4 parts of Puritan Sermon structure, in order

Scripture, Doctrine, Reasons, Uses

Each of the following ideas is true about Walt Whitman EXCEPT which one:

He refused to support either side during the Civil War

Who were the two leading figures of the Great Awakening?

Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield

What was the focus of Mary Rowlandson’s captivity narrative?

author's reliance on God's providence

The major romantic writers

strove for universal themes and forms.

What is Bradstreet's opinion of her writing in "The Author to Her Book"?

still needs work; not very good

The romantics believed that the way to improve man was to

remove negative influences from his environment.

Which of the following characteristics is true of transcendentalism?

It includes a belief in a Universal Being.

What had to occur before a distinctly American literature could exist?

Dependence on English literature had to be abandoned.

passing inforamtion by word of mouth

Each of the following ideas is true of Herman Melville except which one?

One of the dominant themes of his work is the triumph of good over evil.

A revival spread in New England, and Jonathan Edwards became concerned

about people’s distinguishing true religious experience from false.

According to the romantics, God

is understandable only through nature

According to the romantics, God

is understandable only through nature.

What was the core of the Puritan worldview?

the sovereignty of God and authority of the Bible

Which of the following is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s principles for literary composition?

A work should be short enough to be read in one sitting.

What is William Bradford’s attitude toward the death of young man who is the first one to have to be thrown overboard?

respectful of God’s providence and justice

In “The Minister’s Black Veil,” what does the crape symbolize?

A secret between Rev. Hooper and his congregation

The Five Nations were known for all the following EXCEPT:

creating religious liberty withing the tribes

Which of the following characteristics is true of transcendentalism?

It includes a belief in a Universal Being.

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1
Which of the following is a propaganda technique?
bandwagon
card stacking
all of the above
glittering generalities
2
Who was one of the first people to challenge the Puritan leadership of New England?
Sir Edward Coke
Roger Williams
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
3
4 parts of Puritan Sermon structure, in order
Scripture, Reasons, Doctrine, Uses
Scripture, Doctrine, Reasons, Uses
Uses, Scripture, Reasons, Doctrine
Uses, Scripture, Doctrine, Reasons
4
Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed sylables
Somnet
Rhyme
Meter
Repetition
5
What was the subject matter of literature for the early colonists?  What did they write mostly about?
authority
ingenuity
difficulty
prosperity
6
Each of the following ideas is true about Walt Whitman EXCEPT which one:
To encourage freedom in poetic content and style.
He has a strong influence on modern American poetry.
He refused to support either side during the Civil War
He extended Emerson’s ideas to their logical outcomes
7
Who were the two leading figures of the Great Awakening?
George Whitefield & Anne Bradstreet
Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield
Edgar Allan Poe & Jonathan Edwards
Nathaniel Hawthorne & Herman Melville
8
Who was the first colonist to write a sizeable body of verse?
Jonathan Edwards
Anne Bradstreet
Roger Williams
Emily Dickinson
9
A comparison using like or as
metaphor
alliteration
allusion
simile
10
What was the focus of Mary Rowlandson’s captivity narrative?
unemotional, detached portrayal of barbaric Indians
hard work leads to success
pioneering spirit leads to success
author's reliance on God's providence
11
The major romantic writers
strove for universal themes and forms.
felt that their literature must be distinctively American.
12
What characteristic was Red Jacket not known for?
negotiator between the colonies and American Indians
oratorical skills
bravery
fighting with the British in the Revolutionary War
13
What is Bradstreet's opinion of her writing in "The Author to Her Book"?
noblest piece of work
pride
equal to that of God's Word
still needs work; not very good
14
The romantics believed that the way to improve man was to
provide positive cultural and religious influences.
neither A and B.
remove negative influences from his environment.
both A and B.
15
Phillis Wheatley was
An author who studied famouse classical writers and the Scriptures
The Christian poetess who write a poem about George Whitefil
all the above
The first African American to publish a book
16
Which of the following characteristics is true of transcendentalism?
It includes a belief in a Universal Being.
It is fundamentally Christian in origin.
It is focused on good works.
It is an outgrowth of Anglicanism.
17
What had to occur before a distinctly American literature could exist?
A strong system of colleges and universities had to be built.
Dependence on English literature had to be abandoned.
An American “spirit” had to be recognized and developed.
18
Oral tradition is
passing inforamtion by word of mouth
a Lenape game
a Lenape story
information in books
19
Each of the following ideas is true of Herman Melville except which one?
His own experiences at sea provided the background for his best fiction.
He favored a realistic style, which present the world exactly as he saw it.
One of the dominant themes of his work is the triumph of good over evil.
20
In “The Birthmark”, Georgiana’s birthmark is an appropriate symbol for:
Man's original sin
None of the above
Man's fascination with science
Man's obsession with immortality
21
What is the mood of “Annabel Lee”?
happy
nostalgic
depressed
22
What central recommendation is offered by Henry David Thoreau in “Walden”?
accumulate
meditate
diversify
simplify
23
A revival spread in New England, and Jonathan Edwards became concerned
that newly saved people were not being taught God’s Word.
about ministers’ seeing church work as occupation rather than God’s calling
about people’s distinguishing true religious experience from false.
that churches were too large to minister to each member effectively.
24
In “Give Me Liberty,” “Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss” exemplifies
parallelism
antithesis
rhetorical question
allusion
25
A type of writing that uses clarity, simplicity, and scarcity of elaborate figurative expression
tone
plain style
mood
bias
26
A system of beliefs and values through which one views the world
rhetorical question
parallelism
worldview
diction
27
According to the romantics, God
does not save anyone but the elect
does not exist
is an unknowable force
is understandable only through nature
28
Which of the following events happens in “The Cask of Amontillado”?
The narrator takes advantage of an intoxicated man.
The narrator walls in his victim.
The narrator vows revenge on Fortunato.
all the above
29
Washington Irving set himself apart by writing for the clear purpose of
entertainment
craftmanship
instruction
satire
30
According to the romantics, God
is understandable only through nature.
does not exist.
is an unknowable force.
does not save anyone but the elect.
31
Who best personified the American Dream?
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Phillis Wheatley
32
A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Science Fiction
Fable
Folklore
Myth
33
Each of the following ideas is central to Unitarianism except
the leadership of Jesus.
salvation by character.
the fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man.
the depravity of man.
34
What was the core of the Puritan worldview?
the preservation of church traditions
the sovereignty of God and authority of the Bible
the wages of sin
the hope of eternal life
35
Which of the following is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s principles for literary composition?
Multiple emotions or moods should dominate a work.
A work should be short enough to be read in one sitting.
A work’s literary quality is not essential.
36
What is William Bradford’s attitude toward the death of young man who is the first one to have to be thrown overboard?
fearful about the prospects of a plague aboard ship
remorseful for the loss of a good friend and Christian brother
respectful of God’s providence and justice
37
In “The Minister’s Black Veil,” what does the crape symbolize?
The sin of the congregation
Rev. Hooper’s bleak perspective
A secret between Rev. Hooper and his congregation
The sin of Rev. Hooper
38
Giving not human, human characteristics is...
Personification
Climax
Simile
39
An address to an absent person, abstraction, or object
paradox
apostrophe
oxymoron
allusion
40
divisions of poems based on thought, meter, rhyme and recognized by the number of lines they contain
Poetry
Scansion
Stanzas
Verse
41
Who said "give me liberty, or give me death"
Patrick Henry
James Madison
George Washington
George Mason
42
What is word choice
personification
meter
diction
metaphor
43
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to sense perceptions to create an impression
allusion
paradox
imagery
characterization
44
The interpretation of events, people, places, and ceremonies of the Old Testament as prefiguring New Testament realities
worldview
typology
allusion
bias
45
the author's attitude towards the subject of writing
mood
none of the above
expression
tone
46
The Five Nations were known for all the following EXCEPT:
being rooted in oral tradition
forming the Iroquois confederacy
creating religious liberty withing the tribes
adopting many captives into their society
47
“They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other” is an example of
allusion.
metaphor.
parallelism.
antithesis.
48
Which of the following characteristics is true of transcendentalism?
It includes a belief in a Universal Being.
It is fundamentally Christian in origin.
It is focused on good works.
It is an outgrowth of Anglicanism.
49
What movement supported by Immanuel Kant and eastern religions spawned radical ideas of the nineteenth century?
revolutionary movement
post modernism
romanticism
transcedentalism
50
A similar structure in two or more phrases, clauses, or sentences
paradox
alliteration
parallelism
assonance
51
What do the walls symbolize in “Bartleby, The Scrivner”?
Bartleby's resistance to other perspectives
Boundaries of how far the manager is willing to encroach on Bartleby’s life
Man's isolation
Categorization of Bartleby’s life
52
What is the term for recurring narrative elements that appear in stories and speak of universal human experiences?
allusion
ambiguity
archetypes
ambivalence
53
Which of the following ideas is true about Ralph Waldo Emerson?
He was barred from speaking at Harvard as result of shocking speech he made
He inspired both Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville.
He lectured throughout Europe
He was the philosophical leader of transcendentalism.
54
“On Being Brought from Africa to America” charges Christians to
Neither A nor B
Stand for truth no matter what the cost.
Both A and B
Remember that God invites all people to come to Him for salvation.
55
Once the colonists were established, the subject matter of literature became predominantly
economic.
religious.
political.
nature oriented.
56
In “Rip Van Winkle” what is Rip’s primary fault?
disloyalty
distaste for "profitable labor"
selfishness
lack of performance
57
Toward the end of the eighteenth century, most writers
presented a Christian view of life.
presented a secular view of life.
presented a combined Christian and secular view of life.
58
The literary work of which group has proven to be the fountainhead of American literature?
Puritans
Separatists
Roman Catholics
Native Americans
59
Which of the following events actually happens in “The Cask of Amontillado”?
The narrator vows revenge on Fortunato.
all of the above
The narrator walls in his victim.
The narrator takes advantage of an intoxicated man.
60
An imaginative comparison to two dissimilar things
metaphor
simile
allusion
personification
61
In the Constitution of the Five Nations, the Tree of the Great Long Leaves was a symbol of what?
peace
all the above
freedom
love
62
What are the four emphases of American Romanticism?
nature, individualism, imagination, distant
God, individualism, imagination, distant
nature, conformity, imagination, distant
nature, individualism, imagination, future
63
References to people, places, events or works of literature.
rhyme scheme
imagery
allusion
lyric
64
“They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other” is an example of:
antithesis
parallelism
allusion
metaphor
65
The romantics believed that the way to improve man was to
remove negative influences from his environment.
provide positive cultural and religious influences.
66
What are two elements Edgar Allan Poe contributed to the short story?
brevity & ambivalence
ambiguity & brevity
unity & ambivalence
brevity & unity
67
In what years did the new literary spirit of romanticism dominate American literature?
1820-65
1840-1900
1850-85
1800-50
68
According to How the World Began, what kind of plant grew in the center of the world?
a cactus
a flower
a tree
moss
69
Who was also called an “ungodly Puritan” because of his values and theology?
Benjamin Franklin
Phillis Wheatley
Patrick Henry
70
Why is the speaker in “The Raven” sorrowful?
The raven will not leave.
The speaker is lonely.
The raven breaks the bust of Pallas.
A beloved woman has died.
71
Writing intended to instruct
plain style
didacticism
myth
antithesis
72
Occurs in a statement that at first seems self-contradictory but on reflection makes some sense
Hyperbole
Caesura
Paradox
Synecdoche
73
What central recommendation is offered by Henry David Thoreau in Walden?
simplify
meditate
diversify
accumulate

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