American Literature

Front 1

The true definition of a coquette is

Back 1

Flirt

Front 2

How does Eliza die

Back 2

She never recovers after giving birth to a child that dies

Front 3

Which of the following was the target audience of The Coquette

Back 3

Unmarried younger women

Front 4

(T/F) The Coquette was based on a true story about Elizabeth Whitman

Back 4

True

Front 5

Where does Eliza give birth?

Back 5

In Danvers, with strangers

Front 6

(T/F) Eliza Wharton lives a long life with her child separated from her family.

Back 6

False

Front 7

Who founded the village where Rip lives

Back 7

The Dutch

Front 8

(T/F) Upon his return to town, Rip Van Winkle is devastated at the news of his wife's death.

Back 8

False

Front 9

What war takes place while Rip sleeps?

Back 9

The Revolutionary War

Front 10

Why does Rip leave home on the day he disappears

Back 10

To avoid the terrors of Dame Van Winkle

Front 11

What mountain range is the story based in ("Rip Van Winkle")

Back 11

Catskill Mountains

Front 12

What does Rip help carry for the man in the woods?

Back 12

A cask of liquor

Front 13

Why does Ichabod attempt to stay on "good terms" with some of his students?

Back 13

They had pretty sisters, or good housewives for mothers, noted for the comforts of the cupboard

Front 14

What is the name of Ichabod's rival for Katrina?

Back 14

Brom Van Brunt

Front 15

What author previously covered in this course is mentioned in "Sleepy Hollow"?

Back 15

Cotton Mather

Front 16

In what state is Sleepy Hollow

Back 16

New York

Front 17

(T/F) Ichabod is more interested in Katrina's father's land than Katrina

Back 17

True

Front 18

What is Ichabod Crane's most important possession?

Back 18

A book written by Cotton Mather covering the Salem witch trials

Front 19

The Last of the Mohicans is a novel in what series

Back 19

Leatherstocking

Front 20

There is an interracial friendship between a white man and a Mohican, who are they

Back 20

Natty Bumpo and Chigachgook

Front 21

What war occurs during The Last of the Mohicans

Back 21

The French and Indian War

Front 22

Who kills the deer in the chapter provided in our text

Back 22

Uncas, Chigachgook's son

Front 23

According to Chigachgook, he is the last of the Mohicans

Back 23

False, Uncas is

Front 24

What body part does Magawisca sacrifice to save Everell

Back 24

an arm

Front 25

What is the name of Hope's sister who marries a Native

Back 25

Faith Leslie

Front 26

What relation are Hope and Everell

Back 26

cousins

Front 27

What war occurs around the time this story is set

Back 27

The Pequod War

Front 28

Which author covered previously in this course appears as a character in Hope Leslie

Back 28

John Winthrop

Front 29

(T/F) Goodman Brown's daughter begs him to go into the forest

Back 29

False

Front 30

What does Brown see in the woods that makes him realize his wife, Faith, is out there

Back 30

A pink ribbon

Front 31

What is carved on Browns tombstone?

Back 31

Nothing hopefull

Front 32

What does Young Goodman Brown's companion's staff resemble

Back 32

A great black snake

Front 33

(T/F) Young Goodman Brown goes to the forest to meet a friend

Back 33

False

Front 34

How does Georgiana's view change after reading her husbands journal

Back 34

She realizes he is a failure, but does not want to lose faith in him

Front 35

Along with the aroma in the room, what does Aylmer use to erase the birthmark

Back 35

A distilled liquor

Front 36

What is the name of Aylmer's assisstant

Back 36

Aminidab

Front 37

On what type of flower does Aylmer test his "cure"

Back 37

geranium

Front 38

What physical reaction does Aylmer have to the birthmark

Back 38

shudders

Front 39

(T/F) The narrator confesses after the police find evidence in "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Back 39

False

Front 40

What weapon does the narrator use to kill the old man

Back 40

The bed to suffocate him

Front 41

What causes the narrator to kill the old man

Back 41

He is haunted by his eye

Front 42

The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" admits to looking in on his employer for several nights before killing him, always at the same time each night. At what time does he begin the process of sticking his head into the doorway?

Back 42

midnight

Front 43

At what time do the friends of Prince Prospero begin dying

Back 43

midnight

Front 44

What is the threatening piece of furniture that serves as a portent of death

Back 44

an ebony clock

Front 45

(T/F) Prince Prospero is concerned about every one of his subjects in the town outside his castle walls

Back 45

False

Front 46

How many months of seclusion pass before Prince Prospero throws his masquerade

Back 46

5 or 6 months

Front 47

Which of the following is not one of the symptoms of the Red Death

Back 47

Sudden dizziness

Front 48

(T/F) Montresor gives Fortunato several chances to turn back and save himself from death

Back 48

True

Front 49

Why does Montresor kill Fortunato

Back 49

Fortunato insulted Montresor

Front 50

How dos Montresor weaken Fortunato's defenses

Back 50

Liquor

Front 51

What event is going on during Fortunato's murder

Back 51

A carnival

Front 52

How much time passes before Montressor confesses his crime?

Back 52

half a century

Front 53

What is the last sound anyone hears near Fortunato after Montresor exacts his revenge

Back 53

Jingling of bells

Front 54

(T/F) The narrator of "The Black Cat" was an animal lover at the beginning of the story

Back 54

True

Front 55

The narrator kills which of the following

Back 55

His wife and cat

Front 56

Where does the narrator hang the first cat

Back 56

on a limb of a tree

Front 57

After what is the cat named

Back 57

Roman mythological god of dead, Pluto

Front 58

With what weapon does the narrator kill his wife

Back 58

an axe

Front 59

How were each of the murders in Poe's stories carried out

Back 59

Tell-Tale Heart- death by suffocation

The Cask of Amontillado- death by burring alive

The Black Cat- cat was hung, and wife was killed with an axe to the head

Front 60

(T/F) Hannah Webster Foster only wrote one novel

Back 60

False, she wrote two novels

Front 61

(T/F) Foster was married and had six children

Back 61

True

Front 62

(T/F) Foster was well eduated

Back 62

True

Front 63

Foster wrote which of the following

Back 63

The Coquette and The Boarding School

Front 64

(T/F) Hannah Webster Foster is similar to her protagonist Eliza Wharton

Back 64

False

Front 65

Hanna Webster Foster was not

Back 65

none of the above

Front 66

(T/F) Washington Irving was one of the first writers to be able to support himself as a writer

Back 66

True

Front 67

(T/F) Washington Irving was the first to have copyright agreements in the UK and the US

Back 67

True

Front 68

(T/F) Irving is considered the father of the American short story (history acknowledges that he is one of the first writers responsible for the American short story's formation)

Back 68

True

Front 69

(T/F) Irving was the first American writer of the nineteenth century to achieve an international literary reputation

Back 69

True

Front 70

What president was the subject of the last book Irving published

Back 70

George Washington

Front 71

How many novels did James Fentimore Cooper write?

Back 71

32

Front 72

For what is Cooper best known

Back 72

Charting the course of American fiction

Front 73

(T/F) Cooper was the first American novelist to gain national stature and support himself from his royalties.

Back 73

False, Cooper was in large debt

Front 74

Why was Cooper one of the most important authors of his time

Back 74

He helped chart the future course of American fiction

Front 75

Which of the following is not true (Cooper)

Back 75

he died with more people hating his work than loving it

Front 76

According to Catherine Marie Sedgwick, how could women best reform culture?

Back 76

keeping their distance from partisan politics and exerting their influence from within the home

Front 77

What was Sedgwick's stance of slavery

Back 77

Anti Slavery

Front 78

(T/F) Sedgwick was not a respected writer in her time

Back 78

False

Front 79

During which ear did Sedgwick write

Back 79

Antebellum era

Front 80

(T/F) Sedgwick includes the theme of female agency as a crucial plot point in her novels

Back 80

True

Front 81

(T/F) Sedgwick had the admiration of her peers, including Poe

Back 81

True

Front 82

(T/F) Nathaniel Hawthorne was able to support himself financially solely through writing.

Back 82

False, He received little money from his work

Front 83

(T/F) Hawthorne was a descendant of George Washington

Back 83

False, Puritan ancestors, and a judge in Salem witch trial

Front 84

It has been expressed that Hawthorne was the most significant writer of what period

Back 84

Antebellum

Front 85

(T/F) Hawthorne is known for using history in his writing, particularly the Salem witchcraft trials

Back 85

False

Front 86

How did Edgar Allen Poe die

Back 86

congestion of the brian

Front 87

Whom did Poe marry and how old was she

Back 87

His cousin Virginia, 13 years old

Front 88

From where does Edgar Allen Poe's middle name originate

Back 88

His foster parent's last name

Front 89

How much did Poe win in his first writing contest

Back 89

$50

Front 90

(T/F) Poe's mother died at an early age and his father abandoned him

Back 90

True