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ENGL 250: American Literature Final Study Quiz

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Question 1

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Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" is often termed a parable because the characters are developed with diagrammatic exactness. Thus Aylmer may be said to represent
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  • The body
  • The spirit
  • A harmonious mixture of the two
  • The afterlife

Question 2

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Aminadab may be said to represent
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  • The body
  • The spirit
  • A harmonious mixture of the two
  • The afterlife

Question 3

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Georgiana thus represents
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  • The body
  • The spirit
  • A harmonious mixture of the two
  • The afterlife

Question 4

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The Birthmark has the shape of a
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  • Pigmy
  • Heart
  • Hand
  • Gallows

Question 5

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Aylmer tempers with nature but
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  • Against Georgiana's wishes
  • With Georgiana's consent
  • Expects to be punished for doing so
  • All of these

Question 6

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"Young Goodman Brown" is, at least on the surface,
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  • A realistic tale
  • An allegorical tale
  • A comical yarn
  • All of these

Question 7

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Goody Cloyse and Martha Carrier were
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  • Historical figures actually hanged for witchcraft
  • Totally fictitious characters of Hawthorne's inventing
  • Characters in "Rip van Winkle"
  • Of Russian descent

Question 8

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Like a number of Hawthorne's tales, "Young Goodman Brown"
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  • Begins at Sunset and ends at sunrise
  • Depicts a "night journey" into the most private areas of the self
  • Is set in Puritan new England
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 9

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Young Goodman Brown sees evil In
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  • His wife, Faith
  • The goodly members of his community
  • Everybody but himself
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 10

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Apparently the Devil invites Goodman Brown and Faith to
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  • Become good Puritans
  • Join the communion of their race
  • Go skinny-dipping at midnight
  • All of these

Question 11

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In "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" the people of the city
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  • In effect play a practical joke on Robin Molineaux
  • Know where Robin's uncle is all the time
  • Symbolically cast off their British "father"
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 12

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In "My Kinsman, Major Molineaux," Hawthorne repeatedly makes it clear that
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  • Robin is a naïve country boy
  • Robin is a fop or a dandy
  • Robin is scared to death of prostitutes
  • None of these

Question 13

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Before the opening of "Young Goodman Brown," Brown has
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  • Visited Boston
  • Argued with Goody Cloyse
  • Made a pact with the devil
  • Discussed the nature of good and evil with his minister

Question 14

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It's typical of Hawthorne that at the climax of "My Kinsman, Major Molineaux"
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  • Bright light obscures the scene
  • Bright light makes everything clear
  • Good triumphs over evil
  • Evil triumphs over good

Question 15

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In "Young Goodman Brown," the conflict or struggle is between
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  • Faith's desire to participate in the black mass and Brown's desire to go home
  • Brown's wanting to go home and the devil's luring him further into the woods
  • Brown's desire to join the communion of his race and Faith's desire to be good
  • All of these

Question 16

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According to the narrator, the windows of the House of Usher look like
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  • Ears
  • Lips
  • Fungi
  • Eyes

Question 17

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In "The Fall of the House of Usher," the narrator
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  • Perceives that Roderick is losing his mind
  • Perceives that Roderick realizes he (Roderick) is losing his mind
  • Perceives that Madeline is losing her mind
  • Perceives that he, the narrator, is losing his mind

Question 18

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In "The Fall of the House of Usher," the narrator
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  • Symbolically journeys into the deepest, most interior aspects of the self
  • Joins his old boyhood buddy in Vienna
  • Commits the perfect crime
  • Symbolically murders an aspect of himself

Question 19

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"The Haunted Palace" is
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  • An allegory about going insane
  • In Vienna also
  • A realistic poem
  • The House of Usher

Question 20

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Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is
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  • A realistic tale
  • High comedy
  • Filled with Gothic claptrap
  • Based on German folklore

Question 21

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When narrator first meets Roderick in Roderick's room,
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  • The neatness of the room reflects Madeline's woman's touch
  • The disorder of the room reflects the disorder of Roderick's mind
  • The smell is almost overwhelming
  • He, the narrator, is astonished by Rod's musical instruments

Question 22

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Roderick Usher says he "buries" his sister in the dungeon
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  • To prevent the "resurrection men" from stealing her corpse
  • To torture her
  • To torture the narrator
  • To save him the cost of a funeral

Question 23

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Madeline Usher is buried alive
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  • Beneath Roderick's room
  • Beneath the entranceway
  • Beneath the narrator's bedroom
  • Beneath the tarn

Question 24

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Once the narrator shows up at the House of Usher
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  • He and Madeline become bosom buddies
  • He sees Madeline no more until he and Rod bury her
  • He and Madeline become dire enemies
  • None of these

Question 25

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For a time the narrator comforts Roderick by reading and painting with him; one of ushers paintings is described as follows: "A small picture present of the interior of an immensely long and rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that this excavation lay at an exceeding depth below the surface of the earth." What later event in the story does this picture foreshadow?
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  • The narrator and Roderick become trapped in the catacombs beneath the mansion
  • The narrator and Rodrick drown Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion
  • Roderick and Madeline escape the house via an underground tunnel
  • The narrator and Roderick bury Madeline alive in a stone tomb beneath the mansion

Question 26

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After Roderick and Madeline die, the narrator "fled aghast." As he is leaving the mansion, he turns and sees
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  • Ethelreds' dragon circling overhead, breathing fire
  • A peaceful house now that the gloomy shadows have lifted; all is well
  • A red light gleaming as the house sinks into the tarn
  • The ghost of Madeline hovering over the lake

Question 27

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Whom does Roderick suspect is on the other side of the chamber door as the narrator comes to the climax of Ethelred's story?
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  • The raven
  • Madeline
  • A dragon disguised as a hermit
  • Ethelred

Question 28

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In "The Purloined Letter," the letter is originally stolen from
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  • Dupin's salon
  • Minister D____'s bedroom
  • The royal boudoir
  • The narrator's boudoir

Question 29

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In "The Purloined Letter," the person to whom the letter is addressed
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  • Sees the letter stolen
  • Is the Queen of France
  • Is undoubtably guilty of something incriminating
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 30

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In "The Purloined Letter," Minister D___ purloins the letter because
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  • He is snoopy
  • He wants to blackmail someone
  • He does not like Dupin
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 31

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In "The Purloined Letter," the police are
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  • Methodical
  • Rational
  • Thorough
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 32

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In "The Purloined Letter," G_____, the Prefect of Police, assumes that Minister D____ is a fool because he is
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  • A poet
  • A mathematician
  • A politician
  • (In?)famous for his extramarital affairs

Question 33

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In "The Purloined Letter," Dupin
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  • Replicates or duplicates the crime
  • Outsmarts the police
  • Takes revenge upon Minister D____
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 34

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In "The Purloined Letter," Dupin
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  • Identifies his mind with that of the criminal
  • "Reads" the narrator's mind
  • Relies upon drugs to enhance his clairvoyance
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 35

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In "The Purloined Letter," Dupin and Minister D___
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  • Are both blackmailers
  • Are both poets and mathematicians
  • Are both admirers of the police
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 36

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In "The Purloined Letter," Dupin's motives
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  • Are entirely unselfish
  • Are entirely intellectual
  • Are selfish
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 37

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In "The Purloined Letter," the narrator
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  • Is a "straight man" of sorts
  • Is really the major actor in the tales
  • Is able to solve the crimes on his own
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 38

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In what year was "Benito Cereno" first published?
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  • 1797
  • 1799
  • 1855
  • 1805

Question 39

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What was the name of the real-life captain on whom Melville based his character Amasa Delano?
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  • Amasa Delano
  • Amasa Cereno
  • Bonito Sereno
  • Benedict Diblassio

Question 40

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"Benito Cereno" takes place in the year
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  • 1492
  • 1777
  • 1799
  • 1856

Question 41

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"Benito Cereno" takes place
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  • In South America, off the coast of Chile and in Lima, Peru
  • Near Jamaica
  • In various locations throughout the Atlantic Ocean
  • In the Gulf of Mexico

Question 42

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Translate "Seguid vuestro jefe."
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  • Live for today
  • Follow your leader
  • Welcome to our nightmare
  • Abandon all hope

Question 43

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Upon first approaching the San Dominick, Delano was reminded of
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  • The tower of London
  • A painting he once saw in the Louvre
  • A coral reef
  • A ruined castle

Question 44

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Who keeps order on the deck of the San Dominick?
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  • Benito Cereno
  • Francesco
  • Captain Delano
  • "Four elderly grizzled negroes" who are picking oakum

Question 45

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How does Melville describe the six men sharpening hatchets?
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  • Ethiopian warriors
  • Ashanti conjures
  • Half-casts
  • Royal guards

Question 46

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When Delano first visits the San Dominick, he brings
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  • His Newfoundland dog
  • Canvas for sails
  • Fresh water
  • Baskets of fish

Question 47

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What best describes Delano's attitude toward blacks?
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  • He completely respects and admires them as equals
  • He doesn't trust them
  • He is fond of them in the same way that he is fond of dogs
  • He strongly dislikes them

Question 48

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As he first appears in "Benito Cereno," Babo would not be described as
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  • Menial
  • Officious
  • A leader
  • Submissive

Question 49

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Who is Alexandro Aranda?
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  • The true captain of the San Dominick
  • A gentleman of Castile who was traveling on the San Dominick as a passenger
  • Cereno's former first mate who is killed due to a misunderstanding
  • Cereno's longtime friend and the owner of the slaves on the San Dominick

Question 50

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Why is Atufal made to appear before Cereno in chains?
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  • Because Babo is making a show of Atufal's enchainment for Delano's sake
  • Because he is a constant danger to himself and others
  • Because he wrongly killed Don Aranda
  • Because he offended Benito Cereno

Question 51

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Delano suspects Cereno of being
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  • A pirate
  • A drug addict
  • Much older than he says
  • Inappropriately fond of Babo

Question 52

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On several occasions, Babo helps Cereno to
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  • Keep his shoes polished
  • Fix his tie
  • Light his pipe
  • Drink a cordial

Question 53

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What does Cereno do that especially offends Delano?
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  • He turns his back on Delano during dinner
  • He refuses the courtesy of Delano's cabin
  • He eats with his elbows on the table
  • He insults Delano's ability as a navigator

Question 54

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What role did the Ashanti play under Babo's leadership?
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  • Supervisors
  • Musicians
  • Executioners
  • Medicine men

Question 55

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Who led the revolt of the slaves?
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  • Atufal
  • Francesco
  • Benito Cereno
  • Babo

Question 56

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What's supply does the San Dominick need the most?
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  • Cheese
  • Water
  • Hatchets
  • Wine

Question 57

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What happened to Babo?
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  • He was whipped then sold back into slavery
  • He was imprisoned
  • He escaped
  • He was executed, decapitated, and his head put on a stake

Question 58

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Emily Dickinson composed approximately 1776 poems,
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  • All of which were published in her lifetime
  • Almost none of which were published in her lifetime
  • All dealing with the plight of the upwardly mobile
  • None of these

Question 59

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In conjunction with Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson is usually
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  • Considered as the first of modern poets
  • Seen as the last of the great colonial poets
  • Valued for her realistic social commentary
  • All of these

Question 60

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Stylistically, Dickinson's poetry is distinctive for its frequent use of
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  • Ellipses And semicolons
  • All lowercase letters
  • Dashes and unusual capitalization
  • Two-line stanzas

Question 61

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In terms of subject matter, most of Dickinson's poetry
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  • Could be classified as sentimental nature poetry
  • Could be classified as metaphysical
  • Could be classified as social realism
  • All of these

Question 62

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Statements as "Much madness is heaven's divinest sense" make Emily Dickinson sound like
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Henry David Thoreau
  • Edgar Allan Poe
  • Henry James

Question 63

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Many of Dickinson's poems focus on
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  • Her Puritan ancestors
  • War
  • Abolition and social reform
  • Death

Question 64

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Judging by poems such as "Publication is the Auction" and "I'm Nobody," how does Dickinson feel about publication?
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  • She sees publication as degrading to the work of a poet
  • She would do anything to see her work in print
  • She is angry that her father has prevented her from publishing
  • She is self-mocking about her failure to sell her poems

Question 65

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Judging by poems like "Wild Nights" and "I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed," what is Dickinson's attitude toward physical passion?
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  • She disapproves of physical expressions of affection
  • She is sad that she has never felt physical attraction for anyone
  • She is embarrassed by her own passionate feelings
  • She embraces passion

Question 66

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Which of the following does Dickinson not make use of in her poetry?
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  • References to Christianity
  • Allusions to Greek mythology
  • Sound imagery
  • Nature imagery

Question 67

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Which of the following best describes Dickinson's use of meter and rhyme?
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  • Formal, even meter; exact rhymes
  • Free verse without meter or rhyme
  • No metrical structure; some slant (or inexact) rhymes and some exact rhymes
  • Some metrical structure; some slant (or inexact) rhymes and some exact rhymes

Question 68

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Judging from her poetry, Dickinson focus most of her attention on
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  • High society and urban life
  • A few close friends and family members and the natural world
  • Philanthropic causes and social activism
  • Church ritual

Question 69

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Which American city provides the primary setting for Whitman's "Song of Myself"
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  • New York City
  • Boston
  • Philadelphia
  • Washington D.C.

Question 70

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In Whitman's "Song of Myself," which set of Americans does he not attempt to speak for?
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  • Women
  • Southern slave owners
  • African Americans
  • He wants to speak for all Americans

Question 71

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In Whitman's "Song of Myself," which of the following best describes his attitude toward the American lives he wants to catalog and represent?
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  • He is proud of his abilities, and offers his talents to his fellow citizens, who can take them or leave them
  • He is willing to go to great efforts to make himself the common element connecting these people
  • He debases himself before those he considers his betters, and treats those beneath him with contempt
  • He refers to the catalog objectively, so that he himself runs no risk in speaking for others

Question 72

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In Whitman's "Song of Myself," what is the name of the voice that addresses us?
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  • America
  • Walt
  • George
  • No name is ever provided

Question 73

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"Leaves of Grass" belongs to which form of poetry?
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  • Ballad
  • No particular form
  • Free verse
  • Haiku

Question 74

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In "Song of Myself," Whitman repeatedly tells us
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  • He is the poet of the body as well as of the soul
  • He is exclusive and snobbish
  • He is indifferent to America
  • None of these

Question 75

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Whitman's "Song of Myself" is written in
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  • Heroic couplets
  • Terza rima
  • Blank verse
  • Iambic pentameter

Question 76

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What is the major symbol Whitman works through in "Song of Myself"?
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  • The ocean
  • A bird
  • A tombstone
  • The grass

Question 77

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What animal does the poet commune with in "Out of the Cradle"?
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  • A dolphin
  • A deer
  • A bird
  • A fish

Question 78

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What is the word the sea gives the poet in "Out of the Cradle"?
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  • Death
  • Love
  • Peace
  • Democracy

Question 79

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Which previous American writer was a great influence on Walt Whitman?
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  • Henry David Thoreau
  • James Fenimore Cooper
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 80

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In what year was the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" published?
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  • 1892
  • 1860
  • 1867
  • 1855

Question 81

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What is the common nickname for Whitman's final edition of "Leaves of Grass," published in 1892?
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  • The Abridged Edition
  • The Posthumous Edition
  • The Later Period Edition
  • The Deathbed Edition

Question 82

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How many poems appeared in the 1855 version of "Leaves of Grass"?
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  • 12
  • 46
  • 75
  • 200

Question 83

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How does Whitman see himself in relation to his readers?
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  • He is there equal, as they share many human experiences
  • He is inferior to them, and aspires to be like them because he feels he is a terrible person
  • Whitman never discusses his readers in his poetry
  • He is superior to them in every way

Question 84

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The poetry in "Leaves of Grass" clearly demonstrates Whitman's faith in
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  • Bureaucracy
  • Democracy
  • Federalism
  • Socialism
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