American Literature Test 10

Match each quotation with the correct author.

•  Marian Anderson

• "I was born on Webster Street in South Philadelphia in a room my parents had rented when they were married."

• James Weldon Johnson

•  "She is not dead;

  She's resting in the bosom of Jesus."

• Jesse Stuart

•  "After I'd seen the way my sister was beaten up, I begged to go to Lonesome Valley."

•  Robert Frost

• "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match each quotation with the correct author.

• Benjamin Franklin

•  "I made a little book, in which I allotted a page for each of the virtues."

• Elisabeth Elliot

• "The prayer that had been in Jim's heart for years was prayed with renewed energy now—that those who still had never heard, ... might hear."

• Edgar Lee Masters

•  "Life is too strong for you—

  It takes life to love Life."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Match each author with the correct work.

• "The Taxi"

•  Amy Lowell

• "Birches"

•  Robert Frost

• The Thread That Runs So True

• Jesse Stuart

• "The Creation"

• James Weldon Johnson

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

 Match each author with the correct work.

• "In Flanders Fields"

• John McCrae

• "What Riches Have You?"

• Carl Sandburg

• "Young Abe Lincoln"

• George Santayana

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Match each theme with the correct poem.

• "When All Is Done"

• Faith and hope in God are more precious than earthly wealth.

• "Hymn"

• Death is just a beginning.

•  "What Riches Have You?"

• God's presence keeps us safe from storms, battles, and sinful cares.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

Match each theme with the correct poem.

• "The Road Not Taken"

•  Take up the fight where others have fallen.

•  "Go Down Death—

  A Funeral Sermon"

•  The direction we choose in life is important.

•  "In Flanders Fields"

• The Christian doesn't need to fear death nor grieve when a saint has died.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

What profession did Ben Franklin's father want him to pursue?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

 In "Mission Accomplished," what tribe were the missionaries trying to reach?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

What poem describes the speaker's desire to temporarily escape the immediate cares of the world?

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

 According to his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin wanted to

achieve _____ _________.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10