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American Lit A Unit 6 Review

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the great carbuncle?

a)

a red gem

b)

train car connector

c)

a large diamond

d)

an archaic term for a buckle

2.

What happened to the Seeker when he discovered the Great Carbuncle?

a)

he died

b)

he was blind

c)

he was satisfied

d)

he lost all his wealth

3.

What did Matthew and Hannah do with the gem?

a)

used it to light their house

b)

put it in a museum

c)

left it where it was

d)

sold it

4.

What is the theme of "The Great Carbuncle"?

a)

motivation reveals character

b)

perseverance pays off

c)

seek treasure faithfully

d)

treasure is not worth seeking

5.

What was the name of Captain Ahab's ship?

a)

Pequod

b)

Rachel

c)

Starbuck

d)

Penelope

6.

Who was Captain Ahab's first mate?

a)

Starbuck

b)

Ishmael

c)

Queequeg

d)

Tashtego

7.

Who tried to convince Captain Ahab to stop chasing the whale?

a)

Starbuck

b)

Tashtego

c)

Queegueg

d)

Ishmael

8.

How did Captain Ahab know they were getting near the whale on the first day?

a)

he smelled it

b)

he saw it

c)

intuition

d)

one of the sailor's saw it

9.

Who was the first person killed while chasing Moby Dick?

a)

Fedallah (the Parsee)

b)

Starbuck

c)

Ahab

d)

Queegueg

10.

How did Captain Ahab die?

a)

caught in hemp rope

b)

fell off the ship

c)

his men mutinied

d)

suicide

11.

Who survived the shipwreck?

a)

Ishmael

b)

Starbuck

c)

Pip

d)

Ahab

12.

Which poem describes a Civil War battle fought near a church?

a)

Shiloh

b)

Annabel Lee

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

To the Fringed Gentian

13.

What was the setting of "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

a)

Spanish Inquisition

b)

French Revolution

c)

American Civil War

d)

South Africa Aparthied

14.

What ate through the narrator's bandages in "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

a)

rats

b)

acid

c)

mice

d)

termites

15.

In Two Years Before the Mast, why was the author unable to eat and feeling such pain?

a)

toothache

b)

ulcers in his mouth

c)

measles

d)

COVID-19

16.

Who captured Deerslayer at the beginning of "A Rescue"?

a)

Huron Indians

b)

Japanese

c)

Cherokee Indians

d)

Europeans

17.

Who penetrated the Huron camp to rescue Deerslayer?

a)

Chingachgook

b)

Hurry Harry

c)

Hetty Hutter

d)

Natty Bumppo

18.

Whom did St. Clare purchase for Miss Ophelia?

a)

Topsy

b)

Tom

c)

Judith

d)

Emily

19.

Which author wrote "The Great Carbuncle"?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

20.

What has been called America's only epic?

a)

Moby Dick

b)

The Scarlet Letter

c)

Two Years Before the Mast

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

21.

Which author wrote Moby Dick?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

22.

Which author wrote "Shiloh," "The Tuft of Kelp," "Art," and "The Whale"?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

23.

Which author is known for his tales of mystery and horror and introduced the detective story?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

24.

Which author wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

25.

Which author wrote "Annabel Lee" and "A Dream Within a Dream"?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

26.

Which author wrote Two Years Before the Mast?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

27.

Which author wrote "A Rescue"?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

28.

Who was America's first novelist?

a)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

29.

Who wrote "To the Fringed Gentian"?

a)

William Cullen Bryant

b)

Herman Melville

c)

James Fenimore Cooper

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

30.

Who wrote "Oh! Susanna" and "My Old Kentucky Home"?

a)

William Cullen Bryant

b)

Herman Melville

c)

Stephen Foster

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

31.

Who was America's most beloved song composer?

a)

William Cullen Bryant

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Stephen Foster

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

32.

Who became famous for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

William Cullen Bryant

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Stephen Foster

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

33.

What work was instrumental in bringing on the Civil War and the freeing of slaves?

a)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

Moby Dick

c)

Two Years Before the Mast

d)

The Scarlet Letter

34.

Who wrote "My Life Story" and "The Business Letter"?

a)

Artemus Ward

b)

Stephen Foster

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

William Cullen Bryant

35.

"For it is affirmed, that, from the hour when two mortals had shown themselves so simply wise as to reject a jewel which would have dimmed all earthly things, its splendor waned" is from __?__.

a)

The Great Carbuncle

b)

Moby Dick

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

Annabel Lee

36.

"It was hope that prompted the nerve to quiver--the frame to shrink. It was hope--the hope that triumphs on the rack--that whispers to the death-condemned even in the dungeons of the Inquisition" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Moby Dick

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

Annabel Lee

37.

"But we loved with a love that was more than love" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Moby Dick

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

Annabel Lee

38.

"Is all that we see or seem/But a dream within a dream" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Moby Dick

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

Annabel Lee

39.

"Shall we keep chasing this murderous fish till he swamps the last man? Shall we be dragged by him to the bottom of the sea? Shall we be towed by him to the infernal world? Oh, oh,--Impiety and blasphemy to hunt him more!" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Moby Dick

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

Annabel Lee

40.

"While over them the swallows skim,/And all is hushed at Shiloh" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Shiloh

c)

A Dream Within a Dream

d)

Annabel Lee

41.

"I spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody never made me" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Shiloh

c)

Topsy

d)

Annabel Lee

42.

"We were now nearly up to the latitude of Cape Horn" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Shiloh

c)

Topsy

d)

Two Years Before the Mast

43.

"For the third time my soul's ship starts upon this voyage, Starbuck" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Moby Dick

c)

Topsy

d)

Two Years Before the Mast

44.

"The drama's done. Why then here does any one step forth?--Because one did survive the wreck" is from __?__.

a)

The Pit and the Pendulum

b)

Moby Dick

c)

Topsy

d)

Two Years Before the Mast

45.

words and pronunciations which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people

a)

dialect

b)

cacography

c)

point of view

d)

alliteration

46.

misspellings

a)

dialect

b)

cacography

c)

point of view

d)

alliteration

47.

the perspective from which it is told

a)

dialect

b)

cacography

c)

point of view

d)

alliteration

48.

all knowing author is the narrator who comments freely

a)

omniscient POV

b)

limited POV

c)

objective POV

d)

second person POV

49.

from the viewpoint of one character either using first or third person

a)

omniscient POV

b)

limited POV

c)

objective POV

d)

second person POV

50.

author presents the characters with no comment

a)

omniscient POV

b)

limited POV

c)

objective POV

d)

second person POV

51.

questions expressing some idea but to which no answer is required or expected

a)

rhetorical questions

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

52.

an approximate rhyme in which initial consonant sounds are the same

a)

rhetorical questions

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

53.

an implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

54.

the use of words which appeal to our senses

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

55.

an expressed comparison of unlike things in which the words like, as, resembles, or similar to are used

a)

simile

b)

alliteration

c)

metaphor

d)

imagery

56.

the repetition of final consonant sounds

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

consonance

d)

imagery

57.

lifelong seeker who died when he found the Great Carbuncle

a)

the Seeker

b)

the doctor

c)

Ichabod Pigsnort

d)

the Poet

58.

wanted the gem for scientific purposes; returned with a piece of granite

a)

the Seeker

b)

the doctor

c)

Ichabod Pigsnort

d)

the Poet

59.

wanted gem for monetary profit; captured by Indians; struggled financially

a)

the Seeker

b)

the doctor

c)

Ichabod Pigsnort

d)

the Poet

60.

wanted to become a better writer but took a piece of ice

a)

the Seeker

b)

the doctor

c)

Ichabod Pigsnort

d)

the Poet

61.

wanted to prove it didn't exist; became blind when he removed his glasses

a)

the Cynic

b)

Lord de Vere

c)

Matthew and Hannah

d)

Natty Bumppo

62.

wanted the gem for an ornament in his castle; settled for a wax-light chandelier

a)

the Cynic

b)

Lord de Vere

c)

Matthew and Hannah

d)

Natty Bumppo

63.

wanted the gem to light their home; left it where they found it

a)

the Cynic

b)

Lord de Vere

c)

Matthew and Hannah

d)

Natty Bumppo

64.

young hunter raised by Delaware Indians; captured by Hurons

a)

Chingachgook

b)

Rivenoak

c)

Judith Hutter

d)

Natty Bumppo

65.

Deerslayer's close friend and Delaware chief

a)

Chingachgook

b)

Rivenoak

c)

Judith Hutter

d)

Natty Bumppo

66.

Huron chief who wanted Deerslayer to join his tribe

a)

Chingachgook

b)

Rivenoak

c)

Judith Hutter

d)

Natty Bumppo

67.

white whale pursued by the Pequod crew

a)

Moby Dick

b)

Captain Ahab

c)

Starbuck

d)

Tashtego

68.

captain of the Pequod obsessed with killing Moby Dick

a)

Moby Dick

b)

Ahab

c)

Starbuck

d)

Tashtego

69.

Ahab's first mate and conscience to Ahab

a)

Moby Dick

b)

Daggoo

c)

Starbuck

d)

Tashtego

70.

Indian who was a harpooner

a)

Queegueg

b)

Daggoo

c)

Starbuck

d)

Tashtego

71.

African who was a harpooner

a)

Queegueg

b)

Daggoo

c)

Ishmael

d)

Tashtego

72.

native islander who was a harpooner

a)

Queegueg

b)

Daggoo

c)

Ishmael

d)

Fedallah

73.

narrator of the story and sole survivor of the Pequod

a)

Queegueg

b)

Daggoo

c)

Ishmael

d)

Fedallah

74.

Parsee who died at sea and made prophecies to Ahab

a)

Queegueg

b)

Daggoo

c)

Ishmael

d)

Fedallah

75.

St. Clare's cousin who would educate and train Topsy

a)

Miss Ophelia

b)

Tom

c)

Sinclair

d)

Harriet

76.

Miss Ophelia's cousin who purchased Topsy for her to train

a)

Tom

b)

St. Clare

c)

Sinclair

d)

Harriet

77.

young, uneducated slave girl who was purchased by St. Clare

a)

Miss Ophelia

b)

Tom

c)

Topsy

d)

Harriet