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1
Whitman went to Harvard
False
True
2
In "The Devil and Tom Walker" what did Tom find in his wife's apron in the woods?
a contract signed in blood
a skull with a tomahawk in it
the silver from the house
a heart and a liver
3
Which of the following is NOT true of Whitman?
He fails to address human sexuality
He is called The Father of Modern Poetry
He served as a nurse to soldiers in Civil War
He wrote many imagistic poems about the Civil War
4
The main idea expressed in "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" is
People who go to church are hypocritical
Nature is her church
Church attendance is required of Christians
Church is better than her garden
5
Poe is famous for using "slant/inexact" rhymes
True
False
6
Ben Newton was Dickinson's first love.
True
False
7
Repetition of vowel sounds in "The Raven" is called
synecdoche
alliteration
assonance
aphorism
8
Where did Washington Irving get inspiration for his stories ?
Brook Farm
Indian myths
Dietrich Knickerbocker
German Folk tales
9
In "The Minister's Black Veil," what is suggested about the relationship between the dead maiden and the minister?
that there is a secret sexual sin
that he killed her
that she was his nurse
that she was his twin sister
10
In "A Noiseless Patient Spider" Whitman
Compares his soul connecting to the universe to a spider flinging a web
Describes the spider as dangling over a pit of fire in Hell
Sees nature as rules by Darwin's principles
Crushes the spider to show his power
11
Lived mostly upstairs in Amherst, Mass.
Whitman
Irving
Dickinson
Thoreau
12
Also wrote "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Hawthorne
Irving
Emerson
Poe
13
In his old age, what does Tom Walker keep with him at all times?
wooden stake
Cross
Bible
Whiskey
14
Thoreau went to Harvard
True
False
15
Poe became enormously wealthy after publishing "The Raven"
True
False
16
In "Out of the Cradle...," what is Paumanok?
A dead poet
Another name for Hell
The name for Long Island
The name of the bird
17
In "The Devil and Tom Walker" what did Tom refuse to become?
slave trader
money lender
blacksmith
high school teacher
18
In Poe's "The Raven," the lines "Once upon a midnight
dreary
while I pondered weak and
weary/
" is an example of
slant rhyme
apostrophe
assonance
Internal rhyme
19
What is different about the poetic style of "Oh Captain, My Captain!"
It refers to Lincoln by name
It is a sonnet
It rhymes and has a regular rhythm
It is free verse
20
Dickinson only published four poems in her lifetime
True
False
21
In Dickison's #1624 "Apparently with no surprise/ To any happy flower" the poet
becomes a transparent eyeball
describes a snake
has a negative experience in nature
has a positive experience in natue
22
Rufus Griswold was also one of the ones who hated Leaves of Grass
False
True
23
Who is Rufus Griswold?
Famous detective in Poe stories
A Harvard professor and Unitarian minister
Emily Dickinson's first love
Literary critic--spread false rumors about Poe after death
24
The fly in "I heard a Fly Buzz" (for some critics) shows
Dickinson's absolute belief in the afterlife
What it is like to be a fly on the wall in Dickinson's house
Dickinson's uncertainty about the afterlife
Dickinson's knowledge of insects
25
Which of the following is true of Dickinson's style?
Her writing was widely copied in her lifetime
She wrote free verse, cataloging images
She uses unconventional capitalization, punctuation, brief stanzas
she is known for exact rhymes
26
Emerson also hated "Leaves of Grass"
True
False
27
Poe wrote many novels.
True
False
28
This writer went to West Point briefly
Emerson
Thoreau
Poe
Irving
29
In "The Fall of the House of Usher" what instrument does Roderick play?
harp
lute
guitar
harpsichord
30
Who is Rev. Charles Wadsworth?
Famous detective in Poe stories
Literary critic--spread false rumors about Poe after death
Emily Dickinson's second love
A Harvard professor and Unitarian minister
31
Great, Great Grandfather was Salem Witch Trail judge
Emerson
Irving
Poe
Hawthorne
32
Family business was pencil making
Emerson
Thoreau
Irving
Hawthorne
33
Dickinson and Thoreau traveled extensively
False
True
34
"Nurse" in the Civil War
Dickinson
Whitman
Emerson
Irving
35
Dickinson's line from "I heard a Fly buzz...," "The
Eyes
around had wrung them dry"
synecdoche
aphorism
apostrophe
assonance
