Unit 2 - A Growing Nation - Unit 2 Lecture Notes & Tom Walker - American Literature

Question 0

The description of the “tall trees” calls to mind the words “tall sinners”

Answer 0

True

Question 1

The theme for the Tom Walker story is: You can’t beat the devil at his own game

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The “tall sinners in the Tom Walker story are doomed men who became wealthy through their work in the establishment of orphanages

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The characters of Tom Walker and his wife are stereotypes that we call flat characters

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The plot of “The Devil & Tom Walker” is: a man sells his soul to the devil

Answer 4

True

Question 5

In Irving’s “The Devil & Tom Walker,” the setting is first described realistically and then supernatural elements are added

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Tom became a “violent churchgoer” because he was truly converted from his wicked ways

Answer 6

False

Question 7

During 1800-1870, there was an increase in population in the United States

Answer 7

True

Question 8

During this time period, there was an increase in wealth in America due to the increase in shipping, trade, manufacturing, and architectural design

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Our territory expanded all the way to California

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Thousands more acres of cotton could be cultivated because of Eli Whitney’s invention of the sewing machine

Answer 10

False

Question 11

The East was connected to the Midwest by the construction of the Cumberland Road

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The Erie Canal was constructed to connect the Hudson River to Lake Erie

Answer 12

True

Question 13

As a result of such fast and tremendous growth, the United States experienced an increase in problems, such as slaver, poverty, lack of food, and exploitation

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The first black newspaper, The Underground Journal, was published during this time period

Answer 14

False

Question 15

This period is called the Golden Age of American Literature because our authors initiated the development of a uniquely American style or voice. These writers forged new paths and moved away from European traditions.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

The Fireside Poets were Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Cooper

Answer 16

False

Question 17

What is the “one condition which need not be mentioned, being generally understood in all cases where the Devil grants favors”?

Answer 17

Tom’s giving his soul to the Devil

Question 18

What is the significance of Tom’s finding most of the tall trees in the forest each “marked with the same of some great man of the colony”?

Answer 18

Carved onto the trees in the Devil’s forest are the names of those who made a deal with him

Question 19

Tom’s wife is a stereotype of

Answer 19

a nagging, shrewish wife

Question 20

What seems to be Tom’s prime motivation in agreeing to the Devil’s terms?

Answer 20

greed

Question 21

Which of these details most clearly suggest that the figure Tom meets is the Devil?

Answer 21

His eyes are red, and he is covered with soot

Question 22

The opening descriptions of the forest suggest that what Tom will find there will be

Answer 22

treacherous and malignant

Question 23

A main lesson of this is that

Answer 23

greed and mean-spiritedness lead to misery