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