American Literature Test 10

Match each quotation with the correct author.

•  Robert Frost

•  "She is not dead;

  She's resting in the bosom of Jesus."

• Jesse Stuart

•  "After I'd seen the way my sister was beaten up, I begged to go to Lonesome Valley."

• James Weldon Johnson

• "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

•  Marian Anderson

• "I was born on Webster Street in South Philadelphia in a room my parents had rented when they were married."

Match each quotation with the correct author.

• Benjamin Franklin

• "The prayer that had been in Jim's heart for years was prayed with renewed energy now—that those who still had never heard, ... might hear."

• Edgar Lee Masters

•  "Life is too strong for you—

  It takes life to love Life."

• Elisabeth Elliot

•  "I made a little book, in which I allotted a page for each of the virtues."

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match each author with the correct work.

• "The Creation"

• James Weldon Johnson

• "The Taxi"

• Jesse Stuart

• "Birches"

•  Robert Frost

• The Thread That Runs So True

•  Amy Lowell

 Match each author with the correct work.

• "In Flanders Fields"

• George Santayana

• "Young Abe Lincoln"

• John McCrae

• "What Riches Have You?"

• Carl Sandburg

Match each theme with the correct poem.

•  "What Riches Have You?"

• Faith and hope in God are more precious than earthly wealth.

• "When All Is Done"

• God's presence keeps us safe from storms, battles, and sinful cares.

• "Hymn"

• Death is just a beginning.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Match each theme with the correct poem.

•  "Go Down Death—

  A Funeral Sermon"

•  Take up the fight where others have fallen.

• "The Road Not Taken"

•  The direction we choose in life is important.

•  "In Flanders Fields"

• The Christian doesn't need to fear death nor grieve when a saint has died.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What profession did Ben Franklin's father want him to pursue?

 In "Mission Accomplished," what tribe were the missionaries trying to reach?

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What poem describes the speaker's desire to temporarily escape the immediate cares of the world?

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

 According to his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin wanted to

achieve _____ _________.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2