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Quiz 3-221

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a common concept or subject that both Dickinson and Whitman wrote about

a)

Love

b)

Nature

c)

Death

d)

God

2.
Instead of rhythm and rhyme, what did Whitman use that would make his poems more memorable?
a)
Correct punctuation
b)
Personification
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Repetition
3.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Dickinson's poetry?
a)
Dashes
b)
No titles
c)
Slant Rhymes
d)
Iambic pentameter
4.
Emily Dickinson dressed all in ____ no matter what the season.
a)
yellow
b)
white
c)
black
d)
red
5.

Emily Dickinson was a(n) _______.

a)

married woman with many children

b)

socialite

c)

twin

d)

recluse

6.

What is the explanation for Louise's husband's death in "Story of an Hour"?

a)

He drowned.

b)

He died in a railroad accident.

c)

He was hit by a car

d)

He was in a ferry accident

7.

In "Story of an Hour" what feelings begin to "possess" the protagonist?

a)

The thought of her husband's death

b)

The idea of freedom

c)

Her fear of loneliness

d)

Depression

8.

In "Story of an Hour" what happens when her husband walks through the door?

a)

She announces that she wants a divorce

b)

She's relieved

c)

She dies from an aneurysm

d)

She dies from heartbreak

9.

In "Desiree's Baby" in what way did Armand's treatment of the slaves change initially, right after the baby was born?

a)

He became harsher and more cruel

b)

He freed all of his slaves

c)

He became nicer and more lenient

d)

It did not influence his behavior

10.
Where did Desiree's adopted parents find her?
a)
In the middle of the town square
b)
At the front gate of their house
c)
Living with unfit parents
d)
She wasn't adopted
11.
What makes Desiree realize that her baby may be a mixed race child?
a)
She sees similarities between the baby and one of the slaves
b)
She is told this secret by her mother
c)
Armand changes and becomes mean
d)
She has known all along
12.
How does Armand react when he realizes the baby is not completely white?
a)
He accepts Desiree and the baby and does not care
b)
He is angry and tells Desiree to leave
c)
He decides to raise the baby as one of the slaves
d)
He gives the baby away
13.
What happens to Desiree and the baby?
a)
They go back to her parent's house and live
b)
They stay with Armand and live a happy life
c)
Armand kills both of them in an angry rage
d)
Desiree drowns herself and the baby in the swamp
14.

What is the theme of Desiree's baby?

a)

Do not lie to other people

b)

Assumptions can be dangerous

c)

Babies should be loved no matter what

d)

Your heritage and family background matters

15.
What does Armand find out from his mother's letter?
a)
He is the one who is not white
b)
Desiree never loved him
c)
He is adopted also
d)
He will inherit a fortune
16.
The idealism of the Romantic authors...
a)
Was embraced by many of the most popular "realist" authors
b)
Ended with the start of the Civil War
c)
Continued during the Civil War
d)
Could often be seen in letters home from the battlefield during the Civil War
17.
Realism is a form of writing that depicts life...
a)
Accurately without romanticizing or idealizing it.
b)
As the writer wished it actually were
c)
By using only facts, and contains no fiction
d)
As based around nature and the natural world
18.
Fiction and poetry that focuses on the character’s dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region is called...
a)
Localism
b)
Vernacular
c)
Regionalism
d)
Customary
19.

How are you holding up with the "stay at home order" ?

a)

I'm a couch potato and this is heaven

b)

I'm stir-crazy and have extreme cabin fever

c)

I have anxiety about it all

d)

I still go out so it doesn't impact me

20.

"Desiree's Baby": The situational irony revealed at the end of the story is that

a)

Armand and Desiree have the same mother.

b)

Armand pretended not to care about Desiree's background but then used it as an excuse to leave her when he no longer loved her.

c)

Armand can only love Desiree if she is white, but then finds out that he is not white.

d)

Armand realizes that the baby is not actually his child.

21.

"Story of an Hour": What does Louise say repeatedly while looking out the window?

a)

"Free"

b)

"Finally"

c)

"Freedom"

d)

"Yay

22.

"Story of an Hour": How did Mrs. Mallard feel AFTER experiencing her initial grief over her husband's death?

a)

happy

b)

sad

c)

angry

d)

jealous

23.

How did gender differences influence men and women's roles?

a)

Women were at home and men were everywhere else.

b)

Women and men were both at home part of the time.

c)

Women could get jobs and hire a nanny.

d)

Women could only work if it was for their husbands.

24.

Kate Chopin was first published in which magazine?

a)

Glamour

b)

Cosmopolitan

c)

Vogue

d)

Life

25.

In "To Build a Fire" which sentence best foreshadows the outcome of the story?

a)

“A foot of snow had fallen since the last sled had passed over, and he was glad he was without a sled, traveling light.”

b)

“He was making four miles an hour, and he calculated that he would arrive at the forks at half past twelve.”

c)

“The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below.”

d)

“Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself.”

26.

Jack London frequently set his stories in what geographic location?

a)

The Northwest Wilderness

b)

The Eastern seaboard

c)

Russia

d)

Rural South

27.

In The Last of the Mohicans ______________ admired Colonel Munro and was fond of his daughters.

a)

Magua

b)

General Webb

c)

Mayor Webb

d)

Major Heyward

28.

In The Last of the Mohicans who was in command at Fort Edward?

a)

Major Heyward

b)

Major Webb

c)

General Webb

d)

General Heyward

29.

In The Last of the Mohicans, the setting of chapter one is during the third year of the ___________?

a)

French and Spanish War in America

b)

French and Indian War in America

c)

English & Mexican War in America

d)

American Revolution

30.

In The Last of the Mohicans two individuals were being escorted back after a visit with friends, back to Fort William Henry.

a)

Alice and Cora Munro

b)

Alice and Lea Munro

c)

Cora and Lydia Munro

d)

Tom & Jerry Munro

31.

In The Last of the Mohicans, ________ was the Huron scout who was found to be untrustworthy.

a)

Mag Pie

b)

Magua

c)

Chingachgook

d)

Hawk Eye

32.

In The Last of the Mohicans, Hawkeye was a full blooded Indian scout. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

33.

In The Last of the Mohicans, __________and __________, were the last of a great

tribe known as the Mohicans.

a)

Phineas and Ferb

b)

Chingachgook and Uncas

c)

Magua and Haweye

d)

Bill and Ted

34.

In The Last of the Mohicans, Duncan was secretly in love with ____________________.

a)

Cora

b)

Alice

c)

Bella

d)

Magua

35.

In The Last of the Mohicans, Hawkeye escorted the riding part to a ________ to escape the Hurons.

a)

log cabin

b)

cave

c)

motel

d)

tree house

36.

In The Last of the Mohicans, the tall thin strange man that met the riding party was a

a)

preacher

b)

singing teacher

c)

peddler

d)

astronaut

37.

Who wrote the book, the Jungle?

a)

Upton Sinclair

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Jane Addams

38.

Where did the dead rats go after they ate the poisoned bread?

a)

Into the hoppers with the meat

b)

In the trash

c)

Left out to scare other rats

d)

Thrown into the rive

39.

What was Upton Sinclair's goal when he wrote the Jungle?

a)

Show the horrible living and working conditions of immigrants

b)

To expose how unsanitary the meatpacking industry was

c)

To get a law passed called the Meat Inspection Act

d)

To get back at the meatpacking industry for firing him

40.

In "The Fall of the House of Usher" where did the narrator first meet Roderick?

a)

school

b)

family friends

c)

boyhood companions

d)

they're related

41.

"The Fall of the House of Usher" who was deathly ill and thought to have died?

a)

Madeline Usher

b)

the doctors

c)

the King

d)

Roderick Usher

42.

In "The Fall of the House of Usher" why did Usher place his sister's body in the vault?

a)

He thought the doctors would steal the body.

b)

He thought there were grave robbers.

c)

He thought she might be a zombie.

d)

He wanted to be close to his sister.

43.
Who wrote the expose piece of literature that revealed the extensive corrupt monopolistic business practices of Standard Oil?
a)
Ida Tarbell
b)
Lewis Hines 
c)
Jacob Riis
d)
Upton Sinclair
44.

Legislation enacted as a result of the "The Jungle"

a)

Pure Food & Drug Act

b)

Tenement Housing Act

c)

17th Amendment

d)

21st Amendment

45.

Muckraker, American reformer, and leader in the anti-lynching crusade and women’s suffrage movement.

a)

Jane Addams

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Ida Tarbell

46.

According to "Self Reliance", the best way to live is by…

a)

putting our heart and soul into everything we do

b)

trying to discover new inventions

c)

attempting to understand the divine idea that God created

d)

living a happy and calm life with friends that are geniuses

47.

According to Emerson in "Self Reliance" how should we live our lives?

a)

by accepting that great men are always betrayed

b)

by refusing to flee from a revolution

c)

by accepting our circumstances and trusting ourselves

d)

by trying to imitate the childlike geniuses of our age

48.

TRANSCENDENTALISM is the idea that in order to learn the truth about the self, the universe, the divine, and everything else, one must TRANSCEND - or go beyond -

a)

everyday human experience in the physical world

b)

the boundaries of Toms River

c)

the point of no return

d)

the limits of Fantasia

49.

Who was an eighth generation, Harvard educated minister?

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

James Earl Jones

50.

American Romanticism lasted from about...

a)

1600-1660

b)

1700-1760

c)

1800-1860

d)

1900-1960

51.

In "The Minister's Black Veil" after permanently adopting the black veil, what does Mr. Hooper do?

a)

He ignores his responsibilities as a minister.

b)

He tends to his congregations with his usual care.

c)

He accuses his congregation of terrible sins.

d)

He frequently weeps and flies into rage.

52.

In "The Minister's Black Veil" what happens when Mr. Hooper says all people must be prepared for their veils to be removed?

a)

The corpse is heard to make a sound.

b)

The parishioners final understand the meaning of the veil.

c)

He astonishes everyone by removing his veil.

d)

No one fully understands what he means.

53.

In "The Minister's Black Veil" according to Mr. Hooper, the veil is a symbol of what?

a)

How people are reluctant to see the world clearly.

b)

How people are constantly aware of death's approach.

c)

How people try to alter their physical appearance.

d)

How people hide their innermost selves.

54.
The Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of ________
a)
2016
b)
1855
c)
1812
d)
1912
55.

The melody that the "Star-Spangled Banner" is sung to was a British drinking song sung by both American and British soldiers called...

a)

Heliochrone

b)

Drunken Sailor

c)

Anacreon in Heaven

d)

American Beauty

56.

In "The Wives of the Dead" which wife has lost her husband?

a)

Margaret

b)

Mary

c)

Both

d)

Neither

57.
Characteristics of Slave Narratives are firsthand accounts written or recounted by slaves, tales of journeys from enslavement in the South to freedom in the North, and are detailed records of the mental as well as physical oppression of the narrator.
a)
True
b)
False
58.

In "The Narrative of Frederick Douglass" what is Douglass referring to in the following sentence? “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”

a)

Douglass’s long journey to freedom in the North

b)

The legal process that made Douglass a free man

c)

Douglass’s walk to ask Master Thomas for help

d)

Douglass’s liberating fight with Mr. Covey

59.

According to the Bio of Frederick Douglass, who is suspected of being Frederick's father?

a)

Frederick's master, a white man.

b)

He has no idea.

c)

A slave, a black man.

d)

All of the above.