Revolutionary Lit. Test

Question 1

Puritanism declined rapidly in the eighteenth century due to several reasons. What were 4 reasons specified in class?

Answer 1

1.) Many non-puritans settled close by and did not convert
2.) The philosophy of Rousseau came into vogue
3.) Concepts of a capitalistic government emphasized the worth of human effort
4.) concept of democracy appeared

Question 2

a system of thought based on the belief that human reason and experience are the chief sources of knowledge

Answer 2

rationalism

Question 3

existence of God as the creator, but denied His involvement in human affairs

Answer 3

Deism

Question 4

what was most literature about in this revolutionary period

Answer 4

political reform

Question 5

Who wrote Letters from an American Farmer?

Answer 5

Crevecoeur

Question 6

Where was Crevecoeur born?

Answer 6

France

Question 7

why did crevecoeur leave the new world?

Answer 7

His wife’s family and their loyalty to the crown

Question 7

how many essays did crevecoeur publish

Answer 7

12 (impressed Ben Franklin)

Question 8

where were crevecoeur essays found?

Answer 8

In an attic in France (published 1925)

Question 9

Who said “where my bread is earned, there is my country”

Answer 9

crevecoeur (letters from an american Farmer)

Question 10

who said, “Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men”?

Answer 10

Crevecoeur (letters from an american Farmer)

Question 11

Who wrote The Autobiography?

Answer 11

Ben Frankiln

Question 12

Where was Ben Franklin born?

Answer 12

Boston

Question 13

what is Ben Franklin sometimes called

Answer 13

The first American

Question 14

What was Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 14

Publisher, inventor, statesman and writer

Question 15

which author was a delagate to the second continental congress and the first representative to France?

Answer 15

Ben Franklin

Question 16

What style did Ben Franklin write in

Answer 16

plain style

Question 17

who said “it was about this time I concieved the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection”

Answer 17

Ben Franklin

Question 18

Who said “ Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead”

Answer 18

Ben Franklin (poor richards almanac)

Question 19

Who wrote Speech in the Virginia Convention?

Answer 19

Patrick Henry

Question 20

How old was patrick Henry when he was a member of the virgina house of burgesses?

Answer 20

30

Question 21

what was interesting about Henry’s speeches?

Answer 21

The speeches were never written but reconstructed from notes of those in attendance.

Question 22

what other bill is Patrick Henry accredited for

Answer 22

the bill of rights

Question 23

Who said “Give me liberty or give me death”?

Answer 23

Patrick Henry (speech to the VA convention)

Question 24

Who wrote the Crisis #1?

Answer 24

Thomas Paine

Question 25

Were was thomas paine Born?

Answer 25

Thetford England

Question 25

how old was Paine when he come to America and whos advice was it

Answer 25

in his thirties by advice given by Ben Franklin

Question 26

With which pamphlet did Paine take up the cause of the colonists

Answer 26

Common Sense

Question 27

To whom was the Crisis 1 read to?

Answer 27

Washington and his troops at valley forge

Question 28

With what other revolution did Paine become embroiled in?

Answer 28

The French Revolution.

Question 29

Thomas Paine Died wealthy surrounded by family and buried at his estate (T/F)

Answer 29

False he died poor and alone

Question 30

Who said "These are the times that try men's souls"?

Answer 30

Thomas Paine (the Crisis)

Question 31

Who said "what we obtain too cheap, we esteem to lightly"

Answer 31

Thomas Paine (the crisis)

Question 32

Who write the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 32

Thomas Jefferson

Question 33

What college did Jefferson attend?

Answer 33

College of William and Mary

Question 34

what college did Jefferson help found and design

Answer 34

the university of virginia

Question 34

who did Jefferson become friends with in the house of burgesses

Answer 34

what college did Jefferson help found and design

Question 35

Who said, "when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve political bonds..."

Answer 35

Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence)

Question 36

What did the declaration of independence pledge in support of the document?

Answer 36

Lives, Fortunes and sacred Honor.

Question 37

Who wrote letters to her husband?

Answer 37

Abigail Adams

Question 38

Where was Abigail Adams born?

Answer 38

Weymouth, Massachusetts

Question 39

what type of education did abigail adams recieve

Answer 39

a brief education but continued through reading.

Question 40

who was Abigail adams' husband

Answer 40

President john Adams

Question 41

what do Abigail adams and barbara bush have in common?

Answer 41

They both are wives and mothers to US presidents.

Question 42

Who said, "charm by accepting, by submitting sway yet have out humor most when we obey"?

Answer 42

Abigail Adams (letters to her husband)

Question 43

Epistle

Answer 43

Letter written to one person but meant for larger audience

Question 43

extended metaphor

Answer 43

A metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work.

Question 44

plain style

Answer 44

a way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression

Question 45

point of view

Answer 45

the perspective from which a story is told

Question 46

Simile

Answer 46

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Question 47

Aphorism

Answer 47

A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life.

Question 48

Anaphora

Answer 48

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Question 49

rhetorical question

Answer 49

A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer

Question 50

Allusion

Answer 50

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

Question 51

Metaphor

Answer 51

A comparison without using like or as

Question 52

polysyndeton

Answer 52

Deliberate use of many conjunctions

Question 53

Ethos

Answer 53

credibility

Question 54

logos

Answer 54

appeal to logic

Question 55

pathos

Answer 55

appeal to emotion (pity)

Question 56

Analogy

Answer 56

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

Question 57

Antithesis

Answer 57

Direct opposite (give me liberty or give me death)

Question 58

Parallelism

Answer 58

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Question 59

Personification

Answer 59

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Question 60

heroic couplet

Answer 60

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters