American Literature- Unit #2

Question 1

Who wrote They Have Yarns?

Answer 1

Carl Sandburg

Question 2

Carl Sandburg

Answer 2

Question 3

What is free verse?

Answer 3

Free verse has no metrical pattern. It is written in lines

Question 4

Who wrote My Life Story?

Answer 4

Artemus Ward

Question 5

Artemus Ward

Answer 5

Question 6

Artemus Ward

Answer 6

Question 7

Who wrote A Business Letter?

Answer 7

Artemus Ward

Question 8

Dialect

Answer 8

When a writer will use words and pronunciations which are peculiar to a people in a certain section of a country or a certain class of people. Regional language

Question 9

Cacography

Answer 9

Purposeful misspelling

Question 10

Who wrote The Mule?

Answer 10

Josh Billings

Question 11

Josh Billings

Answer 11

Question 12

Who wrote The Bumblebee?

Answer 12

Josh Billings

Question 13

Who wrote The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?

Answer 13

Mark Twain

Question 14

Mark Twain’s real name

Answer 14

Samuel Clemens

Question 15

What was the name of the character that told the story of Smiley to the narrator?

Answer 15

Simon Wheeler

Question 16

Dialogue

Answer 16

A conversation between character

Question 17

Plot of a story

Answer 17

The arrangement of incidents or events which can usually be divided into a beginning, middle, and end

Question 18

Samuel Longhorn Clemens (Mark Twain)

Answer 18

Question 19

Who wrote The Innocents Abroad?

Answer 19

Mark Twain

Question 20

Who wrote The Ballad of Boil Weevil?

Answer 20

Author Unknown

Question 21

Who wrote Reflections on American Life: A Collection of Sayings?

Answer 21

Will Rogers

Question 22

Will Rogers

Answer 22