Literature Honors Midterm Study Guide
When did Nathanial Hawthorne write The Scarlet Letter?
1800s
"A Good Man is Hard to Find" is written in ______________.
1953
What does the church sexton find of Dimmesdale's
A glove
What appears in the sky while Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale are holding hands?
A meteor
According to Hawthorne, every Puritan society must establish these 2 things at the outset:
A prison and a cemetary
What is located right in front of the prison door?
A rose bush
What does the Scarlet letter "A" stand for?
Adultery
He owned the slaves on Don Benito's ship
Alexandro Aranda
He is the servant who never leaves Don Benito's side
Babo
These two slaves had daily conferences to discuss what they needed in order to reach their desired destination and if they should kill all of the Spaniards
Babo & Atufal
Name of Captain Delano's ship
Bachelor's Delight
He is the grandmother's only son
Bailey
Who is this passage describing: "He seldom, it is true, sent either his eyes or his thoughts beyond the boundaries of his own farm; but within those everything was snug, happy, and well-conditioned. He was satisfied with his wealth, but not proud of it; and piqued himself upon the hearty abundance, rather than the style in which he lived."
Baltus Van Tassel
This was NOT one of Herman Melville's jobs
Blacksmith
In what city does "The Scarlet Letter" take place?
Boston
Hester is never asked to provide her sewing services for....
Brides
Rode a horse named Daredevil
Brom Bones
Who is this passage describing: "He was broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair, and a buff but not unpleasant countenance, having a mingled air of fun and arrogance.
Brom Bones
Babo's "original office"
Captain of the slaves
What does Usher's sister suffer from?
Catalepsy
________________ means to have a "physical condition usually associated with catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by suspension of sensation, muscular rigidity, fixity of posture, and often by loss of contact with environment."
Cataleptic
Who said this: "Even if I imagine a scheme of vengeance, what could I do better for my object than to let thee live,- than to give thee medicines against all harm and peril of life,- so that this burning shame may still blaze upon thy bosom"?
Chillingworth
Ichabod is said to be the "perfect master" of this book:
Cotton Mather's History of New England Witchcraft
Who said this: "For Hester Prynne's sake, then, and no less for the poor child's sake, let us leave them as Providence hath seen fit to place them!"
Dimmesdale
When the slaves revolt, Babo initially demands to be taken to:
Either Senegal or the islands of St. Nicholas
After his harrowing ordeal is over, the only time that Don Benito is able to look at Babo is when the court convicts him of murder and mutiny
False
As she played alone in her house, Pearl created imaginary friends to keep her company
False
Babo distributes the water when the supply arrives
False
Captain Delano offers to buy Babo from Don Benito for a thousand doubloons
False
Captain Delano's mate yells "Follow your leader!" As a battle cry when leading the men to take the Bachelor's Delight back from the slaves
False
Don Benito eagerly accepts Captain Delano's offer to share a cup of coffee when their ships dock next to each other
False
Hester reveals the father of her baby to the "doctor" in the jail but swears him to secrecy
False
Hester says her child must seek an earthly father because she will never know a heavenly one
False
If he accidentally stayed out too late reading after school in the afternoon and had to venture home "at that witching hour," Ichabod would beat sticks loudly in an effort to drive away evil spirits
False
Pearl kept mostly to herself, but if approached by other children, she was friendly and played well with others
False
Pitty Sing is the little girl with yellow hair in the family
False
Poe married his fourteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm
False
While Captain Delano and Don Benito eat lunch, Babo stands behind Don Benito's chair
False
The original destination of the family's road trip is _____________.
Florida
He is the mulatto steward who announces lunch in the cabin, and who suggest poisoning Delano, which Babo disapproves of
Francesco
How does the narrator know Usher?
From boyhood
At the end of his testimony to the notary, Don Benito says that when he is dismissed by the court, he will...
Go to the monastery on Mount Agonia
___________ means "odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre."
Grotesque
There is evidence that Ichabod Crance did not in fact encounter the headless horseman. Which of these is NOT a part of that collection of evidence?
Gunpowder made it back home safely
Roderick Usher's condition is formally known as ?
Hyperesthesia
_____________ is "an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch."
Hyperesthesia
________________ is "excessive worry or talk about one's health."
Hypochondria
Rode a horse named Gunpowder
Ichabod Crane
Who is this passage describing: "When school hours were over, he was even the companion and playmate of the larger boys; and on holiday afternoons would convoy some of the smaller ones home, who happened to have pretty sisters, or good housewives for mothers, noted for the comforts of the cupboard.
Ichabod Crane
It is implied that the Usher family is historically ___________?
Incestuous
He is the eight year old boy of the family
John Wesley
She is the love interest of Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane
Katrina Van Tassel
Usher has the narrator help him do this:
Lock his sister's body in the vault
What is the name of Usher's twin sister?
Madeline
Where Captain Delano comes from
Massachusetts
He is the jailer in "The Scarlet Letter."
Master Brackett
In light of the plot twist revelation, in the quote "As master and man stood before him..." who is the master and who is the slave
Master- Babo Slave- Cereno
Mr. Dimmesdale is best described as:
Meek, childlike, speaks like an angel
Chapter 8 is called "The Elf Child and the _____________."
Minister
The grandmother tells the children about a man who courted her before she was married. He brought her a watermelon with his initials carved into it. Who was this man?
Mr. Edgar Atkins Teagarden
He is described as the eldest clergyman of Boston
Mr. Wilson
Chapter 5 is called "Hester at her _______________."
Needle
When supplies come, Babo insists on setting ____________ aside for his master
One bottle of cider
Who says this: "Thou wast not bold!- thou wast not true! Thou wouldst not promise to take my hand..."
Pearl
Hester's only comfort came when....
Pearl was asleep
_______________ means "having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination."
Phantasmagoric
He is the Spanish sailor who is a good navigator and Don Aranda's friend, who the slaves regret killing later in the text
Raneds
This is NOT one of the themes in "Benito Cereno"
Redemption
He is physically suffering and appears to be dying
Reverend Dimmesdale
He is the one who convinces the men to allow Hester to keep her child
Reverend Dimmesdale
He questions Pearl to see if she has the appropriate "Christian nurture as benefits a child of her age."
Reverend Wilson
What is Usher's first name?
Roderick
When playing in the graveyard one day, Pearl notices that her and Hester are being watched. She says, "Come away mother! Come away, or that old Devil will catch you! He's caught the minister already. Come away mother, or he'll catch you! But he can't catch little Pearl!" Who is the "old Devil" she is referring to?
Roger Chillingworth
The name of the whaleboat that brings supplies from Captain Delano's ship to Don Benito's
Rover
The name of Don Benito's ship
San Dominick
Usher suffers from "a morbid acuteness of the ___________"
Senses
Out of overwhelming guilt due to his sin, Dimmesdale tortures himself by doing each of the following EXCEPT
Signing his name in blood in the devil's book
The House of Usher is built upon a...
Tarn
The grandmother convinces the family to take their trip to east _______________ to "see different parts of the world and be broad."
Tennessee
What had the grandmother remembered right before the accident occurred?
That the house she had remembered was not in Georgia but Tennessee
Who is the main character of The Fall of the House of Usher?
The narrator
Where does Dimmesdale go as a form of penance in Chapter 12?
The scaffold
As a baby, the first object of which Pearl became aware was...
The scarlet letter
What does Mistress Hibbins ask Hester?
To attend a witches gathering with her in the forest
"Benito Cereno" was published in The Piazza Tales as part of a short story collection in 1856
True
At the end of the story, Babo's head is fixed on a pole in the plaza and made to look towards St. Bartholemew's church
True
Babo tells Captain Delano that Don Benito cut him with the razor to punish him for drawing blood while shaving him
True
Edgar Allen Poe died at the age of forty, the exact cause of which still remains a mystery
True
Edgar Allen Poe's biological parents were traveling actors
True
Hester and baby Pearl move to the outskirts of the town, showing their isolation from the community
True
Hester says that she will never reveal the secret of her baby's paternity
True
Out of all the living beings in the car that day, the Misfit leaves only the cat alive
True
The "doctor" is revealed to be Hester's husband
True
The Valley of Sleepy Hollow is located a couple of miles outside Tarry Town
True
The car accident is caused by the grandmother upsetting the cat and making him jump up on the driver's shoulder
True
The original destination of Don Benito's ship was Lima, Peru
True
The original figure-head of the San Dominick is the image of Christopher Colon
True
The sight of a mother loving on her infant child deepens Captain Delano's confidence and ease
True
When his boat brings supplies, Captain Delano does not permit his men to board Don Benito's ship
True
While she is on the scaffold, Mr. Wilson tells Hester that if she reveals the paternity of her child, she may be able to remove the scarlet letter from her breast
True
