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Unit 2 Romanticism Review
Unit 2 Romanticism Review
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1
Where is Walden Pond located?
Concord, New Hampshire
Concord, Massachusetts
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln, Massachusetts
2
What abstract quality does Colonel Killigrew represent?
deceit
immorality
greed
gluttony
3
What abstract quality does Widow Wicherly stand for?
vanity
deceit
greed
gluttony
4
Henry David Thoreau lived at Walden Pond for how long?
1 year
6 months
2 years
2 months
5
What are some of the major themes of Transcendentalist philosophy?
industrialism and conformity
all of the these
modernism and anarchy
nature and mysticism
6
Who owned the property, where Henry David Thoreau stayed on Walden Pond?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry Clay
William Ellery Channing
James Russell Lowell
7
With which of the following statements would Thoreau most likely agree?
People forfeit their lives by doing what society tell them
People need to learn to compromise to get along
most people's lives are too simple
the purpose of everyone's life should be to glorify God
8
What city and country does "The Pit and the Pendulum" take place in?
Boston, U.S.A
Paris, France
Toledo, Spain
Madrid, Sapin
9
Who arrives to save the prisoner conveniently at the very end?
The British
The Americans
The French
The Spanish
10
Who is the woman in the portrait in Dr. Heidegger's study?
his dead wife
his dead daughter
his mother
his dead fiancee
11
In "The Devil and Tom Walker", the story takes place in...
Salem, MA
Salem, CT
Boston, MA
Boston, NH
12
The Fountain of Youth was first made famous by which explorer?
Columbus
Vespucci
Magellon
Ponce De Leon
13
Thoreau raises what crop while he was staying at his cabin on Walden Pond?
Corn
turnips
beans
potatoes
14
"Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron string."
Trsut yourself, and you will become a musician.
Trust yourself, and you will be strong
If you trust yourself, you will be broken like a string.
If you trust yourself, you will come up against steel wall.
15
Imagery can be described as...
sensory naturalism
the tone of a literary work
word pictures
words that have a pleasing sound
16
How big is the narrator's cell?
25 yards
45 yards
100 yards
50 yards
17
According to Emerson, how do we feel after we have worked hard for a goal?
angry and cheated
despairing and gloomy
relieved and happy
annoyed and tired
18
In this story, the woods are used to symbolize
isolation
greed
goodness
evil
19
According to Thoreau, which of the following is true of "the mass of men?"
they "lead lives of quiet desperation"
they are "godlike, immortal"
they live a life of "simplicity and trust"
they are "determined to live by faith"
20
What term does Emerson use to describe society?
a raging river
a hill of beans
a transparent eyeball
joint-stock company
21
Which of the following quotes does NOT appear in Thoreau's "Walden"?
"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!"
"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life"
"Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints."
"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
22
What does the mirror symbolize in the story?
foolishness
vanity
truth
death
23
The point of view of "The Pit and the Pendulum" is
3rd person limited
2nd person
3rd person omniscient
1st person
24
What does Dr. Heidegger prove by his experiment?
People are stupid
The water doesn't work
people do not learn from their mistakes
People learn from their mistakes
25
At the top of the vault, there is an image of a man holding a pendulum, who is the man?
Satan
Father Time
God
Inquisitorial Judge
26
The situation in the story is that the prisoner is sentenced to death during the
Spanish Inquisition
Civil War
French Revolution
Revolutionary War
27
What abstract quality does Mr. Medbourne represent?
greed
immorality
gluttony
hatred
28
According to Emerson, nature wears the colors of
man's spirit
autumn
vegetables
childhood
29
An archetype is
story with a moral at the end
a character who is a villain in the story
a pattern repeated across time and literature
a metaphor over several lines
30
The story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" is an example of which lit term?
allegory
symbol
parable
fable
