English test study guide

Question 1

what genre is an episode of war?

Answer 1

short story

Question 2

name one genre used to record information about the civil war.

Answer 2

letters, and speeches

Question 3

who wrote a letter to his son

Answer 3

Robert E Lee

Question 4

what genre is the Gettysburg address

Answer 4

speech

Question 5

what is an offshoot of realism

Answer 5

naturalism

Question 6

what was Fredrick Douglas know for?

Answer 6

He knew how to read and write and fought for civil rights.

Question 7

what is diction

Answer 7

the writers choice of words

Question 8

during this period of time where was literature coming from

Answer 8

The west

Question 9

What was the purpose of black spirituals

Answer 9

a coded message and escape codes

Question 10

What is another purpose of black spirituals

Answer 10

It refers to Moses and religious hymms

Question 11

What is a force that naturalist believed in that controlled them

Answer 11

heredity

Question 12

Name one example of realism in an episode of war?

Answer 12

When the guy gets shot and doesn’t realize it

Question 13

What is the literary significance of swing low?

Answer 13

It expresses a desire for eternal salvation and alonging for freedom from slavery

Question 14

what is the literary significance of an episode of war?

Answer 14

It shows how there are events during this that they cannot control and have to deal with.

Question 15

what literary author had to address to make a difficult decision?

Answer 15

Robert E lee

Question 16

What author had good speaking skills

Answer 16

Abraham Lincoln

Question 17

Who was considered one of the finest military leaders?

Answer 17

Robert E lee

Question 18

Who was the leader of the naturalist movement?

Answer 18

Craine

Question 19

Who opposed slavery but defended the confederacy?

Answer 19

Robert E lee

Question 20

Who was born after the civil war?

Answer 20

Craine

Question 21

who wrote an episode of war?

Answer 21

Craine

Question 22

Who was killed at a play?

Answer 22

Abraham Lincoln

Question 23

What number president was Abraham Lincoln?

Answer 23

16

Question 24

What is an example of naturalism of an episode of war?

Answer 24

How people die all the time and cannot control it.

Question 25

What is one important aspect of the Gettysburg address?

Answer 25

brevity

Question 26

What controlled peoples fate?

Answer 26

nature

Question 27

why did American writers write about realism?

Answer 27

They turned away from romanticism to show real life

Question 28

What did naturalists view as a force in which individuals were powerless

Answer 28

idustrialization

Question 29

What does brevity mean

Answer 29

shortness

Question 30

what is a second important aspect to the Gettysburg address

Answer 30

Its reaffirmation of the democratic principles at the heart of American government.

Question 31

What does Lincoln state in the Gettysburg address

Answer 31

the war is a test of ideals for which colonists fought in 1776

Question 32

What is the literary significance to the Gettysburg address

Answer 32

It gives direction to a divided country and that the civil war is a continuation of the American Revolution