WorksheetsEnglish 2 Midterm
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 49mins
In "Nature" those who truly see nature and love nature
are relaxed and not stressed by life
are living in nature
are child-like
are nonconformist
Thanatopsis means
seeing is believing
nature is everlasting
grow through trials
view of death
Why does Roderick bury Madeline in "Fall of the Houses of Usher"?
He hates his sister
He is ashamed of his sister
She has a sickness; he assumes she is dead
She has a heart attack; she is actually dead.
In "Coyote and the Buffalo," the genre is a
trickster tale
origination tale
allegory
sermon
In "The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano," Equiano believes the boat
will take him back home
is headed to the underworld
moves by magic
is lost at sea
The narrative of Mary Rowlandson discusses
her assimilation into America as an immigrant
her distraught feelings over being tricked by a usurer
her sadness over the burning of her house
her fear over being kept captive by Native Americans
Who does the text explicitly mention that the sun shines on in "The Scarlet Letter," symbolizing purity and goodness?
Pearl
Hester
Chillingworth
Governor Bellingham
Who struggles most with internal conflict in "The Scarlet Letter"?
Hester
the Governor
the women in the square
Dimmesdale
The represented religious revival in the Enlightenment period.
The Great Awakening
The Transcendentalist movement
The Dark Romantic movement
The Civil Rights movement
Which two texts were written by Washington Irving?
Upon the Burning of my House, Huswifery
The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tale Tell Heart
Rip Van Winkle, The Devil and Tom Walker
Nature, Self-Reliance
According to the Preamble, the authority of the federal government comes from the ___.
electoral college
states
people
President
The promise from the Preamble that describes our freedom is ___.
secure the blessings of liberty
provide for the common defense
insure domestic tranquility
promote the general welfare
In Anne Bradstreet's "Upon the Burning of Our House", how does the speaker feel toward God for her misfortune?
bewildered
accepting
fearful
angry
In Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband" the speaker says that "rivers cannot quench"
her love for her husband.
her life.
her marriage.
her husband's love for her.
The best description of Mary Rowlandson's attitude toward her children might be that she --
misses them but believes that it builds character to live separately
treats them as if they were adults capable of taking care of themselves
cares passionately about them and feels bad about being apart from them
sternly disapproves of their weeping when she sees them
Mary Rowlandson primarily draws strength from --
her desire to return and tell her story to the Puritans
her belief in God's ultimate plan
the medicine that a sympathetic woman gives her
her desire to avenge the death of her child
One source, William Wood, claims that the wetu were (a) than the colonists' houses. (Coming of Age in the Dawnland")
Select all of the ideas that Charles C. Mann conveys about the Indians in "Coming of Age in the Dawnland".
He portrays the Indians as resourceful and smart.
He portrays them as less advanced than the Europeans.
He portrays their child rearing approach as better than the Europeans.
He uses sources to show that the Indians were more civilized than the Europeans thought they were.
In his "Speech to the Virginia Convention," Patrick Henry points out a contradiction between British...
claims of peaceful intent and their growing military presence in America.
settlement of America and maintenance of their government in Britain.
interest in the Colonies and neglect of the colonists' needs.
democratic tradition and the institution of royalty.
