Literature AN
Diedrich Knickerbocker's "chance for immortality" is almost equal to what?
"""almost equal to the being stamped on a Waterloo
Speech at Lancaster: what specific phrase does canassatego use to explain the english are newcomers
""[w]hat is One Hundred Years
What is the first thing Carwin says when he enters Clara's room?
"'O! fly—fly far and for ever!—I cannot behold you and live!"
Speech at Lancaster: why do the Native americans secure the Dutch's ship rope from tree to rock
"- Affection:
Speech at Lancaster: how does it conclude and adress the land claims (x5)
"- Conestogoe or Sasquahannah Indians had a Right to sell lands to english
both parties perceptions/understanding of the Lancaster Treaty: (x2)
"- Virginians: thought they had
Speech at Lancaster: what is canassatego's response to the claim (virginia foregoing haudenosaunee bc of susquehanna)
"- explains English were "New- comers."
Speech at Lancaster: what goods did the Dutch bring to America (x4)
"-Awls,
How did Pennslyvanian's acquire the Wieland setting land from Lenape tribe (x3)
"-Defrauded Lenape
what is the inconsistency of colonial recpetance of Canassatego's speech (x3)
"-English colonial readers celebrated
Speech at Lancaster: why do the Native americans secure the Dutch's ship rope from bush to tree
"-Liking the Dutch better:
Speech at Lancaster: how do the Dutch reciprocate to the Native Americans securing their ship (x4)
"-acknowledged native American Right to the Lands,
Speech at the Lancaster: how did the Dutch treat the Native Americans when they first arrived (x2)
"-gave the Native Americans goods
Speech at Lancaster: how have the native americans lives changed negatively since the english's arrival
"-now straitened,
Speech at Lancaster: explain how the onas acquired the Sasquahannah Lands (x8)
"-the Onas came to Albany to buy the Sasquahannah Lands
Speech at Lancaster: how do the native americans respond to the repproaches of the young english men (you need our guns to live!!)
"-they lived before the english came
Speech at Lancaster: how do the Native Americans secure the Dutch ships (x6)
"-tied their Ship to the Bushes on the Shore;
How does Clara describe the way Carwin reacts to her story?
"...with seriousness, and without any marks of either [surprise] or incredulity"
because it provides a relatively rare example of"
"American Indian oratory resistance to European land
What was the "great error in Rip's composition"?
"An insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor"
What did CBB and his friend William Dunlap join in NYC?
"An intellectual society called the Friendly
What does Clara say when she's popping off at Carwin?
"Begone! thou man of mischief! Remorseless and implacable miscreant! begone!"
who is the Speech at Lancaster addressed to
"Brother, the Governor of Maryland,"
what does Franklin cite Canassatego saying in "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America,"
"Canassatego: (through overhearing when he
The works of the poets included in "The Beauties of Poetry" could be thought of as one of the first schools of poetry in America. What were they called?
"Connecticut Wits" or "Hartford Wits" because they all came from Connecticut
Freneau's poem, "The Indian Burying Ground" was definitely inspired by which poem by Thomas Gray?
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
What does WIeland see upon seeing Clara?
"Father! I thank thee"
How does the narrator describe the bounds of America?
"From Nova Sotia to West Florida?
negotiations that led to white ownership of Wieland's setting, the _________ was an important player."
"Haudenosaunee
how did the Haudenosaunee League react when the Lenape appealed for support reagarding the walking purchase
"Haudenosaunee League refused, deciding it was in their best interest politically
In her dream, what did the person say when they stopped her from plunging into a pit?
"Hold! Hold!"
What did Clara hear once she touched the lock of her closet?
"Hold! Hold!"
What does Carwin shout to wake Clara up from sleeping on the bank?
"Hold, Hold!"
How were the strangers in the clearing in the mountains dressed?
"In quaint outlandish fashion, some wearing ""short doublets, others jerkins, with long knives in their belts, and most of them had
The land of Wielands' setting was originally owned by _________
"Lenape
Name two poems included in Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.
"On Being Brought from Africa to America," To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth."
What did Clara exclaim once Pleyel started to leave the room?
"Pleyel! Art thou gone? Gone forever?"
What words in the book intrigued the narrator's father?
"Seek and ye shall find"
When Carwin enters Clara's room, he's acting unusually. How is he feeling?
"Sorrowful and astonished"
What did Washington refer to Freneau as?
"That rascal Freneau"
Which anthology was "Columbia" published in?
"The Beauties of Poetry"
Which creatively-titled poem did Philip Freneau write after spending six weeks on a British Prison ship in 1780?
"The British Prison Ship"
What was the title of CBB's first work?
"The Rhapsodist" - a periodical essay series
After Rip returned, what did he find in place of the villiage inn?
"The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle" - a large rickety wooden building with great gaping windown (some broken and mended with old hats and petticoats) with an american flag in front
What is the American's labor founded upon?
"The basis of nature: self interest"
What is an "interesting contrast" of the federalist papers? (according to the binder)
"The contrast between:
American Romanticism is exemplified in Freneau's work with the theme of _____.
"The human relationship with the natural world"
What does Crèvecoeur say Americans were united by?
"The silken bands of mild government"
What does Wheatley say that some people state about her race?
"Their colour is a diabolic die."
Who did Judith Gardenier marry?
"a stout, cheery farmer, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon his back
Clara's father complained that his __________________
"brain was scorched to cinders
Canassatego, Speech at Lancaster offeres an indictment of what claim
"claim that Virginia should not have
What contradiction is spotted between Canassatego and Crèvecoeur's narrative
"contradiction:
Speech at Lancaster: By refering to the Lancaster treaty Canassatego specifically identifies:
"how English colonialists are threatening American
what did "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America," comment
"inconsistency of english colonial readers celebrating the eloquence of
What are the riches enough for such men who come to America?
"instead of starving he will be fed, instead of being idle he will have
bf's cartoon reflects the discrete identities of the early US
"join or die"
Canassatego's speech is an exampe of the wide variety of
"materials that circulated during the American print
What does Clara admit about Wieland's ideology?
"moral necessity, and Calvinistic inspiration were the props on which my brother though proper to repose"
today we use the term literature to encompass which genres
"poetry, plays, novels, short fiction, creative non-fiction, comics, and
what is Canassatego's speech's original provenance of publication
"printed and published by Benjamin
How are Rip Van Winkle's children described?
"ragged and wild as if they belonged to nobody"
Speech at Lancaster: how would some young english men repproach the Native Americans during small differences
"telling the native americans they wouldve perished if the english had not given them
Speech at Lancaster: canassatego pinpoints to poverty of lack of deer experienced by the native americans to
"that Pen-and-Ink Work" (lancaster treaty)
What is the Manitou's (spirit) favorite abode in the Kaatskill mountains?
"the Garden Rock" - a great secluded cliff with flowering vines and wild flowers surrounding it, as well as with a small lake at its foot that's home to water-snakes and pond-lilies
The 5 (or 6) Nations of the Iroquois are also known as
"the Haudenosaunee
Work" that Canassatego refers to"
"the Lancaster Treaty being written and
century."
"the Treaty, which included Canassatego's
Opposed to Wieland, Pleyel was
"the champion of individual liberty"
What does Crayon say is his "good or evil lot"?
"to have my roving passion gratified"
Clara's uncle's belief is said to _________
"unalterably attached to natural causes"
Speech at Lancaster: how did the Native Americans recieve the Dutch
"we saw what sort of People they were,
What two incidents involving Carwin does Clara mention when she's pointing out all of his sins?
-When he called for Clara to hold when she was going to open the closet door / -When his face appeared at the bottom of the staircase
When was Charles Brockden Brown born?
.January 17, 1771
What can an annual export of wheat be for a hundred families?
10,000 bushels
When did Clara say the moon would rise by?
11 pm.
How large was the circular area in the temple the narrator's father built?
12 feet in diameter
How old is Louisa Conway in chapter 4?
14
what is the date given for SPEECH AT LANCASTER, CANASSATEGO,
1744
when did the Lancaster Treaty transpire
1744
When did Christians start to promote Phillis Wheatley's poetry?
1770s
When did Wheatley travel to London?
1773
When was "On Being Brought From Africa to America" written?
1773
When was "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth" written?
1773
When did Wheatley return from England?
1774
When did Wheatley deliver a poem to George Washington?
1775
When did Wheatley marry?
1778
When was Washington Irving born?
1783
When did Wheatley die?
1784
when was "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America," published
1784,
When was Philip Freneau's complete poetry published? When was his complete prose work published?
1786 — 1788
When was Wieland published?
1789
When did CBB publish his first work?
1789, at 18 years old
When did Thomas Jefferson establish his newspaper, 'National Gazette'? When did printing end?
1791 — 1793
kentucky; tennesee; and ohio were established in
1792; 1796; 1803
When did CBB marry Elizabeth Linn?
1804
When was "The Columbiad" published?
1807
When was the Portrait of Washington Irving by John Wesley Jarvis painted?
1809
Irving wrote The Sketch-Book in which two years he was in England?
1817 and 1818
What year was The Sketch-Book published?
1819
When did Washington Irving die?
1859
ragged dick was published in
1868
century."
18th
Speech at Lancaster: About ___ Years after the Arrival of the English, an English Governor came to Albany
2
How long had the black man been in the cage when Farmer James found him?
2 days
How long was it until Pleyel departed?
2 hours.
How many days after did they receive the official notice of Theresa's death?
20 days
How long was Rip gone?
20 years
How many children did Wheatley have with John Peters?
3
How many years after the events is the final chapter?
3
How far away was the plantation from where Farmer James live?
3 miles
How far away from her brother's house is Clara's?
3/4 of a mile
What age did CBB die at and how?
39, from tuberculosis
When was the rehearsal supposed to begin?
4 pm.
How much did The Sketch-Book cost?
5 dollars
How many novels did CBB write between 1799-1803
7
How long was the narrator's father in mercantile servitude?
7 years to a London merchant
What book was Irving trying to market with the imaginary author Mr. Knickerbocker?
A History of New-York from the Beginning of the world to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
Who was the narrator's father apprenticed to?
A London merchant
What did the narrator's father buy after finishing the book?
A bible
What were many travel narratives from the 1700s arranged like?
A book of letters
Where does Clara go some weeks after Pleyle states that he has seen the stranger?
A building near the river bank
What sound causes Clara to scream?
A close whisper
Where did the voice that talked to Clara near the river come from?
A crevice
Who does Wieland think made him do the murders?
A demon
What do Clara's friends think the voices were?
A dream
Who does Farmer James come across in the Carolina woods?
A dying and tortured enslaved man in a cage
Where is Schuylkill?
A few miles from Philadelphia
How long after Father Wieland's explosion did Mother Wieland die?
A few months
What is the ballad Clara plays about?
A german cavalier at the seige of Nice under Godfrey of Bouillon
What does Carwin ask for from Clara's servent?
A glass of buttermilk
When literary scholars turnd their attention to forgetten African-American authors, what would've made it difficult to study Wheatley?
A lack of reprintings of her work, as well as sparse literary criticism.
How does Carwin get to Clara's closet?
A ladder
Who took care of Clara and Theodore after their parents' death?
A maiden aunt
How does the book conclude?
A moral
Franklin saw lighting as _____
A natural phenomenon to be studied by humans
Who is Nicholas Vedder?
A patriarch of the village and the landlord of the inn Van Winkle frequented
What was the Age of Enlightenment
A period where humans turned to reason and natural laws to explain phenomena attributed to God
What did Clara almost fall into in her dream?
A pit
What was the main purpose of the Federalist papers?
A public relations campaign designed to convince New York delegates to vote for ratification of the Constitution
Clara's father's fate is implied to have been
A punishment from God
What kind of duty did Clara's father believe he failed to perform?
A religious one
What does Pleyel accuse Clara of having?
A sexual relationship with Carwin
What is described as the only tool that "grows keener with constant use"?
A sharp tongue
How is the stranger Rip Van Winkle meets described?
A short, square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair, and a grizzled beard
What is a fowlingpiece?
A shotgun used to shoot small birds and mammals
Why did the conversation move from the temple to the house?
A storm passed by
What did early critics argue was a possible message from "On Being Brought from Africa to America"?
A tacit apology for slavery; that slavery was justifiable for the opportunity to convert to Christianity
Who wrote the book about the sect of Camissards?
A teacher of the Albigenses
What did the narrator's father build?
A temple to his Deity that at first glance looked like a summer house
What did Clara compare her reaction to the shriek once she touched her closet lock to?
A tide.
What two animals were referenced in the excerpt of Lyly's Euphues?
A toad and a snail
What happened after Clara sat back down?
A voice called out to her
What caused Clara to wake up from her dream?
A voice shouting "Hold! hold!"
How did Wieland know Clara was at his door?
A voice told him
What was Major Stuart describing in his letter that Theodore went to look for?
A waterfall on the Monongahela
Wieland considers the historical shift in the 18th century between ________
A worldview emphasizing theism to one that stresses empiricism
What does Clara call Carwin?
A wretch
How is Crayon depicted in The Sketch-Book?
A young American bachelor that travels to England in search of the cultural resources that his homeland lacks
Although Freneau was a Democratic Republican, he was also an ______.
Abolitionist
Why do we know that Wheatley wrote some material for a second volume of poetry?
Advertisements, requests for subscribers.
What time of day did Clara resume her journey to Pleyel's farm?
Afternoon.
What is the term for the historical shift away from theism?
Age of Enlightenment
What is Theodore Wieland's profession?
Agriculture
What is another name for the French Protestants?
Albigenses
What was CBB's first book?
Alcuin: A Dialogue
Anticipating difficulties, _________ (had a play named after him) enlisted ___________ and ________ to help him write the federalist papers
Alexander Hamilton enlisted both James Madison and John Jay to assist him write the federalist papers
What did Clara say her guardian had permitted?
Allowed Carwin to exterminate her reputation.
What is the most perfect society existing in the world?
America
Which literary period do many of Freneau's poems exemplify the beginning of?
American Romanticism
Like in both Crèvecoeur's and Wheatley's writing, Freneau's poetry talked about which two contrasting political ideals?
American democracy vs the institution of slavery
A lot of early American poetry was designed to explicitly articulate this ideology.
American exceptionalism
Where did Irving begin his career?
American periodical press
How was "The Columbiad" marketed?
An American epic in the model of Homer and Vergil
Where was Carwin said to have escaped from?
An Irish Prison
Who suported Clara physically when she could not muster strength after arriving at Pleyel's farm?
An ancient female domestic.
The novel establishes Wieland's father's death as ______
An example of the debate about how to understand the meaning of life more generally
What was the book written by a teacher of the Albigenses about?
An exposition of the doctrine of the sect of Camissards
At what times did the narrator's father worship his Deity?
An hour at noon and an hour at midnight
What could Wieland gain from going to Saxony?
An inheritence
What did the Federalist Papers argue for?
An integrity across the wide expanse of American territory
What does the outline of Carwin's face remind Clara of?
An inverted cone
What does Carwin notice on top of the pedestal at the temple?
An open letter
What did Pleyel's countenance convey when Clara met him in the parlor?
Anguish, grief.
Who does Hamilton ask if Schuyler can be compared to?
Aquileia
How is "Rip van Winkle" presented?
As "a legend retold by generations of people living in the Hudson River Valley, which is preserved by the amateur historian and folklorist Diedrich Knickerbocker"
What did Rip Van Winkle do for the children in the villiage?
Assisted in their sports, made them toys, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them stories of ghosts, witches and Indians.
Where was Clara when she fell asleep on her walk?
At the riverbank
How does Carwin enter Clara's house for the meeting?
At trap door
When did Hamilton write his letter to Elizabeth Schuyler?
August 1780
What is the capital of Gambia?
Banjul
Who were the two most notable authors who contributed to "The Beauties of Poetry?"
Barlow and Dwight
Who wrote "The Anarchiad?"
Barlow, Humphreys, Trumbull, and Lemuel Hopkins
The Kaatskill mountains are regarded by all the good wives as perfect ...?
Barometers
What did Clara decide to do after her conversation with Pleyel?
Be passive and silent.
Why is American industry "unfettered and unrestrained"?
Because each person works for himself
Why did Christians celebrate Phillis Wheatley's poetic prowess?
Because of her expression of Christian piety in her work.
What a reason that scholars perhaps refrained from studying Phillis Wheatley's work?
Because of the lack of mentioning slavery.
Why is "Columbia" an inaccurate representation of Colonial expansion?
Because of the violence committed against Native Americans
Why does Pleyel tease Clara?
Because she is in love with Carwin
What is biloquium/ventriloquism?
Being able to make your voice sound like it's coming from somewhere else, and to mimic a different voice
What is deism?
Belief that God created the universe but has not participated in operating the world since creation
who published "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America,"
Ben Franklin
What does Hamilton call Schuyler in his letter?
Betsey
"The Indian Burying Ground" and Phyllis Wheatley's work are similar because they both feature many allusions, both ____ and ____.
Biblical and classical
What event did Wheatley die days after?
Birth of her third child.
What did Clara do after hearing someone enter her house?
Bolt her chamber door.
What books did Crayon say "became his passion"?
Books of voyages and travels
Where was Wheatley buried?
Boston.
Where did Wieland thought his wife is when he's getting down the hill?
Bottom of the hill
What are some of the decorations in the Wielands' temple?
Bust of Cicero, and a harpsichord
How did Phillis Wheatley challenge the racist ideology of certain Christians?
By illuminating the contradictions between Christians theology and the enslavement of Africans.
How did Clara decide to convey her love to Pleyel?
By making him come to the conclusion himself.
What was the name of American printing firm that printed The Sketch-Book?
C.S. Van Winkle
Benjamin Franklin was born to a ______ in ______
Calvinist family; Boston
Why did Clara begin to relax after Carwin left?
Came to the conclusion that the supernatural power would shield her from Carwin.
What is strange about Clara's house the night of the murder?
Candlelight is on
What was the only type of boat Pleyel used?
Canoe.
What was Carwin's spanish name?
Carwin
Who did Pleyel meet in the city?
Carwin
Who does Clara blame for being the "voice of god"?
Carwin
Who does Clara till primarily blame for the murders?
Carwin
Who is Clara thinking about when Wieland has his realization?
Carwin
Who randomly appears in Clara's room? (Hint: their foot is "unshapely and huge")
Carwin
Who returns to Clara's chamber?
Carwin
Who wakes the family after Clara faints on Wieland's door?
Carwin
What was Clara's assumption about Pleyel hearing "her" voice talking with Carwin?
Carwin had taught another woman to replicate her voice.
Why did Clara believe her doom was fixed?
Carwin had too many resources at his disposal (fit, intelligent).
What conjecture did Clara make after seeing Carwin outside her home?
Carwin softly opened the door, descended the stairs, left.
What did Clara see outside her window while the intruder was still in her house?
Carwin's figure at the edge of the bank.
Who did Clara begin addressing in her thoughts on her way to Pleyel's farm?
Carwin.
Who was inside Clara's closet?
Carwin.
Who does Theodore become intimate with?
Catharine Pleyel
Whose voice does Carwin imitate to avoid being caught by Wieland at the temple?
Catharine's
Who did the voice sound like?
Catherine
What did Wieland provide Clara with for her journey to meet with Pleyel?
Chaise, servant.
What were the two riches cities in Letter IX?
Charlestown and Lima
What was the first best-selling American novel?
Charlotte Temple
jfc's character ____________, a chief of the Mohegan tribe in particular typifies the noble savage stereotype
Chingachgook
Who were the first people to promote Phillis Wheatley's poetry?
Christians invested in converting African-Americans and African Britons.
What two groups does Wheatley say can join the angelic train together?
Christians, Negros (black as Cain).
What Roman author/philosopher is Theodore interested in?
Cicero
Who were the one talking after Wieland left?
Clara and Pleyel
What did Clara conclude about the situation based on Wieland's mentality?
Clara concluded that Wieland's attitude towards their father's death is more or less related to the incident
Why was Clara afraid Wieland's senses were causing imaginations?
Clara feared that Wieland might have a disease
What caused the person inside the closet to open the door?
Clara saying that she knew him well.
Why could the voice Wieland heard not have been Catherine?
Clara was with her the whole time
What did Pleyel say imparted him with a gleam of hope?
Clara's arrival and tears.
Who opens the door to Carwin on his first arrival?
Clara's servent
What was the cause of Wieland's distress (from Catharine's point of view)?
Clara's situation.
Which novels by Samuel Richardson were eipstolary?
Clarissa and Pamela
What time of day did Clara arrive at Pleyel's farm?
Close of the day.
How do Clara and Carwin hear Wieland?
Closing of the kitchen door
Where was Philip Freneau educated?
College of New Jersey AKA Princeton
What was David Humphreys's occupation?
Colonel in the Revolutionary War
The "meanest of our log cabins" is still what, according to the narrator?
Comfortable
Clara is depicted as being like Pleyel because of her _________
Commitment to rational explanation
Which theme in the novel connects with it being epistolary?
Communication
How can Wieland be described after hearing Carwin confess?
Confused
How successful did Clara think she would be at convicing Pleyel to believe her account of the events?
Considerably doubtful.
How does Judith characterize Clara?
Corageous
How did Pleyel react to Clara's rage?
Countenance relapsed into state of former gloom.
What was the summer-house's front side hidden by?
Creeping plants, branches of cedars.
What was Clara's response to Pleyel not showing up to the rehearsal?
Cried, fled to solitude.
What were CBB's political pamphlets about?
Critizing Thomas Jeffersons adminsitration for its failure to protect American acces to the New Orleans port
Clara describes her temper as the reverse of?
Cruel and Imperious
What was Wieland's feelings to the hill?
Curious, but no fear
Who was Rip worried about talking to after he woke up?
Dame Van Winkle
Why is Wolf crestfallen every time he enters the Van Winkle home?
Dame Van Winkle's constant repirimands
Who did the villiage wives blame Rip Van Winkle's family squabbles on?
Dame Van Winkle, his wife
What is Louisa's mother's background?
Daughter of a banker
What did Clara imagine happened to Pleyel that caused him to not arrive at the rehearsal?
Death.
What happened to Clara's confidence as she arrived at Pleyel's farm?
Decayed.
Why does Wieland not get capitla punishment?
Declared insane
In his Autobiography, Franklin identified as a _____
Deist
after the constitutional convention of 1789, these 8 states allowed slavery
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, georgiga
"Columbia" praises America for its ____ policies. This can be seen with the phrases ____ and ____.
Democratic / rights of mankind / Freedom
Which party did the National Gazette give a platform to? What did they do with it?
Democratic-Republicans — Launch attacks at Washington's administration, especially Alexander Hamilton
How does Clara feel the day after meeting Carwin?
Depressed
Who was the school master in Van Winkle's village?
Derrick Van Bummel
Letter IX
Derrick- Letter IX(50-53)
By suggesting both Wieland and Clara can be endangered by unexplainable mysteries, the novel
Describes the dangers of having too much confidence in faith or reason
What was Pleyel's tone when he requested to speak to Clara?
Desponding, anxious.
"On the Emigration to America" describes the American landscape, contrasting it with the _____ of Europe.
Despotic shores
What did Pleyel ask Wieland after his return from the temple?
Did he find the letter
What did Wieland ask Catherine after his return?
Did she not move at all
What pseudonym did Washington Irving use for Rip Van Winkle?
Diedrich Knickerbocker
What is Wieland's expression like when he looks at Clara?
Dim- no longer passionate
What was Joel Barlow's occupation?
Diplomat
How does Clara describe Carwin's clothing?
Dirty and poor
What did Pleyel say the "one path" Clara can take was?
Disappear forever with Carwin.
Both Wieland and Pleyel are both so sure in their ideologies that they _________________
Do things that ultimately harm Clara
What question does Hamilton ask Schuyler about being his wife?
Do you soberly relish the pleasure of being a poor mans wife?
How was Wheatley employed by John Wheatley's family?
Domestic slave to John's wife Susanna.
What did Carwin say he had to do when he left Clara's house?
Doom himself to endless exile.
Besides the main door, how else could the intruder have exited Pleyel's chamber?
Door to Judith's chamber.
What's the name of Benjamin West's painting of Benjamin Franklin?
Drawing Electricity from the Sky, 1816
What does Pleyel compare himself to?
Dust (frail as dust), water (mutable as water).
Speech at Lancaster: After the arrival of the English, they become one people with the ____
Dutch
here in a Ship"""
Dutch
Who founded the little village at the foot of the Kaatskill mountains?
Dutch colonists
What was Diedrich Knickerbocker most knowledgable about?
Dutch history in New York
When did Clara's father leave to go to the city?
Early in the morning of a sultry August day
What was Carwin's tone when he began speaking after coming out of the closet?
Earnestness.
What province is fully english?
Eastern
Who expresses a wish to be more ethnically intermixed?
Eastern Provinces
Who did Washington pass Wheatley's poem along to?
Editor of Pennsylvania Magazine.
What were Wieland's conclusions on Catherine's voice.
Either he heard her voice at the bottom of the hill or he had never heard her
What was Wheatley's first published poem?
Elegy for famous evangelist George Whitefield.
Who did Hamilton write letter to?
Elizabeth Schuyler
How does Carwin feel after Clara opens the door?
Embarrased
Where is Louisa Conway's mother from?
England
What are the ethnicities of the settlers?
English, Scot, Irish, French, Dutch, German, Swedish
Carwin used to be a ____ before he transformed into a Spaniard
Englishman
What action did the intruder do that baffled Clara?
Enter Pleyel's chamber.
What form were CBB's last two novels?
Epistolary
Which novel form was considered easier to write?
Epistolary
The Power of Sympathy and The Coquette are both examples of what?
Epistolary novels with a seduction plot
Which three novelistic forms does Wieland show?
Epistolary, Seduction, Gothic
How was Father Wieland's property divided between Clara and Theodore?
Equally
When the nation was founded there was no _____
Established church
What plan did Pleyel propose to Wieland?
Eternal separation between Clara and Carwin.
Where did Pleyel return from?
Europe
washington irving's sketch book was a widely acclaimed us book, but mostly set in
Europe
In the poem "Columbia," the queen's reign is contrasted with who?
European monarchs
Who become Americans?
Europeans
What is Crèvecoeur's understanding of the new race of men?
Europeans become Americans, not any other races.
What did Clara say bore testimony to the rectitude of her mind?
Every sentiment that her tongue and pen uttered.
What was Pleyel's posture when Clara met him in the parlor?
Eyes downcast, arms folded.
(True/False) Theodore was known to often laugh and smile
FALSE
What was Pleyel delayed by when he didn't show up to a meeting as a child?
Falling from a boat into the river.
Crèvecoeur describes America as a nation of what?
Farmers - "tillers of the Earth"
What did Clara decide to read the night Pleyel didn't arrive to the rehearsal?
Father's manuscript.
What is Clara's principle reaction to Carwin?
Fear
When did CBB die?
February 1810
Much of the early American poetry celebrated the new nation as...
Federalist -- a united group of heterogenous parts
Each member of the Connecticut Wits were united by being in which political party?
Federalists
What part of Wieland is bare?
Feet, legs, and arms
What was Hamilton's relation to Elizabeth Schuyler?
Fiancee
What was Wheatley the first to do?
First African-American woman to publish book of poetry in US.
When did epistolary novels fall out of fashion?
First half of 19th century
(which later expanded to six),"
Five Nations of the Iroquois
What fort did the Van Winkles help siege?
Fort Christina
For how many years did the narrator's father live in a thrifty and laborious manner in Philadelphia?
Fourteen years
Who/what is ostensibly the subject of the first half of "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth"?
Freedom/America
Who were the Albigenses?
French Protestants
What did Clara assume was the basis of Pleyel's accusations?
Frenzy or an incomprehensible mistake.
What did Clara say her actions were dictated by?
Frenzy.
Where do the tillers of the Earth exist?
From Nova Scotia to West Florida
How did Pleyel know Carwin?
From travels abroad
When did Clara's long period of happiness begin and end?
From when her parents died until the beginning of this current year
What does Clara compare the gap between polluted and chaste women to?
Gap between man and insects.
What pseudonym did Washington Irving use for The Sketch-Book?
Geoffrey Crayon
What replaced King George's portrait in front of the Union Hotel?
George Washington's portrait
The narrator's grandfather was the founder of what?
German Theatre
Where did Wieland receive a new play from?
Germany.
What was Clara's objective at Mrs. Baynton's house?
Get rest.
What does Wieland tell Carwin to do?
Go away
What does Carwin do after being yelled at by Clara?
Go to the door
What does the voice of Catherine warn them from doing?
Going to saxony
How is Rip Van Winkle described?
Good-natured, a kind neighbor, an obedient hen-pecked husband, foolish well oiled disposition, would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound
How does Clara describe her brother?
Grave, considerate, thoughtful
Which literary style did the poem "The Indian Burying Ground" use?
Graveyard poetry
Where did Leonard Weise live?
Hamburg, Germany
How does Alexander Hamilton open Federalist No.1?
Hamilton begins by acknowledging the faliure of the current form of goverment (under the Articles of Confederation), and how the current debate (and vote) on the Constitution of America is of great importance to it's "safety and welfare" of an empire "the most interesting in the world"
Hamilton published the first essay on ________________ , only a _____ after the Constitutional Convention had adjourned. It was published in the ________, a New York News newpaper (think right-wing sounding)
Hamilton wrote No.1 only a MONTH after the convention, on October 27th, 1787. It was published in the Independent Journal (think right-wing sounding)
At the beginning of the chapter, Clara describes the way Carwin speaks as...
Handling topics with skill, and without pedantry or affecation
Why is pleyel concerned for the Leipzig woman?
Hasn't recieved a letter
Who did the Lenape tribe appeal to for support with walking purchase fraud
Haudenosaunee League
what happened in Lancaster Treaty
Haudenosaunee sold land claims in Virginia.
How did Wieland confirm Catherine's words?
He asked Clara and Pleyel
What did Wieland say sarcastically after they heard the voice?
He asked whether both of their senses were tricked
How did the narrator's father's personality change after reading the bible and learning of the book about the sect of Camirssard?
He became much more serious, strict, mournful and contemplative
What did Clara's brother do in her dream by the riverbank?
He beckoned her towards him even though there was a pit
Why did the narrator's father begin to feel saddened and anguished in chapter 1?
He believed he had not fulfilled a duty of his and a penalty was due
Why did the narrator's father believe his end was near?
He believed he had not fulfilled his duty to his Deity
Why was the narrator's father accepting of other religions and worship besides his own?
He believed what he practiced was designed for him specifically and others will have different needs?
How does James respond to the dying person?
He doesn't help him or put him out of his misery, only gives him water and walks away
What did Pleyel tell Clara the morning after her encounter with the voice?
He had invited the stranger she liked to the house.
Why did Crayon believe that a great man of Europe would be superior to a great man of America?
He had read in books of philosophers that all animals degenerated in America, including men
What did Pleyel reveal about Carwin?
He is a murderer and a thief.
How does Clara describe Theodore has he reenters the house?
He is anxious
What is Hamilton's financial situation compared to Schuyler?
He is poorer
Why does Clara think that Carwin is so important to their group?
He knows a lot and he's good at communication
Why did the children love Rip Van Winkle?
He made toys, taught them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and told them stories of witches ghosts and Indians
Why did Carwin convert to Roman Catholicism?
He moved to Spain and tried to assimilate into their culture
Although Carwin visits often, he keeps a mysterious vibe because...
He never talks about his past or present situation
What did Wieland do in response to the voice?
He obeyed the voice's warnings
How did Major Stuart find out his wife and daughter were gone?
He returned home while transferring between Westphalia to Canada
What did Wieland respond when Clara ask him about the possibility?
He said how there are 20 more possibilities
What caused Clara to become enraged at Pleyel?
He said she had come to restore him once more to happiness and convince him that she felt guilty b/c of her actions.
Although Carwin maintains his innocence, why is he sorrowful?
He says his actions indirectly caused all the bad stuff in this book
What is the difference between the enslaved people in the Northern and Southern states?
He says the ones in the North are different in every respect and that they are treated more humanely.
How did Irving maximize profits in both America and England?
He secured copyright for The Sketch-Book in both America and England as there were no international copyright laws at the time
How does Pleyel react to Clara's fears?
He teases her
Why did Carwin want to trick Pleye?
He thought he was smug
What did the narrator's father do after finishing the book written by a teacher of the Albigenses?
He turned back to the first page and read it again
Why does Carwin scare Clara for the second time?
He wants to stop her taking walks
What did Clara think were the reasons behind Pleyel leaving so suddenly?
He was abandoning her b/c she was blind to his excellence and coveted "pollution."
Why did Carwin return to America?
He was betrayed by his friend
What caused Theodore to go back to the temple?
He was looking for Major Stuart's letter.
What did Pleyel say once Clara woke up?
He was precipitate and unjust, his senses had been subject to frenzy.
Why was Major Stuart seperated from Louisa and her mother?
He was sent too Germany as part of his profession
What political position did William, Earl of Dartmouth hold?
He was the Secretary of State for the American colonies.
Why was Carwin dispensed with after the group read the contents of the play?
He was unfamiliar w/ the language.
Why was Louisa's father in Philadelphia?
He was wounded in Quebec and was traveling the colonies
What does Hamilton mention about Meade?
He will leave the army after the campaign if his wife agrees.
Why was Clara surprised when Theodore reentered the house?
He would have had to go to the temple very quickly
What detour did Clara take after feeling sick?
Headed to Mrs. Baynton's house.
According to Wieland, what was the basis of Pleyel's accusations?
Heard Clara and Carwin discussing terrible things.
Which "strange beings" inhabited the Kaatskill mountains, according to Peter Vanderdonk?
Henrick Hudson (the first discoverer of the river and country) and his crew of the Half-moon; they would hold a vigil there every 20 years, and keep an eye on the area
Who is the brother of Catharine Pleyel?
Henry Pleyel
Who recalls seeing the stranger Clara describes?
Henry Pleyel
How does Clara react to having to describe Carwin?
Her blood is congealed and her fingers are palsied
What is Clara's biggest concern?
Her brother's fate
Where does Clara go after hearing the voices?
Her brother's house
Where was Clara walking to in her dream?
Her brother's house
Where does Clara here the second noise from?
Her closet
What does Carwin read in Clara's room?
Her diary
What does Clara, writing in the third person, say will end with the end of her writing?
Her existence
What spooky place does Clara pass by on the way to her house?
Her family's graveyard
Where does Clara inherit her clock from?
Her father
How does Carwin identify Clara while hiding in her closet?
Her footsteps
Where does Carwin leave his letter to Clara?
Her friend's house
What did Pleyel believe Clara's tears signified?
Her guilt.
Why did Clara neglect to tell Catharine what Carwin did?
Her health was in poor condition.
Where did Clara spend the morning before the play rehearsal?
Her home.
Who told Clara the events of her father's inevitable combustion?
Her mother's brother
What marked the beginning of Clara's long period of happiness?
Her parents' deaths
What does Clara grasp with force?
Her penknife
Who was Wheatley buried in an unmarked grave with?
Her third child.
Who did Wieland the voice came from?
Her wife, Catherine
Where does Carwin go after the murders?
His brother's farm
Carwin blames who for his arrest warrant?
His enemy
Where did Clara depart towards to find Pleyel?
His farm.
What makes Clara think Carwin is uneducated?
His gait
Where was Pleyel when Clara arrived at his farm?
His room.
Carwin did not talk about his personal history before ____
His transformation into a spaniard
What does Clara admire about Carwin?
His voice
What does Theodore look for once he enters the room after going to the temple?
His wife
Where were the small yellow bricks that were used to build the little village from?
Holland
Which British gothic authors was CBB influenced by?
Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe
What was Carwin most perplexed by?
How Clara discovered him in the closet
What did Clara assume her closet's lock was being barred by?
Human force.
What style of "rhythm" do Freneau's poems use?
Iambic tetrameter
What debate does Hamiltion assign to the responsibility of the American people?
If "societies of man" are able to create a democratic goverment, or if they are "forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force." (Consitutions created not out of voting, but of war and strife)
Similar to Judith Sargent Murray (Equality of the sexes), Hamilton, Madison, and Jay wrote under a their pseudonym to:
Imply what they were writing about was for an entire community. In the case of the federalist papers, they used it to "bolster entire series" arguing the Constitution was for the good of all the people"The periodical essays (The federalist papers) were addressed to the
__ essays. __ (1/2/3) months later they published a second edition. "
In March 1788, a New York printer published the first thirty-six essays. TWO months later, the press published a second edition, and Hamilton continued to write more (GIGACHAD)
How did the narrator's father find the book written by the Albigenses?
In the corner of his garret, half buried in dust and rubbish, it was open and placed in view
What does Clara compare men to?
Insects
What image did Clara use to describe the phantom that haunted her?
Invisible hand of preternatural strength, lifted by human passions, selecting her life for its aim.
Where did Carwin commit a crime?
Ireland
Where does Clara's uncle come from?
Ireland
What did the voice say after she woke up from her dream?
It apologized for trying to murder her and told her that it was going to help her now
What was the only thing Clara dreaded about her meeting with Pleyel?
It being delayed.
Why did Clara allow herself to cry after thinking about Pleyel being dead?
It calmed her.
Why did Clara choose to open her closet without first procuring a light?
It didn't matter what order she acted in, she knew the location of her father's manuscript.
What did Clara say about surprise as an emotion?
It enfeebles, not invigorates.
Freneau makes two contrasting arguments about the American wilderness. What are they?
It has untamed and "savage" beauty, but it can be contained and managed by agriculture and commerce.
In what way is the format of "The Indian Burying Ground" similar to Phyllis Wheatley's poetry?
It is both an ode and an elegy
What does chattel slavery mean?
It means the complete ownership of one person to another.
Why did Clara believe the voice who talked to her after her dream was someone who knew her well?
It mentioned her father
Abolitionist groups republished Phillis Wheatley's work not so much because it expressed an opposition to slavery but because ________________________________________
It testified to the intellectual and artistic capability of Black people.
How did Clara recognize the voice?
It was one of the voices in her closet
What was Rip Van Winkle's farm like?
It was the most pestilent piece of little land in the country, weeds growing, fences falling apart, cows going astray
Why couldn't Clara immediately go home?
It was too dark and she was too confused to climb up the river bank
What does Hamilton say would happen if Americans make the wrong choice (regarding the decision on the Consitution)?
It would be considered as a misfortune to all of mankind.
Which notable Revolution figure did Philip Freneau attend college alongside?
James Madison
Who did Wheatley marry?
John Peters (free African-American man).
Who painted the 1809 portrait of Washington Irving?
John Wesley Jarvis
Who did Wheatley travel to London with in 1773?
John Wheatley's son.
Who purchased Wheatley, and where was he from?
John Wheatley, Boston.
Who did Carwin want Clara think the "victim" of the "murder" was in his closet dialogue?
Judith
Who does Clara think might have made the sound?
Judith
What woman does Rip run into when he comes back?
Judith Gardenier - his daughter
Why had Pleyel gone to search for Clara?
Judith told him she had left and not returned
What was Clara's new idea after deciding that the penknife would only baffle her intruder?
Jump out of her window.
What other names to the Kaatskill mountains go by?
Kaatsberg mountains or Catskill mountains
What does Clara do after hearing "Hold"?
Keeps trying to open the door
What does Clara initially plan to do in order to "take refuge from [her] woes"?
Kill herself with a lancet (a tiny spear)
what would've Farmer James done if he had more courage with his gun?
Kill the black man to release him from suffer.
How does Clara plan to save herself?
Kill wieland with penknife
Whose portrait was in the small inn Van WInkle visited?
King George the Third
What does Carwin look like after being yelled at by Wieland?
Knees shaking + Pale
What do the landowners in SC not do?
Labor the soil
What parts of America's national scenery does Crayon mention?
Lakes, oceans, mountains, valleys, cataracts, plains, rivers, forests, skies
What are the "fairest titles" in America ?
Lawyer and Merchant
Which of Clara's arms does Wieland grasp?
Left
Where is Pleyel's love interest from?
Leipzig
Who was the merchant that the Narrator's Grandfather became acquaintances with?
Leonard Weise
What does Crèvecoeur say is the result of everyone farming?
Less class stratification
American Exceptionalism is displayed in which letter? How?
Letter III, by showing that America was completely different from Europe where no one was equal and people were idle + unable to economically support themselves - and that in America people work for their own interest where there are unlimited opportunities
What did Major Stuart send to Louisa and Theodore while he was in the south?
Letters
Freneau argues that the natural world of America will provide a better ground for freedom and liberty, much like ____ by Crèvecoeur.
Letters from an American Farmer
What was Clara's closet door made of?
Light materials.
What unusual light source does Clara have in her room, coming from the closet?
Light shining through the keyhole via the window in the closet
What was Franklin famous for discovering during his lifetime?
Lighting is electricity
How did Wieland respond to Pleyel's hypothesis?
Listened in silence
What did Clara resolve to do after seeing Carwin outside her house?
Lock her downstairs door.
Where was Wheatley's 1773 book published?
London.
What does Wieland do three times?
Look to heaven
What did Pleyel suspect Clara of?
Looking w/ favorable eyes upon Carwin.
Who is the girl Theodore and Catharine adopt?
Louisa Conway
Who is the ward of Wieland and Catherine?
Louisa Conway
Where did Clara believe Pleyel's frenzy and blindness stemmed from?
Love (jealousy).
Where were Clara and Wieland's ancestors' possessed land?
Lusatia
What book is the excerpt at the beginning of The Author's Account of Himself from The Sketch-Book from?
Lyly's Euphues
Where was Wheatley taken to after being captured into slavery?
MA.
What does Theodore believe about human life?
Made up of changeable elements
How does present-day Clara describe having the thought to kill her brother?
Madness
What is Louisa's father's name?
Major Stuart
Who inherited Mr.Conway's fortune?
Major Stuart
Who is Louisa Conway's father?
Major Stuart
Whose voice did Clara think Carwin's voice resembled?
Man in her closet who wanted to strangle her.
Which authors did CBB influence?
Mary Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allen Poe
Which state had the constitution pass with a much narrower margin? When?
Massachusetts (in February 1788)
Who tricks Louisa's mother into leaving her husband?
Maxwell
Which two characters are compared at the end of the book?
Maxwell and Carwin
this guy stood up for American lit, specficially Hawthorne
Melville
What does Wheatley say brought her from her homeland?
Mercy.
What is Clara's house called?
Mettingen
How does the narrator describe American government?
Mild
What did Clara say was the most reasonable explanation for Pleyel's observations?
Mimicry.
What was Timothy Dwight's occupation?
Minister and president of Yale University
What was Clara's reaction to Pleyel's upbraiding?
Mixed emotions - indignant b/c of his accusations, delight b/c he was jealous.
Where in France does Clara go to?
Montpellier
How does Carwin characterize Judith?
Morally unsound
Was Theodore more or less devoutly religious than Clara/Catharine?
More
What did Clara thought about Pleyel's claim?
More evidence is needed to prove the claim
"Columbia" proposes that America will be better than European imperialism in what two ways?
More peaceful & more successful
Who died as a result from the shock of Father Wieland's death?
Mother Wieland
"My __________...chanced to spend this night at our house"
Mother's Brother
Which of Clara's relatives enters the house after Clara's murder?
Mr. Hallet
At whose house did Louisa Conway meet her father?
Mrs. Baynton
What dialogue does Clara hear?
Murderers planning her murder
Although Carwin admits to much of his malfeasance, won't take responsibility for the ______.
Murders
What was Clara able to hear the night she decided to read her father's manuscript?
Murmur of waterfall.
What conclusion does Clara make about Carwin? Why?
Must have supernatural powers since his mortal enemy was a supernatural power.
Where did Wheatley's first name come from?
Name of slave ship that transported her.
What did CBB consider to be the easier novel to write?
Narrative form
the depiction of native americans as blood thirsty and hostile to americans fist came from
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mary Rowlandson,
For which newspaper was Philip Freneau appointed as the editor?
National Gazette
What does the narrator attribute the liberty Americans enjoy to?
National genius
What emotion does the narrator say an Englishman would feel on seeing America?
National pride
Although Freneau believed in a future where many Americans (including Africans) could live in freedom, which group of people was notably not included?
Native Americans
Freneau's poetry is different from Wheatley's because his style focuses on ____.
Nature
Why was Wheatley's second volume of poetry never published?
Never received sufficient funds.
after the constitutional convention of 1789, these 5 states outlawed slavery
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania)
Which militia did Philip Freneau join after returning from the West Indies in 1778?
New Jersey militia
Where is Diedrich Knickerbocker said to have been from?
New York
Where did CBB move in 1796
New York City
Where was Irving born?
New York City
Where was Philip Freneau born?
New York City
Who was the landlord of the inn Van Winkle frequented?
Nicholas Vedder
Did Carwin really know that Theresa was dead?
No
Did Catherine move since Wieland went to the temple?
No
Did Clara tell Pleyel about the voice's warning?
No
Did Wieland find the letter in the temple?
No
Does Carwin confess to Catherine's murder?
No
Does Wieland believe God told him to commit the murders anymore?
No
Does Wieland feel guilty about the murders?
No
Does Wieland notice the entrance/exit of Carwin?
No
Does the narrator think Americans have strong ties to their home countries?
No
Does the narrator wish the Easterners to be more ethnically mixed?
No
Is death Clara's biggest fear?
No
Does Crèvecoeur make a case for American independence?
No, he just says that the English colonies are politically and economically exceptional.
How much did Clara speak after Wieland left?
None
How many manuscripts from Wheatley's second volume of poetry remain?
None.
How many of Wheatley's children survived?
None.
Why was it strange that Pleyel did not arrive to the rehearsal on time?
Normally very punctual, had previously expressed excitement regarding the rehearsal, not forgetful.
Why did Clara disregard the idea of confessing her love via writing a letter to Pleyel?
Not womanly.
What stopped the narrator's father from going to the temple?
Nothing except physical inability to move
What happened when Pleyel went to retrieve the letter?
Nothing happened and the voice didn't appear
Which province is excepted from government laws?
Nova Scotia
Where was Wheatley's first poem reprinted?
Numerous broadsides.
How does Irving describe himself as a child?
Observant, curious, adventurous, he would wander around unknown places in his spare time
What type of poem is "Columbia?"
Ode
Where does Clara first see Carwin?
On a bank outside her house
Where is Clara's house situated?
On the bank of a river
Why is owning land so important?
One can grow their own food and achieve economic independence by owning their own land.
_________ Nation (which iroquois nation)"
Onodaga
and ____, who fell sick, only wrote 5. "
Out of 85 papers, Hamilton had written 51 (GIGACHAD), Madison wrote 29, and Jay only "penned" five.
What did Clara see Pleyel doing when she entered his room?
Packing a trunk, staring at something in his hand.
How does Wheatley describe her homeland?
Pagan.
What does Clara do after seeing Carwin's face?
Paint a portrait of him
In "The Indian Burying Ground," what is the American emigrant referred to? Which famous mythological figure is this another name for?
Palemon — Hercules
Where did Pleyel want to talk with Clara?
Parlor.
What does Clara have to do in order to describe Carwin?
Pause and walk around her chamber
ultimately became the state of:"
Pennsylvania
A core premise of the new government was that?
People are sovereign, not held to God or a church or a monarch
Who was ruling when the Dutch villiage at the bottom of the Kaatskill mountains was established?
Peter Stuyvesant
Who backed up Rip Van Winkle's story about his disappearance?
Peter Vanderdonk, a descendant of the historian with the same name who wrote one of the earliest accounts of the area
Where was Charles Brockden Brown born?
Philadephia
In which city was "Columbia" published in, when, and by whom?
Philadephia -- 1791 -- Mathew Carey
Where does Clara go to recover from her trauma?
Philedelphia
Where does Clara travel through to see Pleyel?
Philedelphia
Who wrote "On Being Brought From Africa to America"?
Phillis Wheatley
Who wrote "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth"?
Phillis Wheatley
Whose work is "The Indian Burying Ground" similar to?
Phyllis Wheatley
What did Clara believe Pleyel was staring at?
Picture of her.
What does Hamilton ask if Schuyler is willing to do if it is necessary?
Plant turnips
Who appeared on the precipice searching for Clara?
Pleyel
Who came to Clara after her dream?
Pleyel
Who proposed to get the letter after Wieland returned?
Pleyel
Who switches to sleeping at Clara's house?
Pleyel
Where did Wieland say Pleyel was going?
Pleyel did not tell him.
What did Pleyel do in response to the package?
Pleyel invited Wieland for a walk so he can convince him to go to Europe with him to check on his lover.
Why didn't Pleyel ask Clara or Catherine for their opinion?
Pleyel knew that they will disagree with him
Why didn't Pleyel go to Clara's house as guests?
Pleyel recieved a package
Why was Clara's mind "occupied with reflections relative to her own situation" the day of the rehearsal?
Pleyel was late.
What information did Wieland provide that Clara found unexpected and unwelcoming?
Pleyel was setting out on a long journey that evening or the next evening.
Before going to sleep, what did Clara think about?
Pleyel's absence from the rehearsal.
Who did Clara find beside her when she awoke after fainting?
Pleyel, 2 female servants.
Who knocked on Clara's door after waking her up?
Pleyel.
While the novel denounces Wieland it also condemns _________ for _________
Pleyel; his devotion to human reason
What book did Wheatley publish in 1773?
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.
What type of prodigy was Wheatley?
Poetic.
what 6 subjects did ja hope his grandchildren would study
Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine.
What did Pleyel think was Carwins motive for transforming into a Spaniard?
Political Gain
Philip Freneau was recommended to Thomas Jefferson by James Madison because of his skill in ____.
Political rhetoric
How does Wieland say he acted?
Poorly
Who does Hamilton compare Schuyler to?
Portia
What is included on the frontispiece of Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral?
Portrait of Wheatley w/ quill pen in hand.
What did Pleyel accuse Clara of?
Premarital relations with Carwin.
Even Clara's non-religious uncle was unable to __________
Provide a scientific explanation for Clara's father's death
Rowlandson's book describes the captivity of a ________ in _______ in the __________ during _________
Puritan; MA; 1670s; King Phillip's War
In "The Indian Burying Ground," who is the "Indian queen" compared to? What does this Biblical figure do?
Queen Sheba — Test King Solomon's wisdom
What did Carwin say his intentions were after hiding in the closet?
Rape Clara.
What is Carwin doing in Clara's closet?
Reading about her family history
What is Letter III one of the first moments of in literary history?
Recognition of a new "American race" or identity
What is America's relationship to racial violence?
Recognizing it but looking away and not taking responsibility for it
What does Carwin feel after decieving Pleyel?
Regret
Clara believes that Carwin keeps quiet about himself because he feels ____ about his past, rather than wanting to be mysterious.
Regret, shame, guilt, etc.
How did Carwin make money?
Remittances from England
What was John Trumbull's occupation?
Renowned painter
Philip Freneau was called the "Poet of the ____"
Revolution
Which groups does the narrator say are not as removed from each other in America?
Rich and poor
How does Clara describe Catharine?
Rich, beautiful, soft yet animated
At what point does Clara interrupt the story with present-day narration?
Right as Wieland is trying to kill her
What was the name of Rip van Winkle's son?
Rip
What was the summer-house's back side hidden by?
Rock.
What do Henry and Theodore frequently discuss?
Roman authors
What word does Wheatley use to describe her race?
Sable.
How does Carwin describe Clara as feeling?
Sad
How did Pleyel's expression change after noticing Clara in the room?
Sad to astonished.
Why do Clara and Catharine become close?
Same age and gender, lived near each other, similar personalities, similar passions
Which author did CBB admire?
Samuel Richarson
Theodore Wieland is a much more ____ reasoner than Carwin.
Sanguine
What ethnicity was the poet Wieland received the play from?
Saxon.
Where does Pleyel wish Wieland to travel to?
Saxony
Where in Germany is Clara's family from?
Saxony
Where did the narrator's father purchase a farm?
Schuylkill
Who do most scholars believe the etching of Wheatley on the front of Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was made by?
Scipio Moorhead.
Why did Wheatley travel to London in 1773?
Secure publisher for her work.
What did Wieland suggest to Clara after telling her Pleyel's side of the story?
Seek an interview w/ Pleyel.
What happened to Pleyel as he attempted to speak to Clara?
Seemed deterred by uncertainty regarding the true nature of the scene.
What is Clara's attitude towards herself?
Self-loathing, guilt
What are Clara and Catharine doing while Henry and Theodore talk?
Sewing
How did Carwin gain access to Clara's house?
Sexual relationship w/ Judith
How is Dame Van Winkle described?
Sharp tongued, constantly critical of her husband
How did Clara react to recognizing the voice?
She became mute and motionless with terror
What did Clara say would happen if Pleyel's actions were "sober and deliberate?"
She could never forgive him.
What does Clara feel about Louisa leaving for England?
She does not like it
In the poem "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth," where does Wheatley describe her love of freedom coming from?
She explains that she was kidnapped and enslaved, detailing how her parents must have been mortified, and concluding by saying that she prays that would never happen to anyone else.
What happened to Clara after her exclamation?
She fainted.
What causes Pleyel to be less harsh to Clara?
She faints
What did Clara do on her walk by the riverbank?
She fell asleep and had a vivid dream
What happened to Clara on her way to Pleyel's farm?
She felt sick.
Clara didn't know why anyone would want to kill her because?
She had not wronged anyone and nobody was angry at her
Why is Hamilton slightly annoyed at Schuyler?
She has not written him back in a week
At the beginning of this chapter, Clara's view of Carwin is different from before. How so?
She realizes that she doesn't know his true intentions
Why is Clara somewhat happy to see Pleyel distressed?
She thinks its jealousy
How did Clara's dream by the riverbank begin?
She was walking to her brother's house in the evening twlight
Why couldn't Clara sleep after her encounter at the summer-house?
She was worried about the implications
What does Clara say will happen after she finishes writing her story?
She will die
Why does Clara collapse into a chair once she's in her room?
She's afraid of Carwin
When was Wheatley emancipated?
Shortly after she returned from England.
How did Pleyel support Clara?
Silently supported her w/ his arm.
How many years has Clara's brother been married at the start of Chapter 4?
Six years
Where did Clara decide to move to after removing herself from Pleyel's hold?
Sofa.
How did Pleyel react to Clara's questioning of his senses?
Solemn, seemingly disregarded.
What did Clara hear that alarmed her after Carwin left?
Someone (presumably Carwin) entering her house.
What stops Clara from falling into the pit in her dream?
Someone grabbing her arm
Freneau's use of iambic tetrameter gives his poems a more _____ sound.
Songlike
What was Clara woken by the night after the closet incident?
Sounds from Pleyel's chamber.
"Columbia" anticipates that America will do what?
Spread across the enormous territory of North America
What did Clara decide to do if Carwin returned?
Stab him with a penknife.
What did Pleyel do after hearing the midnight conversation between Clara and Carwin?
Stood aloof or fled.
What is the weather like the day after Clara meets Carwin?
Stormy
What did Clara imagine once she thought about Pleyel being dead?
Stumbling upon Pleyel's corpse washed up on the shore.
What was Clara's first idea once Carwin departed?
Summon Judith, make her spend the night in Clara's chamber.
What is Theodore Wieland's job like?
Superintendance
How does Clara describe Wieland's expression before attempting to kill her?
Supernatural
Who did Clara think the voice came from?
Supernatural Beings
What did Wieland believe caused his father's death?
Supernatural decree
What prevented Carwin from carrying out his intentions in the closet?
Supernatural power.
What profession was Clara's maternal uncle?
Surgeon
Pleyel's elocution was less ___ than ___.
Sweet, sonorous.
What did Clara decide to do after the night she found Carwin in her closet?
Take up abode at Wieland's.
What was Clara's reaction to Pleyel packing while looking at a picture of her?
Tears.
What age did Wheatley publish her first poem at?
Teenager.
What was Pleyel's expression after Clara woke up after fainting?
Tender anxiety.
What did later critics think about "On Being Brought from Africa to America"?
That Wheatley had to walk a narrow line as a young Black woman, who could not go completely on the offensive because she might not get published, so she could only write a more subtle critique.
What tenet of Phillis Wheatley's faith do racist Christians not understand?
That anyone can "join the angelic train" and be saved.
What did the voice tell Clara?
That if she returned to the spot near the river she would die
What did Pleyel joke about involving Clara and Carwin?
That she was in love with him
What is Hamilton sure of about Schuyler in relation to his metaphor?
That she will defend America or the giddy young girl.
What does Hamilton talk about relatinf to Schuyler and his service in the army?
That she would disuade him from leaving if he ever wanted to.
In the last couplet of "On Being Brought from Africa to America," Wheatley criticizes Christians who believe _________________________________.
That skin color is relevant to salvation.
What does Hamilton hope will happen?
That the winter will bring peace
What was Wheatley taught after being brought to America?
That there is a God and a Saviour.
What does Crèvecoeur say makes the soil fertile in SC?
The "sweat and tear" of enslaved workers
What mountain range do the Kaatskill mountains belong to?
The Appalachians
Clara's father was part of what evangelical movement?
The Camissards, a French Protestant sect
After a long, hot, summer in _______, delegates at the Constitutional Convention drafted the U.S Constitution.
The Constitution was drafted in the summer of 1787Which states quickly approved the new United States Constitution? "Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut
significant texts of the early national period because_______"
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Federalist essays, are significant because they give insight by the founding fathers on how they viewed the legal foundation of the nation (Think supreme court, founding father interpretation)
The Federalist papers ended with a total ______ papers.
The Federalist papers ended with a total 85 papers.
What river are the Kaatskill mountains located near by?
The Hudson
What nation does Hamilton compare America to?
The Roman Republic
What river is Clara's summer house near?
The Schuylkill River
Where does Major Stuart go after leaving Philadelphia?
The Southern Colonies
Freneau drew on which myth about Native Americans in his work?
The Vanishing Indian
Where did Philip Freneau leave for when the Revolition was beginning?
The West Indies
Hamilton, _____, and Jay wrote under the the pseudonym ______. (Sounds like public, or pubic)
The authors wrote under the name pseudonym, "Publius." It is latin word for "for the people"
What did Crayon admire about America?
The beautiful natural scenery
Why was the narrator's father able to experience wealth and leisure in America?
The cheapness of land and African slaves
Where did Clara's route towards Pleyel's farm take her through?
The city.
What does Wieland stare at?
The clock
Once Clara arrives home, where does she immediately go to?
The closet in her room
Why can't Wieland see the moon when he was halfway up the hill?
The clouds covered it
Freneau revises the British version of the graveyard poem by considering what?
The differences between the eschatological (relating to death, judgment, etc.) beliefs of European Christians and those of North American natives
What does Crèvecoeur not acknowledge about slavery in the North?
The enslaved persons in the North are still denied the right of personhood.
Why is "The Columbiad" notable?
The first epic poem written in the United States
Where does Clara have a penknife concealed?
The folds of her dress
Where does Carwin go after sending the letter?
The forest
What did Crayon admire about Europe?
The highly cultured society, ancient and local customs, the accumulated treasures of age
What is American Exceptionalism?
The idea that America is inherently different and more righteous than all other nations
What is the Myth of the Vanishing Indian?
The idea that native peoples were willingly moving westwards, leaving behind land for white settlers
What sound snaps Wieland out of his thoughts?
The knife hitting the floor
Crevecoeur says that America is like no other country because of...
The mixture of Europeans from various countries and European descendants
Who founded German Theatre?
The narrator's grandfather
Although Freneau's poetry attempts to capture the beauty of the natural world, he is incapable of truly doing so. Why?
The natural world is superior to the human representation of it
What does Crèvecoeur describe as the ideal political system?
The one in the American colonies, where everyone has such similar economic conditions that harsh laws don't exist
Who did the Narrator's grandfather marry?
The only daughter of Leonard Weise, a merchant of Hamburg
Why does "The Indian Burying Ground" not present the Native Americans as a threat to white settlement?
The only thing that remains of them is the haunted burial ground
_______________, but Hamilton hoped they would spread __________ "
The papers were addressed to the "People of the State of New York," Hamilton hoped they would spread nation wide.
The papers were published in ____ New York Newspapers, and the papers (did/did not) spread nationwide
The papers were primarity published in three New York newspapers, and the papers did not circulate across the United States
What does Crayon compare to illustrate the supposed difference between a great man of Europe and of America?
The peak of the Alps to a highland of the Hudson
What does Wieland gaze with eagerness at?
The pillow where Catherine died
How does the poem "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth" talk about William, Earl of Dartmouth?
The poem praises his efforts in supporting the colonists.
If Letter III expresses Crèvecoeur's desires for his new homeland, what does Letter IX represent?
The realities of America
What part of Mettinton does Carwin love best?
The recess of the bank
Where does Carwin decieve Pleyel?
The recess of the bank
How does Clara describe her temper?
The reverse of cruel and imperious
What does Clara believe will be the result of returning to the summer-house near the river?
The same fate as her father
What light shined that made Clara feel panicked and doomed?
The same light that she saw when her father got exploded
Who mentions Clara's father after her dream by the riverbank?
The same voice that threatened to shoot her in the closet
Rip Van Winkle's ancestors accompanied Peter Stuyvesant to what siege?
The siege of Fort Christina
Pleyel tries to draw information out of Carwin by talking about...
The similarities and differences of Spaniards and Britons
Why did Clara fall asleep near the river?
The sound of the waterfall, fragrance and dusk
Which building does Carwin admire?
The temple
Where does the poem change to address William in "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth"?
The third stanza
Why do the Federalist Papers epitomize the project of American literature in the early national period?
Their goal is to create a shared or unified political, social, and aesthetic identity across a population that didn't yet have these shared identities
How was Theodore Wieland like his father?
Their opinions on life, what they consider important
What was the Wielands' education guided by?
Their own understanding, with no religious standard
While Carwin is reading the letter at the temple, who is he surprised by?
Theodore Wieland
What did Theodore and Catharine wait for to get married?
Theodore to reach maturity
Why can the impoverished in Europe become property holders in America?
There is an abundance of land.
Why was there no need for coercive or repressive laws?
There was economical homogeneity and everyone was economically self-sufficient.
In the second stanza of "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth," what happens to America when "Freedom" comes?
There will no longer be unredressed grievances, fear of tyranny, or fear of enslavement.
What was Pleyel's lover's name?
Theresa
What does Carwin say as Wieland and Pleyel are ascending the hill together?
Theresa (the baroness in Europe) is dead
Why did the narrator's father not join any existing religion?
They all practiced social worship and he believed in solitary worship
What is the relationship between Letters III and IX?
They are inverses of each other; 3 is optimistic, while 9 is horrific
What does Hamilton say is happening if Schuyler does not agree to be a poor man's wife?
They are playing a comedy of all in the wrong
Why did some racist Christian theologians think God created men with dark skin?
They argued that it was the "mark" imprinted on man for Cain murdering his brother.
Why will Americans, as Western pilgrims, "finish the great circle"?
They carry with them "that great mass of arts, sciences, vigour, and industry which began long since in the east"
What does Hamilton warn will happen if Schuyler does not accept being a poor man's wife?
They will begin to act as the tragedy of the unhappy couple
What would Anglo-American readers think of Charlestown when compared to Lima, Peru?
They would see a comparison between Lima and Charlestown as derogatory because Spain was associated with greed, cruelty, and improvidence.
How many minutes does Wieland give Clara to live?
Three
What was Clara's reaction to being vindicated by Wieland?
Threw her arms around him, bathed his cheek in her tears.
What does Clara ultimately do with the penknife?
Throw it to the floor
What are Americans in their profession, according to the narrator?
Tillers of the earth
Who wrote "The Columbiad?"
Timothy Dwight
Who wrote the poem "Columbia"?
Timothy Dwight
Why does CBB conclude with a moral lesson?
To avoid being seen as dangerously seductive
What does Clara want from Carwin?
To change her brother's mind
Why does Clara go back to her house?
To collect her journals
How does "Columbia" go? (sorry)
To conquest, and slaughter, let Europe aspire; / Whelm nations in blood, and wrap cities in fire; / Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend, / And triumph pursue them, and glory attend... / On Freedom's broad basis, [your] empire shall rise, / Extend with the main, and dissolve with the skies.
What does the stranger in the mountains ask Van Winkle to do?
To help carry his load
What wish does the narrator express in the beginning of Letter 3?
To know how an Englishman feels on seeing America
What did the voice tell Wieland to do?
To not go further and return home
What did Major Stuart propose to Louisa?
To return to England with him
Why did the narrator's father move to Philadelphia?
To spread the truth of the Bible to Native Americans
What did the narrator's father believe was his duty?
To spread the truth of the Bible to people who did not know about it (Native Americans)
In "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth," what is the speaker asking Sir William to do?
To support rights of the colonists.
What was unusual about Clara's father the evening he died?
Took no part in conversation, would randomly show signs of being alarmed
What genre was the play Wieland received?
Tragedy.
How does Clara describe her childhood after becoming an orphan?
Tranquil and happy
What was the tranquil solemnity of Carwin's countenance replaced by?
Trepidation, anxiety.
How many times does Carwin say he attempted to assualt Clara?
Twice
For how long did Joel Barlow work on "The Columbiad?"
Two decades
What did Clara see in the sky while she was deciding whether or not to climb up the cliff?
Two rays slit across the gloom
What fraction of Americans "had no country"?
Two-thirds
In the poem "Columbia," the titual queen represents what country?
U.S.A.
What is "the motto of all emigrants"?
Ubi Panis ibi patria
Why did Clara decide to not go to her brother's house after finding Carwin in her closet?
Unreasonable hour, arrival would cause harm, she would be forced to explain herself (might open her up to more danger).
How did Clara's father feel when he returned after going to the city?
Very fatigued, Conspicuously silent and dejected
How is Carwin described after conversing with him at length?
Very knowledgeable and intelligent
How was the narrator's father's apprenticeship under a London merchant?
Very rigorous and difficult
How old was Wheatley when she was brought to the US?
Very young.
What voice did Clara believe the closet voice resembled?
Voice she heard in the summer-house.
What did Clara accuse Pleyel of?
Vowing the destruction of her peace and honor.
How does Clara react to Louisa Conway's approach?
WIth tears
What excuse did Clara make to Catharine to return home?
Wanted to move in w/ Catharine, needed to grab personal belongings.
Why was CBB´s father arrested?
Was a quaker, refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the colonials
"Rip Van Winkle," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "The Traits of Indian Character,"and "Philip of Pokanoket: An Indian Memoir." are all by
Washington Irving
Who wrote The Sketch-Book?
Washington Irving
What did Wheatley's poem to George Washington commemorate?
Washington's command of the Continental Army.
What does Carwin ask for when Clara first sees him?
Water
Why was Wieland not at home when Clara arrived there?
Went on a walk w/ Pleyel, ate breakfast, left immediately.
Where was Wheatley born?
West Africa (modern-day Senegal/Gambia).
What do Europeans not know about America?
What the other half looks like
What did the Pennsylvania Magazine publish?
Wheatley's poem to Washington, Washington's reply to Wheatley.
When did the voice called Wieland?
When he is a little more than half way if the holl
What does Clara think about after glimpsing Carwin for the first time?
Whether all people might gain knowledge from being farmers
What debate between Christian theologians does Phillis Wheatley weigh in on in her poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America"?
Whether or not the Bible permits slaveholding.
What question does Clara ask in her present day narration?
Why should she even be retelling this story?
Which character says, "Any victim but this, and thy will be done"?
Wieland
Who interups Clara's meeting with Carwin?
Wieland
Who picks up the penknife?
Wieland
Who stands between Clara and the door?
Wieland
Who tells Clara to speed up in her dream?
Wieland
Who does Clara decide to go see before the meeting with Carwin?
Wieland and Catherine
How did Wieland respond when Clara ask what are the 20 suppositions?
Wieland explained how the twenty are less probable than Pleyel's explanation but time would turn one of them to certainty
Why did Clara believe Wieland was in her closet?
Wieland had tried to tempt her to her destruction in her summer-house dream.
What action begins the main plot of the novel?
Wieland hears Catherine's voice
What caused Clara to believe that Pleyel had based his accusations on something unbeknownst to her?
Wieland saying he found it hard to acquit her in his eyes.
Clara is more willing to forgive ______________
Wieland than Pleyel
While Wieland and Pleyel were similar, how were they different?
Wieland was more religious while Pleyel was more secular
Where did Pleyel run towards after leaving Clara's house?
Wieland's house.
What did Pleyel think was a possibility why Wieland is hearing voices?
Wieland's imaginations mislead him
Who did Clara believe was inside her closet?
Wieland.
Who did Clara decide to convey the actions of Carwin in her closet to?
Wieland.
Who did Clara see coming out of her house once she arrived?
Wieland.
How does Wieland look on entering Clara's room?
Wild and curious
What is the full name of the second Earl of Dartmouth?
William Legge
How did Clara traverse through her parlor?
With light and less cautious steps.
How does the narrator view the eastern provinces?
With the respect
How does the narrator describe Americans in Europe?
Withered plants
What was the name of Rip van Winkle's dog?
Wolf
Why does Pleyel go back to Europe?
Woman from Leipzig is not dead
What words does America lack?
Words of dignity and names of honor
What kinds of poetry does the SECOND half of "The Beauties of Poetry" include?
Works by American authors, like Timothy Dwight, David Humphreys, John Trumbull, Joel Barlow, and others
What kinds of poetry does the FIRST half of "The Beauties of Poetry" include?
Works by renowned British authors, like Alexander Pope, Oliver Goldsmith, and James Thomson
What does Hamilton ask Schuyler about her friends?
Would she be able to keep composure when she was married to him and her friends were still rich?
What does the narrator respect about the eastern provinces?
Writing, college, industry
What did CBB contract after the death of his friend?
Yellow Fever
What did CBB's friend Elihu Hubbard Smith contract?
Yellow Fever
Does Wieland feel sorrow about the murders?
Yes
When in his life did Carwin leave America?
Youth
Who was the subject of the play Wieland received?
Zisca, the Bohemian hero.
Speech at Lancaster: What did the Enlish (english governor) give to the Native Americans
a Silver Chain to replace the wampum
What are the riches in America? x5
a better sort of wealth: cleared lands, cattle, good houses, good clothes, and an increase of poeple to enjoy them
What did Farmer James notice on his walk on the plantation?
a black man in a cage
What does Hamilton compare a waggon to?
a coach and six
Who is not claiming the crop of an American family? x3
a despotic prince, a rich abbot, or a mighty lord
If the depiction in Letter III is a portrait of a utopia, what is the depiction in Letter IX?
a dystopia
What does Hamilton compare America to in his metaphor?
a giddy young girl
What does Hamilton compare a brocade to?
a home-spun
What is a cataract (geography)?
a large waterfall
What were the characteristics of the man who replaced Nicholas Vedder and Van Bummel in front of the Union Hotel?
a lean, bilious-looking fellow, with his pockets full of handbills, was haranguing vehemently about rights of citizens—elections—members of Congress—liberty—Bunker's hill—heroes of seventy-six—and other words
england had this over american authors
a literary tradition; ruins; chaucer, homer, virgil
Who does Rip see when he asks is anyone knows Rip Van Winkle?
a man leaning against a tree: a"precise counterpart of himself, as he went up the mountain: apparently as lazy, and certainly as ragged"
What did wives and children demand of the man in Europe?
a morsel of bread
When Rip later revisited the gully that he and the strange man had walked up, what was in it's place?
a river
What can an idustriuous European in America compare himself to?
a sprout growing at the foot of a great tree
What happened after Pleyel proposed Wieland to head back to Europe alone?
a voice said no
Who republished Phillis Wheatley's work after her death?
abolitionist groups
belles letres describes
aesthetic literature
What will be the status of the slave children be after its birth?
also a slave
crevecouer's letters to an american farmer typifies the rhetoric of
american exceptionalism
amerca's literary inferiority complex came from the fact that
american literature had no unique identity
What does Hamilton compare England to in his metaphor?
an obstinate old dame
Who did Indians believe ruled the spirits on the Kaatskill mountains?
an old squaw spirit - their mother, who lived on the highest peak, controlled night and day as well as rain
broadly speaking, the south was
anglican
What can an American satisty?
any talent or inclination
america developed economically more quickly than it developed
artistically
bootstraps ideology is typified by this benjamin franklin text
autobiography
What forms would the mischevious Manitou (spirit) in the Kaatskill mountains take on?
bear, panther, deer
most early american lit was not
belletristic
What animal was harming the black man in the cage the most?
birds
amerca's literary inferiority complex came from the fact that
bookmakers favored british authors
supply problem of: "
both land and deer:
How is marriage of northern slaves determined?
by inclination(by will)
When was Wheatley born?
c. 1753.
located in __________ (state)"
central upstate New York.
What would the mischevious Manitou (spirit) in the Kaatskill mountains do to unsuspecting hunters?
chase them right up to the edge of a cliff or river and leave them there
_______ nation took their case against ___________ to the US supreme court
cherokee; georiga
What do wives and children do to help their father?
clear the fields whence exuberant crops arrive
What goods does the Carolinas produce?
commodities(raw material)
at the time when the praries was written, us legislators were debating the removal of these tribes from their ancestral lands
creek, choctaw, cherokee
What was the greatest political error the crown ever committed in America?
cut off men from a country which wanted nothing but men
in terms of ideals, what did ea authors most promote america for
democracy, individual freedom
paine's common sense is known for its
democratic style
How did Pleyel feel after the information?
depressed
Haudenosaunee,"
diplomat
This region and community was one in which Irving saw poetic potential
dutch immigrants; Catskill mountains
What is affixed to the tile of freemen?
every benefit that men can possibly require
In the poem "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth," Wheatley writes that when "[Freedom] shines supreme," what dies?
faction
How is the weather when the Kaatskill mountains are "clothed in blue and purple?
fair and settled
How are wives and children described after having come to America?
fat and frolicsome
jay's madison's and hamilton's _________________ represents an attempt to unify the diffuse attitudes of the us
federalist papers
What did the people at the mountain remind Rip Van Winkle of?
figures in an old Flemish painting, in the parlor of Dominie Van Schaick, the village parson, and which had been brought over from Holland at the time of the settlement
How many children do Theodore and Catharine have?
four
How much more is an American paid than a European?
four or five times more
What is America, this fair country, settled by?
freeholders, not lords and tenants
Clara says we might understand her father's death as "______"
fresh proof that the Divine Ruler interferes in human affairs
this theme is also prominent is
gatsby; wolf of wall street; citizen kane
What would masters do when slave children runs aganist their interest?
give them away
What metal was Peru abundant of?
gold
How did the liquor taste to Rip Van Winkle?
had the flavors of liquor from the Hollands
What country did Crayon believe had more natural beauty than America?
he believed no country was superior to America in natural beauty
On his way back to town, what surprised Rip?
he didn't recognize anyone, they were all in weird clothes, and his beard had grown a foot long
What was Wieland's response to Pleyel's proposal?
he didn't want to go back
What did Rip find in place of his gun after he woke up?
he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel incrusted with rust, the lock falling off, and the stock worm-eaten
What became of Nicholas Vedder?
he had been dead for 18 years, and he was buried in the churchyard but his wooden tombstone rotted
What was the fate of the hunter who penetrated to the garden rock?
he had lost his way and found himself here, tried to run off with a gourd but was "dashed to pieces" by a great stream that's still there, now known as the "Kaaterskill"
How does Diedrich Knickerbocker authenticate Rip's story?
he knows old Dutch settlements to have been subject to marvellous events, he's heard stranger stories in villages along the Hudson that have been authenticated, and he's talked to Rip Van Winkle himself
Why did Pleyel ask to stay with Clara for the night?
he wanted to ask Clara some questions
What finally prompted Rip to go back to town?
he was hungry
Why was Farmer James on his friend's plantation?
he was invited for a diner
What became of Brom Dutcher?
he went to fight in the war but died - he either was killed at the storming of Stony Bay or he drowned in a squall at the foot of Antony's Nose
What became of Van Bummel?
he went to fight in the war, became a great militia general and was in congress at the time
Why can't Farmer James envision himself owning plantations and slaves?
he will relate the success of plantations to the suffer of Africans
fSpeech at Lancaster: how have the english helped the native americans
helped them fight against the french
despite the idea of "a united states"; the original united states were considerably
heterogenous
Why didn't Pleyel recieve a letter from his lover?
his lover is dead
Rip was ready to attend to do anybody's business but ___?
his own
What would the neighbors ask Rip to help them with?
husking Indian corn, building stone-fences, running errands
What worship did the narrator's father's wife do?
hymns and prayers after the manner of the disciples of Zinzendorf
The contradiction that Wheatley makes between the enslavement and subjugation under the colonial monarchy in "On Being Brought from Africa to America" is not to say that the experiences are ________________ but to draw attention to the "________________________."
identical, American Paradox
Where did Knickerbocker supposedly find a genuine Dutch family?
in a low-roofed farm-house
Where did Diedrich Knickerbocker supposedly leave his manuscript?
in the hotel where he was last seen
What protects immigrants as they arrive?
indulgent laws
the displacement of na was depicted as
inevitable
How did Clara feel about the event?
interesting
How does an American love his country where everything is so lovely?
involuntarily
What would the Englishman see in America? x5
iron and naval stores, the provisions of Ireland, the grain of Egypt, the indigo, and the rice of China
What did Rip find when he returned to his house?
it was abandoned and decaying, and he couldn't find his wife or his children
leatherstocking tales and the last of the mohicans are books by ________ that depict the noble savage stereotype
james fenimore cooper
the author who most famously used indians as source material was
james fenimore cooper
Why was the slave punished?
killed overseer of the plantation
What attachment can a poor European emigrant have for his old country? x2
knowledge of the language, the love a few kindred as poor as himself
How were the principal residents related to the law?
law-givers, not law interpretters
What were the three principal classes of resident in Charlestown?
lawers, planters, merchants
other sources of diversity in colonial us:
linguistic, nationality, economic, views on slavery
europeans such as sydney smith mocked the US for their dearth of
literature
Van Winkle heard what sounds from as he ascended the mountain through a narrow gully?
long rolling peals like distant thunder
What are galligaskins?
loose fitting trousers or breeches
reasons cited by white settlers, including jefferson, for decreasing indian populations
low birth rates; assimilation
ja hoped his progeny would be able to study
math and philosophy
What type of Europeans wish to stay in America?
men of middle stations or labourers
What family situation was Charles Brockden Brown born into?
middle class quaker family
jfc used this tribe as source material
mohegan
Irving also saw poetic potential in
native americans
the federalist papers are very regional - whats the region?
new york
amerca's literary inferiority complex came from the fact that
no copyright laws meant established euro works could be pirated easily
Who were Wieland and Clara's ancestors?
noble Saxons
the depiction of na as a type of original american nobility is known as
noble savage stereotype
What format was The Sketch-Book printed in?
octavo format
Van Winkle entered a clearing and saw what in the mountains?
odd looking people playing nine pins
How does Clara describe Major Stuart?
of most amiable character
Melville claimed that soon a Shakespere would emerge out of
ohio
Who almost universally gave Rip's story full credit?
old Dutch inhabitants
Where did Rip find himself after he woke up from his drunken slumber?
on the green knoll where he first saw one of the strange men
How are the faces of the strangers in the mountains described?
one had a large head, broad face, and small piggish eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, all with beards of varying colors and shapes
ownership of Wielands' setting land transfered from the Lenape to _________
pennslyvanian officials
What literary device does Wheatley use to describe "Freedom" in the first stanza of "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth"?
personification ---> examples: "Fair Freedom rose New-England to adore" and "Freedom's charms unfold"
What was the one species of despotism that Rip didn't like?
petticoat government (a.k.a. government by women)
What helped Clara climb up the precipice?
pleyel's lantern
What did the black man in the cage wish was in his water?
poison
What does the American hardly behold or hear of?
poor, punishments, and executions
What are freeholders? x3
possessors of the soil they cultivate, members of the government they obey, and the framers of their own laws
the distinction between these two types of writing emerged in the late 19th century?
pragmatic and aesthetic
native americans are associated with the american wilderness in that both were seen as
preceding laws, society and european corruption
amerca's literary inferiority complex came from the fact that
printing works from established euro authors was less risky
new england was
protestant
pa was
quaker
People of which religion was mentioned releasing slaves in Letter IX?
quakers
the apotheosis of bootstraps ideology is found it horatio alger's
ragged dick
puritian american exceptionalism manifested in the ambition to
redeem the christian church
What does Hamilton claim he will cure Schuyler of?
refractory notions about the right of resistance
What theme does Wheatley ivoke in the last lines of "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth"?
religion
What are the major themes of "On Being Brought from Africa to America"?
religion and race
____________ identity determined allegiances in colonial us
religious
Wieland's murder of his family in the name of God can be an example of Brown making an argument against ___________
religious zealotry
We could interpret Wieland as a cautionary tale against:
relying too much on faith
the indian removal act of 1830 did what?
removed all indian settlements east of the mississippi
What did Pleyel propose to Wieland?
return to Europe to claim the land
the new form of gothic fiction was set in/among
ruins
How did Dame Van Winkle die?
she broke a blood vessel while yelling at a New England peddler
What hypothesis did Pleyel came to when he hadn't recieve any letter from Theresa?
she doesn't love him anymore
In Rip Van Winkle, what sound did the nine-pins in the mountains make?
sounds like thunder
What spirits did Indians believe posessed the Kaatskill mountains?
spirits that influenced the weather and hunting seasons
What is Rip Van Winkle's favorite sport?
squirrel shooting
alternatively, native americans were depicted as
stoic and coregeous
What did the strange people in the mountain do when they noticed Rip Van Winkle?
stopped and stared at him, but went back to their game when they got their liquor
Where would the slave children be when their mother is at work?
strapped on the mother's bak
What caused Clara to be confused when she woke up?
terrible images
What was Clara surrounded by when she woke up from her dream?
the "deepest darkness"
What semi-yearly periodical did CBB launch in 1807?
the American Register
What was CBB's literary society called?
the Belles Lettres Club
What magazine did CBB launch in 1803?
the Literary Magazine and American Register
Who is Brown often referred as?
the U.S.'s first "professional writer¨
this primary american document is indebted to paine's common sense
the declaration of independence
What is the "American Paradox"?
the essential contradiction between the political rhetoric of the American Revolutionary period and the incorporation of slavery into the political and economic fabric of the early United States.
What does Hamilton claim he will teach Schuyler one day?
the great advantage and absolute necessity of implicit obedience.
Why are the slaves here happier than those in West Indies?
the land in the Americas are cheaper
Who are the only people who emigrate to America from Europe?
the middling and poor
because of "
the original provenance of the publication.
In "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth," Wheatley uses slavery as a metaphor to describe _____________________________________.
the political condition of the American colonies.
william cullen bryan's __________ published in _________ typifies the vanishing indian stereotype
the praries; 1834
While Wheatley did not outright argue for independence in "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth," she did use ________________________________________.
the same political metaphors that other American writers would soon use to justify their revolution.
Who is Derrick Van Bummel?
the schoolmaster
What must slave parents repel?
the sensations and heart of a mother or father
What did Farmer James describe as the cost for the prosperity of one race?
the suffers of the black race
Where does Clara's father combust?
the temple
the other main stereotype regarding indians is
the vanishing indian stereotype
The variety of what pleases everybody in America? x5
the variety of soils, situations, climates, governments, and produce
What did Wieland and Pleyel both agree on when they heard the voice?
the voice they heard can't be imaginary
How did Pleyel knew his lover was dead?
the voice told him
what's ironic about white american authors using native americans in their stories
their legislations were removing them for their landscape
What was Pleyel surprised about the package he received?
there wasn't a letter from his lover in Europe
How did the tavern politicians question Rip Van Winkle after his return?
they asked him who he voted for, whether he was a Federal or a Democrat, if he was trying to start a riot
How did bystanders respond to Rip Van Winkle after he claimed to be loyal to the king?
they called him, "a tory", "a spy", "a refugee"
What would Americans never think of in their own countries?
they would never form new schemes and embark in new designs
Why shouldn't slaves become parents?
they'll suffer more misery
What, to Rip Van Winkle, was most odd about the people in the mountain?
though they were playing games, all of their faces were expessionless and they were all silent
Why did Crayon want to visit England?
to see the supposedly superior english men
french and english critisisms of US literary output were lobbed prominently by
tocqueville and martineau
Where were Clara and Catharine when the others went for a walk?
together in the house
What type of paper was The Sketch-Book printed on?
top-grade paper
How many Tuscan columns were in the temple the narrator's father built?
twelve
What distance formerly appeared very great but is now a trifle?
two hundred miles
Phillis Wheatley is ___________ to the speaker in "On Being Brought from Africa to America" and "To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth."
very similar
Speech at Lancaster: why was the wampum replaced with the silver chain
wampum was liable to rot and break
What did Farmer James gave to the black man in teh cage?
water
What are some northern slave benefits that southern slaves lack?
well fed, taught read and write, and had religion
In which direction are the Kaatskill mountains located relative to the river?
west
What did Pleyel ask after they returned?
whether Catherine was with Clara the whole time
How did Pleyel decide to spend his spring after the incident??
with his family
