ALAC Midterm Review 2023

He prioritized pride in his name over his own life

• Ben Franklin

• John Proctor

• Patrick Henry

• Thomas Paine

He said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• Ben Franklin

• Arthur Miller

He criticized the "summer soldier" and the "sunshine patriot"

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• Arthur Miller

• John Proctor

Which twentieth-century playwright suffered at the hands of Senator McCarthy during the Red Scare?

• Thomas Paine

• Patrick Henry

• John Proctor

• Arthur Miller

Who is often referred to as "America's First Poet"?

• Thomas Paine

• Jonathan Edwards

• Anne Bradstreet

• Emily Dickinson

What was Olaudah Equiano's primary objective in writing his "Interesting Narrative"?

• to describe the experiences of being a slave in detail

• to bring attention to the horrors of the slave trade

• to call slave traders nominal Christians

• to defend the practice of slavery

Why did Thomas Paine write "The Crisis"?

• to convince colonists to go to war against England

• to dissuade colonists from going to war against England

• to boost the morale of British troops

• to boost the morale of American troops

Which best describes John Proctor's role in The Crucible?

• antagonist

• protagonist

• narrator

• foil

Which is the strongest example of antithesis?

• "We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have prostrated ourselves..."

• "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of his country..."

• "Let it come, sir, I repeat, let it come"

• "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

Which is the strongest example of parallelism?

• "We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have prostrated ourselves..."

• "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of his country..."

• "Let it come, sir, I repeat, let it come"

• "I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"