is offered by Thoreau in Walden

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simplify

Question 28

In "The Birthmark," Georgiana's birthmark is an appropriate symbol for

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man's original sin

Question 29

Each idea is true about Whitman except which one

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He refused to support either side during the Civil War

Question 30

the symbol from "The Minister's Black Veil" is a public symbol

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False

Question 31

Why is the speaker in "The Raven" sorrowful

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a beloved woman has died

Question 32

This author lost his parents at a very early age; he is often pessimistic about man's achievements and capabilities

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Edgar Allan Poe

Question 33

What do the walls symbolize in "Bartelby, the Scrivener"?

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man's isolation

Question 34

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

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alliteration

Question 35

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

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True

Question 36

Who was born into a prosperous family but experienced poverty; his novels reveal a searcher with questions, not answers

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Herman Melville

Question 37

Which of the following is one of Edgar Allan Poe's principles for literary composition?

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a work should be short enough to read in one sitting

Question 38

Whitman actually proclaimed himself the National Poet of the United States

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True

Question 39

Author who was jailed briefly for his refusal to pay poll tax

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Henry David Thoreau

Question 40

Poe was known as the Father of Detective Fiction

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True

Question 41

a character who narrates the story or poem

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persona

Question 42

Hawthorne's best known character, Captain Ahab of Moby Dick, hurls defiance at God.

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False

Question 43

a comparison that uses like or as

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simile

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