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Am LIt Final review pt 2 - time periods & stories review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group of colonists believed in predestination?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

2.

Which group of Europeans believes that God has already decided who will be save and who wouldn't.

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans.

3.
Religious writing was characteristic of which of the following time periods?
a)
Revolutionary
b)
Colonial
c)
Modernism
d)
Realism
4.
This author was prominent in the Revolutionary period for his persuasive writing.
a)

Jack London

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

d)

Edgar Allen Poe

5.

Documents, speeches, and pamphlets were the predominant types of literature during this period?

a)

Romantic

b)

Colonial

c)

Transcendental

d)

Revolutionary

6.

Political topics were the main focus of this literary period.

a)

Colonial

b)

Revolutionary

c)

Romantic

d)

Dark Romantic

7.

Finish the literary period analogy:

Logic & Science : Sin & Salvation

a)

Colonial : Revolutionary

b)

Revolutionary : Romaniticism

c)

Romanticism : Revolutionary

d)

Revolutionary : Colonial

8.

Emerson, Thoreau & Whitman were all influential authors of what philosophy?

a)

Sin and Redemption

b)

Transcendentalism

c)

Dark Romantics

d)

Revolutionists

9.

William Cullen Bryant and Washington Irving were poets during what period?

a)

Romanticism

b)

Transcendentalism

c)

Colonial

d)

American

10.

Anne Bradstreet, Jonathon Edwards, Edward Taylor & Mary Rowlandson were all authors during what period?

a)

Revolutionary

b)

Colonial

c)

Romantic

d)

Transcendental

11.

Anne Bradstreet wanted to teach what lesson from her poem Upon the Burning of Our House.

a)

Material possessions are the most important treasures

b)

God will take away your possessions if you sin

c)

The importance of fire safety

d)

Heavenly treasures should be your primary concern

12.

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" what was his final message to his congregation?

a)

Sinners are doomed and there is no need to follow the Puritan teachings.

b)

All of them are doomed and there is no need to follow God's word.

c)

They are lucky to have him in their community to save their souls.

d)

Sinners need to change their ways and be faithful and follow the Puritan teachings.

13.

Bradstreet speaks of another "house" in an extended metaphor at the end of her poem. What is the house and who is the architect?

a)

Hell, the devil

b)

Heaven, God

c)

Her neighbor's house, her neighbor

d)

none of the choices

14.

According to the Puritan faith and the message in Huswifery, how does a person "receive God's grace"?

a)

Become an instrument of God and serve those in need

b)

Publicly follow the rules, but privately sin

c)

Giving tithings (money) to the church

d)

Get married and have a family.

15.

During the Revolutionary period, the periods influential authors felt

a)

the colonists were being treated respectfully by Great Britain

b)

the colonists and Great Britain had a good relationship

c)

the colonists were being treated like slaves by Great Britain

d)

the colonists were being rude to Great Britain

16.

After his journey in the forest, Young Goodman Brown

a)

loses his faith and is depressed and cynical

b)

his faith is strong and he is joyful

c)

goes back to his normal, everyday life and is unaffected

d)

becomes a drunk and is heartbroken

17.

Seeing the "upstanding" religious leaders in the forest, Young Goodman Brown exposes what about the Puritans?

a)

Their love of nature

b)

Their commitment to God

c)

Their hypocrisy

18.

Why is it significant that Young Goodman Brown leaves at dusk (nightfall)?

a)

Because all good things happen in the dark

b)

Because sinful things happen in the dark

c)

Because fun things happen in the dark

19.

In the Scarlet Letter, what character is thought to practice witchcraft?

a)

Governor Winthrop

b)

Roger Chillingsworth

c)

Mistress Hibbens

d)

Hester

20.

From who did Chillingworth learn his medical skills?

a)

Dimmesdale

b)

Gov. Bellingham

c)

Native Americans

d)

Hester

21.

True or False: Gov. Winthrop asks Hester to come to his house to question her about her ability to be a proper mother to Pearl.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Who washed off Dimmesdale's kiss on her forehead?

a)

Pearl

b)

Mistress Hibbens

c)

Hester

23.

Who says that Chillingworth's sin of revenge is worse than their own?

a)

Gov. Bellingham

b)

Hester

c)

Dimmesdale

d)

Pearl

24.

Who promises Dimmesdale that he can save him?

a)

Hester

b)

Chillingworth

c)

Pearl

d)

Mistress Hibbens

25.

When Pearl asks if Dimmesdale will stand with her and Hester at noontime, what is his response?

a)

He will never stand with them.

b)

He will stand with them in a couple of weeks at noontime.

c)

He will stand with them on judgement day.

d)

He will stand with them on Christmas day.

26.

True or False: The Scarlet Letter represents anger.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

True or False: Hester is a devoted mother to Pearl and could not imagine a life without her.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

In the Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, where did John work before AND after his teaching job?

a)

In a canoe factory

b)

In a pencil factory

c)

In a bible factory

d)

In a wheelbarrow factory

29.

What war is Henry protesting by not paying his taxes?

a)

The Civil War

b)

The Mexican American War

c)

The Vietnam War

d)

The American Revolution

30.

Henry is a passionate social activist, while Emerson is a passional social ______.

a)

activist

b)

husband

c)

philosopher

d)

father

31.

How many years does Thoreau live at Walden Pond?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

32.

True or False:

In the end, Thoreau leaves Walden pond and declares that he has more lives to live.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The central message of "Thanatopsis" is that when you die

a)

you are alone

b)

you will be buried in a tomb

c)

you are not alone

d)

you won't know it

34.

"Thanatopsis" states that after a person dies, they

a)

will be preserved (not decompose) by the earth

b)

will go to heaven or hell

c)

will become one with nature

d)

lie in purgatory forever

35.

Who urged Dimmesdale to keep his secret sin and save his good reputation?

a)

Gov. Winthrop

b)

Rev. Beasley

c)

Hester

d)

Chillingworth