ATA English 3 Final Exam Review

Question 1

Massachusetts leader for independence, helped draft the DofI but not primary author. An inventor in field of electricity

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Question 2

The right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, which no government may take away.

Accepted Answer

Natural Rights

Question 3

Universal themes: found throughout the literature of all time periods, such as love, greed, and good vs evil.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Agreement between people and government where citizens consent to be governed if govt. protects their natural rights

Accepted Answer

Social Contract

Question 5

Massachusetts leader in the movement for independence. Assisted in drafting the D of I but was not the primary author.

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 6

Even though Salem village was near the wilderness, the villagers easily farmed to provide a plentiful harvest each year.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

In 1783, after eight years of the __________ , the United States won its independence.

Accepted Answer

Revolutionary War

Question 8

Which statements best describe how the author views relationship between people and govt in D of I? (choose two)

Accepted Answer

People have right to change govt when it longer protects their interests, People have right to change/remove govt if it violates their rights

Question 9

Many stories are organized chronologically, following a tale from its beginning to its end.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The form of government for the US is communism with a capitalist economy and democracy for the USSR (Soviet Union).

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Like all Puritans, the people of Salem Village in Massachusetts believed in witches and witchcraft.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Hysteria is defined as exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

Which of the following literary time periods occurred FIRST chronologically?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism: The Crucible

Question 15

The Puritan society was a theocracy, a system of government in which religious leaders rule in the name of God.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The characters Miller uses are not based upon the actual people who experienced and were in the Salem Witch Trials.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

The three most common sources of allusions are the Bible, history and mythology.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

In the 1980s, Senator McCarthy claimed that communists had infiltrated government and Hollywood, and other organizations

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Which of the following events did not occur during the American Gothic Literature time period? Choose one only.

Accepted Answer

The American Revolution

Question 20

The principle of governing through elected representatives

Accepted Answer

Popular Sovereignty

Question 21

The structure of a story is its length, or how long the action is.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

A theme is an underlying symbol that a writer wants the reader to understand.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Wrote “Give me liberty or give me death!” Fiery public speaker. His speeches helped repeal Virginia Stamp Act.

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 24

In 1953 Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible, which uses witchcraft trials of 1692 to attack anti-communist trials of 1950s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Which of the following literary time periods occurred SECOND chronologically?

Accepted Answer

Revolutionary Literature and The Age of Reason: Dec of Ind

Question 26

In 1803, Pres. Thomas Jefferson doubled size of the U.S. with the purchase of the __ from France west of the Miss. river

Accepted Answer

Louisiana Territory

Question 27

Allusion: indirect reference to person, place, event, or literary work the author believes the reader will know

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Stage directions is the term for the playwright’s instructions for a play’s director, cast, and crew.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Which one theme is NOT part of the novel?

Accepted Answer

The importance of the future

Question 30

Inspired by the Enlightenment, people revolted against authoritarian governments and emphasized ___ over faith.

Accepted Answer

Reason and science

Question 31

Which of the following literary time periods occurred THIRD chronologically?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism and American Gothic Lit. Poe, Hawthorne and Dickinson

Question 32

The Puritans left England to escape religious persecution but did not give religious tolerance for other groups.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Which of the following events is an important influence on the novel?

Accepted Answer

World War 1 and the Volstead Act

Question 34

A political system in which the government’s power is restricted by laws or a written Constitution

Accepted Answer

Limited Government

Question 35

The D of I did not give __ rights to all people. Women, blacks, and whites men who did not own enough land were left out

Accepted Answer

Equal

Question 36

The Great Gatsby - The novel is set in the early 1920s- The Jazz Age.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Puritanism is based on extremely loose and relaxed moral or religious matters.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

The American Gothic Literature time period takes place primarily during the...

Accepted Answer

1800's

Question 39

The adoption of the ___________ in 1788 created the lasting framework for the independent government.

Accepted Answer

United States Constitution

Question 40

The “Red Secret” is another name for the fear of McCarthyism during the 1950’s.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 41

New __ and Proclamation of 1763, limiting freely settling in West, made some think Britain wanted them to be subservient

Accepted Answer

Taxes

Question 42

The Great Gatsby - This decade is a time when women sought greater freedoms and rights but did not achieve them.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 43

McCarthyism is the term for a period of intense suspicion about Communists in the United States during the early 1950s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 44

These Puritans considered witchcraft a crime but not a sin even though it was a very serious accusation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

Explains to King George why the colonies are at war with Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence

Question 46

Which of the following literary time periods occurred FOURTH chronologically?

Accepted Answer

The Modernist Period: The Great Gatsby

Question 47

At end of WWII, two powerful nations - the USA and the USSR (though allies in the war) became distrustful of each other.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

In the Declaration of Independence, which of the following best expresses the author’s main purpose in this document?

Accepted Answer

to declare the thirteen colonies free of Great Britain’s rule

Question 49

Inspired by the Enlightenment, people revolted against authoritarian govt headed by __ claim they were chosen by God

Accepted Answer

Monarchs

Question 50

A flashback may provide background information that offers readers insight about character, plot, or theme.

Accepted Answer

True

ATA English 3 Final Exam Review

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ATA English 3 Final Exam Review

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