Final Exam Review

Lan Samantha Chang - who wrote "Housepainting," is from the Modernism literary time period.

Emily Dickinson wrote arguments during the Enlightenment.

Several major wars happened during this literary time period.

The Salem Witch trials happened during which of the following literary time periods?

What does perfunctory mean?

Zora Neale Hurston wrote essays about her childhood, growing up in Eatonville, FL

Jack London was part of the Naturalism literary time period.

Choose the format of your final exam.

Transcendentalists believed in: intuition, inspiration from nature, independence & innocence of youth

Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau were part of which literary time period?

What is the definition of altruism?

Enlightenment thinkers valued logic and science.

Wei paints the house in "Housepainting." Who gets mad at him for doing so?

If a professor is being very pedantic in his class lectures, what is he doing?

Choose the correct date for the Puritanism American literary time period.

The angry kid was laconic in her dealings with his mother. How does the kid feel about discussing an issue with Mom?

If a group commits an act of sedition, they are rebelling and resisting against the government.

F. Scott Fizgerald came up with the term "the jazz plague" for the 1920s.

Nihilism means a total rejection of all laws.

What does idiosyncrasy mean?

Why does the mother want the thistle weeds cleaned up around the mailbox in "Housepainting?"

The Puritans wanted to separate from the Church of England.

Jack London's short story, "The Law of Life" is a part of the Modernism literary time period.

Ann Bradstreet was a Puritan poet

A comma splice happens when two independent clauses are placed together with simply a comma.

Edgar Allan Poe wrote "Annabel Lee" during the early 1800s.

Most of the writings from the Puritanism period were in the form of sermons/poetry.

A fop is an extremely long-haired feline.

What is the definition of antithesis?

F. Scott Fitzgerald is a Post-Modern/Contemporary author.

What does quagmire mean?

The Native Americans kept very detailed written records of their stories.

Which of the reasons below is Wei's main reason for painting the house, in "Housepainting," according to Frances?

How do the parents in "Housepainting" feel about Frances' boyfriend?

Langston Hughes belongs to this literary time period --which was a rebirth in art, literature, and culture.

This literary time period included writers of the American Revolution.

Quasi means whole.

Patrick Henry wrote a persuasive speech to urge Colonists to rise up against King George III, of Great Britain.

Literature from this time period was passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.

This has been an extremely strange school year.

"The World on the Turtle's Back" is from which American literary time period?

Which phrase best describes Annie and Frances in "Housepainting."

What does parochial mean?

Annie's father consented to Wei's offer to paint the house in "Housepainting." Which is a synonym consented?

Ralph Waldo Emerson fought for social justice through his poem, "Harlem."

This sloth is cute.

Why does Frances finally just agree to marry Wei in "Housepainting?"

Henry David Thoreau wrote essays during the Transcendentalism period

Stephen Crane wrote about the horrors of the Civil War during which American literary time period?

Annie's parents don't think Wei has many defects. Which of the following words is a synonym for the word defects?