Midterm - Unit 1 test Lecture Notes and Lit Terms

Question 0

a. Conceit, b. Allusion, c. Paradox, d. Couplet
__ 1. a short story set in present time that makes a reference to Rome’s Coliseum
__ 2.”The sun the brief December day, Rose cheerless over hills of gray.” ~ Whittier
__3. Taylor’s comparison between cloth-making and God’s granting of graces in his poem, “Huswifery.”
__4. “In death there is life.”

Answer 0

B
D
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C

Question 1

a. Simile, b. Metaphor, c. Implied Metaphor, d. Mixed Metaphor, e. Satire
__1. employs wit to ridicule a subject
__2. use of two or more inconsistent metaphors in one expression (makes no sense if taken literally)
__3. does not directly state that one thing is another
__4. implied or stated comparison between two unlike things – one thing is another
__5. a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as,” “then,” or “resembles”

Answer 1

E
D
C
B
A

Question 2

a. Simile, b. Imagery, c. Metaphor, d. Extended Metaphor, e. Dead Metaphor
__1. In some songs, the constant reference to Mary is really a reference to marijuana
__2. foot of a hill
__3. “… a person could spread out the plan of life and tuck in the edges orderly.” ~Katherine Anne Porter
__4. “like mourning weeds, dark festoons of seagrass slimly swept to and fro over the name with every hearse like roll of the hull.”
__5. “furtive silver glintings” ~Stephen Crane

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B

Question 3

a. Symbolism, b. Imagery, c. Extended Metaphor, d. Dead Metaphor, e. Allusion
__1. emotionally power symbols are used to suggest meaning and mood – also, a movement in France
__2. a brief reference to a person, event, or place (real or fictitious) or to a work of art
__3. a comparison used throughout a work
__4. a comparison has become so commonplace that it seems literal rather than figurative
__5. sensory details that make a work vivid – bring it alive – details that appeal to the senses

Answer 3

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Question 4

a. Paradox, b. Couplet, c. Style, d. Diction, e. Tall Tale
__1. something that seems self-contradictory but which has a valid meaning
__2. two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
__3. a humorous story that is outlandishly exaggerated
__4. a writer’s choice of words, particularly for clarity, effectiveness, and precision
__5. distinctive handling of language

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B
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Question 5

a. Rhyme, b. Tone, c. Conceit, d. Iamb, e. Heroic Couplet
__1. pair of rhymed verses in iambic pentameter
__2. a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things
__3. author’s attitude towards his subject
__4. a poetic foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
__5. exact repetition of sounds of two or more words

Answer 5

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A

Question 6

T/F - The Middle colonies were known for their religious tolerance

Answer 6

True

Question 7

T/F - There is a difference between Pilgrims and Puritans

Answer 7

True

Question 8

T/F - The literature of the NA was always written on bark

Answer 8

False

Question 9

T/F - Europeans began too show interest in colonizing North Am. by the end of the 17th century

Answer 9

False

Question 10

T/F - Columbus kept a journal that formed a basis for his reports to Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 10

True

Question 11

T/F - The majority of Europeans who came to settle in North Am. were adventurers looking for gold

Answer 11

False

Question 12

T/F - Puritans came to America to establish a “city upon a hill” that would stand as a holy example and show the Church of England the way

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T/F - One common form of writing used by Puritans was drama

Answer 13

False

Question 14

T/F - Early Colonial writing was practical and linked to life, work, and beliefs

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T/F - Although there was a great diversity among the colonists, certain elements were common among them: fascination with technology, desire for fair government, and focus on practical matters

Answer 15

False

Question 16

T/F - Southern colonies consisted of mainly small farms

Answer 16

False

Question 17

T/F - NA and European colonists interacted – exchanged ideas, values, beliefs. “New American” resulted from this exchange. Both groups were forever changed, and the “flavor” of the colonists was no longer quite European

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/ F - Pilgrims were also known as Separatists

Answer 18

True

Question 19

T/F - Puritans believed that every man, woman, and child needed leisure time

Answer 19

False

Question 20

T/F - The planting aristocracy of the Southern Colonies believed in public service

Answer 20

True

Question 21

T/F - John Smith was the first successful leader of the first successful English colony in Am.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

T/F - Anne Bradstreet was America’s first published female poet

Answer 22

True

Question 23

T/F - William Bradford was reelected as governor of Plymouth Colony two times

Answer 23

False

Question 24

T/F - Edward Taylor was the only American Colonial poet of the Metaphysical School of poetry

Answer 24

True

Question 25

T/F - Jonathan Edwards was an eminent theologian whose preachings sparked “The Great Awakening.”

Answer 25

True

Question 26

T/F - Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband” is written in the most common meter in American and English poetry — iambic pentameter

Answer 26

True