Common Assessment 3 Review

One of the characteristics of American Romanticism was valuing intuition/feeling over reason.

• True

• False

Valuing educated sophistication over youthful innocence is a characteristic of American Romanticism.

• True

• False

Finding beauty and truth in exotic locales, the supernatural, and the imagination are characteristics of American Romanticism.

• True

• False

The Dark Romantics examined dark areas of humanity like greed, vanity, and guilt.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The Dark Romantics demonstrated strong optimism in the redeeming and positive power of humanity.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which piece of evidence from the text BEST supports the claim that Tom Walker’s wife is consumed by greed?

• “they lived in a forlorn looking house that stood alone and had an air of starvation”

• “their conflicts were not confined to words”

• “a hen could not cackle but she was on the alert to secure the new-laid egg”

• “the house and its inmates had altogether a bad name”

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which piece of evidence from the text best supports the claim that Tom’s wife was a violent woman?

• “Tom’s wife was a tall termagant, fierce of temper, loud of tongue”

• “He had a wife as miserly as himself”

• “Her voice was often heard in wordy warfare with her husband”

• “face showed signs that their conflicts were not confined to words”

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The dark, creepy swamp created a ______ feeling in the traveler as he listened to the wind whistle and owl hoot.

• prevalent

• stagnant

• melancholy

• avarice

• obliterate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

As the boy walked through the ______ pool of water, he stirred up a foul smell that stuck to his boots.

• prevalent

• stagnant

• melancholy

• avarice

• obliterate

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Once, the bald eagle was ______ in this area, but deforestation (cutting trees) has greatly reduced their numbers.

• prevalent
• avarice

• obliterate

• melancholy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4