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Unit 02 Lit Review Flashcards

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1
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What is the “rhythmical expression of beauty?”

A

poetry

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2
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Who were the two men who rode with the narrator in the poem, “How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix?”

A

Joris and Dirck

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3
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Who is the hero of “How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix?”

A

Roland, the horse

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What happened to Joris’ horse?

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It fell over dead.

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Why didn’t the boy in “The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver” attend school or play outside?

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He had no clothes to wear.

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6
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What did the mother use to weave cloth?

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the harp

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What did the boy find when he awoke on Christmas morning?

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He found his mother frozen dead beside a pile of princely clothes she had woven for him.

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8
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What is a highwayman?

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a person who robs travelers on the road.

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9
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When does the highwayman promise to return to Bess, his sweetheart?

A

by moonlight

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10
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Who told the authorities that the highwayman would be returning to the inn?

A

Tim the stable boy

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11
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How did Bess warn her love that danger awaited him at the inn?

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She pulled the trigger of the musket that was tied to her, killing herself, but sounding a warning to him.

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12
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What was the theme of “The Death of the Hired Man?”

A

The meaning of ‘home’

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13
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What was Silas’ great and only talent?

A

He could stack hay in an orderly fashion.

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14
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Why did Silas return to Warren and Mary’s farm?

A

to die

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15
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What kin of Silas’ did Warrant think should take Silas in?

A

his brother

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16
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What event happened the same day that the “one-toss shay” was built?

A

the Lisbon earthquake

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17
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Who was the last owner of the shay?

A

the parson

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18
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How long did the shay last without breaking down?

A

100 years

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19
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What happened to the shay?

A

All the parts broke down simultaneously. It resembled piles of sawdust.

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20
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Name the title of the work:

“I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;

A

How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix

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21
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Name the work and speaker:

“I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three;”

A

How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix

narrator

22
Q

Name the work and speaker:
“You’ve need of clothes to cover you
And not a rag have I.”

A

The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver

mother to son

23
Q 
Name the work and speaker:
"Her thin fingers, moving
in the thin, tall strings, 
We weav-weav-weaving
Wonderful things."
A

The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver

son about his mother

24
Q

Name the work and speaker:
“Then look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I’ll come to thee by moonlight…”

A

The Highwayman

the highwayman

25
Q

Name the work and speaker:
“Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.”

A

The Death of the Hired Man

Warren

26
Q

Name the work and speaker:
“I should have called it
Something you somehow haven’t to deserve.”

A

The Death of the Hired Man

Mary

27
Q 
Name the work:
"You see, of course, if you're not a dunce,
How it went to pieces all at once, --
All at once, and nothing first,--
Just as bubbles do when they burst."
A

The Deacon’s Masterpiece

28
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

riders who were bringing good news to Aix

A

How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix

Joris and Dirck

29
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

the narrator’s horse; hero of poem

A

How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix

Roland

30
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

landlord’s beautiful daughter; scarified her life to warn her love about the red-coat ambush

A

The Highwayman

Bess

31
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

robber who was shot down in the road trying to avenge the death of his love

A

The Highwayman

the highwayman

32
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

farmer who was still angry with a hired hand who had left during the busy season

A

The Death of the Hired Man

Warren

33
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

Warren’s wife

A

The Death of the Hired Man

Mary

34
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

hired man who came “home” to die

A

The Death of the Hired Man

Silas

35
Q

Name the Work and Characters:

college student who helped on Warren’s farm

A

The Death of the Hired Man

Harold Wilson

36
Q

Who wrote “How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix?”

A

Robert Browning

37
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What country was Robert Browning from?

A

England

38
Q

What form of poetry did Robert Browning develop and perfect?

A

the dramatic monologue

39
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In what century did Browning live?

A

nineteenth (1800s)

40
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In what literary period did Browning write?

A

Victorian

41
Q

Who wrote “The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver?”

A

Edna St. Vincent Millay

42
Q

What country was Edna St. Vincent Millay from?

A

America (US)

43
Q

What did Edna St. Vincent Millay win for several volumes of her poetry?

A

a Pulitzer Prize

44
Q

Who wrote “The Highwayman?”

A

Alfred Noyes

45
Q

What country is Alfred Noyes from?

A

England

46
Q

Who wrote “The Death of the Hired Man”

A

Robert Frost

47
Q

Frost is best know for writing about what?

A

New England rural life

48
Q

Frost was considered by many to be the outstanding American poet of which century?

A

the twentieth (20th)

49
Q

Who wrote “The Deacon’s Masterpiece?”

A

Oliver Wendell Holmes

50
Q

What poet was known as “Mr. Boston?”

A

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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