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