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Basic English 11 Semester 1 review
"The Black Cat" was written as a what?
Who wrote The Crucible?
Basic English 11 Semester 1 review
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Who wrote
The Crucible?
John McCarthy
Arthur Miller
John Proctor
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"The Black Cat" was written as a what?
Personal narrative
Poem
Poem
3
What is nonfiction writing?
Writing about imaginary people, places, and events
Writing about real people, places, and events
4
American Romanticism spans what time periods?
1800-1860
1900-1950
1700-1750
5
The Revolutionary Period was considered the age of what?
Truth
Reason
Spirit
6
In Ben Franklin's
Poor Richard's Almanack,
it is full of short phrases that give wisdom on life. What are those called?
Witty phrases
Jokes
Aphorisms
7
Ethos, pathos, and logos are
what type
of writing?
Poetry
Argumentative
Fiction
8
Edgar Allan Poe's work was considered what type of genre?
Poetry
Gothic Romanticism
Short Stories
9
The three main themes of
The Crucible
were: hysteria, intolerance, and what?
Reputation
Respect
Witches
10
The Puritans were a small pilgram, religious group that
fled from where
to escape religious persecution?
England
America
France
11
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Transcendentalism?
Being a non-conformist
Concern over one's reputation among people in society
Valuing one's individuality
12
The type of Native American literature that "The World on a Turtle's Back" tale fits best is:
Tales of Heroes and Tricksters
Creation Myths
Rituals, Songs, and Chants
13
What is the climax of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”?
when the cat screams in the wall
when the narrator finds the cat under his bed
when the wife kills the cat
14
Emerson and Thoreau were well-known in what literature genre?
Transcendentalism
Gothic Literature
Poetry
15
What common archetype is found in Native American literature?
Whale
Buffalo
Coyote
16
What did Arthur Miller see as his inspiration to write his play
The Crucible?
Revolutionary War Era
The Civil Rights Movement
The McCarthyism Era
17
What type of myth was the Native American story, "Coyote and the Buffalo?
Creation myths
Rituals, Songs, and Chants
Heroes and Tricksters
18
The Puritans led a very strict Christian lifestyle.
False
True
19
In "The Black Cat", the narrator struggled with what that led to his violent acts?
Allergies
Alcoholism
Social anxiety
20
In
Poor Richard’s Almanack
, Franklin says, “The early bird gets the worm” What literary element is this an example of?
an aphorism
a rhetorical question
an allegory
21
The Revolutionary Period lasted between what time periods?
1700-1800
1750-1800
1800-1870
22
Emily Dickinson was what?
A poet
Governor
Actor
23
Unlike Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson was ...
people-oriented
private and shy
involved in social causes
24
Which is a characteristic of Dark Romanticism?
seeing the goodness in mankind
highlighting music and rhythm
focusing on the supernatural
25
The song "Song of the Sky Loom" was what type of Native American myth?
Rituals, Songs, and Chants
Creation myth
Heroes and Tricksters
26
The Revolutionary Period produced essays, pamphlets, speeches. But what did it not produce just yet?
declarations
newspapers
novels
27
The three types of Native American Oral Literature were: creation myths, tales of heroes and tricksters, and?
Poems
Rituals, Songs, and Chants
Hymns
28
What is fiction writing?
Writing about imaginary people, places, and events
Writing about real people, places, and events
29
Who was the
protagonist and antagonist
of
The Crucible?
John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor
John Proctor and Abigail Williams
Francis Nurse and Rebecca Nurse
30
The Revolutionary Period produced what type of writing the most?
Novels
Argumentative
Poetry
31
Dickinson was shy and private poet, only published 7 poems in her lifetime. What happened to her poems after her death?
Her mother published the other 1800 poems.
Her sister published the other 1800 poems.
They were burned in the fire.
32
The Crucible
was meant to represent what?
Education on witches
War
The social injustice happening at the time Arthur Miller wrote the play
33
What is the literary definition of an archetype?
A long tale involving poetry
A short saying that illustrates an important principle
A pattern or character that reoccurs in stories consistently over time
34
Romantics and Transcendentalists viewed truth and insight important over logic and reasoning.
False
True
35
Ben Franklin was known for his what?
aphorisms
jokes
short stories
