American Literature--CH 5 (BJU3)

Which of the following ideas is true about Emerson?

born into a prosperous, social family; experienced genteel poverty; novels reveal a searcher who finds no answers

Poe was known as the Father of Detective Fiction.

Melville's popularity and reputation suffered near the end of his career because

What do the walls symbolize in 'Bartleby"?

Which of the following is one of Poe's principles for literary composition?

was brought "to a boil" by Emerson; praised as "good gray poet" near the end of his life

lists of names, places, or things

Who is the master of the macabre?

Whitman actually proclaimed himself the Nationa Poet of the US

defined poetry as meter-making argument"; pivotal figure in American literature

In "O Captain! My Captain!" wat do the captain and the ship symbolize?

Where did Bartleby work before being employed by the narrator?

Which of the following emphases is present in Whitman's work?

Why is the speaker in "the Raven" sorrowful?

Thoreau lived with Emerson and his family during two different periods of time.

What was the official publication of the transcendentalists?

lost his parents at a very early age; often pessimistic about man's achievements and capabilities

Who is ultimately responsible for prompting the narrator's decision to rid himself of Bartleby?

Which of the following events actually happened in "the cask of Amontillado"?

Each of the following is a legitimate way of reading "Walden" except as

In Section 6 of "Song of Myself: death is viewed as

In "the Birthmark," Georgiana's birthmark is an appropriate symbol for

repetition of initial consonant sounds

obvious overstatement or exaggeration intended to make a point

"What belongs to him or her and to none else" emphasizes the selfishness and predjudice of some Americans.

Which of the following characteristics is true of transcedentalism?

What is the mood of "Annabel Lee"?

Each of the following ideas is true about Walt Whitman except which one?

What central recommendation is offered by Thoreau in "Walden"?

motivated by literary nationalisim to use American settings; expressed a POV based on values sympathetic to Christianity

situation in which the reader is aware of plot developments whereas a character in the story is not

Which poetic term means the repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds in nearby words?

Why has Melville attracted much attention from modern critics?

Melville was the most powerful influence on modern Am. poets, and he represents America's drift away from Puritan ideals

Each of the following ideas in true about Hawthorne except which one?

the emotional atmosphere of a work

In "Self-Reliance" Emerson priases youth as the model of self-reliance.

When Georgiana reads Aylmer's folios seeing that most of his experiements were failures, this is an example of what?

Each of the following ideas is true of Melville except which one?

What central metaphor does Emerson use in our excerpt from "Nature" to illustrate man's relationship with nature?

How does Whitman employ the cataloging technique in "I Hear America Singing"?

"Every spirit builds itself a house, and beyond its house a world, and beyond its world a __"

In "Civil Disobedience," what biblical allusion emphasizes Thoreau's point about the evil of government?

was jailed briefly for refusing to pay his taxes

hints at events that will occur later in the story

Hawthorne's best-known character, Captain Ahab of "Moby Dick," hurls defiance at God.

According to Thoreau in "civil disobedience," what is the best government?

a form of poetry that uses irregular line length and does not have fixed metrical patterns and usually without rhyme