WorksheetsAmerican Lit B Review for TEST 9
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
the Greek
Gasper
Balthaser
Ilderim
Messala
procurator of Judea
Valerius Gratus
Messala
Simonides
Quintus Arrius
Sheik who hides the wise men from Herod
Judah
Ilderim
Balthaser
Iras
son of a wealthy Jew
Judah
Gasper
Amrah
Messala
Egyptian slave
Amrah
Esther
Iras
Tirzah
Balthaser's daughter
Iras
Esther
Tirzah
Miriam
Roman tribune
Quintus Arrius
Valerius Gratus
llderim
Judah
young Roman nobleman
Messala
Quintus Arrius
Valerius Gratus
Judah
one of the wisemen
Balthaser
Messala
Quintus Arrius
Ilderim
runs the Ben Hur family business
Gasper
Ilderim
Simonides
Amrah
contracts leprosy in prison
Tirzah
Iras
Amrah
Esther
daughter of Simonides
Iras
Esther
Tirzah
Miriam
How did the wise men know they were called to seek Christ?
they saw a star and heard a voice
they studied the holy scriptures
the king called for them to come
they each had a dream
How many years were Judah and Messala separated while Messala received his education?
two years
ten years
five years
twenty years
What position did Messala offer Judah if he were the prefect?
Attorney General
high priest
oil sheik
Roman procurator
Which event came just before Judah's arrest?
loose tiles fell from the roof
he won the chariot race
his mother contracts leprosy
he marries Esther
What was the name of the ship Judah was on?
Titanic
Mayflower
Pequod
Astroea
Who owns the horses Judah uses in the races?
Gasper
Ilderim
Gratus
Messala
Who tracks Judah to verify his identity?
Gasper
Iras
Malluch
Amrah
Who wrote Ben Hur?
Lew Wallace
Herman Melville
Mark Twain
Robert E. Lee
Why does Judah want to join the race?
revenge
pleasure of the competition
honor and respect of the crowds
prize money
Whom do the local people support?
Messala
Judah
Ilderim
Why does Messala lose the race?
he is thrown from his chariot and crippled
someone shoots his horse
Judah pins him against the wall of the arena
he becomes afraid of Judah and slows down
Why do Miriam and Tirzah try to stay away from people?
they have leprosy
they are dirty and wearing rags
they don't trust anyone
they don't see anyone they know
When had Judah seen Jesus before?
when he gave him water on the way to the ship
when he was a child in his father's carpenter shop
when he was saving Arrius from the burning ship
when he watched the procession from the rooftop
What season is it when Miriam and Tirzah are healed?
Christmas
Passover
Easter
All Saint's Day
Whose poems were published after the poet's death?
Emily Dickinson
Edgar Allan Poe
Walt Whitman
Sidney Lanier
Who wrote the Uncle Remus stories?
James Whitcomb Riley
Joel Chandler Harris
James Weldon Johnson
Lew Wallace
Who was the most loved American hymn writer of the nineteenth century?
Stephen Foster
Maya Angelo
Isaac Watts
Fanny Crosby
What was America's most significant contribution to literature?
the sonnet form
mystery novel
spirituals
short stories
Which popular ballad tells the story of a railroad hero?
Old Chisholm Trail
Bury Me not on the Lone Prairie
John Henry
Shenandoah
What was Mark Twain's real name?
Mary Ann Evans
Samuel Clemens
John Griffith
Web Dubois
Who was America's first modern poet?
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Frost
What animal did the schoolmaster, Ralph, want to imitate?
porcupine
bulldog
ferret
mountain lion
Who preached "Employments in Heaven"?
DeWitt Talmage
Jonathan Edwards
D. L. Moody
John Wesley
O Captain! My Captain! commemorates the death of __?__.
George Washington
King Philip
Abe Lincoln
John Brown
Which poem is about a river?
Song of the Chattahoochee
Shenandoah
Old Ironsides
When Lilacs Last by the Door...
Who became known as the Hoosier poet?
Emily Dickinson
Sidney Lanier
James Whitcom bRiley
Billy Sunday
What did Bill Means put in Ralph's desk?
a snake
a knife
a puppy
a rat
What event was held in Hoopole County?
quilting bee
spelling-school
barn-raising
debating club
Who spelled down the master?
Mirandy
Bud
Hannah
Hank
Who wrote "When the Frost Is on the Punkin"?
James Whitcomb Riley
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sidney Lanier
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote "I Never Saw a Moor"?
James Whitcomb Riley
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sidney Lanier
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote "I Hear America Singing"?
Walt Whitman
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Sidney Lanier
Who wrote "There Is No Frigate Like a Book"?
Walt Whitman
Robert Frost
Emily Dickinson
Sidney Lanier
What sermon by T. Dewitt Talmage emphasizes the importance of a happy home?
Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Our Hearts in One Accord
Conjugal Harmony
Employments in Heaven
Who is the author of the following quotation: "Ef Bull once takes a holt, heaven and yarth can't make him let go"?
Edward Eggleston
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James Whitcomb Riley
Joel Chandler Harris
