True/False and Multiple Choice ( American Litreture)

American Literature Before 1860

This assignment contains three sections.

Part I is True/False worth 4 points each for a total of 60 points
Part II is Multiple Choice worth 4 points each for a total of 100 points
Part III is Matching worth 4 points each for a total of 40 points

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Section 1: True/False

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1 of 50

Typically, Native American oral literature was created by several people, which formed a communal voice in the work.

	True
	False

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2 of 50

Since Puritans did not know who was among the Elect, their journals and diaries were often used for self-questioning and to focus on the issue of personal salvation.

	True
	False

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3 of 50

Some Puritans wrote diaries, journals, sermons, poems, and short stories in their attempts to examine and teach Puritan beliefs.

	True
	False

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4 of 50

Eighteenth century Hispanic literature reflects a dominating European culture and people encountering a new land and new people.

	True
	False

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5 of 50

Puritan writings reflect the style of writing found within the Geneva Bible called the “common” style.

	True
	False

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6 of 50

An intellectual movement in America from the late seventeenth to late eighteenth centuries was the Enlightenment movement.

	True
	False

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7 of 50

A Quaker’s innate sense of right and wrong and God’s direct working on the soul was called External Light.

	True
	False

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8 of 50

Hall, Murray, Feneau, and Wheatley used non-dominant strategies to argue their points pertaining to slavery, women’s rights, and political principles.

	True
	False

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9 of 50

As ideas of the Enlightenment began to break down, Virginia passed Thomas Jefferson’s “Statute for Religious Freedom.”

	True
	False

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10 of 50

The New England Primer was used to educate Puritan children and to teach them Puritan theology and beliefs.

	True
	False

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11 of 50

Richard Frethorne was an indentured servant in the colonies. His servitude was punishment for crimes he committed in England.

	True
	False

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12 of 50

According to his autobiographical account, Oludah Equiano is adopted into the family of a wealthy widow.

	True
	False

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13 of 50

The Great Awakening emphasized rationality and the belief that humankind was not passively subject to God’s whims.

	True
	False

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14 of 50

Quakers believed that it was each person’s responsibility to develop the Inner Light by removing external distractions and focusing on internal harmony.

	True
	False

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15 of 50

Slavery was not an issue in American politics or literature until the middle 1800s.

	True
	False

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Section II: Multiple Choice

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16 of 50

African American literature before the early 1800s used such subjects as ________.

	African folklore and stories
	religious issues
	slave narratives
	using Christian beliefs and ideals to counter the acceptability of slavery
	All of the above

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17 of 50

The characteristics of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry include all of the following except _______.

	public works which were intended for a white audience
	writing in several languages
	using the Neoclassical style
	private works dealing with issues of racism and sexism
	using logic but careful argumentation

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18 of 50

Typical subjects for women’s literature of the period included all of the following except ______.

	arguments supporting the equality of the sexes
	political candidates
	the need to change women’s position in the social order
	domestic subjects
	arguments opposing slavery

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19 of 50

Typical subjects and themes found in narratives by early explorers and settlers include _____.

	stories of the adventures of the rugged individualist
	the selling of available land and promoting the American Dream
	stories of survival and captivity
	describing the new land as an earthly paradise
	All of the above

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20 of 50

The Native American culture hero or trickster-transformer stories can best be defined as ______.

	story about a part human-part god individual who either tests behavior codes and beliefs or brings an important artifact, belief, or practice to the tribe
	story told to illustrate an individual’s emotional response to an event
	Southwestern tribal story about the origins of the people moving from the earth’s womb to this world
	Northeastern or Canadian tribal creation story concerning a great flood
	story about significant tribal events or major tribal heroes

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21 of 50

Common themes in Native American literature include the ______________ .

	a) belief in living in physical and spiritual harmony with the environment
	b) value of the group and of communal living
	c) importance of family and identity associated with place and language
	d) a and b
	e) a, b, and c

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22 of 50

“Upon Wedlock and Death of Children” by Edward Taylor is most similar to the Anne Bradstreet poem entitled _________________.

	“To My Dear and Loving Husband”
	“Upon the Burning of Our House”
	“Before the Birth of One of Her Children”
	“In Memory of my Dear Grandchild”
	“A Letter to Her Husband, Absent upon Public Employment”

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23 of 50

Characteristics of poetry in the 17th and 18th centuries included _____.

	a) poetry written just for men
	b) imitation of classical Greek and Roman poetic forms
	c) imitation of French and English poetic forms
	d) using only classical poetic subjects
	e) c and d

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24 of 50

A ballad is a/n ___________ .

	literary form combining humor with a critical attitude to make fun of human foibles or social injustices with intention to bring about change
	type of autobiographical writing based on day-to-day events
	verse form intended to be read aloud or sung which tells a story in narrative form
	episodic story form chronicling the adventures of a rogue type character

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25 of 50

A satire is a/n _______.

	verse form intended to be read aloud or sung which tells a story in narrative form
	type of autobiographical writing based on day-to-day events
	episodic story form chronicling the adventures of a rogue type character
	literary form combining humor with a critical attitude to make fun of human foibles or social injustices with intention to bring about change

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26 of 50

Romanticism was a/n _____.

	eighteenth century literary movement that stressed the importance of the senses, of sentiment, and of feelings and emotions
	nineteenth century literary movement, which argued that intuition and conscience could be relied on and which stressed nature, personal knowledge of God, individualism, and reform
	seventeenth and eighteenth century literary movement that stressed order, logic, and reason and used classical literary forms
	nineteenth century literary movement, which stressed truthfully reflecting life

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27 of 50

Psalms are ________.

	songs of praise, usually religious in nature
	narratives that chronicle the spiritual events in a writer’s life
	written or spoken literature on a religious or moral subject
	short writing on a topical subject, often political, printed as a separate publication

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28 of 50

Themes very typical of eighteenth century American literature include:

	The idea that humankind was depraved but was capable of improvement and that salvation was at God’s mercy.
	The idea that humankind had a natural goodness and the ability to improve social, spiritual, and economic status.
	The idea that humankind was depraved and incapable of improvement and that salvation was
	The idea that humankind had a natural goodness but little ability to improve social, spiritual, and economic status.

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29 of 50

There could be found strong loyalist sympathy even in the north prior to the revolution. Strong loyalist sympathy could easily be found in each of the following areas except _______________.

	Boston
	New York
	Pennsylvania
	New Jersey

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30 of 50

The Great Awakening changed social attitudes. Education was given more emphasis because many felt that education improved _______.

	social class
	confidence
	goodness
	access to Salvation

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31 of 50

“The Journal of Sara Kemble Knight” is the story of _____.

	her horrible childhood, which she barely survived
	her 200-mile journey from Boston to New Haven
	her journey around the world
	her family

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32 of 50

Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a/an _______.

	poem
	sermon
	elegy
	heroic ode

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33 of 50

Quaker church services consist of _____.

	a) sitting silently until one is moved to speak
	b) sermons and communion
	c) singing hymns
	d) both a and b

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34 of 50

Madame Knight’s lines ” In Lonesome woods to meet so kind a guide, / To Mee’s more worth than all the world beside.” are written for ________.

	her lover
	the sun
	her guide
	the moon

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35 of 50

The voice of a strong patriot in his speech to the Virginia Convention and the argument for separation from England is found in “Common Sense” by ______________.

	John Quincy Adams
	Thomas Jefferson
	Thomas Paine
	Anne Bradford

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36 of 50

The Great Awakening changed the American religious focus by _____.

	emphasizing God’s glory and holiness
	emphasizing how a person could use God’s gifts of grace and salvation
	making religious faith harder to understand for the common person
	showing that the horrors of hell were only fiction

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37 of 50

Michael Wiggleworth’s “The Day of Doom” includes all of the following purposes except ____________.

	lead people to salvation
	frighten
	entertain
	teach moral values
	question Puritan values

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38 of 50

Jonathan Edwards’ sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is his _______.

	comparison of a human’s fate to that of a spider
	picture of the human being’s position in relation to God and salvation
	picture of humans being held safely and lovingly in God’s hands
	statement of his belief in the newer, laxer beliefs of Puritanism

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39 of 50

All of the following are true of Cotton Mather except ____________________.

	he questioned the idea of faith presented to him by his family
	he was high achieving and wanted to meet his parents’ expectations
	his writings represent a wide variety of genres
	he could read well before he began school

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40 of 50

18th century political liberals believed that _______.

	humans were incapable of reasoned, rational self-government
	humans were capable of reasoned, rational self-government
	since humans were incapable of reasoned, rational self-government, a strong central, parent-like government was needed
	since humans were capable of reasoned, rational self-government, a weak, decentralized government was needed

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Section III: Matching

Select the definition for the listed terms.

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41 of 50

Calvinism

	Evangelical religious movement, which assumed that humans could understand the universe and God by using the intellect
	Religion, which emphasizes grace of God and predestination of the Elect
	Religion, which emphasized individual responsibility for development of Inner Light and believed in equality of all human beings
	Intellectual movement whose major belief was that reason was the key to knowledge and which supported the scientific method
	Form of government in which religious leaders are also government leaders

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42 of 50

Quakers

	Religion, which emphasized individual responsibility for development of Inner Light and believed in equality of all human beings
	Intellectual movement whose major belief was that reason was the key to knowledge and which supported the scientific method
	Form of government in which religious leaders are also government leaders
	Evangelical religious movement, which assumed that humans could understand the universe and God by using the intellect
	Religion that emphasizes grace of God and predestination of the Elect

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43 of 50

Theocracy

	Religion that emphasized individual responsibility for development of Inner Light and believed in equality of all human beings
	Evangelical religious movement that assumed that humans could understand the universe and God by using the intellect
	Intellectual movement whose major belief was that reason was the key to knowledge and which supported the scientific method
	Religion that emphasizes grace of God and predestination of the Elect
	Form of government in which religious leaders are also government leaders

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44 of 50

Great Awakening

	Religion that emphasizes grace of God and predestination of the Elect
	Evangelical religious movement that assumed that humans could understand the universe and God by using the intellect
	Intellectual movement whose major belief was that reason was the key to knowledge and which supported the scientific method
	Religion which emphasized individual responsibility for development of Inner Light and believed in equality of all human beings
	Form of government in which religious leaders are also government leaders

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45 of 50

Enlightenment

	Intellectual movement whose major belief was that reason was the key to knowledge and which supported the scientific method
	Evangelical religious movement that assumed that humans could understand the universe and God by using the intellect
	Religion which emphasized individual responsibility for development of Inner Light and believed in equality of all human beings
	Religion that emphasizes grace of God and predestination of the Elect
	Form of government in which religious leaders are also government leaders

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46 of 50

First Person Narrator

	Leading character in a literary work who has the primary interest and sympathy of the audience
	The individual or group a literary work targets and the ones who control the work’s structure, type and level of language used, and the way the work’s subject is presented
	Narrator tells the story from an all-knowing viewpoint and is able to relate things s/he did not see or experience
	Second most important character in a literary work who is the opponent of the main character
	Narrator tells the story from his/her individual viewpoint and is limited by what s/he can see or experience

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47 of 50

Omniscient Narrator

	Second most important character in a literary work who is the opponent of the main character
	The individual or group a literary work targets and the ones who control the work’s structure, type and level of language used, and the way the work’s subject is presented
	Narrator tells the story from his/her individual viewpoint and is limited by what s/he can see or experience
	Narrator tells the story from an all-knowing viewpoint and is able to relate things s/he did not see or experience
	Leading character in a literary work who has the primary interest and sympathy of the audience

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48 of 50

Antagonist

	Narrator tells the story from his/her individual viewpoint and is limited by what s/he can see or experience
	The individual or group a literary work targets and the ones who control the work’s structure, type and level of language used, and the way the work’s subject is presented
	Leading character in a literary work who has the primary interest and sympathy of the audience
	Narrator tells the story from an all-knowing viewpoint and is able to relate things s/he did not see or experience
	Second most important character in a literary work who is the opponent of the main character

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49 of 50

Protagonist

	Narrator tells the story from an all-knowing viewpoint and is able to relate things s/he did not see or experience
	Narrator tells the story from his/her individual viewpoint and is limited by what s/he can see or experience
	Second most important character in a literary work who is the opponent of the main character
	The individual or group a literary work targets and the ones who control the work’s structure, type and level of language used, and the way the work’s subject is presented
	Leading character in a literary work who has the primary interest and sympathy of the audience

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50 of 50

Audience

	Narrator tells the story from an all-knowing viewpoint and is able to relate things s/he did not see or experience
	Second most important character in a literary work who is the opponent of the main character
	Leading character in a literary work who has the primary interest and sympathy of the audience
	Narrator tells the story from his/her individual viewpoint and is limited by what s/he can see or experience
	The individual or group a literary work targets and the ones who control the work’s structure, type and level of language used, and the way the work’s subject is presented

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