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English 2 Midterm

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In "Nature" those who truly see nature and love nature

a)

are relaxed and not stressed by life

b)

are living in nature

c)

are child-like

d)

are nonconformist

2.

Thanatopsis means

a)

seeing is believing

b)

nature is everlasting

c)

grow through trials

d)

view of death

3.

Why does Roderick bury Madeline in "Fall of the Houses of Usher"?

a)

He hates his sister

b)

He is ashamed of his sister

c)

She has a sickness; he assumes she is dead

d)

She has a heart attack; she is actually dead.

4.

In "Coyote and the Buffalo," the genre is a

a)

trickster tale

b)

origination tale

c)

allegory

d)

sermon

5.

In "The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano," Equiano believes the boat

a)

will take him back home

b)

is headed to the underworld

c)

moves by magic

d)

is lost at sea

6.

The narrative of Mary Rowlandson discusses

a)

her assimilation into America as an immigrant

b)

her distraught feelings over being tricked by a usurer

c)

her sadness over the burning of her house

d)

her fear over being kept captive by Native Americans

7.

Who does the text explicitly mention that the sun shines on in "The Scarlet Letter," symbolizing purity and goodness?

a)

Pearl

b)

Hester

c)

Chillingworth

d)

Governor Bellingham

8.

Who struggles most with internal conflict in "The Scarlet Letter"?

a)

Hester

b)

the Governor

c)

the women in the square

d)

Dimmesdale

9.

The represented religious revival in the Enlightenment period.

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

The Transcendentalist movement

c)

The Dark Romantic movement

d)

The Civil Rights movement

10.

Which two texts were written by Washington Irving?

a)

Upon the Burning of my House, Huswifery

b)

The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tale Tell Heart

c)

Rip Van Winkle, The Devil and Tom Walker

d)

Nature, Self-Reliance

11.

According to the Preamble, the authority of the federal government comes from the ___.

a)

electoral college

b)

states

c)

people

d)

President

12.

The promise from the Preamble that describes our freedom is ___.

a)

secure the blessings of liberty

b)

provide for the common defense

c)

insure domestic tranquility

d)

promote the general welfare

13.
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.  Which amendment is this?
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
14.

In Anne Bradstreet's "Upon the Burning of Our House", how does the speaker feel toward God for her misfortune?

a)

bewildered

b)

accepting

c)

fearful

d)

angry

15.

In Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" the speaker says that "rivers cannot quench"

a)

her love for her husband.

b)

her life.

c)

her marriage.

d)

her husband's love for her.

16.

The best description of Mary Rowlandson's attitude toward her children might be that she --

a)

misses them but believes that it builds character to live separately

b)

treats them as if they were adults capable of taking care of themselves

c)

cares passionately about them and feels bad about being apart from them

d)

sternly disapproves of their weeping when she sees them

17.

Mary Rowlandson primarily draws strength from --

a)

her desire to return and tell her story to the Puritans

b)

her belief in God's ultimate plan

c)

the medicine that a sympathetic woman gives her

d)

her desire to avenge the death of her child

18.

One source, William Wood, claims that the wetu were (a)   than the colonists' houses. (Coming of Age in the Dawnland")

19.

Select all of the ideas that Charles C. Mann conveys about the Indians in "Coming of Age in the Dawnland".

a)

He portrays the Indians as resourceful and smart.

b)

He portrays them as less advanced than the Europeans.

c)

He portrays their child rearing approach as better than the Europeans.

d)

He uses sources to show that the Indians were more civilized than the Europeans thought they were.

20.

In his "Speech to the Virginia Convention," Patrick Henry points out a contradiction between British...

a)

claims of peaceful intent and their growing military presence in America.

b)

settlement of America and maintenance of their government in Britain.

c)

interest in the Colonies and neglect of the colonists' needs.

d)

democratic tradition and the institution of royalty.