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American Lit Semester 1 Finale

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The creation myth came from where

a)

Indians

b)

Iroquois people

c)

The bible

d)

Cave writing

2.

The myth connects to what from the tribe?

a)

Didn't come from a tribe

b)

Kids story

c)

Dreams

d)

culture and beliefs

3.

How was the story passed down?

a)

Wrote in book

b)

Cave writings

c)

By word of mouth

d)

Made up

4.

Symbolism to the myth of the turtle

a)

Earth

b)

Water

c)

Cloud

d)

Moon

5.

Symbolism of the sky women

a)

Spiritual realm

b)

Angel

c)

Earth

d)

Cloud

6.

Symbolism of the twins

a)

cloud

b)

ocean and earth

c)

sun and moon

d)

balance of life/good vs bad

7.

Whats the storytelling mode of the myth? (on turtles back)

a)

Iroquois relationship with natural world

b)

bible story

c)

kids story

d)

No storytelling mode

8.

Whats archaic language?

a)

Old writing that you make modern day writing to understand

b)

A lost language like latin

c)

Its not a language

d)

Hieroglyphics

9.

examples of archaic words

a)

thou, thee, hast

b)

he, she, must

c)

They, them

10.

what is syntax?

a)

a lost language

b)

arrangment of words and phrases

c)

a type of poem

d)

old version of kids story

11.

whats paraphrasing?

a)

making older words more modern

b)

type of poem

c)

restating a text or passage in your own words

d)

make a paragraph longer

12.

whats summerizing

a)

it doesn't exist

b)

analyze the writing

c)

rewriting with our own words

d)

making a longer passaage shorter

13.

when to use syntax

a)

organize your thought to make them more clear

b)

all the time

c)

you dont use it

14.

when to use paraphrasing

a)

need to express same ideas in different way

b)

never

c)

all the time

15.

when to use summerizing

a)

always

b)

write a brief overview of the larger text

c)

never

16.

who wrote the "speech in the Virginia Convention"

a)

iroqouis

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Tecumseh

d)

Johnathan edwards

17.

who wrote the "Speech in Reply to an Emissary"

a)

Tecumseh

b)

Johnathan Edwards

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

Bill gates

18.

Who wrote "Sinners in the hands of an angry God"

a)

Tecumseh

b)

Patrick Henry

c)

Johnathan Edwards

d)

George Washington

19.

What rhetorical devices were used in "Speech in the Virginia Convention"

a)

Pathos, ethos, logos, repition

b)

commas

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile, metaphor

20.

example of patriotism in "speech in the Virginia Convention"

4 lines
21.

Example of pathos in "Speech in the Virginia Convention"

4 lines
22.

Example of reptition in "Speech in the virginia convention"

4 lines
23.

Rhetorical devices used in "Speech in Reply to an Emissary"

a)

hyperbole

b)

Ethos, pathos, metaphor

c)

simile

d)

action verb

24.

Example of Pathos in "speech in reply to an emissary"

a)

joy

b)

Sadness

c)

uses anger “When the white man first set foot on this continent, he was our brother, but he has now become our enemy.”

d)

respect

25.

example of ethos in "speech in reply to an emissary"

a)

There isnt one

b)

leadership/connection to the land “The Great Spirit has given us the land, and it is ours; no man or nation can take it from us without our consent.”

c)

Only pathos is used

26.

Rhetorical devices used in "Sinners in the hands of an angry god"

a)

there is none

b)

Pathos (fear,guilt,urgency), imagery (bow ready to release arrow)

c)

simile

d)

hyperbole

27.

List rhetorical devices

4 lines
28.

What can we learn from the Iroquois beliefs?

a)

it represents goodness and evil

b)

We need balance and respect towards nature and animals

c)

warning to people about greed and corruption

d)

A famous poet who has most of her poems published after she died

29.

How were animals seen as in the iroquois stories

a)

The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences

b)

The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences

c)

They were seen as main characters

d)

Beauty and truth in nature, Power of individualism, social reform, Human rights, Power of basic rights, power of imagination

30.

What does Syntax mean

a)

Flip a sentence in order to decode an archaic language

b)

It means a literary device that ridicules with with exaggeration

c)

It tries to make sense of how we got here

d)

They had nationalist values and were seen as people who could study around children

31.

Define Realism

a)

The repetition of consonant sounds within words, phrases, or sentences

b)

Romanticism shows emotion, intuition, and human spirit. Realism is Ordinary people, true depictions of life, and real life struggles

c)

A type of writing that shows the day-to-day living and doesnt sugar coat things

d)

It means a literary device that ridicules with with exaggeration

32.

What crime did Hester commit

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Adultery

c)

His poem called Leaves Of Grass

d)

The repetition of consonant sounds within words, phrases, or sentences

33.

What does Chillingworth say is causing Dimmesdale to slowly die

a)

You take what you know now and compare it with what was known then and translate that

b)

They were all old white man

c)

Regular myths involve supernatural events and explain how humanity came to be

d)

A secret he is holding in from his past

34.

List the six uniting ideas of Romantism

4 lines
35.

Whats fireside poets

4 lines
36.

what is gothic poets

4 lines
37.

whats trancendentalism

4 lines
38.

3 transcendentalist beliefs

a)

thought people could be good and evil

b)

followed the rules, did what community believed in

c)

Believed everyone was good, thoughts feelings, imaginations, non-conformist, lived simply

d)

Thought everyone was bad, negative and evil thougths, conformist

39.

What was Thoreau's core value/ beliefs

a)

To keep your own qualities and resist the social norms

b)

It means a literary device that ridicules with with exaggeration

c)

All people have the potential of evil , believed in monsters and demons, and guilt and sin

d)

Flip a sentence in order to decode an archaic language

40.

What were Thoreau and Emerson's most famous poems

a)

They were all old white man

b)

Thoraeus was "In the woods" and Emersons was "The Bell"

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

They believe that all people are inherently good, they need self reliance, and should reconnect with nature

41.

Gothics key beliefs

a)

believed everyone was good, non-conformist

b)

burned the poems in the fire

c)

everyone is capable of being bad, wrote dark thoughts and feelings

d)

Wrote poems, read them next to a fire

42.

what the authors purpose for "the devil and tom walker"

a)

its not a story

b)

about a man who became the devil

c)

show greed, truth and beauty in nature, power of human spirit

d)

its to show good happens to everyone

43.

authors purpose of the skarlett letter

a)

to show how bad life was then

b)

show guilt, sin and redemption

c)

no purpose

d)

its about making deals with the devil

44.

storytelling purpose of the scarlett letter

a)

second person

b)

first person

c)

third person

d)

you just read it

45.

list three examples of symbolims in the scarlett letter

4 lines
46.

Who is Emily Dickinson

a)

Flip a sentence in order to decode an archaic language

b)

A famous poet who had most of her poems published after she died

c)

According to john he was kiddnapped by indians and then the chief daughter saved him by reasoning with him (daughter named Pocahontas)

d)

Their attitude towards nature and animals

47.

when was emily dickenson born and died

a)

1900-1930

b)

2000-2020

c)

1830-1886

d)

1815-180

48.

Who is Walt Whitman

a)

math teacher

b)

military officer

c)

teacher, journalist

d)

some stranger in a story

49.

Walt Whitman was when

a)

Florida, 1800

b)

Michigan, 1900

c)

New York, 1819

d)

New york, 1918

50.

Emily Dickinson known for

a)

dashes and slant rhymes, reinvented rules of poetry

b)

commiting adultry

c)

wrote happy poems about life

d)

she is not known

51.

what did emily write about

a)

she didn't write she stole work

b)

she wrote about nature

c)

her sister in-law, her death, romantic fantasy that never happened, short fast thoughts

d)

her boyfriend, life, her happiness, long lengthy thoughts

52.

what was walt whitman known for

a)

wrote about happy nature

b)

short fast thougths

c)

"extended metaphor", poem of all time,

d)

dashes and slant rhymes

53.

what was walt known as

a)

"the devil"

b)

"the reverand"

c)

"The bard of democracy"

d)

wasn't known as anything

54.

about walt whitmans writing

a)

never wrote

b)

starts with formal structure and traditional elements, like free verse

c)

sloppy with dashes, doesnt make sense

d)

short thougths that arent alike and very unformal

55.

what caused romantisim to realism

a)

Lewis and Clark

b)

civil war

c)

WWll

d)

British tea birgade

56.

how was iroqious story telling

a)

lots of detail

b)

through action not lots of details

c)

factual

57.

Who wrote the "General History of Virginia"

a)

No one

b)

John Smith

c)

John Edward

d)

Tecumseh

58.

What was "Devil and tom Walkers purpose"

a)

To prove you should make deals with the devil

b)

Make fun of puritans, marriage, women, and greedy people

c)

Makes fun of the devil and evil people

d)

no purpose

59.

Why was Scarlett letter written

a)

Wear a letter on your chest

b)

The authors ancesters killed the "witches" and he thougt by writing this it would make him feel better about it

c)

To prove you shouldn't commit adultry

d)

dont lie

60.

Whats whitmans best (most popular) poem

a)

big blue sky

b)

Leaves of grass

c)

Once upon a time

d)

Sail away