Amer. Lit. Semester Review

William Bradford highlights all of the following core American values in Of Plymouth Plantation except __________.

• courage
• humor
• piety
• industry

To what people does John Winthrop compare the Puritans in "A Model of Christian Charity"?

• the ancient Egyptians
• the ancient Israelites   
• the ancient Babylonians
• the ancient Romans

Olaudah Equiano brings the horrors of his journey by slave ship to life through his use of __________.

• vivid sensory details
• onomatopoeia
• foreshadowing
• broad stereotypes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Thomas Jefferson insists that the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are "unalienable." This means that these rights __________.

• are the privileges of the wealthy
• cannot be taken away
• must be earned by citizens
• are unique to the British isles

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

In "Old Ironsides," Oliver Wendell Holmes refers to the ship as the "eagle of the sea" and describes how its deck was "once red with heroes' blood" in order to __________.

• celebrate America's proud and strong military tradition
• remind readers of the suffering that war causes
• defend the idea of scrapping the U.S.S. Constitution
• question the need for erecting national monuments

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

  With which statement would Ralph Waldo Emerson most likely agree?

• Guilt is God's way of teaching individuals about their imperfection.
• A fulfilled person is one who follows his or her conscience.
• The natural world is temporary, but civilization is eternal.
• Society provides the individual with a way to experience the divine.

In her poetry, Emily Dickinson reveals a(n) _________ attitude toward death.

• accepting
• amused
• defiant
• fearful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In the spiritual "Go Down, Moses," Moses is a coded reference to __________.

• a conductor who guides people on the Underground Railroad
• a slave trader who causes much misery
• a master who has decided to free his slaves
• a former slave who is escaping to the North

In "The Gettysburg Address," Abraham Lincoln asserts that the Civil War is a test of whether __________.

• a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality for all people can survive
• the powers of state governments should supersede the powers of the federal government
• a number of competent Union generals can best the masterful Confederate general Robert E. Lee
• the Confederacy can prevail without the manufacturing centers that the Union enjoyed

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Mark Twain establishes the West as a place of __________.

• traditional values
• irreverence and unruliness 
• law and order
• death and decay