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2016-17 Semester 1 American Lit
2016-17 Semester 1 American Lit
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1
"He sent swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance" is:
Emotional
Ethical
Logical
Antithetical
2
"No man thinks more highly than I do of patriotism" demonstrates:
Authority
Consensus
Consistency
Liking
3
"The bow of God's wrath is bent; the arrow made ready on the string" is:
Ethical
Emotional
Logical
Antithetical
4
"But he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman" is an example of:
Scarcity
Emotional Appeals
Antithesis
Authority
5
When Gatsby is introduced to Tom and says, "I know your wife," we see hints of his:
fear of losing Daisy
companionship with Nick
underlying aggressiveness toward Tom
grumpy disposition
6
Gatsby's attention to detail can be seen in his (mark the incorrect answer):
Concern for Nick's grass
His two hydroplanes
His sending of a new dress to a girl at his parties
His real library books
7
Who says: "Oh this old thing? I put it on when I don't care what I look like."
Myrtle
Jordan
Catherine
Daisy
8
Thomas Jefferson's List of Offenses by King George is:
An emotional appeal
A logical appeal
An antithesis
An ethical appeal
9
"You are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes" is from:
The Declaration of Independence
The Speech to the Virginia Convention
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Crisis
10
In "The Raven" what is Poe attempting to create when the narrator opens the door to nothing:
Joy
Sadness
An emotional let down
Suspense
11
"It was about this time I conceived of arriving at moral perfection" is from:
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
The Crisis
Declaration of Independence
12
When authors like Jonathan Edwards use fiery, intense language, they are trying for:
Antithetical Appeals
Logical Appeals
Emotional Appeals
Ethical Appeals
13
Which of the following is not one of Ben Franklin's virtues:
Chastity
Humility
Labor
Order
14
Franklin claims he struggles most with:
Chastity
Temperance
Order
Humility
15
"We have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne" uses which kind of appeal:
Antithetical
Ethical
Emotional
Logical
16
Which of the following is not a rumor about Gatsby:
He went to Oxford
He killed a man
He is related to a kaiser
He wants to be a Senator
17
"But he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman" is from:
The Declaration of Independence
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Crisis
Speech to the Virginia Convention
18
Which of the following authors is responsible for The Crisis:
Thomas Jefferson
Jonathan Edwards
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
19
Liking means:
Getting people to commit to small commitments
Establishing your authority
Getting people to like you
Creating consensus
20
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains?" is from:
The Crisis
Speech to the Virginia Convention
The Declaration of Independence
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
21
"..to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them..." is what kind of appeal?
Emotional
Authoritative
Ethical
Logical
22
"It is easy for God to cast his enemies down to hell" creates:
liking
sympathy
consensus
fear
23
Jonathan Edwards gives his speech against:
The Revolutionary War
The Great Awakening
The Counter-Reformation
The Enlightenment
24
"And for the support of this declaration, which a firm reliance on the Divine Providence" is:
Ethical
Logical
Antithetical
Emotional
25
The Great Awakening was:
The period after the American Revolution
A time of re-commitment to fighting in the Revolution
A time of re-commitment to Puritan ideals
A time of re-commitment to Enlightenment ideals
26
When one establishes authority, it is best done by:
Getting people to like you
Getting people to feel sympathetic to you
Getting someone else to talk about your credentials
Stating your own credentials
27
"Thus all of you that never passed under a great change of heart are in danger":
Emotional
Logical
Ethical
Antithetical
28
In reality, Nick and Gatsby know each other from:
Tom's polo league
the military
adjoining properties
college
29
Which of the following describes an emotional appeal?
Establishing sympathy
Establishing non-tangible language
Establishing facts
Establishing credibility
30
"It was many and many a year ago in this kingdom by the sea" is from which poem:
The Raven
Annabel Lee
Bells
Snowbound
31
Which of the following events is mentioned in "The Speech to the Virginia Convention"?
The Boston Massacre
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The Boston Tea Party
Sherman's March to the Sea
32
In Berenice, which of the following does NOT happen to the title character?
Her hair changes color
She gets married
Her teeth are removed
She is buried alive
33
Which of the following represents hope in "The Great Gatsby"?
Jordan's golf career
Tom's polo horses
Gatsby's green light
Daisy's white dress
34
What secret does Gatsby reveal to Nick about the accident in the Valley of Ashes?
Daisy was driving
Daisy no longer loves Gatsby
Daisy knew about Tom's affair
That Myrtle was his mistress
35
Which of the following authors use "the transparent eye" as a nature symbol:
Emerson
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Poe
36
In both "The Raven" and "Berenice" the narrators are (mark the incorrect answer):
Situated in a library
Isolated from the world
Monomaniacal
Completely Stable
37
Which of the following is not a social problem/cause in the Romantic period:
Slavery
Suffragettes
Westward Expansion
Prohibition
38
Thoreau goes to Walden because:
He wanted to live deeply, and focus on his life
He is mourning his lost love
He hates religion and wants to live without it
He is running from the law
39
Consensus could be described as:
Peer Pressure
Getting people to create smaller and then larger commitments
A logical appeal
An ethical appeal
40
Consistency means:
Doing the same thing repeatedly
Asking for smaller and then larger commitments
Getting people to like you
Keeping people guessing
41
"We hold these truths to be self-evident" is what kind of appeal?
Logical
Ethical
Emotional
Antithetical
42
Of the following, who does not come to Gatsby's funeral?:
Mr. Gatz
Owl Eyes
Wolfsheim
Nick
43
In Self-Reliance, Emerson says which of the following:
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deeply"
"when I came to die not to discover that I had not lived"
"To be great is to be misunderstood"
"That government is best which governs least"
44
When Daisy says, "You always look so cool," what does the book claim she has truly revealed?
Her hatred for Tom
Her affair with Nick
Her love for Gatsby
Her friendship with Jordan
45
In "The Fall of the House of Usher" the house collapsing in on itself represents:
The end of the natural line
The cycle of life and death
The narrator giving up on Roderick
Man winning over nature
46
Which of the following groups are NOT satirized in "The Devil and Tom Walker"?
Married People
Usurers
Overly-Religious people
Patriotic People
47
When does Gatsby cease having parties:
When he meets Daisy
When he is murdered
When Daisy doesn't enjoy herself at one any more
When he establishes a friendship with Nick
48
Which of the following describes a logical appeal?
Making people sad
Strong, solid language
Establishing your credibility
Good evidence
49
Gatsby is confused when Nick offers to have Daisy over for tea because:
Nick claims to not know Gatsby
Nick asks to be part of Gatsby's business
Gatsby tries to give him a car and Nick refuses
Nick wants nothing in return
50
"We hold these truths to be self-evident" is from which document?
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Speech to the Virginia Convention
The Declaration of Independence
The Crisis
51
Who is explicitly associated with the color "Red" in "The Great Gatsby"
Catherine
Nick
Jordan
Tom
52
Reciprocity is a characteristic of persuasion that means:
Creating sympathy
Getting people to like you
Giving when you get something
Establishing your Authority
53
The Crisis was written for what purpose:
To rally troops at Valley Forge
To incite revolution after the Boston Tea Party
To inspire confidence after the war
To declare America's independence
54
Which of the following is not a statement about the Enlightenment:
It is about independent rule without a monarch.
It was a movement supported by King George.
It is a period of New Ideas.
It was threatening to the Puritan ideals
55
Which of the following is not a belief of the fireside poets:
Representing and highlighting America
Strong moralizing
Extreme natural phenomenon
Story-telling
56
Jonathan Edward's piece is a piece of the:
Enlightenment
Counter-Reformation
American Revolution
Great Awakening
57
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Romantics (generally)?
Emphasis on the Individual
Seeing the world in rose-colored classes
Emphasis on Nature
Justice at any cost
58
In Poe's poem "Bells", he primarily uses what to create drama and insanity:
Allusions
Similies
Repetition
Metaphor
59
"Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston" is:
Emotional
Liking
Ethical
Logical
60
Which of the following is not a symbol of Gatsby's "new money"
his family crest
his orange machine
His pink suit
His french chateau-style home
61
"Give me liberty or give me death" is an example of:
A logical appeal
An ethical appeal
An antithetical appeal
An emotional appeal
62
"You have an extraordinary opportunity, a day where Christ has thrown the door of mercy open":
Scarcity
Reciprocity
Liking
Consensus
63
"I have one lamp by which my feet are guided and that is the lamp of experience" is from:
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Declaration of Independence
The Crisis
Speech to the Virginia Convention
64
"He sent swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance" is from:
The Declaration of Independence
Speech to the Virginia Convention
The Crisis
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
65
Which of the following documents was written first:
The Crisis
Speech to the Virginia Convention
The Declaration of Independence
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
66
"Look at this picture and weep; if there remains one wretch, let him suffer unlamented" is:
The Crisis
Declaration of Independence
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Speech to the Virginia Convention
67
Which of the following authors is not a transcendentalist?
Wordsworth
Emerson
Thoreau
Hawthorne
68
"It is everlasting wrath" is:
Ethical
Emotional
Antithetical
Logical
69
Which of the following does not have something negative befall a female character:
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Devil and Tom Walker
Berenice
The Minister's Black Veil
70
Mark the incorrect statement about Jonathan Edwards:
He was a teacher of the Enlightenment.
He was almost like a celebrity.
His speeches at times created mass suicides.
He was primarily obsessed with emotion rather than reason.
71
"I bring reason to your ears" from The Crisis is:
Logical
Hyperbole
Emotional
Antithetical
72
"What we obtain to cheep, we esteem to lightly" is an example of:
Scarcity
Authority
Reciprocity
Liking
73
The raven repeats what words:
Bells
Nevermore
Neverwhere
Eat my shorts
74
Which of the following describes scarcity:
Wanting more commitment
Wanting what there is not a lot of
Getting people to like you
Not having full public support
75
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated" is from which text
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Crisis
Speech to the Virginia Convention
76
At the end of Franklin's work, he claims that he hopes what will be done with it:
His posterity will learn from it
He thinks the work was actually pointless
It will guide the revolutionaries
He will be able to achieve moral perfection
77
A theme of the poem Thanatopsis is:
References to link to the gods
Death is a part of the natural cycle of life
Humans are stronger than nature
Death is to be feared
78
The purpose of the declaration of independence is (mark the incorrect):
To make it clear that America has suffered
To declare war on Britain
To list the offenses committed by King George
To declare independence from Britain
79
Which of the following describes an Ethical appeal?
Establishing your credibility
Logical Evidence
Making the listener sympathetic to you
Making the listener feel the way you do
80
Which is not matched up correctly with its symbol and meaning?
Daisy's white dress = purity
Tom's polo horses = luxury
Nick's red books = prosperity
Gatsby's yellow car = humility
81
The Fall of the House of Usher is considered Gothic because:
The narrator's good decisions
Roderick's sense of peace and well-being
The red moon and extreme nature
Strong moralizing about the rich and poor
82
Ben Franklin was (mark the incorrect answer):
A founding father
A signer of the declaration of independence
An inventor
An ambassador to Germany