Unit 3 Exam

Question 1

lowell’s use of the word husheth instead of hushes in Line 34 of his poem, “The First Snowfall,” is an example of

Answer 1

archaic language - language that is not used anymore

Question 2

which is not an aphorism

Answer 2

• the evil has grown to be too monstrous to be questioned

- he was the discoverer and declarer of the perennial beneath the deciduous - Lowell

Question 3

incorrect vocab

Answer 3

sandy told them her story with many tears and much constitution

Question 4

in section 8 of his writing on “self-reliance,” Ralph waldo emerson gives a rule that applies to actual living as well as to intellectual thinking, which is

Answer 4

what i must do is all that concerns me, not what people think

Question 5

in section 2 of his writing on “Nature,” emerson points out that nature… the flowers, the animals, the mountains… influences

Answer 5

the man as an adult as well as delighting him as a child

Question 6

answers

Answer 6

• sec 6: in the woods too, a man casts off his years… in the woods, is perpetual youth
• sec 8: what i must do is all that concerns me, not what people think

Question 7

which lines below from Lowell’s poem, “The First Snowfall,” would be best to cite to show that he finally finds peace in the death of his daughter

Answer 7

34- “the snow that husheth all, Darling, the merciful Father Alone can make it fall”

Question 8

which lines below from Lowell’s poem, “The First Snowfall,” would be best to cite to show the poet’s comparison of events in nature to the death of his daughter

Answer 8

18- Where a little headstone stood; how the flakes were folding it gently, as did robins the babes..

Question 9

answers 2

Answer 9

• you can learn more in one conversation with a wise man than you can by reading books for ten years
• they contradict each other

Question 10

answers 3

Answer 10

• sec 5: whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist
• the evils of taking land from the Native Americans
• the increased demand for more cotton by the industries of the North fueled more slavery in the south/people, including young children, were working long, hard hours in unsafe conditions
• archaic language –words or phrases no longer in use
• perfect exhilaration
• sec 8: the greatest delight…is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable