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Best-known of the Fireside Poets
Holmes
Whittier
Irving
Longfellow
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Chronologically speaking, American Literature begins with:
Rationalism
Puritan Era
Romanticism
Native American Writings
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Which statement best describes the concept of Rationalism?
God gave select individuals the ability to find truth
People can arrive at truth by using reason
People can never really know truth
People can arrive at truth by the grace of God
4
The Founding Fathers were rationalist thinkers.
True
False
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What is the Age of Reason in American Literature?
A movement where all Enlightenment Writers fought to have reason.
Intellectual and cultural movement that emphasized reason over all else.
An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement in Europe.
A reader-response theory that literature doesn't posses a fixed meaning.
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What influenced American Modernism?
The Reign of Terror
The Civil War
The Great Depression
The World Wars
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What animal is typically seen as the trickster in Native American literature?
Armadillo
Rabbit
Coyote
Turtle
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What were the main inspiration sources in the Romantic period?
Politics, individualism and reason
Emotions, nature and individualism
Individualism, nature and politics
Reason, individualism and nature
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Why might a Puritan and a Rationalist not get along?
Puritans strongly follow God, but Rationalists follow reason.
Rationalists believe people are bad, unlike Puritans.
Rationalists are corrupt because they do not believe in science.
Rationalists stongly follow God, but Puritans follow reason.
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What is literary realism?
a literary movement that emphasizes observation and the scientific method
a literary movement that represents reality by showing everyday experiences
an American single-camera sitcom television series that premiered on NBC
a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people
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This genre of literature came from the Romantic period.
Classical theatre, such as Greek tragedies
Essays on how to be practical and become wealthy
Horror novels
Biblical sermons
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Puritan literature?
written to provide spiritual insight
written in plain style
full of drama and fiction
focused on religion
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Characteristics of modernism
Pessimistic, "American Dream"
"Dark Romanticism", Sin, Pain , and Evil
" Local Color", Open Interpretation
Sermons, Personal Narratives
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After WWI, American writers began to -
urge the country to "build"
look to the past for inspiration
grow cynical about traditions
abandon art
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Who were the Fireside Poets?
Group of young French men that came from Paris to share poetry in America
A group of New England poets whose work was morally uplifting and relatable
Native Americas spreading the word about nature through their stories
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All of the following are characteristics of Modernism EXCEPT
Linear, classic plot struture
Themes of impermanence and change
Features alienated individuals
Rejects traditional themes and subjects
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What is Naturalism?
A term to describe writing about a certain area.
A story about an everyday hero.
A story where man is not in control of their life.
Story from one person's point of view.
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Fireside Poets, Poe, Hawthorne
Puritan
Romanticism
Colonial
Transcendentalism
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Who was a large supporter of transcendentalism?
Brigham Young
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mark Twain
Abraham Lincoln
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Which best describes Puritan writing?
fictional
beautiful imagery
plain style
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Which is NOT a characteristic of Transcendentalism?
Using intuition to solve problems
Conforming to society
Believing that is God in nature
Enforcing the importance of human rights
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In Native American culture, the cyclical nature of existence is reflected in
colors, shapes, and sizes
cars and houses
birth, death, and rebirth
books and magazines
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Which accurately describes Puritan government?
Only landowners could vote
A theocracy ruled by the church
Formed Mayflower Compact after establishing church
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Which is NOT a common type of Puritan literature?
short stories
journals
sermons
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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of American Romantic literature?
imagination and individuality
Nature as a source of spirituality
looking to the past for wisdom
a longing to live in cities
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What was the Romantic writers' view towards the natural world?
humanity should control nature
humanity should live in harmony with nature
it's pretty
the woods are the devil's home
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Rationalist believed that people are
inherently evil
born sinners
needing more Jesus
good by nature
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Which of the following is
not
a characteristic found in Romantic literature?
Valuing the imagination
Interest in science and reason
Expression of strong emotion
Focus on nature
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A group of popular poets during the Romantic period
Transcendentalists
Fireside Poets
Gothics
Dark Romantics
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What is Regionalism?
Prominent from 1865-1895
Focuses on characters, dialect specific to a certain region
all of the above
Often called “local color.”
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What drove Realism in literature
Readers seeking stories about reasoning and logic
Readers seeking stories they could relate to, rather than fantasies
Tyler, The Creator did not deserve the Grammy win
A need for more works of scientific literature
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In Puritan society, laws were often
about morality and keeping people focused on God
focused on killing those who didn't follow them
nonexistent
pretty relaxed
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creation myths, archetypes, cyclical patterns
Romanticism
Puritan
Colonial
Native-American
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Gothic literature focuses on
the love between a maidens and knights
the innocence of children
the architecture of ancient Rome
the dark and supernatural side of the world
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A late 18th century revolt against Rationalism in literature and arts for better self awareness
Romanticism
Rationalism
Enlightenment
Surrealism
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Who were the Fathers of American Transcendentalism?
Coleridge & Poe
Emerson & Poe
Emerson & Thoreau
Poe & Hawthorne
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According to Naturalism, humans have ______________ control over their own destinies.
some
enough
complete
no
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A Romantic poem would most likely
emphasize the importance of wealth and maturity
discuss the various cures for the black plague
celebrate nature and the common man
provide a detailed description of industrial progress
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Which author represents Modernism?
William Faulkner
Edgar Allan Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mark Twain
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Realism stressed the _______ over the _______
Imagined, Actual
Actual, Imagined
Evil, good
Good, evil
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What was the purpose of Puritan literature?
To Teach a life lesson
For Entertaiment
To teach the Sciences
To Teach Christian values
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What are some common themes in Native American stories?
Creation/Order
Order/Respect
Creation/Truth
Creation/Trickery
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Native American stories are
linear
cyclical
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What distinction does Bradstreet have in American Literature?
"The Poet Most Likely to Go to Heaven"
"America's First Poet"
"The Funniest Puritan Poet"
"The World's Best Poet, Ever"
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How was Native American literature and history passed from tribe to tribe or generation to generation?
oral tradition
smoke signals
carrier pidgeons
text messages
