Midterm - April Morning Flashcards
a. Cousin Simmons, b. Granny, c. Moses Cooper, d. Sarah Cooper, e. Solomon Chandler
__1. “Abraham Cooper had many fine qualities, something I will not deny, but he was just as pigheaded and stubborn and enamored of the sound of his own voice as you are.”
__2. “It takes no courage to fire a gun and to kill merely a state of mind that makes killing possible.”
__3. “The proof of a man is the will to work and the ability to use his mind and his judgement.”
__4. “We took up arms for our home place, and he died for it. That’s an odd, old way, Adam, older than you or me, remember. There are worse ways to die, I tell you.”
__5. “A boy doesn’t turn into a man overnight. It takes learning and growing and hurting. And most of all, it takes time.”
B E C A D
a. Ishmael Jamison, b. Jonathan Harrigton, c. Solomon Chandler, e. Levi
__1. elderly firebrand; befriends Adam and gives him food
__2. Adam’s younger brother
__3. sea captain; Adam’s maternal uncle
__4. Cooper cousin; Committeeman
__5. militia’s musician; killed in battle
C E A D B
T/F - Adam soberly tells the newspaperman at the meetinghouse all about the battle
False
T/F - When Adam has questions, he usually talks to his grandmother
True
T/F - When he asks the blessing before meals, Moses Cooper reverently and politely bows his head and insists that his family do the same
False
T/F - The Reverend invites Sam Adams and John Hancock to his house for a meeting right before the British arrive
False
T/F - Moses Cooper does not encourage Adam to participate in the committee meeting
True
T/F - The Reverend agrees with Solomon Chandler that the colonists fight in God’s cause
False
T/F - Adam is definitely leaving home to go to sea
False
T/F - The redcoats do not find any colonists’ store of ammunition and firearms at Concord
True
T/F - Moses Copper favors the Committee’s keeping minutes
True
T/F - Solomon Chandler criticized Adam for running away instead of firing his gun at the redcoats on the Common
False
T/F - The village Committee is well supplied with the latest firearms and ammunition
False
T/F - On the day before the battle, Adam Cooper appreciates his father’s positive counsel
False
T/F - The Am Rev. was fought not only with weapons but with thousands of pamphlets, essays, songs, poems, and speeches
True
T/F - The core of the Am. identity and expression is the D. O. I., the single most significant literary work of the 18th century
True
T/F - A cultural Rev. occurred in the midst of the revolutionary period
True
T/F - Writers of the Rev. Period reflected The Age of Romanticism believing that by using reason, people could manage themselves and society without depending on authorities or past traditions
False
T/F - The war of words began in 1763 with religious intolerance and finally led to the Am. Rev.
False
T/F - Patrick Henry’s most famous line, “Give me liberty or give me death,” came from his “Speech in the VA convention.”
True
T/F - Thomas Paine was known for his rhetoric and persuasiveness
True
T/F - Both Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson helped to frame the D.O.I. and were also signers
True
T/F - Patrick Henry could move his listeners to anger, fear, or laughter more easily than the most talented actor
True
T/F - Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in which he argued that Americans must fight for independence
True
T/F - Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur wrote about the transformation of Americans into Europeans
False
T/F - Ben Franklin advocated moral mediocrity as can be seen in his “Autobiography.”
False
T/F - Phyllis Wheatley was a literary phenomenon in that she was female slave who published sophisticated poetry in her second language
True
T/F - Ben Franklin was self-educated and self-made, and as a printer, author, scientist, musician, philosopher, inventor, diplomat, and statesman, he was considered a “Renaissance Man.”
True
T/F - Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Miami
False
T/F - Patrick Henry was considered the worst orator of the Am. Rev.
False
Solomon Chandler has learned what he knows of the British army and soldiers during
A. his observation of them since they have been in the colonies
B. the French and Indian war
C. his stay in Boston prison
B
The first express rider believes the British army is headed for
A. Rookline
B. Lexington
C. Concord
C
Adam agrees with Solomon Hodley that the
A. villagers are doing what they must do to defend their families and property
B. British are coming in great numbers
C. whole affair is based on rumor, and an attack by the British is unlikey
C
At the dinner table, Mr Cooper admonishes Adam for
A. swearing
B. being superstitious
C. wasting time
B
The British do not surrender because
A. there is no one to whom they can
B. they are too proud
C. they don’t believe the colonists are defeating the strongest army in the world
A
The village Reverend has to step in when the women have a great controversy over
A. the use of maize or flour in making boiled pudding
B. buying tea, cloth, and spices form England
C. who will preside over the women’s sewing cirlce
A
Cousin Simmons is unsure whether to sign the muster book the second time because
A. he is Lexington’s only blacksmith
B. he has to plant crops, or his family will starve
C. having seen the war, he cannot reconcile it with his religious beliefs
A
In Levi’s nightmare, the sky is
A. black
B. raining British soldiers
C. red
C
Levi cleans Adam’s fowling piece in the beginning of the novel because he wants to
A. apologize for having gotten Adam is trouble
B. get Adam in trouble
C. learn more about guns
A
Moses Copper believes that when the British soldiers see the militia, the soldiers will
A. try to kill the colonists
B. respect the colonists for standing up for principle
C. laugh at the colonists’ weak challenge
B
The first member of the family to see Adam return from fighting is
A. Granny
B. his mother
C. Levi
C
Mr. Cooper is a man who
A. listens carefully to others before he forms an opinion
B. tolerates no one’s opinion except his own
C. respectively expresses his strong opinions only when asked
B
The undertaker apologizes to Adam for
A. taking so little time to comfort Sarah
B. the poor workmanship on the coffin
C. having to hurry the service
B
Them men marching to Concord are unashamed to weep because they are
A. accustomed to expressing their emotions
B. calm
C. plain people, unaccustomed to war
C
When the British open fire on the colonists, Adam screams and
A. returns fire
B. lowers his bayonet as runs toward the British
C. runs away with everyone else
C
Adam likes to visit his grandmother’s room because she
A. allows him to provoke her
B. never questions or advises him
C. gives him sweets
A
The decision to muster the militia is made on the basis of ringing oratory delivered by
A. Sam Adams
B. Moses Cooper
C. the Reverend
B
Sarah Cooper’s grandfather Isaac has an unfavorable reputation for
A. cursing
B. participating in the slave trade
C. bigamy
C
When the Reverend begins speaking to the British officers, Major Pitcairn
A. drives his horse toward the Reverend and forces him to leap aside
B. halts his horse and listens politely
C. orders the drums to stop beating
A
Moses Cooper believes that the rights of human beings derive from
A. God
B. their ability to reason
C. laws made by kings
B
Solomon Chandler believes the redcoats are
A. firm believers in justice of their own cause
B. a highly disciplined, intelligent group of people
C. highly disciplined but ignorant
C
Adam dislikes Isaiah Peterkin because of his
A. hyprocrisy
B. wealth
C. snobbery
A
In the crowd at Buckman’s, Cousin Simmons asks Adam to
A. take Levi home
B. act like a man and sign the damn book
C. find Ruth and escort her home
C
Shivering on the common shortly before dawn is a muster of
A. 50 men
B. 100 men
C. 70 men
C
The first of the Committee men to fall is
A. Moses Cooper
B. Samuel Hodley
C. Jonas Parker
A
The Committee men decide to break into groups of twos and threes rather than fight as a unit because
A. they have lost so many men they can no longer fight as a unit
B. the British cannot chase down small groups of men
C. they will be better able to protect each other
B
Adam tells his mother that another massacre cannot happen because the
A. British will see their error and depart the colonies
B. Committeemen now know they must fight, whether they want to or not
C. British now respect the Committeemen’s ability to fight
B
Father believes that the proper way to defeat superstition is
A. a belief in materialism
B. a good education
C. to know the bible well
A
