American

Question 1

There was a diverse oral tradition of literature among more than ______ Native American tribal culture

Answer 1

500

Question 2

Native American cultures ____________ sacred persons, deities, and even animals and plants. In addition, the political and social order of the tribes also varied:
There are councils, theocracies, and early forms of democracies.

American Literature took the form of _________ stories, legends, songs, tales, riddles, proverbs, fairy tales and epics

Answer 2

worshipped, creation

Question 3

The coming of the ____________ brought about the written aspect of American literature.

Answer 3

English Colonists

Question 4

Early accounts of the colonists’ exploits in the new world became part of the ___________, while also providing documentation for their countrymen back in _________.

Answer 4

American fabric, England

Question 5

the religious movement that aimed to lead individuals to the light of God’s salvation.

Answer 5

Puritation

Question 6

served to transform the colonized, and to ensure that the colonizers themselves would walk the right path

Answer 6

Puritan works

Question 7

The historical period of the ___________-its onset, occurance, and aftermath brought about the rise of intellectuals who molded the identity of the new country.

Answer 7

American Revolution

Question 8

pioneer of American lyrical poetry

Answer 8

Philip Freneau

Question 9

was effective in using the Pamphlet

Answer 9

Thomas Paine

Question 10

a prominent polemicist

Answer 10

Francis Hopkinson

Question 11

Among the Founding Fathers of America, the writtings Benjamin Franklin, Alexander HAmilton and _________, who later became president of the United States, were especially powerful

Answer 11

Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

the theater scene and the novel were also on the rise in the ______ century.

Answer 12

18th

Question 13

The plays of ________ and __________ were infused with the theme of love for their newly liberated nation

Answer 13

William Dunlap and Royall Tyler

Question 14

were among the earliest American novelists

Answer 14

William Hill Brown and Charles Brocken Brown

Question 15

Their Lead were followed by ___________ (who wrote the story “Rip Van Winkle) and ________________ (who wrote the novel “The last of the Mohicans”). During this time, they were among the first American writers who won critical acclaim for the European literary screen.

Answer 15

Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper

Question 16

Literary movements of the transcendentalism and romanticism surged in the ______ century.

Answer 16

19th

Question 17

brought american flavor to the romantic movement that originated in Europe.

Answer 17

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 18

The division and tension caused by the Civil War led to the creation of realistic, passionate works like ___________________ and ____________________________________

Answer 18

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (anti-slavery)
William Gilmore Simms’s The Sword and the Distaff (pro-slavery)

Question 19

After the war, ___________ caught the attention of a national audience that sought the rebuilding of their fractured America

Answer 19

regional literatures

Question 20

Poetry was revolutionized by

Answer 20

Emily Dickenson

Question 21

Early 20th century, _____________ continued to push the boundaries of the genre

Answer 21

Ezra Pound and E.E Cummings

Question 22

powerful poets

Answer 22

Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg

Question 23

The ____ century marked the rise of literary criticism in America- a movement largely influenced by the poet.

Answer 23

20th, Ezra Pound