Symbolism plays a key role in

The Great Gatsby, Song of Myself, Death of a Salesman, "If We Must Die"

What is the best class ever?

AP English Literature, AP English Literature, Mrs. Courtney's AP Lit Class, AP Lit

This text stresses to readers that they must simplify life to truly enjoy it

"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"

Fitzgerald and Miller both

present readers with a cynical worldview

The novel reflects the religious view that hell is terrifying through its use of imagery

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Jonathan Edwards wrote

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Henry David Thoreau wrote

"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

Housman and Whitman both

present a positive view of death

Works by Bunyan, Edwards, and Joyce all

Address religious virtues and vices

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Unit 1: Death and the Meaning of Life

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An AP review of authors, works of literature, time periods, and one unifying theme.

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1
This text reflects the economic crisis of the modern period:
"If I Must Die"
The Great Gatsby
"The Spider and the Wasp"
Death of a Salesman
2
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was an actual
Poem
Sermon
Song
Newspaper Article
3
Symbolism plays a key role in
The Great Gatsby
Song of Myself
Death of a Salesman
"If We Must Die"
4
What is the best class ever?
AP English Literature
AP English Literature
Mrs. Courtney's AP Lit Class
AP Lit
5
Alexander Petrunkavich wrote
"If We Must Die"
"The Spider and the Wasp"
"The Death of the Moth"
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
6
This text stresses to readers that they must simplify life to truly enjoy it
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Great Gatsby
Song of Myself
7
Claude McKay wrote
The Great Gatsby
"If I Must Die"
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
A Portait of the Artist as a Young Man
8
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote
The Great Gatsby
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Death of a Salesman
Song of Myself
9
James Joyce wrote
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
The Great Gatsby
10
Fitzgerald and Miller both
present readers with a cynical worldview
present readers with an optimistic worldview
directly warn readers against greed
present their stories from a first-person point of view
11
The novel reflects the religious view that hell is terrifying through its use of imagery
The Pilgrim's Progress
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
12
A.E. Housman wrote
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
"The Spider and the Wasp"
The Pilgrim's Progress
"If I Must Die"
13
The Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory for
the journey through a carnival
the journey through heaven
the journey through hell
the journey through life
14
McKay, Petrunkavich, and Woolf all
Pay special attention to dying
Pay special attention to living
Pay special attention to nature
Pay special attention to the afterlife
15
This text uses grass as a symbol to represent the beauty of nature and death
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
Death of a Salesman
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
Song of Myself
16
This novel includes deception, greed, anger, and love to prove that money can't buy happiness
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Great Gatsby
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
"The Spider and the Wasp"
17
John Bunyan wrote
Song of Myself
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
The Pilgrim's Progress
18
This text uses imagery to awaken readers and fight against oppression.
The Great Gatsby
"If We Must Die"
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
19
This text is the only drama we read this unit:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Great Gatsby
Death of a Salesman
The Pilgrim's Progress
20
Jonathan Edwards wrote
A Pilgrim's Progress
Song of Myself
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
"If We Must Die"
21
These two writers reflect the transcendentalist movement - individualism and nature
Edwards and Bunyan
McKay and Housman
Thoreau and Whitman
Woolf and Petrunkavich
22
This text uses vivid imagery to present death as natural
The Great Gatsby
"If We Must Die"
"The Death of the Moth"
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
23
Henry David Thoreau wrote
"The Death of a Moth"
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
The Pilgrim's Progress
Song of Myself
24
This text portrays fame as most important
"If We Must Die"
The Great Gatsby
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
25
Housman and Whitman both
view fame as a priority
present animals as characters
present a negative view of death
present a positive view of death
26
Arthur Miller wrote
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Death of a Salesman
"The Spider and the Wasp"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
27
This text uses vivid imagery to present the ghastly nature of death.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"The Spider and the Wasp"
Death of a Salesman
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
28
Works by Bunyan, Edwards, and Joyce all
Address topics of love and loss
Address topics of wealth and power
Address conflicting views of life and death
Address religious virtues and vices
29
Walt Whitman wrote
"Where I Lived and What I Lived For"
"To an Athlete Dying Young"
Song of Myself
The Pilgrim's Progress
30
Virginia Woolf wrote
"If We Must Die"
"The Spider and the Wasp"
"The Death of the Moth"
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

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