Who were the Fireside Poets?

A group of New England poets whose work was morally uplifting and romantic

Welcome to your Final Exam Review!

Yes, I'm totally ready!, Is there candy?, Hold on. Let me get my notes . . ., Could I borrow someone else's notes?

An exceedingly unlikely comparison

What did Thoreau do in Walden Woods?

He observed nature, wrote, and lived in semi-isolation for two years.

Why is The Glass Menagerie autobiographical for Tennessee Williams?

His sister was like Laura & their mother was like Amanda.

What is going on in Britain when the Puritans are colonizing America?

Shakespeare is Writing His Plays, King James Bible is Published

How is the glass menagerie a symbol for Laura?

Laura and the glass animals are both fragile., Both Laura and the figures are unable to communicate.

“The River Merchant’s Wife” depicts

A relationship that started loveless, and grew into love

What did Hemingway do in World War I?

Drove an ambulance at the Italian front

The Lost Generation were American...

authors who were disillusioned with society and lived in 1920s Paris

When does American Literature begin?

With the Native Americans and the oral tradition

A pause in a line of poetry (sometimes with extra spacing or punctuation)

a person's character rather than the idea being argued

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1
Who were the Fireside Poets?
Native Americans spreading the word about nature through their stories
A group of poets who met secretly and recited poetry around campfires
A group of young men from Paris who came to spread poetry in America
A group of New England poets whose work was morally uplifting and romantic
2
A direct comparison of two unlike things is a(n)
metaphor
inversion
simile
conceit
3
What does Laura's collection of glass figurines symbolize?
her future
how fragile love is
her family
herself
4
"Verse" is another word for
allusion
poetry
story
rhyme
5
Welcome to your Final Exam Review!
Yes, I'm totally ready!
Is there candy?
Hold on. Let me get my notes . . .
Could I borrow someone else's notes?
6
A menagerie is a __________
a cage
collection of wild animals
a type of candle-holder
a fancy dinner
7
What’s a conceit?
The poetic production of a sense impression
Exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally
A contradiction
An exceedingly unlikely comparison
8
The Puritans founded
The Bradford School
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Harvard College
Jamestown, Virginia
9
According to Emerson, nature teaches us
about God
how to survive in society
about ourselves
nothing
10
The term "puritanical" describes the Puritans accurately.
False
True
11
What did Thoreau do in Walden Woods?
He kept track of the kinds of birds he saw.
He observed nature, wrote, and lived in semi-isolation for two years.
He developed hundreds of trails.
He primarily hunted food.
12
The Iceberg Theory can also be called:
The Lost Generation
The Theory of Everything
The Nada Theory
The Theory of Omission
13
When does American literature become truly American?
With Modern Literature
With the Romantics
With the Revolutionaries
With the Puritans
14
Which of the following is NOT a piece by Ernest Hemingway?
The Old Man & The Sea
Hills Like White Elephants
The Glass Menagerie
A Farewell to Arms
15
According to his autobiography, Ben Franklin tried to be...
a kind friend to all he met.
a very healthy person who exercised.
a good leader and politician.
a morally perfect person.
16
The feelings and associated meanings of a word are called
rhetoric
denotation
diction
connotation
17
The term "puritanical" means
pure and lovely
hard-working
strict, inflexible, and dull
independent
18
The Scarlet Letter is an example of
Romantic Literature
Modern Literature
Revolutionary Literature
Puritan Literature
19
Walt Whitman belongs in what period?
Realism
Romantic
Enlightenment
Puritan
20
Loaded diction, appeal to pity, analogies, and ad hominem are all
all of the above
aphorisms
logical fallacies
rhetorical devices
21
The influence of Imagism in "The Red Wheelbarrow" is most clearly reflected in the
use of musical rhythms.
use of vivid images.
type of emotions suggested in the poem.
lack of rhythm and rhyme.
22
Why is The Glass Menagerie autobiographical for Tennessee Williams?
He is Jim, so he was telling a story he really lived.
He had a "defective" leg like Laura.
His sister was like Laura & their mother was like Amanda.
He actually knew the Wingfields & was good friends with Tom.
23
Phillis Wheatley, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson are famous writers from which literary period?
Age of Reason
Realism
Puritan
Romanticism
24
Benjamin Franklin belongs in what period?
Modern
Romantic
Realism
Enlightenment
25
What is going on in Britain when the Puritans are colonizing America?
The Black Death
Shakespeare is Writing His Plays
King James Bible is Published
The Battle of Hastings
26
Who wrote "The Red Wheelbarrow"?
William Carlos Williams
T.S. Eliot
Ezra Pound
E.E. Cummings
27
Which poem did Robert Frost NOT write?
Fire and Ice
Nothing Gold can Stay
The Road Not Taken
The Red Wheelbarrow
28
With which author is the Iceberg Theory associated?
Arthur Miller
Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
Tennesse Williams
29
The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment both refer to the period around the
Romantics
American Revolution
Puritans
Civil War
30
How is the glass menagerie a symbol for Laura?
Laura and the glass animals are both fragile.
Both Laura and the figures are unable to communicate.
Both the glass animals and Laura are expensive to keep.
Both the glass figures and Laura have only a false beauty.
31
“The River Merchant’s Wife” depicts
An originally loving relationship that ends in resentment
A relationship that was full of love from start to finish
A relationship that never had love in it
A relationship that started loveless, and grew into love
32
The Scarlet Letter belongs in what period?
Enlightenment
Puritan
Realism
Romantic
33
What did Hemingway do in World War I?
Drove a horse and carriage in France
Tended to the wounded at the front in Italy
Drove his bicycle over the Pyrenees
Drove an ambulance at the Italian front
34
The Lost Generation were American...
authors who longed for the elegance and historical depth of Europe
authors who believed people must be one with nature
authors who believed that reason is supreme, not emotions
authors who were disillusioned with society and lived in 1920s Paris
35
What is a key concept of Naturalism?
nature's beauty and the American Dream
survival of the fittest
The American Experience
animals replacing human roles
36
Phillis Wheatley was a poet.
T
F
37
Why does Thoreau go to Walden Pond?
Spend some time alone with his wife
Running from the government
He owed money to debtors
He wished to live deliberately
38
Realism could be characterized as
dramatic
relatable
sentimental
tragic
39
Repetition of a particular consonant sound is called
consonance
conceit
alliteration
assonance
40
Romantic literature includes two primary subgenres:
regionalism
gothic
transcendentalism
naturalism
41
Thomas Paine belongs in what period?
Romantic
Realism
Puritan
Enlightenment
42
Aphorisms are short, concise statements expressing a wise or clever observation or a general truth.
False
True
43
The words an author or poet uses (word choice) is ____________.
connotation
rhetoric
diction
denotation
44
When does American Literature begin?
With the Native Americans and the oral tradition
With Puritan Literature
With the Revolutionary War
With Romantic Literature
45
Phillis Wheatley belongs in what period?
Puritan
Realism
Enlightenment
Romantic
46
The Fireside Poets included all except
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Russell Lowell
Herman Melville
Oliver Wendell Holmes
47
Caesura
A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
A pause in a line of poetry (sometimes with extra spacing or punctuation)
A hard consonant sound followed by two soft sounds.
A word that has no meaning.
48
Ad hominem attacks
a person's writing
a person's ideas rather than his character
a person's character rather than the idea being argued
a person's children
49
The Fireside Poets were extremely popular in their time.
False
True
50
Regionalism focuses on ________________?
all of the above
customs and culture
dialect
a particular region
51
Edgar Allan Poe belongs in what period?
Puritan
Romantic
Enlightenment
Realism
52
True or False: The Crucible is an example of Puritan-era literature.
False
True
53
What themes did the Fireside Poets explore?
All of the above
self and nature
Domestic life and mythology
madness and death
54
Tennessee Williams belongs in what period?
Enlightenment
Romantic
Realism
Modern
55
Edward Taylor belongs in what period?
Realism
Romantic
Puritan
Enlightenment
56
What is NOT an element of Romanticism?
Imagination
Supernatural
Focus on the Present
Nature
57
Imagism focused on providing "word pictures," using as many words and explanations as possible.
False
True
58
Williams said that The Glass Menagerie is a _________ play.
memory
comedy
depressing
melodrama
59
Hemingway's first job was as a(n)
journalist on Wall Street
reporter for the Kansas City Star
waiter in Sicily
ambulance driver in Spain
60
Why is the wife writing a letter in "The River Merchant's Wife"?
Her husband is away
Her husband is dead
She is getting married
She went on a trip
61
The term "didactic" means
difficult to understand
stereotypical
objective
instructive
62
Which of the glass animals does Laura say is her favorite?
the horse
the bird
the bee
the unicorn
63
Who wrote "The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter"?
E.E. Cummings
Ezra Pound
Robert Frost
T.S. Eliot
64
Mark Twain belongs in what period?
Realism
Romantic
Enlightenment
Puritan
65
Anne Bradstreet belongs in what period?
Puritan
Enlightenment
Realism
Romantic
66
The literal meaning of a word is
connotation
denotation
diction
rhetoric
67
A reference to something outside the work that is not explained (you're just expected to understand the reference) is
assonance
allusion
metaphor
hyperbole
68
Which author wrote The Old Man and the Sea and For Whom the Bell Tolls?
Rudyard Kipling
Walt Whitman
Tennessee Williams
Ernest Hemingway
69
The author of the Speech to the Virginia Convention is ______________.
Hester Prynne
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
70
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as" or other similar language is a(n)
metaphor
simile
conceit
inversion
71
Why was Thoreau jailed?
failure to pay his taxes
fraud
treason
protesting
72
If AUTO means self and GRAPH means to write, who wrote The Autobiography of Ben Franklin?
Ben Franklin
Phyllis Wheatley
Thomas Jefferson
IDK! (How would I know that?)
73
Similar word order and structure is called
metaphor
paraphrase
inversion
parallelism
74
The fact that Americans had much to overcome, including famine, sickness, multiple wars, and other hardships explains
why American literature is better than British literature
why American literature is often cheerful
why American literature is difficult to comprehend
why American literature is "dark"
75
Realism was a rejection of:
God
Reason
Romanticism
Modernism
76
Henry David Thoreau was Emerson's _________.
Student & Friend
Pastor
Enemy
Inspiration
77
In The River Merchant’s Wife, what happens when the river-merchant’s wife is sixteen?
She runs away from her husband
She has a miscarriage
Her husband is killed
Her husband goes away
78
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds is called
hyperbole
alliteration
consonance
assonance
79
Which of the following are symbolic in The Glass Menagerie?
Father's Portrait
All of the above
Unicorn
Fire Escape
80
Romanticism was a response to...
Puritanical Society
The American Civil War
The Enlightenment
The Pilgrims
81
One of the subgenres of Modern literature is
iceberg theory
naturalism
imagism
transcendentalism
82
Thoreau mainly wrote about ___________.
Traveling
Food
Nature
Painting
83
"The paired butterflies are already yellow with August" is an example of
assonance
imagery
simile
onomatopoeia
84
Patrick Henry belongs in what period?
Realism
Romantic
Puritan
Enlightenment
85
The reversal of normal word order is called
a turn
conceit
inversion
introspection
86
What was another name for the Fireside Poets?
Schoolroom Poets
Narrative Poets
Nonconformist Poets
Historical Poets
87
Transcendental literature tends to be dark and gloomy.
True
False
88
Jonathan Edwards belongs in what period?
Realism
Romantic
Puritan
Enlightenment
89
Naturalism focuses on:
the beauty and perfection of nature
the natural way that people speak
the natural landscape and features of a particular region or community
the idea that nature is a heartless machine, indifferent to man
90
Puritan plain style refers to:
hair styles in the 1600s
simple dress
a simple style of writing
Puritan sermons
91
Instead of paying the light bill, Tom does what?
joins the Merchant Marines
buys glass animals for Laura
buys a phonograph
spends the money on alcohol
92
The famous last line of Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention is:
"Here I stand!"
"Down with the corrupt King of England!"
"I want my unalienable rights!:
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
93
Emerson mainly wrote about ___________.
family
nature
trees
city life

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