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1
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McMurphy compares group meetings to a _______________ in the Cuckoo’s Nest

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Pecking Party

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2
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Mary Rowlandson is treated like a possession by this group

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Natives/Indians

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Because The Minister’s Black Veil had moral themes , it is apart of this genre

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Parable

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The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, refers to broken ________

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Dreams

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In Cuckoo’s Nest , the lack of ________ is a sign of oppression

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Laughter

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The literary device which has repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

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Alliteration

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7
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The rosebuds to Hester’s rose bush in the Scarlet Letter

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Pearl

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8
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These people thought people were born good and opposed strict religion

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Transcendentalists

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9
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense motivated this reaction

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Revolution

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10
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Sir John Proctor commits this is the Crucible

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Adultery

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Literary device that involves extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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12
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To be great is to be ____________ said Emerson

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Misunderstood

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13
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One of the most important tenets of Transcendentalism is a love for this

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Nature

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14
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Chillingworth’s goal in the Scarlet Letter

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Revenge

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15
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Reverend Hale searches for the _________ in the Crucible

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The Truth

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16
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In the New Colossus, this landmark is personified

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The Statue of Liberty

17
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A figurative term that refers to the use of humor to expose human vices and illicit change

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Satire

18
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In Cuckoo’s Nest this is a symbol of controlling factions of Society

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The Combine

19
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After Wordsworth, Emerson said, “Let nature be your __________”

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Teacher

20
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Rip Van Winkle is considered this kind of hero because he finds comfort in nature and is intuitive

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Romantic hero

21
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This is most important to Danforth in The Crucible

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Reputation

22
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The roads in The Road Not Taken symbolize these

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Decisions

23
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Samuel Clemens uses this pseudonym

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Mark Twain

24
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Huck Finn thinks this is useless because it always makes people feel bad

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Conscience

25
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Literary device that attributes human characteristics to nonhuman things

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Personification

26
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In Of Mice and Men , Lennie and George’s relationship represents this…. George acts as this to Lennie

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Parent

27
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In the Minister’s Black Veil the veil represents this

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Sin

28
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In this film a utopian atmosphere is corrupted by secrets and control

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The Village

29
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The third thing the scarlet letter comes to represent

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Angel

30
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The slave in on which blame is placed in the Crucible

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Tituba