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Final Exam Flashcards

1
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What does the sea probably symbolize in this final stanza from the selection:
Then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it had rolled five thousand years ago.

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Natures power over humanity

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The white whale against whom Ahab seeks vengeance did what

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Caused Ahab to lose his leg in a previous encounter

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3
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What is Melville’s deepest philosophical concern

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The nature of evil

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4
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What do Ahab’s rambling monologues show

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That he is single minded

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5
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Which aspect of nature does the white whale not symbolize

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Spiritual comfort

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6
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In “the chase-the third day” which is not one of the omens of disaster

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Ahab nailing a gold coin to the mast

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7
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List the moby Dick characters in descending rank

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Ahab-Starbucks-Stubb-Ishmael

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What detail show that Ahab’s footprints are a symbol

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The comparison relating them to “the footprints of his one unsleeping, ever pacing thought”

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9
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What does Stubb mean when he says of Ahab, “the chick that’s in him pecks the shell. Twill soon be out”

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Something is bothering Ahab and it will soon drive him into action

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10
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To Ahab’s mind, Moby-Dick symbolizes a wall that does what.

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Must be broken through to reach the truth behind it

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11
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What is the chief significance of Ahab’s being drowned by his own harpoon line

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It stresses the idea that obsession and vengefulness are self-destructive.

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12
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What positive effect does the veil have

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Parson Hooper is able to convert more sinners

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13
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“The Minister’s Black Veil” is a parable, which means that characters, events, and details of setting are what

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Simplified to teach a moral lesson

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14
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What is Hawthorne’s view of human nature based on “ The Minister’s Black Veil”

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Pessimistic

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15
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What is a central theme of “ The Minister’s Black Veil”

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People are unwilling to face the truth about themselves

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16
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What is something that can be inferred based on a passage found in “the minister’s black veil”

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

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17
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What does the narrator imply about the minister wearing the veil

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The minister is performing a symbolic act

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18
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When is the veil removed from the minister

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Never

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19
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Starbucks is Ahab’s most outspoken supporter

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False

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20
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The true purpose of the voyage is to hunt and kill Moby-Dick

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True

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21
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Tashtego is one of the harpooners

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True

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22
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To Ahab, Moby-Dick is merely a dumb animal

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False

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23
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Ahab offers a Spanish gold coin to the sailor who first sights Moby-Dick

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True

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24
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Tashtego is the sailor who identifies the white whale by name

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True

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25
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Starbucks objects to Ahab’s announcement by claiming that his business is to hunt whales, not the captain’s vengeance.

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True

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26
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The bad omen that Starbucks observes is th hawk pecking at the red flag

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True

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27
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On the third day of the chase, the Pequod comes upon a large number of sharks

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True

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28
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Ahab succeeds in killing Moby Dick

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False

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29
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After Ahab’s death, the Pequod sails back to Nantucket

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False

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30
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Ahab dies when he is caught by the harpoon line and pulled into sea with the whale

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True

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31
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Starbucks says that Ahab has a “ heart wrought of iron steel” when he orders the lowering of the boat among hungry sharks

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True

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32
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Ahab nailing a gold coin to the mast is not one of the omens of disaster

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True

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33
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Hawthorne wrote from a Puritan view of human goodness

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False

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34
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Hawthorne’s writings contain the theme of sin and the guilt that is the result

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True

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35
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Hawthorne had a Puritan imagination and a dark view of human nature and Mathematics

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False

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36
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Hawthorne was Melville’s mentor

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True

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37
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Melville was concerned with the origin and nature of evil itself

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True

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38
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Melville was most popular when he wrote simple adventure stories

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True

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39
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In Moby-Dick, good and evil are not linked

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False

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40
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Melville came from a Calvinist background which was similar to Puritanism

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True

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41
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Melville dedicated Moby Dick to Dickinson

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False

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42
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Anti-transcendentalists criticized transcendental philosophy for refusing to account for the active presence of evil in the world

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True

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43
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Two authors against transcendentalism were Hawthorne and Thoreau

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False

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44
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The narrator’s first wife returned from the grave by changing places with the second wife

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True

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45
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The narrator loved his second wife as much as he loved his first wife

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False

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46
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Ligeia believes that a strong enough will can conquer death

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True

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47
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The narrator witnessed three ruby red drops of liquid falling into his wife’s wine glass

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True

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48
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In “The Fall of the House of Usher” Roderick has invited the narrator to attend his wedding

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False

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49
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In the fall of the house of usher, lady Madeline escapes from her tomb and causes Roderick’s death

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True

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50
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In the fall of the house of usher, the story takes place in the spring

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False

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51
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In the fall of the house of usher, the lady Madeline is Roderick’s aunt

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False

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52
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In the fall of the house of usher, the house is large and old

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True

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53
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In the fall of the house of usher, the Lady Madeline has a mysterious disease

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True

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54
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As the narrator approaches the usher house, he is struck by its beauty

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False

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55
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In the fall of the house of usher, the narrator is an old friend of Roderick Usher

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True

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56
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In the fall of the house of usher, Roderick has composed a poem called “The Haunted Lake”

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False

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57
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In the fall of the house of usher, Roderick buries the Lady Madeline in a vault in the deepest part of the house

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True

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58
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Poe’s own life was as dark and dismal as the fiction he wrote

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True

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59
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Poe was an alcoholic

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True

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60
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The poem Annabel Lee, was a tribute to Poe’s wife

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True

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61
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Poe married his sixteen-year-old cousin

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False

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62
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Poe was an editor for a series of magazines where he endeavor end to expose literary pretensions of certain authors

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True

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63
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Poe argued that a short story should be constructed to achieve a single effect.

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True

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64
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Poe joined the army and obtained an appointment at West Point

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True

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65
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The majority of critics considered Poe a terrible short story writer

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False

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66
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Poe is the inventor of the romance novel

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False

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67
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Poe was raised by his natural parents

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False

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68
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Which event did not occur at the end of the fall of the house of usher

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Madeline and Roderick attack the narrator

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69
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Before he enters the usher mansion, the narrator notes “a barely perceptible fissure” in the building; what is this an example of

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Foreshadowing

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70
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In the fall of the house of usher, the narrator discover that Roderick is all of the following except

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Bedridden

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71
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The basic facts of the fall of the house of usher include all of the following except what

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Roderick has a twin sister, who dies of a cataleptic seizure the first night.

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72
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What is the pervasive mood in the fall of the house of usher

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Horror and gloom

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73
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Which word is an example of an onomatopoeia: nodded,suddenly, napping, or tapping

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Tapping

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74
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In which lines are the underlined words an example of alliteration

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What this GRIM,UNGAINLY, GHASTLY, GAUNT, and ominous bird of yore

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75
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The final stanza of the Raven ends upon a note of complete

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Despair

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76
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Which line does not have internal rhyme

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And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

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77
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The visitor in the Raven is called all of the following except

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Soul in mourning

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78
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How can the speaker in the Raven be best described

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A melancholy person trying to forget a tragedy

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79
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What can be inferred based on the ending of the Raven

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The speaker will never escape his despair

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80
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In the Raven, when the narrator opens the door of his chamber and peers out, who does he half expect to find

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The deceased woman with whom he has been in love

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81
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The narrator asks two questions to the Raven which he replies with never more. What do these questions concern

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What will happen after death

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82
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Ashtophet, a goddess mentioned in Poe’s description of Ligeia was the goddess of what

A

Love and fertility

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83
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The narrator’s first wife taught him what

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Metaphysics and transcendentalism

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84
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The narrator’s first wife paints a gruesome picture of horror, despair, ultimate death, and decay in her poem with man as the tragedy and whom as the hero

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Conqueror worm

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85
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“My brain reeled… To assumptions which mortality had never before known” what does the narrator refer to

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His wife’s views about man’s will in overcoming death

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86
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Poe attributed the opening quote in Ligeia to whom

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Joseph Glanville

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87
Q

A man mourns his lost love

A

The Raven

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88
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No one can harm me unpunished

A

The cask of amontillado

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89
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In pace requiescat

A

The cask of amontillado

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90
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Single effect of irony

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Cask of amontillado

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91
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Premature burial -revenge

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The cask of amontillado

92
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Premature burial-catalepsy

A

Fall of the house of usher

93
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Catacombs

A

Cask of amontillado

94
Q

A story within a story

A

Fall of the house of usher

95
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Rowena

A

Ligeia

96
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Roderick

A

Fall of the house of usher

97
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Carnivale in Italy

A

The cask of amontillado

98
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Madeline

A

The fall of the house of usher

99
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Pallas Athena

A

The Raven

100
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Never more

A

The Raven

101
Q

A strong enough will can overcome death

A

Ligeia

102
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Idolatrous love

A

Ligeia

103
Q

Fortunato

A

Cask of amontillado

104
Q

A court jester costume

A

The cask of amontillado

105
Q

Montresor

A

Cask of amontillado

106
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Germany and England

A

Ligeia

107
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In because I could not stop for death, how is death personified

A

a polite gentleman

108
Q

In the soul selects her own society what is the soul compared to

A

A woman who stays in her house no matter who comes to visit

109
Q

In I heard a fly buzz when I died, why is there a stillness in the room

A

The people in the room are waiting for the speakers final moments

110
Q

In my life closed twice before its close,mother three closing a mentioned in the title refer to what

A

The parting of two loved ones followed by the speaker’s death

111
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What statement best expresses the central message of my life closed twice before its close

A

Parting may be the closest thing we come in life to understanding death

112
Q

Which poem focuses mostly on a lesson that can be learned from nature

A

There’s a certain slant of light

113
Q

The brain is wider than the sky compares physical size of the brain to that of the sky and the sea. What point is the author trying to make

A

The brain is infinitely large in understanding

114
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To which sense do the images in the stanza appeal:
There's a certain slant of light
Winter afternoons
That oppresses like the heft
Of cathedral tunes
A

Sight, sound and touch

115
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Which of the following images is the central image in because I could not stop for death

A

The setting sun

116
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What makes the song of myself a typical Whitman poem

A

It’s use of natural cadences of human speech

117
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What situation in by the bivouacs fitful flame prompts the thoughts of life, death, and people far away

A

Being in the midst of war

118
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What can be inferred about the poets attitude in song of myself

A

Whitman believes that his observations are universally shared

119
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What can be inferred about whitmans attitude toward nature

A

He admires it, he learns from it, he considers himself to be a part of it, and he likes to spend time outdoors

120
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In I hear America singing Whitman implies that Americans are all of the following except what

A

Musical geniuses

121
Q

What is the central comparison in a noiseless patient spider

A

The spider and the speakers soul

122
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What is the main literary device used in a noiseless patient spider

A

Metaphor

123
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Which of the following was not a prime reason why Whitman chose to write free verse

A

To imitate earlier poets he admired

124
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In song of myself and I hear America singing, what can be inferred about Whitman’s attitude toward other people

A

He feels affectionate toward other people

125
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The phrase barbaric yawp in song of myself is an example of what

A

Whitman’s informality

126
Q

The singing that the speaker hears in I hear America singing is what

A

The individuality of Americans in different walks of life

127
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What prevents song of myself from becoming an exercise in ego and selfishness

A

The poem’s linking of the individual self to a universal self

128
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Whitman’s free verse in song of myself uses all of the following devices except

A

Rhyme

129
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Dickinson used slant rhyme but no formal rhythmic meter of any kind ever in her work

A

False

130
Q

In her poems, Dickinson frequently examines the relationship between events of everyday life and the things of the spirit

A

True

131
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In her mid-twenties, Dickinson entered Harvard

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False

132
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Dickinson only wrote 100 poems

A

False

133
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A characteristic of Dickinson’s poems that immediately strikes the reader is her frequent use of rhyming couplets

A

False

134
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Dickinson did not want any recognition

A

True

135
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Dickinson always dressed in white

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True

136
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The poems by Dickinson suggest that she was much preoccupied with her many friendships

A

False

137
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Dickinson was born, raised, and lived her life in Massachusetts

A

True

138
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In the line, “The varied carols I hear” from I hear America singing one can see the use of Anastrophe

A

True

139
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Whitman’s book of poetry, leaves of grass, was a financial failure and considered crude and gross

A

True

140
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Whitman experimented with the sonnet form

A

False

141
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Whitman pays tribute to various common workers of America in the poem I hear America singing

A

False

142
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Whitman brings unity to his poems by the repetition of a rhyme scheme

A

False

143
Q

In a noiseless patient spider, Whitman compares the spider to the poet’s own soul.

A

True

144
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Whitman embraced the ideal of Puritan ethic

A

False

145
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The poem appearing in leaves of grass that consisted of 52 stanzas of celebrating the poet was song of myself

A

True

146
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Tom became a violent church-goer because he was truly converted from his wicked ways

A

False

147
Q

The character of Tom Walker and his wife are stereotypes that we call flat characters

A

True

148
Q

The tall sinners in in the tom Walker story are doomed men who became wealthy through their works in the establishment of orphanages

A

False

149
Q

The plot of the devil and Tom Walker is : am an sells his soul to the devil

A

True

150
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The description of the tall trees calls to mind the words tall sinners

A

True

151
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The theme for the tom Walker story is: you can’t beat the devil at his own game

A

True

152
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In Irving’s the devil and Tom Walker the setting is first described realistically and then supernatural elements are added

A

True

153
Q

The east was connected to the Midwest by the construction of the Cumberland road

A

True

154
Q

The first black newspaper, the underground journal, was published during this time period

A

False

155
Q

As a result of such fast and tremendous growth, the United States experienced an increase in problems, such as slavery, poverty, lack of food, and exploitation

A

True

156
Q

The Eerie canal was constructed to connect the Hudson River to Lake Eerie

A

True

157
Q

Our territory expanded all the way to California

A

True

158
Q

The fireside poets were Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and cooper

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False

159
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During this time period, there was an increase in wealth in America due to the increase in shipping, trade, manufacturing, and architectural design

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False

160
Q

During 1800-1870, there was an increase in population in the United States

A

True

161
Q

This period is called the golden age of American literature because our authors initiated the development of a uniquely American style or voice. These writers forged new paths and moved away from European traditions

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True

162
Q

Thousands more acres of cotton could be cultivated because of Eli Whitney’s invention of the sewing machine

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False

163
Q

Who wrote the descriptive masterpiece, snowbound

A

John Greenleaf Whittier

164
Q

Who is the best loved American poet of the period

A

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

165
Q

Who celebrated the virtues of home, family, and democracy in literature

A

Fireside poets

166
Q

What important Puritan poet helped establish the romantic movement in America with his poem Thantatopsis

A

William Cullen Bryant

167
Q

Who was the father of American literature and the first professional author

A

Washington Irving

168
Q

Which sentence best summarizes the prologue to the song of Hiawatha

A

The prologue introduces traditional stories from Native American culture

169
Q

When does the curlew call in the tide rises, the tide falls

A

Twilight

170
Q

Which statement does not apply to the stanzas in the tide rises, the tide falls

A

The stanzas have no regular pattern of rhyme

171
Q

How does the prologue’s repetitive, insistent meter set the mood for the song of Hiawatha

A

It echoes the sound of tom-toms as at powwow

172
Q

The stories to be told in the song of Hiawatha are taken from what sources

A

Native American legends

173
Q

What broader meaning might be signified by the image of the tide in the “and the tide rises, the tide falls”

A

Life’s cyclical enduring nature

174
Q

The five-line stanzas of the tide rises, the tide falls are called what

A

Cinquains

175
Q

In line 1 of the prologue to the song of Hiawatha, what is the meaning of the question “whence these stories”

A

Where did these stories come from

176
Q

In the song of Hiawatha Longfellow believes that Native American tales derive their power from what source

A

Nature itself, whose spirit is expressed in native peoples and their cultures

177
Q

Which word best describes Longfellow’s attitude toward death in the tide rises the tide falls

A

Accepting

178
Q

Old ironside is the nickname of what

A

The USS constitution, a war of 1812 battleship

179
Q

The title of Thantatopsis means

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A vision of death

180
Q

According to the speaker of Thantatopsis what will happen to him after death

A

His body will become part of nature

181
Q

Which quality does Holmes’ poem attribute to old ironside

A

Heroism

182
Q

Transcendentalism was in opposition to rationalism which was all brain and no spirit

A

True

183
Q

Transcendentalism believed in the goodness of man, the glory of nature, the importance of free individual expression, and awareness of reality and truth reached through intuition rather than through reason or logic.

A

True

184
Q

Transcendentalists believed that man could reach God by communing with statues

A

False

185
Q

Unitarians believed in the basic goodness and innate free will of the individual

A

True

186
Q

Unitarianism rejected original sin and determinism

A

True

187
Q

Unitarianism believed in a binary God

A

False

188
Q

Utopian communities were founded by Unitarians

A

False

189
Q

As a result of communion with nature, Emerson tells us that his egotism grows by leaps and bounds

A

False

190
Q

Emerson sees in nature evidence of God’s presence

A

True

191
Q

In Nature, Emerson states that there are absolutely no possibilities for man to grow spiritually

A

False

192
Q

In Nature, Emerson claims that he becomes part or particle of God

A

True

193
Q

Emerson brought the idea of transcendentalism back to America from Europe

A

True

194
Q

Emerson was the fountainhead of transcendentalism in American Literature

A

True

195
Q

Emerson’s works are very abstract and difficult to follow

A

True

196
Q

Emerson was the first American author to call for independence of expression in American Literature

A

True

197
Q

Emerson was originally a Puritan minister

A

False

198
Q

Thoreau had a high regard for civilized urban life

A

False

199
Q

Thoreau went to live in the woods so that he could confront the essential facts of life

A

True

200
Q

Thoreau concluded that his experiment of living in the woods was a failure

A

False

201
Q

Thoreau advised people to follow their intuitions, however unusual those intuitions seemed to be

A

True

202
Q

In self-reliance, Emerson exhorts human beings to strive for absolute consistency

A

False

203
Q

In self reliance, Emerson refers to the source of virtue and life by using the following words: instinct and intuition

A

True

204
Q

According to self reliance, the greatest obstacle to self trust is society.

A

True

205
Q

In self-reliance, he urges people to trust themselves

A

True

206
Q

As part of a transcendental protest,Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax and went to jail

A

True

207
Q

Thoreau wrote in a concrete style and tested what he believed

A

True

208
Q

Thoreau spoke in defense of the abolitionist, Terry McLain, when it was not politically correct to do so.

A

False

209
Q

What quote from Nature shows Emerson’s concept of the Over-Soul

A

I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me

210
Q

What quote reflects a key idea of transcendentalism

A

Nothing is at least sacred but the integrity of your own mind

211
Q

What view of nature does Emerson take

A

Nature can inspire the human spirit

212
Q

What statement would a transcendentalist agree with

A

There is a spiritual relationship between nature and humanity

213
Q

The prose excerpts show that Emerson never abandoned his belief in what

A

Unlimited human possibility

214
Q

What statement best characterizes the central idea of self reliance

A

Rely on your own instincts

215
Q

What statements about transcendentalism are accurate

A

It is a philosophical movement, people were interested in the human spirit, and they thought that an exploration of nature helped people understand universal truths

216
Q

In Nature, Emerson writes “yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight does not reside in nature, but in man, or in harmony of both” what philosophy doe this describe

A

Transcendentalism

217
Q

In self reliance, Emerson says “trust ________ every heart vibrates to that iron string”

A

Thyself

218
Q

What adjective reflects Emerson’s attitude on Self-Reliance

A

Disapproving

219
Q

Emerson’s romanticism is most clearly displayed in his what

A

Reliance on emotional truth

220
Q

In the excerpt from Walden, Thoreau states that one of his chief reasons for going to live in the woods was to

A

Simplify his life thoroughly

221
Q

What aspect of philosophy does Thoreau express in the following statement: if a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

A

Individualism

222
Q

Walden’s closing image of the morning star leaves the reader feeling how

A

Inspired

223
Q

What statement best expresses Thoreau’s philosophy as expressed in Walden

A

Living a simple life close to nature lets a person concentrate on important things

224
Q

The man who hears a different drummer is best described as

A

A nonconformist

225
Q

The excerpt is primarily concerned with what

A

A search for the essence of reality

226
Q

What does Thoreau mean in the statement: I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary. My head is hands and feet

A

He views thinking as an important part of his work

Honors American Literature (12 decks)

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