American Lit - Unit 1 Test Review

Which type of literature describes how life began, the workings of the natural world, and the support of social customs and values?

• Literary Essays
• Creation Myths
• Declaration of Independence
• Speech on Virginia Convention

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What ideal means creating a model religious community that others can emulate?

• Divine right
• "The Elect"
• A City Upon a Hill
• The Enlightenment

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

Which movement in early American focused on thinking and adherence to logic and reason?

• McCarthyism 
• The Imperial Era
• The Great Awakening
• The Enlightenment

Which example below shows us that the Iroquois gods do not concern themselves with human matters?

• The woman's fall from skyworld
• The muskrat bringing up earth
• Good and evil twins
• The devil below the earth

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

In "World on Turtle's Back," what catches the woman, showing they have a special relationship with the gods?

• Birds
• Dolphins
• Turtles
• the Water

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which twin kills their mother?

• Left-handed twin
• Right-handed twin

What do the twins represent?

• Good vs Evil
• God vs Devil
• Black vs White

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which event below shows that the coyote is clever?

• He spits on Buffalo Bull's skull
• He requests time to smoke
• He loses the gift he was given
• He has speed and strength

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What does Coyote make for Buffalo Bull?

• Calves
• Horns
• Spirits
• Rain

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Cabeza de Vaca and his men viewed the Natives as inferior people to be conquered.  What term do they use for these people?

• Noble Savage
• Archetype
• Theocracy

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4