American Literature Final Exam

In I Too, the speaker indicates

African Americans are inherently equal to whites in the United States.

The details in line 20-23 of Chicago depict an overall impression that

Chicago is a powerful and actively working city.

What conclusion can you draw regarding how Hemingway views his subjective reporting with the following quote? "This is a strange new kind of war where you learn just as much as you are able to believe."

He acknowledges his personal experiences only represent part of the war.

Why is the oiler's death surprising?

He swam quickly ahead of the other men.

What is a cabal?

a secret political group

To coerce someone is to

force

Pallor means

lack of color

Motley means

mismatched elements.

A tranquil feeling is

peaceful

What does dearth mean?

scarcity

Ingenuous actions are done with

simple innocence.

In, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the speaker compares their soul to

the depths of rivers

What do the men feel they can interpret after their experience?

the ocean's voice

What does line 3 of Chicago indicate the city is a center for?

transportation

In April Showers, Theodora's anticipation results in

her forgetting her everyday responsibilities

What is the first thing Hemingway notices about Raven?

his missing face

What does Hemingway take the time to establish at the beginning of his news dispatch?

his own relative safety

In order to win his dog fights, Andrew Jackson

holds the other dog's hind leg

What does Jock Cunningham tell Hemingway about Raven?

how Raven was accurate in how he was wounded

A harassing person uses

intimidation

What tone does Wharton express regarding Theodora with the statement, "she didn't see how authors could live if they were kept waiting more than a week"?

irritation

How does the following description regarding Emily at death contribute to the mood of the story? "... her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."

it stresses the idea of decay and age

According to Wheeler, Dan'l Webster can do which of the following better than any other frog?

jump distances

What do the townspeople think Emily will do with the poison?

kill herself

The magazine editor's attitude toward Theodora can be described as

lacking concern for her feelings

Emily's father

limited her life with his controlling behaviors.

A person who is garrulous is

long-winded; talkative

In order to help the oiler and correspondent, the captain

makes a sail

The first event the narrator describes is

men putting lime around Miss Emily's house.

Infamous has a

negative connotation of having a bad reputation.

The correspondent has trouble swimming to shore because

of a hidden current that traps him

Line 7 of Grass is referring to

people who will pass in the future

Crane uses imagery to describe the staring seagulls having "black bead-like eyes." This creates a sense of

pessimism

If someone is retrospective, they

reflect back on the past.

Lines 10 and 11 of, The Weary Blues, contain a shift in which poetic element?

rhythym

In, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, what does the speaker suggest about the rivers?

rivers are older than the first people

What point of view does Hemingway use in lines 43-45 to help the reader identify with his perspective?

second person

Theodora thinks it is okay to forget her chores because

she believes novel will make money for her family.

What does croon mean?

sing softly

How does Miss Emily feel towards the people who try to collect her taxes?

superior

Hemingway suggests Raven should participate in which activity?

talking on the radio

What does Hemingway's change of location in the hotel, after the bombing, imply?

that he believes he was lucky he did not get hurt

In The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the speaker emphasizes

the history of the black race

What does the speaker in Harlem worry about?

the idea of people giving up on their dreams

When the narrator attempts to leave once Wheeler is out of the room suggests that

the narrator believes Wheeler will never stop talking.

Miss Emily decides to stop giving china painting lessons because

the new generation is not interested

Some townspeople choose to not ask Miss Emily about the smell because

they think it is improper to tell her that she smells.

The details in Grass result in the idea that

time erases the good and bad of the past.

Interrogation means

to be questioned

Hemingway promises Raven

to bring Dos Passos and Sinclair Lewis to see him.

Why does Hemingway make up words that describe sounds?

to bring the exact sounds of battle to his audience

Why does Uncle James talk about Kathleen Kyd?

to show that his neighbor is an ordinary person

Admonitory means to

to warn

Obstreperous means

unruly

In I Too, the words "they" and "they'll" refer to

white people in the United States.

The speaker in Harlem

wonders about unrealized dreams

What can you infer from Hemingway's details about the injured man in the following description? "they are giving a blood transfusion to a man with a very gray face who lay on a cot with his arm out, looking away from the gurgling bottle and moaning in a very impersonal way

His moans are from the pain of his injury, not the transfusion.

What does the phrase "unfortunate accident" refer to?

Kathleen Kyd's novel has the same title as Theodora's.

Why are the townspeople curious about Miss Emily?

Miss Emily refuses to leave her house later in her life.

Recall the actual sequence of events in Miss Emily's life. Which of the following is the first event?

Miss Emily's father passes away

What does Miss Emily's attitude toward her taxes indicate?

She is willing to disregard the law.

Why does Theodora hope her novel will sell?

She wants to make money to help her family.

In I, Too what does the speaker predict?

The darker brother will achieve equality.

Hemingway's use of the pronoun "you" in his subjective reporting has which effect?

The reader perceives they are in the action with him.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

Wheeler saying that Smiley will follow a bug to Mexico

What is a predecessor?

a person who comes before

Respite means

a restful period.

Wheeler states that Smiley would bet "on anything that turned up you ever see." An example what Wheeler means is when Smiley bet

about the parson's wife not getting well

Temerity means to

act with excessive boldness.

In Chicago, a realistic view of the city is depicted when the speaker

admit that the city has faults

What is an aberration?

an abnormality

An epithet is

an abusive term.

Imperviousness means

an inability to be disturbed

Lines 25-29 of Chicago, conveys a tone of

approval of the city's energy.

Dialect is used with the term "bannanner" in the following statement from line 200. "Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didn't have no tail, only just a short stump like a bannanner, and -" You can use context clues to determine the meaning of "bannanner" as a

banana

In Grass, the speaker gives a command to

bury the soldiers.

How does the speaker in Grass indicate a detached tone toward war?

by not using descriptive words

The implementation of human qualities to Chicago and the grass

creates a feeling of change and movement

Cavorting means to

dance around in a playful manner.

Crane describes the land as a "long, black shadow on the sea." This imagery suggests

danger in trying to reach the land.

Dust and shadows are used to describe Miss Emily's house after her death. This image helps create what mood?

decay

Cunning means

deceit

How does the speaker respond to criticism of the city in Chicago?

defending the city's spirit despite the problems

Both, Chicago and Grass,

depict movement through time.

The four Langston Hughes poems all

depict the feelings and experiences of African Americans.

Smiley's mare make him "uncommon lucky" because

despite her illnesses, the mare wins.

Lines 1-2 of Grass lacks description which results in a tone of

detachment toward war

In, The Weary Blues, what do the words in the song express?

dissatisfaction with life

What can the reader infer regarding Dr. Dace walking Theodora home from the train?

dr. dace understands how theodora is feeling

What is a tableau?

dramatic scene

How does the dialect of the following excerpt describe the bull-pup? "his underjaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'castle of a steamboat and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces"

eager to win the fight and money

The respectful tone toward Chicago, in lines 25-29, is in respect the the city's

energy

In The Weary Blues, the musician can be described as

feeling alone and dissatisfied

If something is acrid, it

has an unpleasant taste or smell.

What can the reader infer regarding Uncle James's suggestion for Theodora's next book?

he cares only for sanitation.

What does the narrator suspect about Leonidas W. Smiley?

he is a made-up person

Why do the men in the boat become angry with the man on the shore?

he just waves his coat

Using subjective language, Hemingway reveals the horror he feels when looking at Raven's face by stating that

he was not looking at Raven's face when he spoke to Raven about it.

How long did Smiley "educate" his frog?

3 months

Which of the following phrases is an understatement that describes Dan'l Webster?

A frog needs only an education to do anything.