Foundations of American Literature (Puritans to Trans)

Question 1

Which themes are often found in Puritan writing?

Accepted Answer

religion & colonialism

Question 2

Emily Dickinson wrote over ___________ poems while living in relative seclusion her whole life.

Accepted Answer

2000

Question 3

Which themes are often found in writing from the Rationalist period?

Accepted Answer

reason & nationalism

Question 4

Johnathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was written during which lit period?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 5

Which American lit period produced essays about how God can be found in nature?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 6

Which is the correct order of American Literary Periods?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism, Rationalism, Romanticism, Realism

Question 7

Which American lit period occurred during and in response to the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Rationalism

Question 8

Walt Whitman's major contribution to American Literature was...

Accepted Answer

American Free Verse

Question 9

Transcendentalism is part of which American literary period?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 10

In which American lit period is The Crucible set?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 11

Which literary period tried to be brutally honest in its depictions of human life?

Accepted Answer

Realism

Question 12

Which lit period stressed that we can find truth through emotion and intuition?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 13

Which American lit period took place during American colonialism?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 14

Which American lit period consisted of primarily journals, sermons, and letters?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 15

Which two American lit periods occurred BEFORE the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Rationalism, Puritanism, Romanticism

Question 16

Eddie Poe is best known for his contribution to which specific genre?

Accepted Answer

Detective Stories

Question 17

Which lit period stressed the idea that we can find truth through reason rather than religion?

Accepted Answer

rationalism

Question 18

Which American lit period consisted of primarily political documents, speeches, and letters?

Accepted Answer

Rationalism

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