English 10 Romantics test review

Question 1

Who is Pallas?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 2

Where in your first paragraph of an essay should a reader find your thesis sentence?

Accepted Answer

Last sentence of the paragraph

Question 3

Washington Irving traveled to this country to get ideas for his stories.

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 4

How old was Edgar's wife when they secretly wed?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 5

To what insect did Brom compare Icabod?

Accepted Answer

grasshopper

Question 6

Why did Katrina pretend to like Icabod?

Accepted Answer

She wanted to make Brom jealous.

Question 7

My husband always has to quaff a pot of coffee before leaving for work. What does quaff mean?

Accepted Answer

drink quickly

Question 8

Which story was about the devil?

Accepted Answer

"The Devil and Tom Walker"

Question 9

What is an inference we can make about angels according to "Annabel Lee"?

Accepted Answer

They are not nice.

Question 10

What job did Tom Walker do for the Devil?

Accepted Answer

Usurer

Question 11

What is countenance?

Accepted Answer

face

Question 12

What was Brom's job?

Accepted Answer

blacksmith

Question 13

Who could NOT have killed Icabod?

Accepted Answer

Katrina

Question 14

Why are Romantic writers called Romantic?

Accepted Answer

Their stories involve the supernatural.

Question 15

For what career did Washington Irving train?

Accepted Answer

lawyer

Question 16

The first writer of American horror stories

Accepted Answer

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 17

Poe dropped out of what university?

Accepted Answer

University of Virginia

Question 18

The "Father of the American Short Story"

Accepted Answer

Washington Irving

Question 19

What did the angels send to kill Annabel?

Accepted Answer

wind

Question 20

How were folk tales told?

Accepted Answer

using the oral tradition

Question 21

What was Icabod's job?

Accepted Answer

school master

Question 22

Name the four types of literary conflict.

Accepted Answer

Man vs man, nature, himself, society

Question 23

What word means entreat?

Accepted Answer

implore, beg

Question 24

How did the bride in "Oval Portrait" die?

Accepted Answer

Her husband painted her life into the painting.

Question 25

What game did the little men play in the mountain?

Accepted Answer

Nine-Pins

Question 26

How does the speaker in "Annabel Lee" solve the problem of losing his wife?

Accepted Answer

He lays by her in the tomb every night

Question 27

What is a possible theme for "The Raven"?

Accepted Answer

It is impossible to move on after loss., A broken heart will never heal., One will never get over the loss of a loved one.

Question 28

Number of years Rip Van Winkle was asleep

Accepted Answer

20

Question 29

How was Virginia related to her husband?

Accepted Answer

cousin

Question 30

What word describes mood?

Accepted Answer

depressed, happy, sad, angry

Question 31

According to the story, which word best describes Tom and his wife?

Accepted Answer

miserly

Question 32

What does the raven say over and over?

Accepted Answer

"Nevermore"

Question 33

What type of story contains a "story within a story"?

Accepted Answer

frame story

Question 34

If someone feels sad, he feels. . .

Accepted Answer

melancholy

Question 35

What enclosed the bed in "The Oval Portrait" that added to the mood?

Accepted Answer

black velvet curtains

Question 36

Choose the best example of personification.

Accepted Answer

The dawn threw off her nightgown of stars.

Question 37

According to Rip, what is one good thing about sleeping so long?

Accepted Answer

His wife was gone.

Question 38

Why did Irving portray women so negatively?

Accepted Answer

His fiancée died and left him alone.

Question 39

Which of the following characters was a nag?

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Van Winkle

Question 40

Choose the sentence that demonstrates alliteration.

Accepted Answer

The happy hippo had a handsome hat.

English 10 Romantics test review

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English 10 Romantics test review

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