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Who wrote Billy Budd?
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Transcendental Pessimists Review
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1
Who wrote
Moby Dick
?
Poe
Melville
Hawthorne
2
Who wrote
Billy Budd
?
Hawthorne
Melville
Poe
3
Which statement is
not
true of Melville?
Moby Dick is his greatest work
The speaker sleeps by her grave (in the sepulchre)
His father was rick, went bankrupt, went insane, and died
He used his background at sea to help create his fiction
4
Who was the descendant of one of the judges in the Salem Witch trials?
Poe
Hawthorne
Melville
5
Which statement is
not
true about both Hawthorne and Melville?
Attended college
They were friends with each other
None of the above
Lost a father early in life
6
Who wrote
Typee
?
Poe
Hawthorne
Melville
7
Which work almost went by the title
The Whale
?
"The Raven"
"The Minister's Black Veil"
Moby Dick
8
Which one of these themes is prevalent in Poe's works?
Hidden guilt and isolation
The positive relationship between a father and son
Man vs. a large force of Nature
The death of a beautiful woman
9
Moby Dick is
a ship
a raven
a whale
a lawyer
10
Who wrote about the consequences of hidden sin, isolation, and guilt?
Poe
Melville
Hawthorne
11
"For the sake of your holy office, do away with this scandal!" is a quote from:
Moby Dick
"Bartleby the Scrivener"
"The Minister's Black Veil"
"The Raven"
12
Who was a sailor?
Melville
Poe
Hawthorne
13
His greatest work wasn't well-received and he died in obscurity
Melville
Hawthorne
Poe
14
This author wrote about the common theme of rebellion.
Hawthorne
Melville
Poe
15
Who wrote "Bartleby the Scrivener"?
Poe
Melville
Hawthorne
16
Who wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Hawthorne
Poe
Melville
17
"Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door--This it is, and nothing more" is a quote from:
"The Raven"
Moby Dick
"Bartleby the Scrivener"
"The Minister's Black Veil"
18
True or False:
Transcendental Pessimists believe that perfection is possible on earth.
True
False
19
"My darling, my darling, my life and my bride In her sepulchre there by the sea" is a quote from:
Moby Dick
"The Raven"
"The Minister's Black Veil"
"Annabel Lee"
20
Whose parents were actors?
Hawthorne
Poe
Melville
21
Who is the "Father of Mystery and Detective Stories"?
Melville
Hawthorne
Poe
22
Who wrote "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Melville
Hawthorne
Poe
23
Who wrote the
Twice-Told Tales
?
Poe
Hawthorne
Melville
24
Who wrote "Annabel Lee"?
Poe
Hawthorne
Melville
25
All of the following are common themes in Melville's writings except:
patience in an evil world
man is a pawn in the hands of fate/God
rebellion
isolation
26
In "The Raven," Lenore is:
The Scholar
The Raven
The lost love
The narrator
27
True or False:
The bust of Pallas in "The Raven" symbolizes widom
True
False
28
Who got kicked out of West Point?
Poe
Hawthorne
Melville
29
What symbolizes Grief in "The Raven"?
The Raven
The Bust of Pallas
Lenore
The Scholar
30
In "The Raven," what does the raven symbolize?
Wisdom
Depression
Grief
Death
31
True or False: Hawthorne's writings are reactive towards his Puritan ancestors
True
False
32
Captain Ahab chases a white whale in:
"The Raven"
Billy Budd
Moby Dick
"Bartleby the Scrivener"
33
Who is the "Father of the American Short Story"?
Poe
Hawthorne
Melville
34
Who came across cannibals?
Poe
Hawthorne
Melville
35
Who is the only Romantic author whose writings reflect values based on Biblical principles?
Poe
Melville
Hawthorne
36
This story is set in "a kingdom by the sea"
"The Minister's Black Veil"
Moby Dick
"Annabel Lee"
Typee
37
What symbolizes wisdom in "The Raven"?
The Raven
Lenore
The Bust of Pallas
The Scholar
38
"Nevermore" is a famous statement from which work?
Moby Dick
"The Raven"
"Bartleby the Scrivener"
"Annabel Lee"
39
Who is the most pessimistic of the Transcendental Pessimists?
Poe
Melville
Hawthorne
40
"The Raven" ends with
The Scholar can't escape the Raven; it stays in his chambers
The Scholar committing suicide
The Scholar welcoming Lenore home (it was a dream)
The Scholar chasing the Raven out into the night
41
"Call me Ishamael" is a quote from:
"Bartleby the Scrivener"
Moby Dick
"The Raven"
"Annabel Lee"
