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The American Renaissance Unit Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Fill in the blank: ____________________ > Society.
a)
Tone
b)
Individualism
c)
Instinct
d)
Nature
2.

Who wrote "Self-Reliance"?

a)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Margret Fuller

3.

"Word Choice" is the definition of...

a)

Diction

b)

Syntax

c)

Tone

d)

Analogy

4.
Define: To Change your Thoughts
a)
Panthesist
b)
Religion
c)
Transcendentalism
d)
Spirituality
5.
Define: Visually descriptive or figurative language
a)
Aphorism
b)
Diction
c)
Metaphor
d)
Imagery
6.
The values of Transcendentalism starts with ______________________ and Intuition.
a)
Instinct
b)
Liberal
c)
Work
d)
Nature
7.
The aim of Transcendentalism is ___________________________________.
a)
Self-Reliance
b)
Self-Knowledge
c)
Self-Taught
d)
Self-Esteem
8.
Loving your _________________ is the measure of _________________.
a)
self; love
b)
work; success
c)
parents; family
d)
mind; knowledge
9.
Education is __________________.
a)
Conservative
b)
Duty
c)
Liberal
d)
Power
10.
Wrote "Nature" and created the idea of Transcendentalism.
a)
Margret Fuller
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
Bronson Alcott
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
11.

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities is

a)

Symbolism

b)

Imagery

c)

Alliteration

12.

A style of writing that is characterized by fear, but also nature is

a)

Romanticism

b)

Gothic

c)

Transcendentalism

13.

The same sound at the beginning of a line of words is...

a)

Sublime

b)

Tone

c)

Alliteration

14.

Excellence or beauty to inspire great admiration is...

a)

Gothic

b)

Satire

c)

Sublime

15.

The development of individualism, rebellion, and nature to embrace the natural world is....

a)

Transcendentalism

b)

Romanticism

c)

Colloquialism

16.

Fill in the blank: ______________ OVER Institution

a)

Feeling

b)

Reason

c)

All

d)

Individualism

17.

"Imagination OVER ______________"

a)

Reason

b)

Feeling

c)

All

d)

Individual

18.

"______________ OVER fact"

a)

Reason

b)

Feeling

c)

All

d)

Individualism

19.

"Nature OVER ______________'

a)

Reason

b)

Feeling

c)

All

d)

Individual

20.

What is going on in the 19th century in America that commercially created new ways of transportation?

a)

The Underground Railroad

b)

Newspaper

c)

The Industrial Revolution

d)

The Neoclassical Period

21.

Who is one author from the Romantic Period in America?

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Washington Irving

d)

Walt Whitman

22.

What is the story about a man making a deal with the devil for life-long materialism?

a)

The Devil and Tom Walker

b)

"The Raven"

c)

The Fall of the House of Usher

d)

Nature

23.

What is satire?

a)

Making fun of human life

b)

Making fun of human stupidity

c)

Making fun of human communication

24.

How many stanzas are in "The Raven"?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

25.

When it comes to meter in poetry, what are the two important pieces of meter? ______________ & ___________ syllables.

a)

stressed and more stressed

b)

stressed and unstressed

c)

iambic and diambic

d)

penta and meter

26.

What is one allusion found in "The Raven"?

a)

Aidenn

b)

"Quoth the Raven, Nevermore"

c)

"Nodded nearly napping"

27.

What is one characteristic of Transcendentalism?

a)

Rebellion

b)

Nature

c)

Satire

28.

Which one of the four answers is NOT a characteristic of Transcendentalism?

a)

Nonconformity

b)

Self-Reliance

c)

Hard Work

d)

Free Thought

29.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of Romanticism?

a)

Rebellion

b)

Breaking Convention

c)

Power of the Senses

d)

Use of Satire

30.

Who wrote "The Raven"?

a)

Edward Allan Poe

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Washington Irving

d)

Washington Erving