In The Crucible, what are John Proctor's two major flaws?

His inability to forgive himself, His lust for Abigail Williams

Which theme seems to best fit the story of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"?

The painful experience of losing one's adolescence

In The Crucible, a theme best represented by Judge Danforth and Reverend Parris' behavior is...

Those in power act in the interest of preserving power

What is revealed about slave songs in the Narrative?

Slaves sing when they are most unhappy

Which of these themes or messages can NOT be inferred from "The Yellow Wall-paper"?

the rest cure is beneficial when used properly

What are the functions of Creation Myths? (Select All That Apply)

To explain the world, To guide people, To support customs, To instill awe

Emerson's "American Scholar" is essentially his what?

Declaration of Independence for American Literature

The author of The Crucible wrote it in response to what event in his own time period?

The 1950s to shed light on the injustice of the Red Scare

A metric foot with the 1st beat stressed followed by an unstressed beat

Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines.

In The Crucible, which theme is best reflected by Proctor's decision to tear up the confession?

Personal honor determines one's self worth

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1
What is Ichabod Crane's job?
pedagogue
professional scarecrow
cobbler
blacksmith
2
Who wrote "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America"?
Ambrose Bierce
Benjamin Franklin
John Winthrop
Mark Twain
3
What is it called when a speaker addresses a dead or absent person, or an inanimate object?
Anaphora
Aposiopesis
Alliteration
Apostrophe
4
Near the end of "Self-Reliance," Emerson compares society to what?
A waterfall
A wave
a train
A tree
5
At the end of "Precious Artifact," we learn that Milt Biskle's precious kitten actually runs on . . .
milk
batteries
Dunkin'
love
6
What is the animal supporting the pregnant woman in the Native Amer. creation myth with twins that becomes the earth?
Turtle
Bear
Coyote
Buffalo
7
Who famously sounds their "barbaric yawp"?
Emerson
Whitman
Thoreau
Mr. Vance
8
In The Crucible, what are John Proctor's two major flaws?
His inability to forgive himself
His passion for the church
His hatred for Reverend Parris
His lust for Abigail Williams
9
In what city did Edgar Allan Poe die?
Boston
New York City
Philadephia
Baltimore
10
What does it usually mean when someone cannot see in an Emily Dickinson poem?
They have their eyes closed
The reason is unknown to this day
They are dead
They forgot to wear their glasses
11
"You have seen how a man was made a ________; you shall see how a _______ was made a man."
Douglass
Franklin
Emerson
Thoreau
12
Realism arose after what major event?
The American Civil War
The American Revolutionary War
The Great Depression
World War I
13
What is implied about the Usher family tree?
They have a lot of famous relatives.
They likely committed incest.
They are related to the narrator of the story.
They are super healthy.
14
"And what I assume you shall assume,/ For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
Whitman
Dickinson
Thoreau
Emerson
15
Which theme seems to best fit the story of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"?
Heartbreak and betrayal
The painful experience of losing one's adolescence
Fate and free will
The desire to escape
16
In The Crucible, a theme best represented by Judge Danforth and Reverend Parris' behavior is...
Legal systems cannot take personal character into account
Good and evil must finally be determined by law
The absence of evidence renders authority powerless
Those in power act in the interest of preserving power
17
What was Whitman's collection of poetry called?
The Grassy Knoll
Leaves of Grass
The Grasshopper Poems
Blades of Grass
18
Which of these is Dickinson's verse normally written in?
She writes in Free Verse
Trochaic
Iambic Pentameter
Common Hymn Meter
19
What was Benjamin Franklin's 13th value that was also the toughest for him to achieve?
silence
electric personality
humility
temperance
20
Who wrote "Harrison Bergeron"?
Vonnegut
Jemisin
Le Guin
O'Connor
21
What is revealed about slave songs in the Narrative?
Slaves sing primarily because they are forced to by their masters
Slaves sing only when they are joyous
Slaves sing when they are most unhappy
Trick question: Douglass does not talk about slave songs in his narrative
22
Which of these themes or messages can NOT be inferred from "The Yellow Wall-paper"?
women's struggle for equality
the rest cure is beneficial when used properly
the need for self-expression
the desire for power
23
What are the functions of Creation Myths? (Select All That Apply)
To explain the world
To guide people
To support customs
To instill awe
24
Who wrote The Crucible?
Wheatley
Irving
Miller
Winthrop
25
Emerson's "American Scholar" is essentially his what?
Speech about nature
Speech to declare he wants America to be a British colony
Declaration of Independence for American Literature
A rant he had after living with Thoreau in his cabin
26
What does the Dog seek in "Schrodinger's Cat"?
To become a god-like being
Uncertainty
To become the greatest magician since Houdini by making cats disappear
Certainty
27
"I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as chanticleer"
Whitman
Douglass
Emerson
Thoreau
28
Mr. Covey's nickname among the slaves is what?
Slave breaker
Trickster
Devil
Snake
29
In her poetry, Dickinson presents death as what?
A Suitor
A Fly
Blindness
All of the above
30
What are the first three words of Douglass's Narrative?
My life began...
I was born...
I hate Michigan...
Call me Frederick...
31
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is an example of what literary period?
Realism
Enlightenment
Postmodernism
Romanticism
32
What happens to the house at the end of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
It burns down
It implodes
It falls into the tarn
It evaporates
33
What does the husband do at the very end of "The Yellow Wall-paper" when he enters the room?
He strikes the narrator
He calls for help
He faints
He runs out of the room screaming
34
Who wrote "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?
Oates
Le Guin
Saunders
O'Connor
35
Who wrote Walden?
Emerson
Whitman
Thoreau
Winthrop
36
Which is spelled correctly?
Transcandentalism
Transcendentilism
Trainsendentalism
Transcendentalism
37
The author of The Crucible wrote it in response to what event in his own time period?
The 1950s to honor the Puritans who died
The 1950s to shed light on the injustice of the Red Scare
The Colonial period to stop witchcraft accusations
The Colonial period to increase the religious fervor
38
What is a trochee?
A metric foot with the 1st beat unstressed followed by a stressed beat
A metric foot with three beats all the same length
A metric foot with the 1st beat stressed followed by an unstressed beat
Repetition of a word at the start of two or more verses
39
T or F: By the end of "The Yellow Wall-paper," the narrator thinks she is the woman in the wallpaper.
False
True
40
What is anaphora?
Words with the same ending sounds.
Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines.
I don't know. I don't care. I don't want to know.
Repeating a word or phrase at the end of successive lines.
41
"about this time that I conciev'd the bold and arduous Project of arriving at moral perfection"
Thoreau
Emerson
Franklin
Douglass
42
Which is NOT a convention of a slave narrative?
Graphic depictions of the brutality of slavery
Written primarily for a white audience
Written by a current slave
Preface often written by a white abolitionist
43
Whitman made what verse form popular?
Free Verse
Common Hymn Meter
Iambic pentameter
Blank Verse
44
Who wrote "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"?
O'Connor
Le Guin
Oates
Bradbury
45
According to Poe, poetry is supposed to mainly deal with what?
Dead people
Beauty
Truth
Goodness
46
What are we told Katrina Van Tassel is?
a coquette
poor
skinny
ugly
47
In Whitman's "Song of Myself," he says he will produce what type of call over the rooftops?
a barbaric yawp
an intelligible yell
a yearning cry
a guttural squeal
48
What specific day does Douglass say he was born according to his Narrative?
January 1
Valentine's Day
Christmas
He does not know
49
In The Crucible, which theme is best reflected by Proctor's decision to tear up the confession?
Government authority can be resisted single-handedly
Personal honor determines one's self worth
The variability of justice is an evil in itself
Forgiveness can be extended to the guilty AND the innocent
50
What is the literary term for a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a text, intended to suggest its theme?
Allusion
Epigraph
Anaphora
Epitaph
51
What kind of government does Salem have in The Crucible?
Republican State
Democracy
Monarchy
Theocracy
52
The narrator of "The Yellow Wall-paper" has to stay where?
downstairs
in the attic
in the basement
nursery
53
In the trickster tale, what does the plant cause to happen to the trickster?
Desecrate
Desecate
Defecate
Defect
54
Which of the following does NOT play as major of a role in the American Scholar's life as the other 3?
Books
Art
Action
Nature
55
Who wrote "The Yellow Wall-paper"?
Dickinson
Wheatley
Gilman
Bierce
56
What important historical event did Rip Van Winkle sleep through?
The French and Indian War
War of 1812
American Revolutionary War
American Civil War
57
Who was the Headless Horseman supposed to be according to the townspeople of Sleepy Hollow?
Freak show performer
Absent minded jockey
American war hero
Hessian soldier
58
"We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds"
Walden
"The American Scholar"
"Song of Myself"
"Self-reliance"
59
What is alliteration?
The same letter or sound repeated at the beginning of words
the same word repeated in a sentence
relative of an alligator
the same syllable repeated in a sentence
60
"Do I contradict myself?/ Very well then I contradict myself,/ (I am large, I contain multitudes"
Emerson
Dickinson
Thoreau
Whitman
61
"Between the light-and me-/And then the Windows failed- and then/ I could not see to see-"
"I heard a Fly buzz- when I died"
"Because I could not stop for Death-"
"Song of Myself"
"Much Madness is Divinest Sense"
62
What does the narrator in "The Yellow Wall-paper" do to try to cope with her anxiety and depression?
dance
draw
write
sleep
63
Who is the main trickster figure in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
Brom Bones
Natty Bumppo
Ichabod Crane
Katrina Van Tassel
64
What day did Thoreau move into his cabin?
Christmas Day
Easter
Independence Day
New Year's Day
65
"Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands draws to a close"
Emerson
Twain
Douglass
Thoreau
66
Emily Dickinson was a well known poet during her time.
True
What is "fame" anyway?
False
IDK
67
Who wrote "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
Twain
Bierce
Winthrop
Gilman
68
In "The Fall of the House of Usher," what does the house come to most be associated with?
A zombie
A tombstone
A vampire
Roderick Usher's head
69
What is NOT a way to integrate your quotes?
Using the word "that" followed by the quote without needing a comma
Introductory phrase followed by a comma
Complete sentence followed by a semicolon
Complete sentence followed by a colon
70
What literary movement comes immediately after Romanticism?
Postmodernism
Enlightenment
Modernism
Realism
71
The main theme of Native American literature is what?
Nature
Trying to avoid the White Man
Harmony with the natural world
Gaining dominion over the Earth and the rest of its people
72
Which is NOT one of the four ways to integrate quotes?
None of the above
Complete sentence followed by a colon
Introductory clause followed by a comma
Put quote into your sentence using "that" & no punctuation
73
Where should you place your transitions in the paragraph?
At the end of a paragraph.
At the beginning of a new paragraph.
We don't need no stinkin' transitions!
In the middle of a paragraph.
74
"The Veldt" is primarily a social commentary on what?
People not wanting to do any work
The dangers of wealth
The dangers of artificial intelligence
People becoming too engrossed with technology
75
Why are some lines a beat short in Poe's "The Raven"?
Trochees are always a beat less than an Iamb. Duh!
So the lines are all enjambed
So the lines end on the stressed syllable
Poe had trouble writing poetry because he was drunk a lot
76
Which is not a common role of the Trickster figure?
Destroyer of Worlds
Clever Deceiver
Cultural Hero
Numbskull
77
Which of these is a convention of the Gothic?
Doubling and Doppelgangers
Focus on Beauty
None of the above
Unity of Effect
78
Which of the following is NOT a definition of a crucible?
a severe test
a witch's hovel
situation where concentrated forces interact to cause change
vessel used for melting a substance; requires a lot of heat
79
What does John Proctor do to try and stop Abigail?
He tries to kill her
He tells the court about his affair with her
He accuses her of witchcraft
He confesses his love for her
80
What does Thoreau use to best represent his feelings on the modern technology of his age?
The Telephone
The Railroad
Running water
Electricity
81
True or False: Whitman equates the loss of eyesight with death?
False
True
82
Who wrote "A Model of Christian Charity" and is associated with the City on a Hill?
Wheatley
Winthrop
Bierce
Franklin
83
What is the sun made from in the Native Amer. creation myth we read?
The mother's head
Mainly hydrogen and helium with a smidgen of carbon & oxygen
The body of the bad twin
The turtle's shell
84
What does Omelas lack?
Guilt
Drugs
Festivals
Sex
85
According to the actual thought experiment, is Schrodinger's Cat alive or dead prior to opening the box?
Both
Alive
Who is Schrodinger and why isn't he a dog person?
Dead
86
Whitman made what verse form popular?
Common hymn meter
Free verse
Iambic pentameter
Blank verse
87
Who wrote "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"?
Oates
Le Guin
O'Connor
Vonnegut
88
"Assent- and you are sane-/ Demur- you're straightway dangerous- /And handled with a Chain-"
"I like a look of Agony"
"Much Madness is divinest Sense"
"I'm Nobody! Who are you?"
"Because I could not stop for Death"
89
What is an iamb?
A metric foot with 1st beat unstressed followed by a stressed beat
A metric foot with three beats all the same length
Repetition of a word at the start of two or more verses
A metric foot with 1st beat stressed followed by an unstressed beat
90
What is the name of the first major romantic hero?
Natty Bumppo
Brom Bones
Ichabod Crane
Huckleberry Finn
91
Which of the following describes the American Romantic Hero?
a nature hater
old
distrusting of civilization
values community over the individual
92
Poe argues for what guiding principle when it comes to writing a story or poem?
Poetry should be primarily about Truth
A story must be really long to be good
A poem or story must display Unity of Effect
The poem should make sense
93
Which of the following is likely NOT a theme of "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?
Dealing with unfair punishments
Corrupted morals of society
Loss of innocence
Assess your own flaws before pointing out those in others
94
Who wrote "Valedictorian"?
Saunders
Dick
Le Guin
Jemisin
95
What time of the year does Thoreau leave his cabin?
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
96
How does Columbus present America in the letter from his first voyage?
Presents it just as it is.
Exaggerates it.
Downplays his discovery and acts humble.
Mainly talks about the Natives & doesn't describe the land.
97
"An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man..."
Emerson
Thoreau
Douglass
Twain
98
Dickinson wrote using what type of meter?
Common Hymn Meter
Iambic Pentameter
She did not follow any type of meter
Free Verse
99
What are the first and last words of Whitman's "Song of Myself" in the correct order?
"I" & "We"
"I" & "You"
"You" & "I"
"I" & "Forget"

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