WorksheetsAmerican Lit A Unit 6 Review
Total questions: 77
Worksheet time: 33mins
What was the great carbuncle?
a red gem
train car connector
a large diamond
an archaic term for a buckle
What happened to the Seeker when he discovered the Great Carbuncle?
he died
he was blind
he was satisfied
he lost all his wealth
What did Matthew and Hannah do with the gem?
used it to light their house
put it in a museum
left it where it was
sold it
What is the theme of "The Great Carbuncle"?
motivation reveals character
perseverance pays off
seek treasure faithfully
treasure is not worth seeking
What was the name of Captain Ahab's ship?
Pequod
Rachel
Starbuck
Penelope
Who was Captain Ahab's first mate?
Starbuck
Ishmael
Queequeg
Tashtego
Who tried to convince Captain Ahab to stop chasing the whale?
Starbuck
Tashtego
Queegueg
Ishmael
How did Captain Ahab know they were getting near the whale on the first day?
he smelled it
he saw it
intuition
one of the sailor's saw it
Who was the first person killed while chasing Moby Dick?
Fedallah (the Parsee)
Starbuck
Ahab
Queegueg
How did Captain Ahab die?
caught in hemp rope
fell off the ship
his men mutinied
suicide
Who survived the shipwreck?
Ishmael
Starbuck
Pip
Ahab
Which poem describes a Civil War battle fought near a church?
Shiloh
Annabel Lee
A Dream Within a Dream
To the Fringed Gentian
What was the setting of "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
Spanish Inquisition
French Revolution
American Civil War
South Africa Aparthied
What ate through the narrator's bandages in "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
rats
acid
mice
termites
In Two Years Before the Mast, why was the author unable to eat and feeling such pain?
toothache
ulcers in his mouth
measles
COVID-19
Who captured Deerslayer at the beginning of "A Rescue"?
Huron Indians
Japanese
Cherokee Indians
Europeans
Who penetrated the Huron camp to rescue Deerslayer?
Chingachgook
Hurry Harry
Hetty Hutter
Natty Bumppo
Whom did St. Clare purchase for Miss Ophelia?
Topsy
Tom
Judith
Emily
Which author wrote "The Great Carbuncle"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
What has been called America's only epic?
Moby Dick
The Scarlet Letter
Two Years Before the Mast
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Which author wrote Moby Dick?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Which author wrote "Shiloh," "The Tuft of Kelp," "Art," and "The Whale"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Which author is known for his tales of mystery and horror and introduced the detective story?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allan Poe
Which author wrote "The Pit and the Pendulum"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allan Poe
Which author wrote "Annabel Lee" and "A Dream Within a Dream"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allan Poe
Which author wrote Two Years Before the Mast?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Which author wrote "A Rescue"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Who was America's first novelist?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Who wrote "To the Fringed Gentian"?
William Cullen Bryant
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allan Poe
Who wrote "Oh! Susanna" and "My Old Kentucky Home"?
William Cullen Bryant
Herman Melville
Stephen Foster
Edgar Allan Poe
Who was America's most beloved song composer?
William Cullen Bryant
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Stephen Foster
Edgar Allan Poe
Who became famous for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin?
William Cullen Bryant
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Stephen Foster
Edgar Allan Poe
What work was instrumental in bringing on the Civil War and the freeing of slaves?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Moby Dick
Two Years Before the Mast
The Scarlet Letter
Who wrote "My Life Story" and "The Business Letter"?
Artemus Ward
Stephen Foster
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Cullen Bryant
"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 __?__.
The Great Carbuncle
Moby Dick
A Dream Within a Dream
Annabel Lee
"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 __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Moby Dick
A Dream Within a Dream
Annabel Lee
"But we loved with a love that was more than love" is from __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Moby Dick
A Dream Within a Dream
Annabel Lee
"Is all that we see or seem/But a dream within a dream" is from __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Moby Dick
A Dream Within a Dream
Annabel Lee
"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 __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Moby Dick
A Dream Within a Dream
Annabel Lee
"While over them the swallows skim,/And all is hushed at Shiloh" is from __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Shiloh
A Dream Within a Dream
Annabel Lee
"I spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody never made me" is from __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Shiloh
Topsy
Annabel Lee
"We were now nearly up to the latitude of Cape Horn" is from __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Shiloh
Topsy
Two Years Before the Mast
"For the third time my soul's ship starts upon this voyage, Starbuck" is from __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Moby Dick
Topsy
Two Years Before the Mast
"The drama's done. Why then here does any one step forth?--Because one did survive the wreck" is from __?__.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Moby Dick
Topsy
Two Years Before the Mast
words and pronunciations which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people
dialect
cacography
point of view
alliteration
misspellings
dialect
cacography
point of view
alliteration
the perspective from which it is told
dialect
cacography
point of view
alliteration
all knowing author is the narrator who comments freely
omniscient POV
limited POV
objective POV
second person POV
from the viewpoint of one character either using first or third person
omniscient POV
limited POV
objective POV
second person POV
author presents the characters with no comment
omniscient POV
limited POV
objective POV
second person POV
questions expressing some idea but to which no answer is required or expected
rhetorical questions
alliteration
metaphor
imagery
an approximate rhyme in which initial consonant sounds are the same
rhetorical questions
alliteration
metaphor
imagery
an implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another
simile
alliteration
metaphor
imagery
the use of words which appeal to our senses
simile
alliteration
metaphor
imagery
an expressed comparison of unlike things in which the words like, as, resembles, or similar to are used
simile
alliteration
metaphor
imagery
the repetition of final consonant sounds
assonance
alliteration
consonance
imagery
lifelong seeker who died when he found the Great Carbuncle
the Seeker
the doctor
Ichabod Pigsnort
the Poet
wanted the gem for scientific purposes; returned with a piece of granite
the Seeker
the doctor
Ichabod Pigsnort
the Poet
wanted gem for monetary profit; captured by Indians; struggled financially
the Seeker
the doctor
Ichabod Pigsnort
the Poet
wanted to become a better writer but took a piece of ice
the Seeker
the doctor
Ichabod Pigsnort
the Poet
wanted to prove it didn't exist; became blind when he removed his glasses
the Cynic
Lord de Vere
Matthew and Hannah
Natty Bumppo
wanted the gem for an ornament in his castle; settled for a wax-light chandelier
the Cynic
Lord de Vere
Matthew and Hannah
Natty Bumppo
wanted the gem to light their home; left it where they found it
the Cynic
Lord de Vere
Matthew and Hannah
Natty Bumppo
young hunter raised by Delaware Indians; captured by Hurons
Chingachgook
Rivenoak
Judith Hutter
Natty Bumppo
Deerslayer's close friend and Delaware chief
Chingachgook
Rivenoak
Judith Hutter
Natty Bumppo
Huron chief who wanted Deerslayer to join his tribe
Chingachgook
Rivenoak
Judith Hutter
Natty Bumppo
white whale pursued by the Pequod crew
Moby Dick
Captain Ahab
Starbuck
Tashtego
captain of the Pequod obsessed with killing Moby Dick
Moby Dick
Ahab
Starbuck
Tashtego
Ahab's first mate and conscience to Ahab
Moby Dick
Daggoo
Starbuck
Tashtego
Indian who was a harpooner
Queegueg
Daggoo
Starbuck
Tashtego
African who was a harpooner
Queegueg
Daggoo
Ishmael
Tashtego
native islander who was a harpooner
Queegueg
Daggoo
Ishmael
Fedallah
narrator of the story and sole survivor of the Pequod
Queegueg
Daggoo
Ishmael
Fedallah
Parsee who died at sea and made prophecies to Ahab
Queegueg
Daggoo
Ishmael
Fedallah
St. Clare's cousin who would educate and train Topsy
Miss Ophelia
Tom
Sinclair
Harriet
Miss Ophelia's cousin who purchased Topsy for her to train
Tom
St. Clare
Sinclair
Harriet
young, uneducated slave girl who was purchased by St. Clare
Miss Ophelia
Tom
Topsy
Harriet
