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Question 1 of 41

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In JD Salinger’s the Catcher In the Rye, Holden Caulfield wonders about the fate of which animals in Central Park?

Select one of the following:

  • Squirrels in the park

  • Ducks in the lagoon

  • Seagulls in the pond

  • Hens in the zoo

Explanation

Question 2 of 41

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In Dave Egger’s Zeitoun, what is the name of the makeshift prison that Zeitoun is held in?

Select one of the following:

  • Camp Greyhound

  • Station Prison

  • Camp Bloodhound

  • Bloodhound Reserve

Explanation

Question 3 of 41

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Transcendentalism embodies which of the following characteristics:

Select one of the following:

  • Individualism

  • Disdain for religion

  • Belief in following your own conscience

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 4 of 41

1

Where does the title of “The Catcher in the Rye” come from?

Select one of the following:

  • A Game that Holden and Allie used to play

  • A billboard in New York

  • A Broadway Play Holden sees in New York

  • Holden’s favorite song

Explanation

Question 5 of 41

1

What is referred to as the Great American Novel?

Select one of the following:

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Tom Sawyer

  • The Great Gatsby

  • Catcher in the Rye

Explanation

Question 6 of 41

1

What country is Zeitoun's family from?

Select one of the following:

  • Syria

  • Lebanon

  • Palestine

  • Iraq

Explanation

Question 7 of 41

1

Which of the following is something you would NOT use to describe something written in the plain style?

Select one of the following:

  • symbolic

  • cryptic

  • dense

  • thorough

Explanation

Question 8 of 41

1

What type of writing is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass more closely related to?

Select one of the following:

  • Naturalism

  • Transcendentalism

  • Romanticism

  • American Realism

Explanation

Question 9 of 41

1

Which of the following would be providential to Huck Finn if he were to receive it when he got lost in the fog with Jim?

Select one of the following:

  • food and water

  • an injury

  • a flare gun

  • more fog

Explanation

Question 10 of 41

1

Which author wrote about their belief that people were born inherently evil?

Select one of the following:

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Jonathan Edwards

  • William Bradford

  • Henry David Thoreau

Explanation

Question 11 of 41

1

Which of the following terms is a direct display of the one drop rule; that any Black ancestry makes you Black?

Select one of the following:

  • Coffle

  • Griffe

  • Manilla

  • Caboceer

Explanation

Question 12 of 41

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Which of the following characters could be described as an antihero?

Select one of the following:

  • HOlden Caulfield

  • Victor Joseph

  • Abdulrahman Zeitoun

  • All the above

Explanation

Question 13 of 41

1

Starting from the most antique literary movement, pick the correct order of the transformation of American Literature.

Select one of the following:

  • Puritans --> Great Awakening --> Revolution --> Rationalism --> Transcendentalism

  • Revolution --> Great Awakening --> Transcendentalism--> Puritans --> Rationalism

  • Puritans --> Rationalism --> Great Awakening --> Transcendentalism--> Revolution

  • Transcendentalism --> Revolution --> Rationalism --> Great Awakening --> Puritans

Explanation

Question 14 of 41

1

Which of the following ideas do not fit into the Puritan paradigm?

Select one of the following:

  • “We must submit to God”

  • “We must be perfect, so as to set an example for others”

  • “Nature is the ultimate beauty”

  • “The end is imminent”

Explanation

Question 15 of 41

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Which of the following is NOT a part of the slave narrative archetype

Select one of the following:

  • auction scenes

  • showing the impact on white people

  • giving a third person omnipresent account of the situation

  • showing the disintegration of family bonds

Explanation

Question 16 of 41

1

which thematic element is NOT intrinsic to native american myths

Select one of the following:

  • individuality

  • respecting elders

  • trust elders

  • inherent power of the small

Explanation

Question 17 of 41

1

which literary movement best matches the quote: "theres room for everyone! sort of!"

Select one of the following:

  • transcendentalism

  • rationalism

  • revolution

  • great awakening

Explanation

Question 18 of 41

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which of the following thesis statements is the best expression of the idea?

Select one of the following:

  • Mrs. Flanagan’s table arrangement is an example of the freedom

  • The tables are a demonstration of the freedom we are given in the classroom

  • Mrs. Flanagan uses table arrangements to exemplify the freedom given during class discussions.

  • Mrs. Flanagan attempts to reinforce the idea of freedom during class discussions.

Explanation

Question 19 of 41

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Which one of these didn't Holden say in Catcher in the Rye?

Select one of the following:

  • "morons always hate it when you call them a moron"

  • "people never notice anything"

  • “Lonely and solitary are two completely different adjectives.”

  • "dont ever tell anybody anything. if you do, you start missing everybody"

Explanation

Question 20 of 41

1

which order of books did we read this year

Select one of the following:

  • Lone Ranger and Tonto; Zeitoun; Catcher in the Rye; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; Huck Finn; The Road

  • Lone Ranger and Tonto; Catcher in the Rye; Zeitoun; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; Huck Finn; The Road

  • Lone Ranger and Tonto; Zeitoun; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; Catcher in the Rye; Huck Finn; The Road

  • Lone Ranger and Tonto; Zeitoun; Catcher in the Rye; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; The Road, Huck Finn

Explanation

Question 21 of 41

1

Which of these books is in some way an example of an immigration story?

Select one of the following:

  • zeitoun

  • lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven

  • both, but more so zeitoun

  • neither

Explanation

Question 22 of 41

1

Which of these is essential in building a strong thesis?

Select one of the following:

  • lots of "to be" verbs

  • ending the sentence in a question

  • a reference to the speaker (saying I, me, we, etc)

  • including a structural element

Explanation

Question 23 of 41

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The phrase “The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones,” is an example of what?

Select one of the following:

  • magical realism

  • aphorism

  • imagery

  • metaphor

Explanation

Question 24 of 41

1

Which of these elements was present most in the book Catcher in the Rye?

Select one of the following:

  • transcendentalism

  • magical realism

  • narrative nonfiction

  • immigration

Explanation

Question 25 of 41

1

What is the main difference between the portrayal of nature in Puritan Literature and Native American Literature?

Select one of the following:

  • Puritans believe in Naturalism, the idea that nature is evil and should be avoided, while Native Americans believed that Nature is good yet uncontrollable.

  • Puritans believed that nature is wicked, while Native Americans believed in Naturalism, the idea that nature is good yet uncontrollable.

  • Both believed nature is too powerful to be control, except Native Americans also believe it was evil should be avoided.

  • Puritans believed natural events brought good luck, while Native Americans believe nature was harmful.

Explanation

Question 26 of 41

1

Which of these writers invented the modern free verse?

Select one of the following:

  • henry david thoreau

  • ralph waldo ermerson

  • jonathan edwards

  • walt whitman

Explanation

Question 27 of 41

1

What are three ways Puritan Literature and Slave Narratives are similar?

Select one of the following:

  • Thematic Arcs of Redemption/ Damnation,detailed, clear language

  • Direct addresses to readers, dense, numbered lists

  • Hard work, detailed, related to religion

  • Traditions, Hard work, literature is social activism

Explanation

Question 28 of 41

1

Which of these is an example of anthropomorphism?

Select one of the following:

  • “ My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”

  • “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”

  • “The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”

  • The fog grew legs, grabbed a partner, and waltzed through the hills to the tune of 'Piano Man"

Explanation

Question 29 of 41

1

Which of these three vocab words are from the Puritan Unit?

Select one of the following:

  • Polemic, inextricable, consecrate

  • Commensurate, gentrify, covenant

  • Transient, Hegemony, Rhetoric

  • Inextricable, providential, archetype

Explanation

Question 30 of 41

1

What literary device does Cormac McCarthy use to infer meaning from otherwise droll passages in The Road?

Select one of the following:

  • an allegory

  • an anecdote

  • an aphorism

  • non-linear chronology

Explanation

Question 31 of 41

1

When structuring a thesis, what three triangulating points are needed?

Select one of the following:

  • Author/Title of text, Structural Element, and Impact/Purpose/Theme

  • Author/Title of text, Impact/Purpose/Theme, and Character

  • Quote, Structural Element, and Character

  • Author/Title of text, Anecdote, and Argument

Explanation

Question 32 of 41

1

Who is the character in Lone Ranger and Tonto that is seen as crazy or overly imaginative, telling too many stories?

Select one of the following:

  • junior

  • thomas carries-the-fire

  • thomas builds-the-fire

  • victor

Explanation

Question 33 of 41

1

What is the name of the wooden chain that bound slaves together?

Select one of the following:

  • a griffe

  • a maafa

  • a chain

  • a coffle

Explanation

Question 34 of 41

1

What did Kanye famously say when being interviewed about the relief efforts with hurricane Katrina?

Select one of the following:

  • “All I want to say is that, they don’t really care about us”

  • “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”

  • “Hurricane Katrina is showing the American people just how racist we really are.”

  • “In the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime.”

Explanation

Question 35 of 41

1

What do the stray dogs represent in Zeitoun?

Select one of the following:

  • Those still alive after the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina

  • The fragility of basic human nature

  • Nothing. They were just dogs.

  • Police officers upholding the corrupt, racist justice system

Explanation

Question 36 of 41

1

All of the following are Slave Narrative archetypes, EXCEPT:

Select one of the following:

  • Disintegration of family bonds

  • Direct address to the reader

  • Questions religion

  • Post-slavery assimilation

Explanation

Question 37 of 41

1

Which word best describes the Puritan’s relationship to nature:

Select one of the following:

  • respectful

  • mutual

  • fearful

  • indifferent

  • all the above

Explanation

Question 38 of 41

1

Themes of the apocalypse are seen in:

Select one of the following:

  • The Great flood, zeitoun

  • the road, jesus camp

  • distances, sinners in the hands of an angry god

  • a and b

  • all the above

Explanation

Question 39 of 41

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In what ways are Huckleberry Finn, Catcher in the Rye, and The Road related?

Select one of the following:

  • They all have 2 main characters

  • They all deal with the loss of childhood innocence

  • They all take place in the South and the characters are isolated

  • There is no hope for the characters

Explanation

Question 40 of 41

1

repetition of a word/words when beginning 2+ sentences/verses

Select one of the following:

  • satire

  • syntax

  • epistolary

  • anaphora

Explanation

Question 41 of 41

1

Words like “Octoroon” show that the American slave trade was horrible because:

Select one of the following:

  • it shows how Europeans bought slaves using cheaply manufactured bracelets.

  • it shows that people were obsessed with knowing the exact lineage of people to make sure that anyone of any drop of colored blood was considered black and a slave

  • It showed how slaves were considered inhuman by preparing them for sale to increase their value.

  • It shows how people justified slavery by explaining that slaves had a mental disorder.

Explanation

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