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The individual is the center of the universe
Transcendentalism
Romanticism Period
2
In poetry, a
Couplet
is:
a stanza with three or more lines
a two-line stanza
a five-line stanza
a four-line stanza
3
Who was the first American writer to achieve international fame?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Emily Dickinson
Herman Melville
Washington Irving
4
Movement lasted a mere 10 years
Transcendentalism
Romanticism Period
5
Who wrote
Thanatopsis
?
William Cullen Bryant
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Henry Wadsworth Longfelow
James Russel Lowell
6
Who wrote
Because I Could not Stop for Death
?
Margaret Fuller
Annie Dillard
Joyce Carol Oates
Emily Dickinson
7
Who wrote
The Fall of the House of Usher
?
Walt Whitman
William Cullen Bryant
Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe
8
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a popular writer until Edgar Allan Poe criticized his work.
False
True
9
Henry David Thoreau’s greatest literary work was
Walden.
False
True
10
Oliver Wendell Holmes was accepted into Harvard College at the age of 15.
True
False
11
In poetry, a
stanza
is:
units of two or more lines arranged in patterns of rhythm
a rhythm used to create drama
four or more lines used as a rhetorical device
a rhyme used to create a mood
12
Everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul.
Romanticism Period
Transcendentalism
13
In 1850, the population of the United States was:
275,000
1 million
5 million
23 million
14
Margaret Fuller was the first woman allowed access to the library at Harvard College.
False
True
15
Emily Dickinson did not use punctuation or grammar rules.
False
True
16
In poetry, a
quatrain
is:
a stanza with three or more lines
a two-line stanza
a five-line stanza
a four-line stanza
17
Who wrote
OId Ironsides
?
James Russell Lowell
William Cullen Bryant
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
18
All can be said about the Fireside Poets
except
:
All are New England born
Students and adults memorized their poems
First generation of acclaimed American poets
Their work was not popular until after the authors died
19
The author of
The Devil and Tom Walker
and
Sleepy Hollow
Herman Melville
William Cullen Bryant
Washington Irving
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
20
Edgar Allan Poe married his 12 year old cousin.
True
False
21
Who wrote
The Pilgrim at Tinker Hill
?
Margaret Fuller
Emily Dickinson
Joyce Carol Oates
Annie Dillard
22
Who wrote
Women in the 19th Century
?
Margaret Fuller
Joyce Carol Oates
Emily Dickinson
Annie Dillard
23
The theme of Thanatopsis is death as a peaceful end to life.
True
False
24
Period that experienced extreme population growth in the United States
Romanticism Period
Transcendentalism
25
In 1800, the population of the United States was:
1 million
275,000
5 million
23 million
26
Emerson founded this movement
Transcendentalism
Romanticism Period
27
Valued feeling, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning.
Romanticism Period
Transcendentalism
28
All of the following authors were a Fireside Poet
except
:
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
John Greenleaf Whittier
29
The Scarlet Letter
was written in what year?
1920
1820
1850
1950
30
Who wrote
The Minister’s Black Veil
?
Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Washington Irving
31
Washington Irving was never a "starving artist" because he lived off of his family's fortune.
True
False
32
The author of
Self Relience
and
Nature
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman
Oliver Wendell Holmes
33
Who wrote
Crossing the Great Divide
?
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William Cullen Bryant
Meriwether Lewis
James Russell Lowell
34
Placed faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination.
Transcendentalism
Romanticism Period
35
Who wrote, “It is better to fail in originality than to succeed at imitation”?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Emily Dickinson
36
Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination.
Romanticism Period
Transcendentalism
37
Self reliance and individualism must outweigh authority and blind conformity to tradition
Transcendentalism
Romanticism Period
38
Who wrote
Moby Dick
?
Herman Melville
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Washington Irving
Walt Whitman
39
The first college established in the United States was__________________ in __________.
Yale University, 1808
Harvard College, 1636
Yale University, 1677
Harvard College, 1677
40
In 1700, the population of the United States was:
23 million
275,000
5 million
1 million
41
The manifest destiny was a belief that:
Americans have rights to pursue life, liberty, and happiness
country’s territorial expansion was divinely ordained
God is whom our nation should trust
God should be an individual’s ultimate priority
42
Who wrote
Leaves of Grass
and
Snowbound
?
James Russell Lowell
Herman Melville
William Cullen Bryant
Walt Whtiman
43
The author of
Walden
was
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whittman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
44
Moby Dick
was written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
False
True
45
Who wrote
By the North Gate
?
Joyce Carol Oates
Annie Dillard
Margaret Fuller
Emily Dickinson
46
Walt Whitman was known as the Father of Free Verse.
False
True
47
In poetry, a
cinquain
is:
a two-line stanza
a four-line stanza
a five-line stanza
a stanza with three or more lines
48
The author of
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Walt Whitman
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ralph Waldo Emerson
49
People can use their intuition to behold God’s spirit revealed in nature or in their soul.
Transcendentalism
Romanticism Period
50
The Romanticism Period was represented by which time span?
1900-1950
1950-1970
1800-1850
1800-1900
