10/11th Literature Chapter 5

this author was brought to a boil by Emerson and was praised as teh good gray poet

Poe was known as the Father of Detective Fiction

According to Thoreau in Civil Disobedience what is the best government

Why did Melville's popularity and literary reputation suffer toward the end of his career

what is the mode of Annabel Lee

who born into a prosperous family but then became poor from his father's bancruptcy and death; asked questions

What central recommendation is offered by Thoreau in Walden

hints at events that will occur later in the story

Which of the following events actually happens in the The Cask of Amontillado

The minister's black veil, what does the crape symbolize

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

O Captain My Captain what do the captain and the ship symbolize

Breifly explain how Whitman emplys the cataloging technique in I Hear America Singing

Why has Melville attracted much attention from modern critics

each of the following ideas is true about Hawthorne except which one

Where did Bartleby work before heing employed by the narrator

lists of the names of persons, places, or things

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

the emotional atmosphere of a work

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

Why is the speaker in The Raven sorrowful

in Civil Disobedience what biblical allusion was used

In The Minister's Back Veil what is the subject of the first sermon Mr. Hooper preached while wearing the veil

obvious overstatement or exaggeration intended to make a point

According to Nature, Every spirit builds itself a house, and beyond its house a world, and beyound its world a

walls symbolize in bartleby, the scrivener

motivated by literary nationalism to Amiercan settings; viewpoint based on Christianity

Which of the following characteristics is true of transcedentalism

In I hear America Singing "what belongs to him or her and to none else" emphasizes selfishness and prejudice

each of the following ideas is true of Melville except

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

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

which of the following emphases is present in Whitman's work

Whitman actually proclaimed himself the national poet of the US

who is ultimately responsible for prompting the narrator's decision to rid himself of Bartleby

in the birthmark Georgiana's birthmark is an approporiate symbol for

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

Each of the following ideas is true about Whitman except which one

Give an example of foreshadowing in The Birthmark that indicates the experiment will fail

In section 6 of Song of Myself death is viewed as

What was the official publication of the transcendentalists

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

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

Which poetic term means the repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words

Which of the following ideas is true about Emerson

Who was the master of the macabre

Melville was the single most powerful influence on modern American poets and strayed from spiritual values

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

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

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

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