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One of the most successful strategies Frederick Douglass used for learning to read was

1. memorizing books read by Mrs. Auld.

2. having his white playmates to teach him in exchange for biscuits.

3. buying books from Mr. Knight on Thames Street.

The author of "Soon his steady, ivory stride was heard, as to and fro he paced his old rounds, upon planks so familiar to his tread, that they were all over dented, like geological stones, with the peculiar marks of his walk. Did you fixedly gaze, too, upon that ribbed and dented brow; there also, you would see still stranger footprints--the footprints of his one unsleeping, ever pacing thought" is

1. Edgar Allan Poe.

2. Walt Witman.

3. Herman Melville.

In this passage from "Song of Myself:" "I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, / Hoping to cease not till death" the elements of free verse are

1. irregular meter, exact rhyme, irregular line length.

2. irregular meter, natural speech cadence, irregular line length.

3. exact rhyme, natural speech cadence, irregular line length.

This line contains a slant rhyme: "Between the light--and me . . . I could not see to see--"

1. true

2. false

Supernatural overtones are rarely found in Gothic literature.

1. true

2. false

"Go Down, Moses" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" contain Biblical allusions and allegory.

1. true

2. false

People trapped between goodness and evil is often seen in the literature of the Anti-Transcendentalists.

1. true

2. false

Determine the meaning of this sentence from "The Raven:" "But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only / That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour."

1. The Raven has no feelings.

2. The Raven is afraid to speak to the narrator of the poem.

3. The Raven expresses all his thoughts with one word.

Which of the following is the reason McKim's brigade lost the skirmish according to "A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg?

1. The opposing army was much larger.

2. The soldiers were poorly equipped.

3. The attack was poorly planned.

The literary element of __________is when third-person accounts of characters and situations are used such as in Moby-Dick.

1. characterization

2. point of view

3. theme

Grotesque gloomy settings are typical of Gothic literature.

1. true

2. false

Poetic sound devices are found in "The Raven."

1. true

2. false

Determine what Frederick Douglass means in the following quotation: "My feelings were not the result of any marked cruelty in the treatment I received; they sprung from the consideration of my being a slave at all. It was slavery--not its mere incidents--that I hated."

1. Douglass hated the day-to-day aspects of his life as a slave.

2. Douglass was treated badly by his owners.

3. Douglass was a proud man who believed himself entitled to freedom.

Who wrote, "The South, in my opinion, has been aggrieved by the acts of the North, as you say. I feel the aggression and am willing to take every proper step for redress. It is the principle I contend for, not individual or private benefit. As an American citizen, I take great pride in my country, her prosperity and institutions, and would defend any state if her rights were invaded."

1. Frederick Douglass

2. Robert E. Lee

3. Abraham Lincoln

Who wrote the following: "One of the phantasmagoric conceptions of my friend, partaking not so rigidly of the spirit of abstraction, may be shadowed forth, although feebly, in his words. A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of design served well to convey the idea this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth"?

1. Edgar Allan Poe

2. Walt Whitman

3. Herman Melville

The author of "The Americans of all nations at any time upon the earth have probably the fullest poetical nature. The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. In the history of the earth hitherto the largest and most stirring appear tame and orderly to their ampler largeness and stir" is

1. Mary Chesnut.

2. Herman Melville.

3. Walt Whitman.

The following paradox is an effect from Douglass' efforts to educate himself:

1. Even as he accumulates more facts, he is more uncertain of his principles.

2. Forbidden to read as a child, he grows up to be an important writer.

3. The more he learns, the more unhappy with his situation as a slave he becomes.

The human potential for evil as the main idea in "The Minister/'s Black Veil" is an example of the literary element of

1. plot.

2. theme.

3. allegory.

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal" was written by

1. Abraham Lincoln.

2. Frederick Douglas.

3. Warren Lee Goss.

Herman Melville's characters are easily seen as either good or evil.

1. true

2. false

"A letter, however, had lately reached me in a distant part of the country--a letter from him--which, in its wildly importunate nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply" by Edgar Allan Poe is best paraphrased as

1. "His letter, which was distant in tone, concerned an unfortunate occurrence."

2. "I had received a letter so insistent that I had to send a personal reply."

3. "I wrote him a friendly letter, to which he immediately replied."

Political ideology is found in the persuasive speech in "The Gettysburg Address."

1. true

2. false

It is most likely that the line in "Water, is taught by thirst" that pairs birds and snow refers to

1. birds enjoying winter and playing in the snow.

2. hunting birds for food in winter because crops cannot be planted in the snow.

3. realizing how much one appreciates birds when they are gone in wintertime.

Based on "The Minister's Black Veil," how would you describe Hawthorne's view of human nature?

1. uncaring

2. pessimistic

3. naive

In Moby-Dick, Starbuck discourages Ahab from trying to kill the whale. 

1. true

2. false

The following statement is a central theme of "The Raven:

1. The dead return from their grave in one way or another.

2. People look in vain for solace.

3. Hard times will pass.

"On they pressed to within about twenty or thirty paces of the works--a small but gallant band of heroes daring to attempt what could not be done by flesh and blood." This quote, taken from "A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg" is saying

1. Randolph McKim is ashamed of his troops.

2. the brigade was attempting an impossible mission.

3. the brigade succeeded in its original goal.

The story, "The Fall of the House of Usher" is ambiguous, so we don't actually know if Roderick attempted to kill Madeline by burying her alive.

1. true

2. false

An anti-Transcendentalist interpretation of "The Raven" is that nature, as represented by the Raven, helps the speaker cope with his loss.

1. true

2. false

In Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab is shown as a proud and stubborn man. This is an example of the literary element of

1. point of view.

2. theme.

3. characterization.

A Romantic interpretation of "The Raven" is that the Raven is an evil villain who has come to kill the speaker.

1. true

2. false

In "The Minister's Black Veil," teaching about the human tendency to scapegoat others is what type of literary device?

1. parable

2. alliteration

3. onomatopoeia

The author of "We paused before a House that seemed/A Swelling of the Ground--/ The Roof was scarcely visible--/ The Cornice--in the Ground/ Since then--'tis Centuries--and yet / Feels shorter than the Day / I first surmised the Horses Heads / Were toward Eternity--" is

1. Walt Whitman.

2. Emily Dickinson.

3. Mary Chesnut.

Walt Whitman is saying ______________ in the lines, "I celebrate myself, and sing myself / And what I assume you shall assume, / For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."

1. He cares only about himself.

2. celebrating life benefits everyone.

3. He thinks he is an epic hero.

"These men all talked so delightfully. For once in my life I listened. That over, business again, In earnest, Governor Means rummaged a sword and red sash from somewhere and brought it for Colonel Chesnut, who has gone to demand the surrender of Fort Sumter" was written by

1. Emily Dickinson.

2. Walt Whitman.

3. Mary Chesnut.

Stressing the goodness in human nature is typical of anti-Transcendentalism.

1. true

2. false

As the ship sinks in Moby-Dick, Ahab's flag is nailed to the mast by a crew member. The larger theme of ____________is exemplified by this action.

1. American's loss of innocence

2. nature's essential evil

3. the futility of human efforts to dominate nature

In Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab's motivation for wanting to kill the whale is to protect his crew.

1. true

2. false

"Seized with a determination to learn to read, at any cost, I hit upon many expedients to accomplish the desired end. The plea which I mainly adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that of using my young white playmates, with whom I met in the street, as teachers" was written by Warren Lee Goss.

1. true

2. false

We can infer ___________________ from the passage, "The Minister's Black Veil' "When the friend shows his inmost heart to his friend, the lover to his best beloved; when man does not vainly shrink from the eye of his Creator, loathsomely treasuring up the secret of his sin, then deem me a monster, for the symbol beneath which I have lived and die! I look around me, and lo! on every visage a Black Veil."

1. Each person hides his or her darkest secrets from others for fear of what others will think.

2. Love is something not to be valued.

3. It is sometimes good to hide secrets from other people.

The use of the Pequod to represent the human race throughout Moby-Dick is the literary device of

1. allegory.

2. aphorism.

3. anecdote.

Which of the following is true in "The Minister's Black Veil" of a parable showing the characters, events, and details of setting?

1. being historical in nature.

2. being simplified to teach a moral lesson.

3. being described in realistic detail.

The following two adjectives describes nature in Moby-Dick.

1. majestic and elusive

2. foolish and vengeful

3. violent but tamable

Who wrote, "Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, / ‘Sir,' said I, ‘or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore: / But the fact is I was napping and so gently you came rapping, / And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, / That I scarce was sure I heard you?'--here I opened wide the door, / Darkness there and nothing more"?

1. Edgar Allan Poe.

2. Robert E. Lee.

3. Warren Lee Goss.

"The next day, the whole village of Milford talked of little else than Parson Hooper's black veil. That, and the mystery concealed behind it, supplied a topic of discussion between acquaintances meeting in the street, and good women gossiping at their open windows, It was the first item of news that the tavern keeper told his guests. The children babbled of it on their way to school." This quote from "The Minister's Black Veil" shows Hawthorne thinks

1. most human beings gossip too much.

2. people should talk about what is happening in their community.

3. children are the worst gossipers.

In "Recollections of a Private," Goss says he stood before the recruiting office and reread the recruiting advertisement. He says, "I thought I might have made a mistake in considering war so serious after all." What he means is that the advertisement made the war sound like

1. an unrewarding experience.

2. a good opportunity.

3. a deadly business.

Anti-Transcendentalist literature rarely focuses on human limitations.

1. true

2. false

The following quote, "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain--that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom--and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth" is attributed to

1. Frederick Douglass.

2. Abraham Lincoln.

3. Edgar Allan Poe.

Moby-Dick suggests that human beings can control nature through force of will.

1. true

2. false

Moby-Dick has as one of its central themes

1. whaling is indefensible.

2. human understanding is limited.

3. only the strongest survive.

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