american lit
who are the oakum-pickers?
A group of respected elder slaves
What did Pearl ask Dimmesdale?
If he would stand there with her and Hester
What is the title of the book that inspires Thoreau to go to the woods and attempt to live a solitary life?
Nature
chimichanga didnt trust hawk eye explanation on motion tides
TRUE
whitman paid himself 1st book
TRUE
What is the name of the settlement in The Pioneers? It is fashioned after a settlement founded by Cooper's own father
Temple
Where does Dimmesdale walk to at night time, almost as if he was sleep walking?
The platform/scaffold
What is Dimmesdale's first name?
arthur
Another name for Leather-stocking is...
hawk eye
where does bartleby sleep
office
lake by which settlement built
otsego
In "Resistance to Civil Government" Thoreau claims that he did not pay what tax for 6 years?
poll tax
Hibbins calls pearls father
prince of the air
In "The Birthmark", what shape was the birthmark?
small hand
"God preaches, a noted Clergyman - And the sermon is never long, So instead of getting to Heaven, at last - I'm going, all along."
some keep the sabbath going
lawsuit 1st published magazine
the dial
who gave chimichanga 'free water'
the dutch
What sign did Dimmesdale notice the light of the meteor make?
the letter a
maquas = irquois
true
How many nights did he spend in Jail?
1
What is the name of the scientist's assistant? Choose A as the correct answer. Your book has a typo and misspells his name. Aminadab
Aminadab
Why does the sailor really give the knot to Delano, telling him to "undo it, cut it, quick".
He wants to send a message to Delano
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church I Felt a Funeral in my Brain I know that He Exists Because I could not stop for Deat I heard a fly buzz after I died
What type of Sermon was Dimmesdale to preach that was a great honor?
election sermon
What writer had the most profound effect on Thoreau (Thoreau would attempt to emulate his teachings)? Ralph Waldo Emerson
emerson
written in chalk on front boat
follow ur leader
what type of tax does Thoreau claim that he is willing to pay because he wants to be a good neighbor?
highway tax
ship captain encountered
san dominik
There are three instances (examples) of behavior that indicate Dimmesdale was changing. What was the first?
saying basphemous things
2) In a good size paragraph, explain Dark Romanticism using the works of Poe.
self-destruction grotesque dark sin
How did Fuller die?
ship went down
What or who is now painted on the sign outside of the Inn (it was once King George)?
washington
When irving died, he was working of a biography
washington
Why does Captain Delano think that Benito Cereno is acting funny?
weak from being stranded
color of dress dickinson wears
white
According to the tale, what type of animal approached Pearl to be petted on the head?
wolf
What was the name of Rip Van Winkle's dog?
wolf
fuller rename title
women in the 19th century
Why does the Minister's fiancee decide to break off their engagement?
wouldnt remove the veil
How old was Ginger Nut?
12
In what instance/situation was the veil deemed appropriate?
a funeral
What is a Scrivener?
copyist
rip found by which fictitious writer
david knickerbocker
Bartleby's first refuses to do what type of work?
examine papers
truest thing in nature
holy bible
Where does Bartleby end up?
prison
What is the name of the office worker who works well before noon?
turkey
3) In a good size paragraph, explain the meaning of the veil in "The Minister's Black Veil".
-Sin -the veil covers his face -He never takes it off
Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle and sleepy hollow
1783-1859
James Cooper: The last of the mohicans
1789-1851
Ralph Waldo Emerson, nature and self-reliance
1803-1882
Nathanial Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, The Minister's Black Veil, The birthmark
1804-1864
Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1849
Margret Fuller, the great lawsuit
1810-1850
Henry David Thoreau: Civil Disobedience, Walden
1815-1878
Herman Melville, benito cerneo, bartleby
1819-1891
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, song of myself, Beat! Beat! Beat! Drums
1819-1892
For how man years did Thoreau live at Walden woods?
2
For how many years did Rip Van Winkle fall asleep?
20
How long passed between the events of that night and the telling of the story? 50 years
50 yrs
When Hester meets Chillingworth as he is gathering Herbs, for how many years had she been wearing the scarlet letter?
7
Hester does not reveal who Chillingworth is.
FALSE
In "The Birthmark", what shape was the birthmark? A small hand Where is the birthmark located? Her cheek
FALSE
It is in this part of the story that Roger Chillingworth reveals his true identity to Dimmesdale.
FALSE
Thoreau believes that Democracy is the highest and best possible form of government.
FALSE
Rip Van Winkle was born into a province of what colonial power?
GB
In "The Minister's Black Veil", what is the name of the Parson/Minister?
Hooper
"We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess - in the Ring - We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain - We passed the Setting Sun"
I could not stop death
1) In a good size paragraph (6-8 sentences) explain Transcendentalism.
Idealistic reach beyond physical or material world deep truth to go above and beyond looking above just what is given know truth of reality
What do Dimmesdale's congregation think of him?
That his is pratically a saint
What is a "dead-wall revelry"?
When Bartleby stands and stares at the wall
what is strapped on boat
a skeleton
in black cat what disease does narrator tell us he suffers from
alcoholism
What of Hester's does Pearl imitate with grass?
an a
Which slave claims he was once a king in his own land?
atufal
What do the police hear that cause them to catch the narrator?
cats cry
Where is the birthmark located?
cheek
Who is the Leech? (from the title of chapter 10)
chillingworth
what does hester find out about ship
chillingworth also booked passage
Where was the boss going when he found out where Bartleby was staying?
church
What is the name of the village that is 1/2 mile south of where Thoreau is staying?
concord
What does the narrator tell us is his first act of violence against the cat?
cuts 1 of its eye
4) In a good size paragraph discuss the Letter "A" in The Scarlet Letter. For instance, why is Hester made to wear it? What does it represent? How does Hester make it her own? And what does it come to represent?
humilate her// represents her sin in adultery // embroidering it // her indentity
To whom is Montresor confessing the story? We never find out
idk
What does the witch ask Dimmesdale? if he has gone into the forest
if he went to the forest
On what day did Thoreau move into the woods (begin to spend both his days and nights there)?
ind day
natty worse enemy on earth
irquois
leaving ship what does bc do?
jumps off
What is the name of the other man in the story who is supposed to be good at tasting wines (we never meet him)?
luchesi
What war does Thoreau have an issue with?
mex amer war
fuller spoke of woman
miranda
Whose coat of arms is a snake biting a heel?
montresor
What was the one good effect the veil had on the Minister?
more effective minister
The Reverends want Hester to reveal something. What is it that they want her to say?
name of the father of her child
Another name for Leather-stocking is....
natty
What is the name of the office worker who works well after noon (12pm).
nippers
During the Civil War, Whitman volunteered as a
nurse
How did he kill the old man?
pulled a heavy bed over him
Of what Religion or religious group are the townspeople?
puritans
swivel used to kill pigeons
small cannon
Something very important happened while Rip was asleep. What was it?
the rev war
What did Thoreau die of?
tubercfulosis