Rev and Civil War American Lit test review

Question 1

Harriet Jacobs left without her children. Why?

Accepted Answer

to protect them

Question 2

the phrase "fallen cold and dead" comes from which literary work?

Accepted Answer

"O Captain, My Captain"

Question 3

"We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" Last words of:

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence

Question 4

"Four score and seven years ago" are the opening words of what literary work?

Accepted Answer

The Gettysburg Address

Question 5

"As for me, give me liberty or give me death!" - Who said this?

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 6

What is the main message of Phillis Wheatley's letter?

Accepted Answer

you can't love freedom and still oppress others

Question 7

Identify author: "We must fight. I repeat it sir, We must fight!"

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 8

Harriet Jacobs' writing is one of the first examples of what?

Accepted Answer

female slave narrative

Question 9

Identify speaker:"Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old___ ain't got nothing more to say."

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth

Question 10

Opens his speech by politely disagreeing with the previous speakers:

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 11

In his poem, Walt Whitman describes seeing three faces. Who/what are they?

Accepted Answer

an old man, a young boy, and Christ

Question 12

The first part of the Declaration of Independence explains:

Accepted Answer

the reasons behind the Declaration being written

Question 13

Sojourner Truth makes this bold comparison:

Accepted Answer

all men compared to slaveholders

Question 14

How long was Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg?

Accepted Answer

approximately 3 minutes

Question 15

Sojourner Truth fought for:

Accepted Answer

rights of women and African Americans

Question 16

Sojourner Truth repeatedly asked this question in her speech:

Accepted Answer

"Ain't I a Woman?"

Question 17

According to Patrick Henry, what/whom does he say will be on their side?

Accepted Answer

God

Question 18

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address to:

Accepted Answer

to plead to the living to continue the fight for freedom

Question 19

"Four score and seven years ago" refers to a year in which this literary work was written

Accepted Answer

the Declaration of Independence

Question 20

"so I am for keeping the thing going while things are stirring" - who said this line?

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth

Question 21

Both Patrick Henry's speech and the Declaration of Independence relied on:

Accepted Answer

both emotional and logical support

Question 22

this repeated a long list of grievances against King George III:

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 23

Abigail Adams tells her husband that while he is proclaiming peace and good-will to men, he is:

Accepted Answer

insisting on keeping absolute power over wives and women

Question 24

Identify the speaker: "I have been forty years a slave and forty years free. . . "

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth

Question 25

Walt Whitman's famous poem, "O Captain, My Captain" was written to honor:

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 26

This author's story recounts the life of a slave known as Linda:

Accepted Answer

Harriet Jacobs

Question 27

Which work: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. . ."

Accepted Answer

the Declaration of Independence

Question 28

Who said: "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience"

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Rev and Civil War American Lit test review

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Rev and Civil War American Lit test review

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