American Lit Test Review

what is recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology.

• Archetype
• foreshadow
• allegory
• myth

a point in a story where a character reverts/reflects back to an earlier time

• in media res
• symbol
• flashback

a thing that represents or stands for something else

• archetype
• symbol
• allusion
• Flash

The process by which a person or persons acquire the social and psychological characteristics of a group

• Assimilation
• Flashback

the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices

• sarcasm
• irony
• allegory
• satire

All of the following are cultural markers for Native Americans except?

• Long hair/braid
• strong fighters
• honoring animals
• living in harmony with the land

Native American folktales often use animals to...

• remind them of their food source
• foster their belief in the sacredness of animals
• demonstrate their dominance of nature
• shows that they didn’t understand science

“Kill the Indian and save the man” most accurately means

• destroy the culture of the Native Americans but keep them alive
• make them slaves like Africans
• shave their heads and make them dress in European clothes
• teach them to speak only English and not their native tongue

The mother cutting her hair is the authors way of showing the effects of...on everyday Native Americans.

• Assimilation
• discrimination
• alienation
• syphilis

All of the Indians must have tragic features: tragic noses, eyes, and arms.Their hands and fingers must be tragic when they reach for tragic food. The main device in this line is

• Irony
• Satire