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American Lit B Review for TEST 9

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the Greek

a)

Gasper

b)

Balthaser

c)

Ilderim

d)

Messala

2.

procurator of Judea

a)

Valerius Gratus

b)

Messala

c)

Simonides

d)

Quintus Arrius

3.

Sheik who hides the wise men from Herod

a)

Judah

b)

Ilderim

c)

Balthaser

d)

Iras

4.

son of a wealthy Jew

a)

Judah

b)

Gasper

c)

Amrah

d)

Messala

5.

Egyptian slave

a)

Amrah

b)

Esther

c)

Iras

d)

Tirzah

6.

Balthaser's daughter

a)

Iras

b)

Esther

c)

Tirzah

d)

Miriam

7.

Roman tribune

a)

Quintus Arrius

b)

Valerius Gratus

c)

llderim

d)

Judah

8.

young Roman nobleman

a)

Messala

b)

Quintus Arrius

c)

Valerius Gratus

d)

Judah

9.

one of the wisemen

a)

Balthaser

b)

Messala

c)

Quintus Arrius

d)

Ilderim

10.

runs the Ben Hur family business

a)

Gasper

b)

Ilderim

c)

Simonides

d)

Amrah

11.

contracts leprosy in prison

a)

Tirzah

b)

Iras

c)

Amrah

d)

Esther

12.

daughter of Simonides

a)

Iras

b)

Esther

c)

Tirzah

d)

Miriam

13.

How did the wise men know they were called to seek Christ?

a)

they saw a star and heard a voice

b)

they studied the holy scriptures

c)

the king called for them to come

d)

they each had a dream

14.

How many years were Judah and Messala separated while Messala received his education?

a)

two years

b)

ten years

c)

five years

d)

twenty years

15.

What position did Messala offer Judah if he were the prefect?

a)

Attorney General

b)

high priest

c)

oil sheik

d)

Roman procurator

16.

Which event came just before Judah's arrest?

a)

loose tiles fell from the roof

b)

he won the chariot race

c)

his mother contracts leprosy

d)

he marries Esther

17.

What was the name of the ship Judah was on?

a)

Titanic

b)

Mayflower

c)

Pequod

d)

Astroea

18.

Who owns the horses Judah uses in the races?

a)

Gasper

b)

Ilderim

c)

Gratus

d)

Messala

19.

Who tracks Judah to verify his identity?

a)

Gasper

b)

Iras

c)

Malluch

d)

Amrah

20.

Who wrote Ben Hur?

a)

Lew Wallace

b)

Herman Melville

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Robert E. Lee

21.

Why does Judah want to join the race?

a)

revenge

b)

pleasure of the competition

c)

honor and respect of the crowds

d)

prize money

22.

Whom do the local people support?

a)

Messala

b)

Judah

c)

Ilderim

23.

Why does Messala lose the race?

a)

he is thrown from his chariot and crippled

b)

someone shoots his horse

c)

Judah pins him against the wall of the arena

d)

he becomes afraid of Judah and slows down

24.

Why do Miriam and Tirzah try to stay away from people?

a)

they have leprosy

b)

they are dirty and wearing rags

c)

they don't trust anyone

d)

they don't see anyone they know

25.

When had Judah seen Jesus before?

a)

when he gave him water on the way to the ship

b)

when he was a child in his father's carpenter shop

c)

when he was saving Arrius from the burning ship

d)

when he watched the procession from the rooftop

26.

What season is it when Miriam and Tirzah are healed?

a)

Christmas

b)

Passover

c)

Easter

d)

All Saint's Day

27.

Whose poems were published after the poet's death?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Sidney Lanier

28.

Who wrote the Uncle Remus stories?

a)

James Whitcomb Riley

b)

Joel Chandler Harris

c)

James Weldon Johnson

d)

Lew Wallace

29.

Who was the most loved American hymn writer of the nineteenth century?

a)

Stephen Foster

b)

Maya Angelo

c)

Isaac Watts

d)

Fanny Crosby

30.

What was America's most significant contribution to literature?

a)

the sonnet form

b)

mystery novel

c)

spirituals

d)

short stories

31.

Which popular ballad tells the story of a railroad hero?

a)

Old Chisholm Trail

b)

Bury Me not on the Lone Prairie

c)

John Henry

d)

Shenandoah

32.

What was Mark Twain's real name?

a)

Mary Ann Evans

b)

Samuel Clemens

c)

John Griffith

d)

Web Dubois

33.

Who was America's first modern poet?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Robert Frost

34.

What animal did the schoolmaster, Ralph, want to imitate?

a)

porcupine

b)

bulldog

c)

ferret

d)

mountain lion

35.

Who preached "Employments in Heaven"?

a)

DeWitt Talmage

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

D. L. Moody

d)

John Wesley

36.

O Captain! My Captain! commemorates the death of __?__.

a)

George Washington

b)

King Philip

c)

Abe Lincoln

d)

John Brown

37.

Which poem is about a river?

a)

Song of the Chattahoochee

b)

Shenandoah

c)

Old Ironsides

d)

When Lilacs Last by the Door...

38.

Who became known as the Hoosier poet?

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

Sidney Lanier

c)

James Whitcom bRiley

d)

Billy Sunday

39.

What did Bill Means put in Ralph's desk?

a)

a snake

b)

a knife

c)

a puppy

d)

a rat

40.

What event was held in Hoopole County?

a)

quilting bee

b)

spelling-school

c)

barn-raising

d)

debating club

41.

Who spelled down the master?

a)

Mirandy

b)

Bud

c)

Hannah

d)

Hank

42.

Who wrote "When the Frost Is on the Punkin"?

a)

James Whitcomb Riley

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Sidney Lanier

d)

Emily Dickinson

43.

Who wrote "I Never Saw a Moor"?

a)

James Whitcomb Riley

b)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

c)

Sidney Lanier

d)

Emily Dickinson

44.

Who wrote "I Hear America Singing"?

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Robert Frost

c)

Emily Dickinson

d)

Sidney Lanier

45.

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

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Robert Frost

c)

Emily Dickinson

d)

Sidney Lanier

46.

What sermon by T. Dewitt Talmage emphasizes the importance of a happy home?

a)

Blest Be the Tie that Binds

b)

Our Hearts in One Accord

c)

Conjugal Harmony

d)

Employments in Heaven

47.

Who is the author of the following quotation: "Ef Bull once takes a holt, heaven and yarth can't make him let go"?

a)

Edward Eggleston

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

James Whitcomb Riley

d)

Joel Chandler Harris