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Philip Freneau's two poems, "On the Emigration" and "The Indian Burying Ground"
Philip Freneau's two poems, "On the Emigration" and "The Indian Burying Ground"
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1
Pilip Freneau lived from 1752 to 1832 and was called the "poet of ____"
the Americas
the ages
the Revolution
the West
2
Because of the Gazette, Washington nicknamed him "__________" Freneau.
that puppet
that firebrand
that rat
that rascal
3
Freneau both eulogizes and _________________ the Indian who is buried there.
placates
mourns
scorns
celebrates
4
Freneau wrote at a time of political and aesthetic (artistic) transition. Who had written very differently a decade ago?
Mark Twain
Edgar Allen Poe
Walt Whitman
Phillis Wheatley
5
Though born in NYC, Freneau went to the College of New Jersey, now known as what?
Harvard University
New Jersey University
Princeton University
New York University
6
Which is NOT true of Freneau's response regarding Native Americans?
he considers them as equal to slaves in their mistreatment
he refers to them as "unsocial Indians"
he describes them as willingly moving westward, vacating lands for settlers
he uses the Myth of the Vanishing Indian
7
"The Indian Burying Ground" is modeled after a popular literary form of the time, known as _________________.
Shakespearean sonnet
the neoclassical poem
Elizabethan sonnet
the graveyard poem
8
Freneau raises the same paradox as Wheatley and Crevecouer, which is the contradiction between political ideals and ___.
untamed land
lawlessness
slavery
daily life
9
Freneau's lines are shorter than Wheatley's, giving his poems a more __ quality.
shrill
sappy
songlike
seasoned
10
Freneau was known for two very different topics of writing: highly political poetry and prose and poems that were _____.
about emotion, part of American Romanticism
about self-analysis, part of American Romanticism
about the natural world, part of American Romanticism
about the goodness of man, part of American Romanticism
11
Freneau gives two message about nature: he praises its untamed beauty but also says it can be contained by ____________.
agriculture and commerce
fences and borders
protective laws
sharing it with the Native Americans
12
With what prominent figure of the Revolution/future president did Freneau go to college?
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
John Adams
James Madison
13
What is the critical theme of "The Indian Burying Ground"?
Crying Indian motif
Blood Brothers trope
Myth of the Vanishing Indian
Lost Tribe postulate
14
What does Freneau capitalize/personify in "On the Emigration to America and Peopling in he Western Country"?
Nature and Reason
Happiness and Love
Genius
Muse
15
In contrast to English graveyard poems, Freneau does what with his?
considers the differences of Christian and Indian beliefs
offers gloomy ideas
meditates on death
focuses on Christian doctrine
16
"On the Emigration" stresses the difference between the _______________ of Europe and the _______________ of America.
starving poor; wealth
despotic shores; vistas
crowded cities; farmlands
indifferent nobility; generosity
17
What does the narrator in "Indian Ground" say he must do to show submission to the scene's grandeur (or impressiveness)?
dip his head
share his story
preserve its beauty
bow the knee
18
The Mississippi River has the Ohio River joining into it. What does Freneau call this combined river in his poem?
"Mighty Sea"
"Sire of floods"
"Serpentine course"
"Celestial waterway"
19
Wheatley wrote in what meter that was popular in the 18th century?
iambic pentameter
anapest
budapest
iambic tetrameter
20
After he was captured, where did Freneau spend six harrowing weeks?
in the company of King George
on a British prison ship
in a makeshift jail cell
in a cage
21
What is the rhyme scheme for "The Indian Burying Ground"?
ABAB
ABCABC
AABBCC
AAAAB
22
The Gazette attacked Washington's administration, especially focusing on whom?
Knox
Randolph
Hamilton
Adams
23
"The Indian Burying Ground" is like Wheatley's work in that it is both a ____ and a _______.
elegy, sonnet
lamentation, ode
ode, elegy
sonnet, lamentation
24
What other work in the short works ties in well with Freneau's "On the Emigration" poem?
Rip Van Winkle
Crevecouer's "Letters of An American Farmer"
Chief Logan's Speech
Hamilton's "Federalist Paper No. 1"
25
How long did the National Gazette run?
5 years
100 years
2 years
50 years
26
In "The Indian Burying Ground," Freneau refers to a "restless Indian queen," relating her to what famous person?
Queen Cleopatra
Queen Nefertiti
Queen Charlotte
Queen of Sheba
27
What meter does Freneau use for "On the Emigration..."?
iambic trimeter
iambic pentameter
iambic tetrameter
dactylic hexameter
28
Which of the following techniques is NOT used by Freneau?
caesura (putting punctuation in the middle of a line)
alliteration (using the same first letter for words)
enjambment (continuing a sentence onto the next line)
irony (signifying the opposite for humorous effect)
29
Freneau refers to the Native Americans as a ________ race, meaning less sophisticated OR more vigorous and healthy.
dauntless
ruder
keener
smarter
30
He returned to North America in 1778 and joined the New Jersey militia. What happened in 1780 while he was serving?
he was captured by a band of Hessians
he was captured by the British Navy
he was captured by Benedict Arnold
he was captured by the British Army
31
Which of the following kinds of allusion does Freneau NOT use in "The Indian Burying Ground"?
literary
mythological
classical
Biblical
32
As did Crevecouer in "Letters from an American Farmer," Freneau argues that the natural world of America provides _____.
a better place for freedom
a better place for ideas
a better place for faith
a better place for peace
33
In "On the Emigration...", Freneau says the emigrant as he departs from the crowd into nature is like Palemon, aka ____.
Achilles
Elijah
Saul
Hercules
34
T or F? The poem presents American Indians as a threat to white settlement.
false
true
35
As with his "Emigration" poem, in "The Indian," Freneau expresses his _______________.
inability to capture the scene properly
preference for other cultures over his own
distress at how the land is used
distaste for untamed wildernesses
36
Jefferson established what newspaper in 1791 to challenge the Federalists? Note: Freneau was appointed its editor.
Atlantic
The Sun
New York Times
National Gazette
37
What poem did he write about his experience as a captured soldier?
"To a New England Poet"
"The Parting Glass"
"Song of Thyrsis"
"The British Prison Ship"
38
In the 1790s, Freneau changed his kind of writing, and both Madison and Jefferson recommended his skill in what?
legal documents
political rhetoric
nature essays
elegys
39
Freneau attempts to describe the grandeur of ___________, while also saying the poet can't fully capture it.
Blue Ridge Mountains
the Ohio River
Niagara Falls
Grand Canyon
40
"On the Emigration..." ends on what note?
speculative, looking to a future of freedom
peaceful, looking for the good that overcomes the bad
wistful, wondering why the American dream hasn't prevailed
disillusioned, sad about the conditions of slavery
41
Freneau believes the dead stay sleeping, while (he says) the Indian does what after he's released from life?
feasts with his friends
dances joyfully
performs unfinished duties
visits all his former homes
42
What that is "exceptional" and uniquely American does Freneau make use of in his aesthetic (artistic) choice here?
the Indian
the elm
the idea of freedom
the idea of ghosts
43
Freneau likes to begin lines with the same words repeating, such as "What wonders... What mighty states." This is called
anawona
anaphora
anatooa
anathreea
44
Freneau was committed to independence, but he left for where just as the war was starting?
West Indies
Africa
China
Europe
45
Freneau says in his poem that the Ohio/Mississipi River will become conduits for moving what through the continent?
goods and people
goods
nothing, nothing at all
people
46
In "Indian Burying Ground," Freneau imagines visions of what haunts might be present, including all of these EXCEPT
an Indian queen and barbarous forms chiding anyone who lingers there
a hunter pursuing a deer in the midnight moon
children of the forest playing beneath an elm tree
a medicine man performing a healing
47
Freneau says when a stranger comes across an Indian burial mound, he should say (or think) what?
they do not lie, but here they sit
they do not lie, but here they speak the truth
they are not sad, but they are happy
they are not at peace, but here they battle
48
As an e.g. of American Romanticism, "On the Emigration to America" focuses on the natural world. Which does it NOT use?
"lonely plains"
"savage stream"
"frilly clouds"
"western woods"
49
Our poems were written after the war. Freneau was so popular that a leading printer published ___________.
all his poetry in 1786
all his prose in 1788
all his poetry and prose
his autobiography
50
Freneau, an abolitionist, belonged to the same political party (Democratic-Republican) to which many _________ belonged.
Brits
slaveholders
Native Americans
slaves
51
What group does Freneau distinctly leave out of his utopian future?
the children
the elderly
the Southerners
the Native Americans
52
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is a popular graveyard poem that influenced Freneau. It is by what Englishman?
Thomas Black
Thomas Gray
Thomas Brown
Thomas White
53
The climax of Freneau's poem expresses hope for when the African will no longer mourn what?
his yet unbroken chains
his children's bondage
his ancestral home
his beleagured past