Questão 1
Questão
In JD Salinger’s the Catcher In the Rye, Holden Caulfield wonders about the fate of which animals in Central Park?
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Squirrels in the park
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Ducks in the lagoon
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Seagulls in the pond
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Hens in the zoo
Questão 2
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In Dave Egger’s Zeitoun, what is the name of the makeshift prison that Zeitoun is held in?
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Camp Greyhound
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Station Prison
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Camp Bloodhound
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Bloodhound Reserve
Questão 3
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Transcendentalism embodies which of the following characteristics:
Questão 4
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Where does the title of “The Catcher in the Rye” come from?
Questão 5
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What is referred to as the Great American Novel?
Questão 6
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What country is Zeitoun's family from?
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Syria
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Lebanon
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Palestine
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Iraq
Questão 7
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Which of the following is something you would NOT use to describe something written in the plain style?
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symbolic
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cryptic
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dense
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thorough
Questão 8
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What type of writing is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass more closely related to?
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Naturalism
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Transcendentalism
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Romanticism
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American Realism
Questão 9
Questão
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?
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food and water
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an injury
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a flare gun
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more fog
Questão 10
Questão
Which author wrote about their belief that people were born inherently evil?
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Jonathan Edwards
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William Bradford
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Henry David Thoreau
Questão 11
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Which of the following terms is a direct display of the one drop rule; that any Black ancestry makes you Black?
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Coffle
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Griffe
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Manilla
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Caboceer
Questão 12
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Which of the following characters could be described as an antihero?
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HOlden Caulfield
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Victor Joseph
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Abdulrahman Zeitoun
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All the above
Questão 13
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Starting from the most antique literary movement, pick the correct order of the transformation of American Literature.
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Puritans --> Great Awakening --> Revolution --> Rationalism --> Transcendentalism
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Revolution --> Great Awakening --> Transcendentalism--> Puritans --> Rationalism
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Puritans --> Rationalism --> Great Awakening --> Transcendentalism--> Revolution
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Transcendentalism --> Revolution --> Rationalism --> Great Awakening --> Puritans
Questão 14
Questão
Which of the following ideas do not fit into the Puritan paradigm?
Questão 15
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Which of the following is NOT a part of the slave narrative archetype
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auction scenes
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showing the impact on white people
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giving a third person omnipresent account of the situation
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showing the disintegration of family bonds
Questão 16
Questão
which thematic element is NOT intrinsic to native american myths
Questão 17
Questão
which literary movement best matches the quote: "theres room for everyone! sort of!"
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transcendentalism
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rationalism
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revolution
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great awakening
Questão 18
Questão
which of the following thesis statements is the best expression of the idea?
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Mrs. Flanagan’s table arrangement is an example of the freedom
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The tables are a demonstration of the freedom we are given in the classroom
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Mrs. Flanagan uses table arrangements to exemplify the freedom given during class discussions.
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Mrs. Flanagan attempts to reinforce the idea of freedom during class discussions.
Questão 19
Questão
Which one of these didn't Holden say in Catcher in the Rye?
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"morons always hate it when you call them a moron"
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"people never notice anything"
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“Lonely and solitary are two completely different adjectives.”
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"dont ever tell anybody anything. if you do, you start missing everybody"
Questão 20
Questão
which order of books did we read this year
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Lone Ranger and Tonto; Zeitoun; Catcher in the Rye; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; Huck Finn; The Road
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Lone Ranger and Tonto; Catcher in the Rye; Zeitoun; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; Huck Finn; The Road
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Lone Ranger and Tonto; Zeitoun; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; Catcher in the Rye; Huck Finn; The Road
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Lone Ranger and Tonto; Zeitoun; Catcher in the Rye; Narrative of Frederick Douglas; The Road, Huck Finn
Questão 21
Questão
Which of these books is in some way an example of an immigration story?
Questão 22
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Which of these is essential in building a strong thesis?
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lots of "to be" verbs
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ending the sentence in a question
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a reference to the speaker (saying I, me, we, etc)
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including a structural element
Questão 23
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The phrase “The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones,” is an example of what?
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magical realism
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aphorism
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imagery
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metaphor
Questão 24
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Which of these elements was present most in the book Catcher in the Rye?
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transcendentalism
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magical realism
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narrative nonfiction
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immigration
Questão 25
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What is the main difference between the portrayal of nature in Puritan Literature and Native American Literature?
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Puritans believe in Naturalism, the idea that nature is evil and should be avoided, while Native Americans believed that Nature is good yet uncontrollable.
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Puritans believed that nature is wicked, while Native Americans believed in Naturalism, the idea that nature is good yet uncontrollable.
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Both believed nature is too powerful to be control, except Native Americans also believe it was evil should be avoided.
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Puritans believed natural events brought good luck, while Native Americans believe nature was harmful.
Questão 26
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Which of these writers invented the modern free verse?
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henry david thoreau
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ralph waldo ermerson
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jonathan edwards
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walt whitman
Questão 27
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What are three ways Puritan Literature and Slave Narratives are similar?
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Thematic Arcs of Redemption/ Damnation,detailed, clear language
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Direct addresses to readers, dense, numbered lists
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Hard work, detailed, related to religion
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Traditions, Hard work, literature is social activism
Questão 28
Questão
Which of these is an example of anthropomorphism?
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“ My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”
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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”
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The fog grew legs, grabbed a partner, and waltzed through the hills to the tune of 'Piano Man"
Questão 29
Questão
Which of these three vocab words are from the Puritan Unit?
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Polemic, inextricable, consecrate
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Commensurate, gentrify, covenant
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Transient, Hegemony, Rhetoric
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Inextricable, providential, archetype
Questão 30
Questão
What literary device does Cormac McCarthy use to infer meaning from otherwise droll passages in The Road?
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an allegory
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an anecdote
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an aphorism
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non-linear chronology
Questão 31
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When structuring a thesis, what three triangulating points are needed?
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Author/Title of text, Structural Element, and Impact/Purpose/Theme
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Author/Title of text, Impact/Purpose/Theme, and Character
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Quote, Structural Element, and Character
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Author/Title of text, Anecdote, and Argument
Questão 32
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Who is the character in Lone Ranger and Tonto that is seen as crazy or overly imaginative, telling too many stories?
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junior
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thomas carries-the-fire
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thomas builds-the-fire
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victor
Questão 33
Questão
What is the name of the wooden chain that bound slaves together?
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a griffe
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a maafa
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a chain
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a coffle
Questão 34
Questão
What did Kanye famously say when being interviewed about the relief efforts with hurricane Katrina?
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“All I want to say is that, they don’t really care about us”
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“George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”
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“Hurricane Katrina is showing the American people just how racist we really are.”
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“In the history of the world it might even be that there was more punishment than crime.”
Questão 35
Questão
What do the stray dogs represent in Zeitoun?
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Those still alive after the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina
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The fragility of basic human nature
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Nothing. They were just dogs.
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Police officers upholding the corrupt, racist justice system
Questão 36
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All of the following are Slave Narrative archetypes, EXCEPT:
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Disintegration of family bonds
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Direct address to the reader
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Questions religion
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Post-slavery assimilation
Questão 37
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Which word best describes the Puritan’s relationship to nature:
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respectful
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mutual
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fearful
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indifferent
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all the above
Questão 38
Questão
Themes of the apocalypse are seen in:
Questão 39
Questão
In what ways are Huckleberry Finn, Catcher in the Rye, and The Road related?
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They all have 2 main characters
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They all deal with the loss of childhood innocence
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They all take place in the South and the characters are isolated
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There is no hope for the characters
Questão 40
Questão
repetition of a word/words when beginning 2+ sentences/verses
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satire
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syntax
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epistolary
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anaphora
Questão 41
Questão
Words like “Octoroon” show that the American slave trade was horrible because:
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it shows how Europeans bought slaves using cheaply manufactured bracelets.
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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
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It showed how slaves were considered inhuman by preparing them for sale to increase their value.
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It shows how people justified slavery by explaining that slaves had a mental disorder.