Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

American Lit B TEST 7 Literature Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which spiritual has the theme "no one knows my cares like Jesus does"

a)

"Nobody Knows"

b)

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"

c)

"Roll, Jordan, Roll"

d)

My Lord, What a Mornin'"

2.

Which spiritual has the theme "promise of eternal salvation when God comes for us"

a)

"Where you There?"

b)

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"

c)

"Roll, Jordan, Roll"

d)

My Lord, What a Mornin'"

3.

Which spiritual has the theme "symbolizes death and entering heaven as the Promised Land"

a)

"Where you There?"

b)

"There Is a Balm in Gilead"

c)

"Roll, Jordan, Roll"

d)

My Lord, What a Mornin'"

4.

Which spiritual has the theme "anticipating the second coming of Christ"

a)

"Where You There?"

b)

"There Is a Balm in Gilead"

c)

"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"

d)

My Lord, What a Mornin'"

5.

Which spiritual has the theme "sometimes we take for granted what Christ has done for us"

a)

"Where You There?"

b)

"There Is a Balm in Gilead"

c)

"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"

d)

"Go Down, Moses"

6.

Which spiritual has the theme "The Holy Spirit and salvation have the power to heal and restore"

a)

"Deep River"

b)

"There Is a Balm in Gilead"

c)

"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"

d)

"Go Down, Moses"

7.

Which spiritual has the theme "pictures one's life as a journey enduring hardships"

a)

"Deep River"

b)

"Nobody Knows"

c)

"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"

d)

"Go Down, Moses"

8.

Which spiritual has the theme "relates to the suffering of Israel"

a)

"Deep River"

b)

"Nobody Knows"

c)

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"

d)

"Go Down, Moses"

9.

Which spiritual has the theme "death is not feared but welcomed"

a)

"Deep River"

b)

"Nobody Knows"

c)

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"

d)

"Roll, Jordan, Roll"

10.

Which poem says that nothing can be compared to a book?

a)

"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"

b)

"Success Is Counted Sweetest"

c)

"We Never Know How High We Are"

d)

"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"

11.

Which poem says that success means more to the unsuccessful than to the successful?

a)

"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

b)

"Success Is Counted Sweetest"

c)

"We Never Know How High We Are"

d)

"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"

12.

Which poem says that we never know our abilities until we are challenged?

a)

"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

b)

"I Hear America Singing"

c)

"We Never Know How High We Are"

d)

"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"

13.

Which poem is a description of the dawn?

a)

"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

b)

"I Hear America Singing"

c)

"O Captain! My Captain!"

d)

"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"

14.

Which poem says that death is a gentleman?

a)

"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"

b)

"I Hear America Singing"

c)

"O Captain! My Captain!"

d)

"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"

15.

Which poem celebrated the opportunities in America?

a)

"Success Is Counted Sweetest"

b)

"I Hear America Singing"

c)

"O Captain! My Captain!"

d)

"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"

16.

Which poem mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln?

a)

"Success Is Counted Sweetest"

b)

"We Never Know How High We Are"

c)

"O Captain! My Captain!"

d)

"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"

17.

Which character tells the story to the narrator in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?

a)

Simon Wheeler

b)

Daniel Webster

c)

Jim Smiley

d)

Leonidas W. Smiley

18.

What was the name of the frog in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?

a)

Simon Wheeler

b)

Daniel Webster

c)

Jim Smiley

d)

Leonidas W. Smiley

19.

Why did Mark Twain and Fergeson show indifference to the ancient relics?

a)

they wanted to have fun with the guide

b)

they were bored with museums

c)

they had seen them several times before

d)

they could not understand what he said

20.

What did Mark Twain and Fergeson ask to disgust their guides?

a)

"Is he dead?"

b)

"How much does it cost?"

c)

"Where did it come from?"

d)

"May I buy it?"

21.

Which poet wrote almost two thousand poems, most of which were published after the poet's death?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

22.

Who wrote "I Never Saw a Moor"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

23.

Who wrote "If My Bark Sink"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

24.

Who wrote "There Is No Frigate Like a Book"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

25.

Who is considered to be America's first modern poet?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

26.

Who wrote "I Hear America Singing"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

27.

Who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

28.

Who wrote "When Lilacs Last by the Dooryard Bloomed"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

29.

Who wrote "The Bumblebee"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

30.

Who wrote "The Mule"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

31.

What was Mark Twain's real name?

a)

Henry Shaw

b)

Samuel Clemens

c)

Mary Ann Evans

d)

Walt Whitman

32.

Who wrote "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

33.

Who wrote Innocents Abroad?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

34.

Who gave his "Second Inaugural Address" on March 4, 1865??

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Harry S. Truman

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

35.

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; . . .let us strive to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wound" is from __?__.

a)

"Second Inaugural Address"

b)

Innocents Abroad

c)

O Captain! My Captain"

d)

"There is No Frigate Like a Book"

36.

"Any way that suited the other man would suit him--any way just so's he got a bet, he was satisfied" is from __?__.

a)

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

b)

Innocents Abroad

c)

O Captain! My Captain"

d)

"There is No Frigate Like a Book"

37.

"I never felt so fervently thankful, so soothed, so tranquil, so filled with a blessed peace, s I did yesterday when I learned the Michael Angelo was dead."" is from __?__.

a)

""If My Bark Sink"

b)

Innocents Abroad

c)

O Captain! My Captain"

d)

"There is No Frigate Like a Book"

38.

"Exult O shores, and sing O bells! / But i with mournful tread, / Walk the deck my Captain lies, / Fallen cold and dead" is from __?__.

a)

""If My Bark Sink"

b)

"Second Inaugural Address"

c)

O Captain! My Captain"

d)

"There is No Frigate Like a Book"

39.

"How frugal is the Chariot / That bears the Human soul." is from __?__.

a)

""If My Bark Sink"

b)

"Second Inaugural Address"

c)

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

d)

"There is No Frigate Like a Book"

40.

"Mortality's Ground Floor / Is Immortality . . ." is from __?__.

a)

""If My Bark Sink"

b)

"Second Inaugural Address"

c)

"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

d)

Innocents Abroad

41.

poetry having no metrical pattern

a)

free verse

b)

blank verse

c)

bound verse

d)

fixed form

42.

regional language used by a writer to make conversation more realistic

a)

dialect

b)

dialogue

c)

cacophony

d)

rhyme

43.

conversation between two or more characters

a)

dialog

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

satire

d)

realism

44.

anonymous songs expressing faith and hope

a)

gospel songs

b)

hymns

c)

spirituals

d)

blues

45.

faithfully depicting subject matter or representing real life accurately in literature

a)

romanticism

b)

realism

c)

modern

d)

truism

46.

regional writing portraying the life of a particular geographical location

a)

romanticism

b)

local color

c)

regionalism

d)

truism

47.

Who wrote Tom Sawyer?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

48.

Who wrote "The Beggar Lad"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

49.

Who wrote "A Bird Came Down the Walk"?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Josh Billings

d)

Mark Twain

50.

What literary device does Josh Billings use in "The Bumblebee" and "The Mule" to create humor?

a)

cacophony

b)

cacography

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

free verse

51.

What is America's unique contribution to music?

a)

spirituals

b)

rock

c)

hymns

d)

scripture songs

52.

Which poem is a pessimistic view of nature; God approves the process which includes death?

a)

"Apparently with No Surprise"

b)

"I Never Saw a Moor"

c)

"This is My Letter to the World"

d)

"We Never Know How High We Are"

53.

Which poem shows faith by believing not by seeing?

a)

"Apparently with No Surprise"

b)

"I Never Saw a Moor"

c)

"This is My Letter to the World"

d)

"We Never Know How High We Are"