WorksheetsAmerican Lit B TEST 7 Literature Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which spiritual has the theme "no one knows my cares like Jesus does"
"Nobody Knows"
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
"Roll, Jordan, Roll"
My Lord, What a Mornin'"
Which spiritual has the theme "promise of eternal salvation when God comes for us"
"Where you There?"
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
"Roll, Jordan, Roll"
My Lord, What a Mornin'"
Which spiritual has the theme "symbolizes death and entering heaven as the Promised Land"
"Where you There?"
"There Is a Balm in Gilead"
"Roll, Jordan, Roll"
My Lord, What a Mornin'"
Which spiritual has the theme "anticipating the second coming of Christ"
"Where You There?"
"There Is a Balm in Gilead"
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"
My Lord, What a Mornin'"
Which spiritual has the theme "sometimes we take for granted what Christ has done for us"
"Where You There?"
"There Is a Balm in Gilead"
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"
"Go Down, Moses"
Which spiritual has the theme "The Holy Spirit and salvation have the power to heal and restore"
"Deep River"
"There Is a Balm in Gilead"
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"
"Go Down, Moses"
Which spiritual has the theme "pictures one's life as a journey enduring hardships"
"Deep River"
"Nobody Knows"
"Poor Wayfaring Stranger"
"Go Down, Moses"
Which spiritual has the theme "relates to the suffering of Israel"
"Deep River"
"Nobody Knows"
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
"Go Down, Moses"
Which spiritual has the theme "death is not feared but welcomed"
"Deep River"
"Nobody Knows"
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
"Roll, Jordan, Roll"
Which poem says that nothing can be compared to a book?
"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"
"Success Is Counted Sweetest"
"We Never Know How High We Are"
"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"
Which poem says that success means more to the unsuccessful than to the successful?
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
"Success Is Counted Sweetest"
"We Never Know How High We Are"
"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"
Which poem says that we never know our abilities until we are challenged?
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
"I Hear America Singing"
"We Never Know How High We Are"
"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"
Which poem is a description of the dawn?
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
"I Hear America Singing"
"O Captain! My Captain!"
"The Day Came Slow, till Five O'Clock"
Which poem says that death is a gentleman?
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
"I Hear America Singing"
"O Captain! My Captain!"
"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"
Which poem celebrated the opportunities in America?
"Success Is Counted Sweetest"
"I Hear America Singing"
"O Captain! My Captain!"
"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"
Which poem mourns the death of Abraham Lincoln?
"Success Is Counted Sweetest"
"We Never Know How High We Are"
"O Captain! My Captain!"
"There Is No Frigate Like a Book"
Which character tells the story to the narrator in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?
Simon Wheeler
Daniel Webster
Jim Smiley
Leonidas W. Smiley
What was the name of the frog in "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?
Simon Wheeler
Daniel Webster
Jim Smiley
Leonidas W. Smiley
Why did Mark Twain and Fergeson show indifference to the ancient relics?
they wanted to have fun with the guide
they were bored with museums
they had seen them several times before
they could not understand what he said
What did Mark Twain and Fergeson ask to disgust their guides?
"Is he dead?"
"How much does it cost?"
"Where did it come from?"
"May I buy it?"
Which poet wrote almost two thousand poems, most of which were published after the poet's death?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "I Never Saw a Moor"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "If My Bark Sink"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "There Is No Frigate Like a Book"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who is considered to be America's first modern poet?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "I Hear America Singing"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "When Lilacs Last by the Dooryard Bloomed"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "The Bumblebee"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "The Mule"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
What was Mark Twain's real name?
Henry Shaw
Samuel Clemens
Mary Ann Evans
Walt Whitman
Who wrote "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote Innocents Abroad?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who gave his "Second Inaugural Address" on March 4, 1865??
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Harry S. Truman
Rutherford B. Hayes
"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 __?__.
"Second Inaugural Address"
Innocents Abroad
O Captain! My Captain"
"There is No Frigate Like a Book"
"Any way that suited the other man would suit him--any way just so's he got a bet, he was satisfied" is from __?__.
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Innocents Abroad
O Captain! My Captain"
"There is No Frigate Like a Book"
"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 __?__.
""If My Bark Sink"
Innocents Abroad
O Captain! My Captain"
"There is No Frigate Like a Book"
"Exult O shores, and sing O bells! / But i with mournful tread, / Walk the deck my Captain lies, / Fallen cold and dead" is from __?__.
""If My Bark Sink"
"Second Inaugural Address"
O Captain! My Captain"
"There is No Frigate Like a Book"
"How frugal is the Chariot / That bears the Human soul." is from __?__.
""If My Bark Sink"
"Second Inaugural Address"
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
"There is No Frigate Like a Book"
"Mortality's Ground Floor / Is Immortality . . ." is from __?__.
""If My Bark Sink"
"Second Inaugural Address"
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Innocents Abroad
poetry having no metrical pattern
free verse
blank verse
bound verse
fixed form
regional language used by a writer to make conversation more realistic
dialect
dialogue
cacophony
rhyme
conversation between two or more characters
dialog
onomatopoeia
satire
realism
anonymous songs expressing faith and hope
gospel songs
hymns
spirituals
blues
faithfully depicting subject matter or representing real life accurately in literature
romanticism
realism
modern
truism
regional writing portraying the life of a particular geographical location
romanticism
local color
regionalism
truism
Who wrote Tom Sawyer?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "The Beggar Lad"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
Who wrote "A Bird Came Down the Walk"?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Josh Billings
Mark Twain
What literary device does Josh Billings use in "The Bumblebee" and "The Mule" to create humor?
cacophony
cacography
onomatopoeia
free verse
What is America's unique contribution to music?
spirituals
rock
hymns
scripture songs
Which poem is a pessimistic view of nature; God approves the process which includes death?
"Apparently with No Surprise"
"I Never Saw a Moor"
"This is My Letter to the World"
"We Never Know How High We Are"
Which poem shows faith by believing not by seeing?
"Apparently with No Surprise"
"I Never Saw a Moor"
"This is My Letter to the World"
"We Never Know How High We Are"
