ENG401: Test - American Literature
Which poem of Emily Dickinson takes the reader on a journey of sanity to possible insanity?
"I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain"
Which poem started a new abstract phase for Whitman and focused on a theme of finding beauty in simple places?
"I Sing the Body Electric"
What are the famous opening lines of "Paul Revere's Ride"?
"Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"
Which Walt Whitman poem used a metaphor to refer to President Lincoln and was inspired by his death?
"Oh Captain! My Captain"
America's bright future and new independence were the subjects of what Phillip Freneau poem?
"On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country"
Which of the following lines is considered Stein's most famous lines of repetition?
"Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose"
During his time as a prisoner-of-war, Phillip Freneau wrote what poem?
"The British Prison Ship"
What is the MOST famous line of the American Revolution penned in the poem "Concord Hymn"?
"shot heard round the world"
E.E. Cumming's body of work includes almost _____.
3,000 poems
One element of the freedom theme is seen in which piece of early American prose?
A Description of New England by John Smith
What does the palace is "The Haunted Palace" symbolize?
A man going insane
Which of the following is a characteristic of a tall tale?
A narrator that can also be a part of the story
In the poem "Wilderness" by Carl Sandburg, the "keeper of the zoo" is a metaphor for what? "and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and a mother and a lover: it came from God Knows-Where: it is going to God Knows-Where-- For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no."
A person's conscience
In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", what is found beside the hat of the missing Ichabod Crane after his encounter with the Headless Horseman?
A shattered pumpkin
In "The Yellow Wallpaper", what does the narrator believe is in the wall-paper?
A woman trapped behind bars
The existence of which of the following is a popular prediction found in science fiction literature?
Alien Civilizations
In "The Two Streams" by Oliver Wendall Holmes, the repetition of sounds in the descriptions "sloping sides", "rushing river-tides", and "foam flecked Oregon" are examples of which literary element used to provide imagery of nature?
Alliteration
The underlined portion of this quote is an example of which literary device? Captain Suggs says, "so I told him I'd see him as deep in h--ll as a pigeon could [fly in a fortnight, first"]
Alliteration
What literary technique is used in this part of the Black-Robe chief's speech? Peace be with you and your people, peace of prayer, and peace of pardon, Peace of Christ...
Alliteration
The following line from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" uses what type of literary device? In the room the women go Talking to Michelangelo
Allusion
From 1781 to 1788, the union of the states was formalized by what document?
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
Choose the answer that BEST aligns with the following statement: Had views similar to the Transcendentalists
Both Dickinson and Whitman
How do horror fiction authors imply that the horrid situation in the story can occur again and again?
By leaving the ending unresolved
Which author wrote the Inheritance Cycle series, which was originally a trilogy but then was extended into a tetralogy in order to complete the story as the author had envisioned it?
Christopher Paolini
Anne Bradstreet's MOST notable work was titled?
Contemplations
What metaphor is created in "Hosanna"?
Cornfields compared to mothers
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is written in what poetic structure?
Couplet
In George Lippard's The Legends of the American Revolution 1776, Benedict Arnold is referred to by which of following names?
Dark Eagle
During the Revolutionary War period, a "fool" was referred to by which of the following terms?
Doodle
Seeking amputated body parts in the trash during the war inspired Whitman to write what poem?
Drum Taps
Which horror fiction author's works reflect the author's fascination with death and the reoccurring themes of murder, torture, premature burial, and the power of love and hate, and hate, and the dark side of nature?
Edgar Allen Poe
In this excerpt from "The Leaf and the Tree," Edna St. Vincent Millay demonstrates the use of which literary element? Here, I think, is the heart's grief: The tree, no mightier than the leaf,
End rhyme
New York City was the meeting place for the Transcendentalist Symposium Club several times a year.
False
Which of the following works includes a tale about Johnny Appleseed that teaches a good moral lesson on how people-- even people who act strangely-- should be treated with respect?
Farmer in the Sky
What one common characteristic of horror fiction is missing from "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
Graphic Violence
What was the name of the horse Ichabod Crane rode through Sleepy Hollow in In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
Gunpowder
Which of the following men is considered the MOST famous Fireside poet?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Who created and taught the people the art of Picture-Writing?
Hiawatha
A key characteristic of Southwestern humor literature was which of the following?
Highlighted stereotypical character types
A regular activity, such as gambling or going to church, combined with a trick or joke is referred to as which common characteristic of Southwestern humor?
Humerous frontier life
Making an exaggerated statements to prove a point is what type of figurative language?
Hyperbole
This quote from "Turkey Tom of Arkinsaw" is an example of which literary element? "...that gobbler's beard was so long that he allers carried the end of it his mouth in running to keep to from treadin' on it."
Hyperbole
The following line from "Wilderness" by Carl Sandburg is an example of what type of literary device? "Hairy under the armpits"
Imagery
Which poet after being orphaned, living on the streets, and convicted of drug dealing, used time in jail to learn to read and write?
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Which Fireside Poet is considered the MOST influential writer connected to the abolitionist movement?
John Greenleaf Whittier
Which of the following is a beloved American folk hero from the days of the pioneer expansion to the Midwest whose character was based on the real-life story of John Chapman?
Johnny Appleseed
Who were the main groups that Lewis and Clark encountered in their travels?
Plains Indians and Northwest Indians
The poem "Three Hundred Thousand More" represents which type of civil war poem?
Poem to recruit
The poem "Stonewall Jackson's Way" represents which type of civil war poem?
Poem to relate experiences
Elsie's frustration with herself for being impatient and the realization that she did not respond like the Bible said to respond is an example of which common domestic fiction theme?
Religion
Which of the following attributed to captivity narratives with native Americans?
Revenge against the Europeans who attacked them first and invaded native lands
Which of the authors, known for having done a great deal to increase the popularity of science fiction, is famous for writing Starship Troopers (1959) and Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)?
Robert Heinlein
On his famous "midnight ride," Paul Revere warned what notable individuals of the British advance?
Samuel Adams and John Hancock
When writing "The British Prison Ship," Freneau used what original and powerful literary technique?
Satire
The Anarchiad was what type of poem?
Satirical mock-epic
What type of figurative language is used in the following lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"? Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table...
Simile
When Elizabeth Bishop wrote "...the pink swim bladder like a big peony" in the poem "The Fish," which literary element was she using?
Simile
Henry David Thoreau believed that society was becoming ruined by luxury and that this could be remedied by which of the following?
Simplicity of life
Which of the following historical topics was a major focus of Jupiter Hammon's famous speech An Address to the Negroes of the State of New York?
Slavery
What simple task did Edward Taylor use in "Huswifery" to symbolize God's work in his life?
Spinning thread
Transcendentalism was described as what type of movement?
Spiritual
The following quote is an example of which theme common to domestic fiction? "...Meg began her married life with the determination to be a model housekeeper."
Status and role of women
Which author, commonly linked to the horror genre, often focuses on elements of the supernatural within his pieces of literature?
Stephen King
What characteristic or method did Gertrude Stein use when writing "Tender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms"?
Stream of consciousness
What is the main difference between prose poetry and conventional poetry?
Structure
Unexplainable elements use defines which gothic characteristics?
Supernatural elements
"The Waste Land," thought to be one of the most important twentieth century poetic pieces, was written by whom?
T.S. Eliot
To support a religious the in work, which other piece of literature was often referred to or quoted?
The Bible
The two great influences on Wheatley's writings were what?
The Bible and Christianity
Transcendentalism is named after Immanuel Kant's idea that reality does which of the following?
Transcends human understanding
Bridges are the local image in "Song of the Soul of Chicago."
True
Fantasy is the earliest form of fiction for which there is any record.
True
One of the earliest journal entries by Lewis and Clark describes the Mandan Chief.
True
Sometimes a Civil War anthem was universal and appealed to both sides, as originally written.
True
The final edition of Leaves of Grass had over 400 poems.
True
Though times and women have changed, some of the same ideas and characteristics from the domestic fiction genre are seen in newer genres of literature today.
True
Which of the following characteristics of horror fiction increases the level of tension and keeps the reader guessing as to what will happen next?
Unforeseen Events
When Emily Dickinson's poems were published, what was used for titles?
Usually the first line of the poem
Which writer had enough material written for a second book, but NOT enough money to have it published?
Phillis Wheatley
Who authored Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral?
Phillis Wheatley
Which explores traveled to the Pacific Ocean and wrote exploration narratives about their travels?
Lewis and Clark
The writing of nature poems is often focused on what?
Life
The description of the outdoors in Claude McKay's "The Tropics of New York" paint a picture of what?
McKay's homeland of Jamaica
The Harford Wits are BEST described by which of the following phrases?
Men who wanted to keep their status quo
What is the title of the painting inspired by the wartime heroine, Molly Pitcher?
Moly Pitcher and the Battle of Monmouth by Dennis Malone Carter
"The moon casting shadows over a graveyard" is an example of which gothic characteristic?
Mysterious and spooky setting
Which of the following is an example of nature setting NOT used in "Lake Driving"?
Noise from nearby highways
Which type of folk poetry is used as a way to entertain and teach young children?
Nursery Rhymes
What type of figurative language does Roger W. Hancock use when he writes "roars", "babbling", and "ruffling" in the poem "Life Abounds in Nature's Sounds"?
Onomatopoeia
Which of the following western fakelore characters was raised by coyotes, shared important cowboy tips, and invented the lasso and the branding iron?
Pecos Bill
The following line from "Spring Day" by Amy Lowell is an example of what literary element? "marbles spit and slip..."
Personification
What literary device is used in the following passage from section V? But he heard the Wawonaissa, Heard the whippoorwill complaining, Perched upon his lonely wigwam...
Personification
Why does Hiawatha's grandmother dissuade him from marrying a woman from the land of the Dacotahs?
Their tribes have history of war and feuding.
Which of the following characteristics is NOT commonly a part of cyberpunk science fiction?
This type of fiction offers a way of reimagining the past.
How does a science fiction separate itself from general fantasy fiction?
Through its basis in science and technology
When did Gothic poetry become popular?
Victorian Era
Choose the answer that BEST aligns with the following statement: An active participant in nature, while writing poetry
Walt Whitman
Which of the Fireside Poets was an editor of the New York Event Post and also a founder of the Republican Party?
William Cullen Bryant
What was the "healing act" that MOST likely inspired "The Blue and Gray"?
Woman putting flowers on both Confederate and Union graves
What cause Bradstreet to NOT consider publishing her works?
Women did not have political and intellectual freedoms
