Literature Flashcards
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1
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John Adams wrote his wife that he
studied politics and war so that his
sons could study these four practical
subjects.
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math, philosophy,
commerce, algebra
2
Q
John Adams wrote his wife that he
studied politics and war so that these
relations could study painting, poetry,
and music.
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grandsons
3
Q
We generally consider works
classified as literature to have this
type of purpose.
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aesthetic
4
Q
Before the late nineteenth century,
aesthetic literature fell into this
category.
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belles lettres
5
Q
Europeans often mocked the United
States for being slow to develop this
type of culture.
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literary and artistic
6
Q
Herman Melville defended this early
American writer by saying that
Shakespeares were being born on
the banks
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
7
Q
American booksellers could easily
pirate British books because of the
lack of this type of legal protection.
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international copyright
8
Q
This phrase expresses the belief that
the United States is special and
unique.
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American Exceptionalism
9
Q
This writer called America an
“asylum” from European tyranny and
aristocracy.
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J. Hector St. John de
Crèvecoeur
10
Q
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
particularly praised Americans for
their ability to reach this status.
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property-owning
11
Q
This group of religious immigrants
developed a vision of themselves as
exceptional.
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Puritans
12
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Early American literature tended to
emphasize these two ideals.
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democracy and freedom
13
Q
This man wrote Common Sense.
A
Thomas Paine
14
Q
Common Sense identifies “plain
argument” with this system of
government.
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democracy
15
Q
This word in the first sentence of the
Declaration of Independence recalls
Thomas Paine’s argument for natural
rights.
A
“self-evident”
16
Q
This man’s Autobiography
encouraged the idea that anyone can
achieve success through hard work.
A
Benjamin Franklin
17
Q
This writer wrote Ragged Dick.
A
Horatio Alger
18
Q
Horatio Alger published Ragged Dick
n this year.
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1868
19
Q
The Great Gatsby, Citizen Kane, and
The Wolf of Wall Street all explore
the American theme of transcending
this condition.
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poverty
20
Q
British writers drew from the literature
of these two ancient civilizations to
establish their national cultural
identity.
A
Greece and Rome
21
Q
This British novelistic form had plots
set in classical or medieval ruins.
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gothic
22
Q
Early American writers felt that they
lacked these types of settings
compared to Europeans.
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classical or medieval ruins
23
Q
This writer wrote The Sketch-Book.
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Washington Irving
24
Q
This man travels to Europe for
aesthetic reasons in The Sketch-
Book.
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Geoffrey Crayon
25
The Sketch-Book’s scenes primarily
take place in this location.
Great Britain
26
“Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow” take place in the
upper part of this state.
New York
27
“Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow” take place in these
mountains.
Catskills
28
Immigrants from this nation had
settled in the Catskills before
Washington Irving set his stories
there.
the Netherlands
29
White American authors
paradoxically used these people in
their national literature.
American Indians
30
This best-selling early American
book told the story of a white
woman’s capture by Narragansett
people.
A Narrative of the Captivity
and Restoration of Mary
Rowlandson
31
Rowlandson portrayed American
Indians as having these three
characteristics in her captivity
narrative.
savageness, inhumanness,
and blood-thirstiness
32
White American writers romanticized
American Indians by describing them
as having these three characteristics.
stoicism, courage, and
eloquence
33
This literature trope presented
American Indians as having a kind of
American nobility and antiquity.
noble savage
34
This author is most famous for
turning American Indians into source
materials for his works.
James Fenimore Cooper
35
This American Indian chief is present
in all but one of James Fenimore
Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales.
Chingachgook
36
James Fenimore Cooper often
turned to this American Indian tribe
for source material.
the Mohegan nation
37
James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last
of the Mohicans is a prime example
of this literary trope.
the myth of the vanishing
Indian
38
In this book, Thomas Jefferson
claimed that American Indian
populations were declining due to a
lower birth rate.
Notes on the State of
Virginia
39
Mary Rowlandson’s captivity
narrative takes place during this war.
King Phillip’s War
40
In William Cullen Bryant’s Prairies,
this group of people vanquishes the
hunter.
white Americans
41
William Cullen Bryant’s Prairies
compares the early mound builders
to this ancient civilization.
Greece
42
William Cullen Bryant’s Prairies was
published in this year.
1834
43
In the early 1830s, the American
government authorized the removal
of eastern tribes such as these three.
the Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee
44
The Cherokee Nation fought this
state in the Supreme Court.
the State of Georgia
45
This act removed all American Indian
tribes east of the Mississippi River.
the Indian Removal Act of
1830
46
The Trail of Tears involved the
forceful removal of this American
Indian group.
the Cherokee
47
The State of Ohio was founded in
this year.
1803
48
This man created the famous “Join,
or Die” cartoon.
Benjamin Franklin
49
People in early New England
predominantly followed this
Protestant branch.
Calvinism
50
People in early Pennsylvania
predominantly belonged to this
Protestant branch.
Quakerism
51
People in the southern colonies
predominately belonged to this
Protestant branch.
Anglicanism
52
The Constitutional Convention took
place in this year.
1789
53
After the Constitutional Convention,
these five states had abolished slave
labor.
New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, and Pennsylvania
54
The Constitution was drafted in the
summer of this year.
1787
55
This codex campaigned for the
Constitution’s ratification.
the Federalist Papers
56
These two men assisted Alexander
Hamilton in writing the Federalist
Papers.
James Madison and John
Jay
57
Most of the essays in the Federalist
Papers were published in this state.
New York
58
Alexander Hamilton lived in this
state.
New York
59
This author wrote “Columbia”.
Timothy Dwight
60
Timothy Dwight’s “Columbia” is an
ode to this allegorical figure.
Queen Colombia
61
The expansion of the United States
across North America resulted in
violence against these three groups.
American Indians, other
nations, and American
settlers
62
Timothy Dwight’s “Columbia”
appeared in this anthology.
The Beauties of Poetry
63
Matthew Carey’s The Beauties of
Poetry was published in this city.
Philadelphia
64
The first half of Matthew Carey’s The
Beauties of Poetry includes the work
of these three British writers.
Alexander Pope, Oliver
Goldsmith, and James
Thompson
65
The second half of Matthew Carey’s
The Beauties of Poetry is dedicated
to writers from this country.
the United States
66
The second half of Matthew Carey’s
The Beauties of Poetry includes the
work of these four authors.
Timothy Dwight, David
Humphreys, John Trumbull,
and Joel Barlow
67
These four poets were called the
“Connecticut Wits” or “Hartford Wits.”
Timothy Dwight, David
Humphreys, John Trumbull,
and Joel Barlow
68
Timothy Dwight served as president
of this university.
Yale
69
David Humphreys served as a
colonel in this war.
the American Revolution
70
These two men were the most prolific
of the “Connecticut Wits.”
Timothy Dwight and Joel
Barlow
71
This poem is the first epic poem
about the United States.
The Columbiad
72
Joel Barlow’s The Columbiad was
modeled after the works of these two
Greek and Roman authors.
Homer and Virgil
73
The Connecticut Wits were all
members of this political party.
the Federalist Party
74
These four authors worked together
to write The Anarchiad.
Joel Barlow, David
Humphreys, John Trumbull,
and Lemuel Hopkins
75
The Anarchiad condemned the
Articles of Confederation as causing
havoc in these three states.
Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island
76
This poet earned the nickname the
“Poet of the American Revolution.”
Philip Freneau
77
This Philip Freneau poem described
the author’s experiences as a
prisoner during the Revolutionary
War.
The British Prison Ship
78
Philip Freneau supported this
political party.
The Democratic-
Republicans
79
Thomas Jefferson appointed Philip
Freneau to be the editor of this
newspaper.
the National Gazette
80
“Revolution” is derived from this Latin
word, which refers to the rotation of
planets.
revolutionem
81
These three world-changing
technologies were invented in the
eighteenth century.
the steam engine, power
looms, and gas lighting
82
This American inventor played a key
role in the “Print Revolution.”
Benjamin Franklin
83
These two American scientists
played important roles in
industrializing the United States.
Benjamin Franklin and Eli
Whitney
84
This man drafted the Declaration of
Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
85
At the start of the Revolutionary War,
this many pamphlets about relations
with England circulated in America.
four hundred
86
By the end of the Revolutionary War,
the number of pamphlets in America
about relations with England had
increased by this multiple.
four
87
This historian said, “in establishing
American independence, the pen
and press had merit equal to that of
the sword.”
David Ramsey
88
The Print Revolution arose in this
city.
London
89
Technological advancements in
these three methods of
transportation allowed printed
materials to circulate more quickly
and cheaply.
roads, shipping, and
railroads
90
This act allowed newspapers to
move through the United States post
at reduced rates.
The Postal Act of 1792
91
This area of the United States had
the highest literacy rates.
New England
92
In the 1780s, about this percentage
of white men were literate in the
United States.
80 percent
93
These two groups of people in the
United States had very low literacy
rates.
women and enslaved
people
94
In his first autobiography, this man
described how he learned to read
and write despite prohibitions.
Frederick Douglass
95
The Colombian Orator was first
published in this year.
1797
96
Frederick Douglass’s Narrative
analyzes the relationship between
this skill and freedom.
literacy
97
The Constitution allowed the United
States to participate in the global
slave trade until this year.
1808
98
The Constitution allowed southern
states to count enslaved people as
this fraction of a person to calculate
congressional representation.
Three-fifths
99
This historian coined the term “The
American Paradox.”
Edmund Morgan
100
This French man witnessed the
British surrender in Yorktown
alongside George Washington.
Marquis de Lafayette
101
This man wrote the Declaration of
the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Marquis de Lafayette
102
The Storming of Bastille and the
establishment of the French National
Assembly took place in the summer
of this year.
1789
103
This founding father stayed with
Marquis de Lafayette in France and
helped him outline a plan for a new
republican France.
Thomas Jefferson
104
This phrase refers to the rise of the
radical Jacobins and the subsequent
violence in France.
the Reign of Terror
105
These two monarchs were killed
during the Reign of Terror.
Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette
106
This many people were killed during
the Reign of Terror.
seventeen thousand
107
Thomas Paine’s The Rights of Man
is dedicated to this man.
Marquis de Lafayette
108
These two men were the most
prominent members of the Federalist
party.
George Washington and
Alexander Hamilton
109
This man was the figurehead of the
Democratic-Republican Party.
Thomas Jefferson
110
This political party arrested Thomas
Paine.
the Jacobin Party
111
Haiti originally had this name.
Saint-Domingue
112
Haiti was the largest producer of this
crop at the end of the eighteenth
century.
sugar
113
In the eighteenth century, Haiti held
this many enslaved Africans for
every one French colonist.
ten
114
This man emerged as the leader of
the Haitian Revolution.
Toussaint Louverture
115
This nation was the first to abolish
slavery.
Haiti
116
This Federalist president
acknowledged Louverture as the
leader of a sovereign state.
John Adams
117
This Secretary of State supported
white plantation owners in Haiti.
Thomas Jefferson
118
This president revoked American
diplomatic recognition of Haiti.
Thomas Jefferson
119
The United States did not recognize
Haiti as a nation until this year.
1862
120
These five revolutions are important
to understanding Wieland.
scientific, print, American,
French, Haitian
121
This man is often called the United
States’ first “professional writer.”
Charles Brockden Brown
122
Brown is often considered one of the
first of this type of writer who was
born, educated, and published in the
United States.
belletristic
123
Brown was born to a family of this
Protestant branch.
Quakerism
124
Brown was born in this state.
Philadelphia
125
Brown’s paternal great grandfather
was one of the original founders of
this city.
Nottingham, Pennsylvania
126
Brown’s maternal grandfather had
this profession.
furniture maker
127
Brown’s father refused to swear an
oath of allegiance to the colonial
cause because he followed this
Protestant branch.
Quakerism
128
Brown’s father was arrested in the
winter of these two years.
1777-78
129
Brown had a secondary education at
this school.
Friends Latin School
130
Brown spent this many years in an
apprenticeship with a lawyer.
two
131
Brown’s family hoped he would end
up in this profession.
lawyer
132
This periodical essay series was
Brown’s first published work.
The Rhapsodist
133
Brown’s The Rhapsodist was
published in this year.
1789
134
Brown established this literary
society with his friends.
the Belles Lettres Club
135
This close friend of Brown wrote the
first biography of him.
William Dunlap
136
Dunlap and Brown were drawn to
this intellectual society in New York
City.
the Friendly Club
137
Brown and Dunlap lodged with this
fellow Friendly Club member in New
York.
Elihu Hubbard Smith
138
Elihu Hubbard Smith studied
medicine in Philadelphia with this
man.
Benjamin Rush
139
This book was Brown’s first. Alcuin:
A Dialogue
140
This novel was Brown’s first.
Wieland
141
Elihu Hubbard Smith died from this
disease.
yellow fever
142
From August to November of 1793,
this percent of Philadelphia’s
population died from yellow fever.
ten
143
Alcuin: A Dialogue features a debate
between a schoolmaster and woman
about this subject.
women’s rights
144
In 1798, Brown suffered a bout of
this disease, which lead to poor
health for the rest of his life.
yellow fever
145
Brown did not use the novel form
after this year.
1801
146
This novel is the first part of Arthur
Mervyn.
Ormund
147
Charles Brockden Brown’s Ormund
and Edgar Huntly take place in this
city.
Philadelphia
148
These two novels were Charles
Brockden Brown’s last.
Clara Howard and Jane
Talbot
149
From 1798 to 1801, Charles
Brockden Brown wrote this many
long novels.
seven
150
Brown married this woman in 1804.
Elizabeth Linn
151
Unlike Brown, Elizabeth Linn did not
belong to this Protestant Branch.
Quakerism
152
In 1803, Brown published two
pamphlets criticizing Thomas
Jefferson’s administration for not
keeping American access to this
port.
New Orleans
153
Western American exports to the
Caribbean and Europe originated
from this gulf.
the Gulf of Mexico
154
Brown launched this monthly
magazine in Philadelphia in 1803.
the Literary Magazine and
American Register
155
Brown edited the Literary Magazine
and American Register until this
year.
1807
156
After leaving the Literary Magazine
and American Register, Brown
launched this semi-yearly periodical.
American Register
157
Brown died from this disease.
tuberculosis
158
Brown died at this age.
thirty-nine
159
Nathaniel Hawthorne praised Brown
in this sketch.
The Hall of Fantasy
160
Hawthorne includes these four
European writers in The Hall of
Fantasy.
Homer, Dante, Cervantes,
and Shakespeare
161
This author wrote The Scarlet Letter
and The House of Seven Gables.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
162
This author is often identified as the
predecessor to Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Charles Brockden Brown
163
Brown died in February of this year.
1810
164
After Brown died, his wife gave most
of his letters to this man.
William Dunlap
165
One of the earliest novels may be
this book by Miguel de Cervantes.
Don Quixote
166
This book is usually identified as the
first novel in the English language.
Daniel Defoe’s Robinson
Crusoe
167
This author wrote Oroonoko, which
some scholars consider a proto-
novel.
Aphra Behn
168
This author wrote Gulliver’s Travels,
which some scholars consider a
proto-novel.
Jonathan Swift
169
This Spanish word translates to
“rogue.”
picaro
170
This type of novel features either a
seduction or a romance plot.
sentimental
171
This type of novel features a rogue
protagonist in a series of adventures.
picaresque
172
This type of novel features
characters encountering inexplicable
phenomena.
gothic
173
This novel by Horace Walpole is
subtitled “a Gothic Story” and is set
in an ancient castle.
The Castle of Otranto
174
This novel was said to be based on a
real man that lived on a deserted
island for many years.
Robinson Crusoe
175
Claims made by eighteenth-century
critics of novels recall criticisms of
this modern form of entertainment.
video games
176
This novel is a prime example of the
picaresque novel form.
Don Quixote
177
This Samuel Richardson book might
have been the first English novel.
Pamela
178
Samuel Richardson’s Pamela is an
example of this form of novel.
epistolary
179
Brown writes that readers will
probably remember a real case
similar to the events in Wieland in
this section of the novel.
the “Advertisement”
180
Despite being fictional, this aspect of
novels was one of their selling points.
their realism
181
Critics of novels claimed young
people should be reading these five
types of books instead of novels.
histories, poetry,
philosophy, natural
science, and theology
182
This group of people made up a
large portion of novel readers.
women
183
Critics feared the effects of
sentimental romance novels on this
group of people.
young women
184
In this Samuel Richardson novel, the
woman refuses her employer and
seducer until marriage.
Pamela
185
In this Samuel Richardson novel, the
heroine is impregnated by her
seducer.
Clarissa
186
This name became a synonym for a
male predator or seducer in the
eighteenth century.
“Lovelace”
187
In this novel, the protagonist’s friends
warn her to be wary of a “second
Lovelace.”
The Coquette
188
This book was the first novel
Benjamin Franklin printed in his
shop.
Pamela
189
Many American versions of Clarissa
cut the novel from almost one-
thousand pages to just under this
number of pages.
two hundred
190
This character only succumbs to her
seducer Lovelace because her
parents demand that she marry an
elderly man.
Clarissa
191
Many readers read Clarissa as an
allegory for this nation’s predicament.
the United States
192
Clarissa became a metaphor for
people who were manipulated either
by cruel parents or this type of
person.
seductive predators
193
This former president announced,
“the people are Clarissa.”
John Adams
194
This character is the narrator and
protagonist of Wieland.
Clara
195
The title of Wieland refers to this
character.
Theodore Wieland
196
Clara says that she rarely sees this
character laugh.
Theodore Wieland
197
Father Wieland spent his youth with
a trader in this city.
London
198
Father Wieland became attracted to
this French Protestant sect.
the Camisards
199
Theodore Wieland marries this
character.
Catharine Wieland
200
Catharine and Theodore have this
many children together.
four
201
This character believes in God with
“calvinistic inspiration.”
Theodore Wieland
202
Clara describes this feature of
Carwin as being sweet, clear, and
impassioned.
his voice
203
Carwin possesses this extraordinary
skill.
ventriloquism (biloquism)
204
This character is the de facto fifth
child of Theodore and Catharine
Wieland.
Louisa Conway
205
Louisa and her mother lived in this
city before fleeing to America.
London
206
This character is Louisa’s father.
Major Stuart
207
This character is Clara’s maid. J
udith
208
After the murders, Thomas
Cambridge arrives from this country.
Ireland
209
Wieland takes place along this river.
the Schuylkill River
210
Father Wieland owned this farm near
Philadelphia.
Mettingen
211
This treaty promised a peaceful
existence between the Lenni-
Lanepes and Europeans.
the Treaty of Shackamaxon
212
These two leaders signed the Treaty
of Shackamaxon.
William Penn and
Tamanend
William Penn and
Tamanend
213
Father Wieland built a temple of this
diameter.
twelve feet
214
This many Tuscan columns surround
Father Wieland’s temple.
twelve
215
In Wieland, the main quartet installs
a bust of this great Roman orator in
the temple.
Cicero
216
In the eighteenth century, the
property that a woman brought into a
marriage would belong to this
person.
her husband
217
In Wieland, Clara owns these two
properties.
her house and the
summerhouse
218
In Wieland, Clara’s house has this
many stories.
two
219
Brown’s detail in describing buildings
in Wieland stems from his personal
interest in this subject.
architecture
220
Some of Brown’s manuscripts
contain these types of drawing.
architectural
221
While Wieland takes place in a
normal American home, Castle of
Otronto and The Mysteries of
Udolpho take place in this setting.
an ancient castle
222
Brown followed these two earlier
gothic novels in emphasizing
physical space.
Castle of Otronto and The
Mysteries of Udolpho
223
After the Haitian revolution, this
group of people fled the country and
came to America.
white French creoles
224
Many of the white French creoles
that fled Haiti settled in this city.
Philadelphia
225
Eighteenth-century scientists
believed that immigrants brought this
disease from Haiti.
yellow fever
226
In this Brown novel, the main
character is robbed, conned,
assaulted, and afflicted with yellow
fever after moving from rural
Pennsylvania to Philadelphia
Arthur Mervyn
227
In Notes on the State of Virginia,
Thomas Jefferson praises this group
of people as the “chosen people of
God.”
farmers
228
In Notes on the State of Virginia,
Thomas Jefferson compares these
places to bodily wounds.
urban places/cities
229
Clara’s ancestors are from this
eastern German province.
Saxony
230
In Wieland, the first inexplicable
phenomena occurs when Theodore
mysteriously hears the voice of this
character.
Catharine
231
In Wieland, Pleyel tries to convince
this character to go to Saxony with
him to get his large inheritance.
Theodore Wieland
232
In Wieland, Pleyel has romantic
interest in a woman from this city.
Leipzig
233
As Pleyel is trying to convince
Theodore to go to Saxony, they both
mysteriously hear the voice of this
character.
Catharine
234
In Wieland, when Clara is dreaming
in the summerhouse, she wakes
when a mysterious voice yells this
word.
hold
235
In Wieland, the summerhouse is
located next to this river.
the Schuylkill River
236
In Wieland, Pleyel had met Carwin in
this country before the events in the
novel.
Spain
237
In Wieland, Pleyel tells Clara that
Carwin had previously committed a
crime in this country.
Ireland
238
In Wieland, this character is so upset
by Pleyel’s accusations that she
faints.
Clara
239
In Wieland, this character murders
his wife and children.
Theodore Wieland
240
In Wieland, a crowd of people,
including this relative of Clara, stops
Theodore from killing Clara.
Mr. Hallet
241
In Wieland, Clara insists this
character is responsible for the
murders despite Theodore’s
confession.
Carwin
242
The final chapter of Wieland takes
place this many years after the main
events of the novel.
three
243
In the final chapter of Wieland, Clara
says she left Philadelphia for this city
in France.
Montpellier
244
In Wieland, Clara marries this man
. Pleyel
245
In Wieland, this man almost seduces
Louisa Conway’s mother into
infidelity.
Maxwell
246
In Wieland, this man saves Clara
from her brother.
Carwin
247
In Wieland, Carwin admits he wanted
to scare Clara because she seemed
to possess a great amount of this
quality.
bravery
248
In Wieland, when Theodore sees
Carwin ventriloquize the supernatural
voice, he commits this action.
suicide
249
In Wieland, Theodore insists that this
supernatural figure commanded him
to commit the murders.
God
250
In the final chapter of Wieland, Clara
compares these two villains of the
story.
Maxwell and Carwin
251
This form of novel is told in letters.
epistolary
252
Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa and
Pamela were examples of these two
forms of novels.
epistolary and seduction
253
This type of novel usually features
the woman being seduced and dying,
or resisting seduction and marrying
the would-be villain.
seduction
254
This Hannah Webster Foster novel is
an epistolary novel that involves a
seduction plot.
Power of Sympathy
255
This William Hill Brown novel is an
epistolary novel that involves a
seduction plot.
The Coquette
256
This novel was the first best-selling
American novel.
Susanna Rowson’s
Charlotte Temple
257
Besides Clara, these three
characters take turns as narrators of
the novel.
Pleyel, Carwin, Wieland
258
Epistolary novels were very popular
during this century.
eighteenth century
259
Epistolary novels became less
popular during this century.
nineteenth century
260
One theory holds that epistolaries
are more immature than this type of
novel.
narrative
261
Brown’s last two novels take this
form.
epistolary
262
Brown chose to frame Wieland in
epistolary form to explore this theme.
communication
263
In Wieland, this man mistakenly
thinks Clara is in a sexual
relationship with Carwin.
Pleyel
264
In seduction novels, people respond
to women who have premarital sex
with these two reactions.
revulsion and castigation
265
Carwin calls the deception of this
man the “sweetest triumph” he ever
had.
Pleyel
266
This man attempted to have an
extramarital affair with Major Stuart’s
wife.
Maxwell
267
Major Stuart’s wife felt guilty about
her possible affair and fled to this
country as a result.
America
268
In Wieland, Clara calls these two
men the “authors” of the “evils” they
caused.
Carwin and Maxwell
269
Clara’s use of “authors” to describe
the evildoers in Wieland implies that
this writer could also be a seductive
author of evil.
Charles Brockden Brown
270
In the last sentence of Wieland,
Clara chides herself for not having
these two skills.
calmness and foresight
271
In Wieland, Clara depicts herself as
having more of this character trait
than an ordinary person when facing
terrors or dangers.
calmness/composure
272
This form of novel shows characters
that are presented with inexplicable
phenomena.
gothic
273
Brown’s novels influenced later
gothic writers such as these three
authors.
Mary Shelley, Nathanial
Hawthorne, and Edgar
Allen Poe
274
These two British gothic novelists
influenced Brown.
Horace Walpole and Ann
Radcliffe
275
Gothic novels from this country
present an explanation for the
phenomena the characters
experience.
Britain
276
To explain the mysterious
disembodied voices, Carwin
confessed that he had this skill.
biloquism
277
Clara assumed that this man tricked
Wieland into killing her family.
Carwin
278
This genre is the contemporary
descendant of gothic novels.
horror
279
This director directed the movie
Psycho.
Alfred Hitchcock
280
The movie Psycho adapted this
author’s novel.
Robert Bloch’s
281
This director directed the movie The
Shining.
Stanley Kubrick
282
The movie The Shining adapted this
author’s novel.
Stephen King
283
The movie Psycho was based on this
real serial killer.
Ed Gein
284
In Wieland, Brown referenced a well-
known case in which a man
performed this action after hearing a
voice commanding him to do so.
killed his family
285
This Stephen King novel has a very
similar plot to Wieland.
The Shining
286
Humans turned to science to explain
what before had been attributed to
God during this period.
the Age of Enlightenment
287
This term refers to the belief in a God
or divine power that controls the
universe.
theism
288
This philosophy asserts that human
sensory knowledge can apprehend
truth.
empiricism
289
During this period, evangelical fervor
swept colonial America.
the Great Awakening
290
In his Autobiography, Benjamin
Franklin identified himself as a
follower of this religion.
deism
291
This religion holds that God created
the universe but has not interfered
with it since creation.
deism
292
Clara’s father was a part of an
evangelical movement during this
time.
early eighteenth century
293
Benjamin Franklin discovered that
electricity is the same as this natural
phenomenon.
lightning
294
This amendment to the Constitution
explicitly separates the Church from
the state.
the first
295
Clara’s father was a part of this
French Protestant sect.
the Camissards
296
Benjamin Franklin was born into a
family that belonged to this
Protestant branch.
Calvinism
297
Benjamin Franklin was born in this
city.
Boston
298
Wieland had this original subtitle.
The Transformation
299
Clara’s father travels to North
America as a part of a global
movement to convert people from
these four continents.
North and South America,
Africa, and Asia
300
Clara suggests this possible scientific
explanation for her father’s death.
”
“the irregular expansion of
the fluid that imparts
warmth to our heart and
blood
301
Wieland follows this Protestant sect.
Calvinism
302
Pleyel uses this intellectual
philosophy to address inexplicable
phenomena.
empiricism
303
Wieland believes he is similar to this
Biblical prophet when he is
commanded to sacrifice his family for
God.
Abraham
304
Unlike Pleyel, Clara repeatedly
forgives this character despite his
repeated atrocities.
Wieland
305
Although Pleyel never attempts to
physically harm Clara, he does harm
her in this way.
socially
306
Through the mistakes of Pleyel and
Wieland, Brown shows the danger of
having too much faith in these two
beliefs.
religion and empiricism
307
This Federalist was president at the
time Wieland was published.
John Adams
308
Thomas Jefferson belonged to this
political party when he was John
Adam’s vice-president.
Democratic-Republican
309
According to the original constitution,
the candidate with the second most
votes would fill this position.
vice-president
310
Wieland was published in this year.
1798
311
This early American political party
believed in the need for a strong
national government.
the Federalist Party
312
This early American political party
believed in the importance of state
sovereignty.
the Democratic-Republican
Party
313
This Secretary of the Treasury was
the architect of the Federalist Party’s
doctrine.
Alexander Hamilton
314
This Secretary of the Treasury
designed the finance system that
would support the national
government.
Alexander Hamilton
315
This early American political party
believed that anarchy and disorder
were the biggest threats to the new
nation.
the Federalist Party
316
This early American political party
believed that tyrannical authority was
the biggest threat to the new nation.
the Democratic-Republican
Party
317
This early American political party
saw the French revolution as an
example of a mobocracy.
the Federalist party
318
Many Democratic-Republicans
accused the Federalists of being too
quick to engage with this formerly
antagonistic country.
Great Britain
319
Many Democratic-Republicans
accused Hamilton and the
Federalists of trying to transform the
new nation into this form of
government.
Constitutional monarchy
320
At the time Wieland was published,
this man was vice-president.
Thomas Jefferson
321
The rivalry between Federalists and
Democratic-Republicans peaked
during the election of this year.
1800
322
To the Federalist party, the regicide
of these two French monarchs
exemplified the dangers of
democracy.
Louis XVI and Marie
Antionette
323
The Alien and Sedition acts allowed
the deportation of these two types of
non-citizens.
those declared “dangerous”
or from an “enemy” nation
324
Opponents of the Alien and Sedition
acts believed they violated this
Constitutional Amendment.
the First Amendment
325
These 1798 acts made it harder for
immigrants to become citizens and
gave the government the power to
punish political enemies.
The Alien and Sedition Acts
326
Immigrants that came to the United
States around the time Wieland was
published were likely to support this
political party.
the Democratic-Republican
Party
327
The original group of Clara, Wieland,
Pleyel, and Catherine symbolize this
isolated and overconfident nation.
the United States
328
Carwin was born in this state.
Pennsylvania
329
Carwin has connections to these two
European countries.
Spain and Ireland
330
Some scholars suggest that the
actions of Wieland show the dangers
of blindly following this type of
government.
Tyrannical
331
Brown sent a copy of Wieland to this
former vice president.
Thomas Jefferson
332
Clara holds this man accountable for
the death of her family.
Carwin
333
Some scholars suggest that
Wieland’s murders stemmed from
Carwin’s machinations, thereby
aligning Brown with this political
party’s views.
The Federalist Party
334
Carwin escaped from a jail in this city
in Ireland.
Dublin
335
Many Irish immigrants came to the
United States after this rebellion.
the Irish Rebellion of 1798
336
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 fought for
independence against this European
country.
Great Britain
337
Federalist newspapers often
compared Irish immigrants to this
radical French political faction.
Jacobin
338
Brown often represented himself as
committed to this political idea.
non-partisanship
339
Pleyel’s fiancée is from this eastern
German state.
Saxony
340
In Wieland, Clara states that her
readers will probably think she is
telling this type of story.
a fable
341
This issue refers to whether a story
will be believed or not.
the issue of credibility
342
Wieland’s ambiguity and the fact that
many of the mysteries are not
resolved make it a prime example of
this genre.
American gothic
343
Wieland identifies these two versions
of miscommunication.
misrepresentation and
misinterpretation
344
This man is the primary cause of
misrepresentation in Wieland.
Carwin
345
Given the political context of
Wieland, Carwin’s lies symbolize this
type of misrepresentation.
Political rhetoric
346
In Wieland, we learn that the elder
Wieland read this book hastily and
interpreted it poorly.
The Bible
347
Pleyel misreads these three words
from Clara’s journal as confirming
her infidelity.
“summer-house, midnight”
348
Clara, Wieland, Catharine, and
Pleyel debate an interpretation of
Cluentis’s oration in this location.
the Temple
349
Wieland first hears Carwin’s
ventriloquism when he is going to the
temple to retrieve this text.
a letter from Major Stuart
350
In connection to Cluentis’s oration,
Wieland and Pleyel argue about
using a family to symbolize this
political unit.
a nation
351
This character said that the
allegorical interpretation of Cluentis’s
oration was “absurd.”
Pleyel
352
This man wrote Brown a letter saying
that the novel “present[ed] virtue in
the best & vice in the worst forms
possible.”
Thomas Jefferson
353
Because his letter is inconsistent with
the events in Wieland, this man
probably did not actually read the
novel.
Thomas Jefferson
354
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur
was an immigrant from this European
nation.
France
355
Letters from an American Farmer
was one of the earliest books to
express this patriotic idea.
American Exceptionalism
356
Letters from an American Farmer
follows the story of a farmer from this
state.
Pennsylvania
357
J. Crèvecoeur held this role in the
French army.
cartographer
358
After serving in the army, J.
Crèvecoeur moved to this state.
New York
359
This letter from Letters from an
American Farmer focuses on the
American Revolution and the tension
around it.
the last chapter
360
The British arrested J. Crèvecoeur
and prevented him from leaving
North America until this year.
1780
361
Letters from an American Farmer
was most popular among readers
from this continent.
Europe
362
In Letters from an American Farmer,
James travels to these two states.
Massachusetts and South
Carolina
363
J. Crèvecoeur served in the army
during this war.
the French and Indian War
364
J. Crèvecoeur wrote his first letters
during this decade.
1770s
365
In his last letter, James describes the
antagonism between these two
countries.
America and Great Britain
366
In his last letter, James says he
wants to move in this direction to
avoid conflict.
west
367
J. Crèvecoeur tried to move to this
country to avoid the American
Revolution.
France
368
J. Crèvecoeur sold Letters from an
American Farmer to a publisher in
this city.
London
369
When J. Crèvecoeur returned to
America, he discovered that his
children had moved to this city.
Boston
370
This letter from Letters from an
American Farmer has the title “What
is an American”.
letter three
371
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
these two jobs are the “fairest” jobs
in the cities.
lawyer and merchant
372
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that,
outside of big cities, most people in
America have this profession.
farmer
373
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
“we are all tillers of the earth” ranging
from these two North American
provinces.
Nova Scotia to West
Florida
374
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
immigrants come from these seven
European countries.
England, Scotland, Ireland,
France, Netherlands,
Germany, and Sweden
375
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
the people of the eastern provinces
are of this nationality.
English
376
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
this fraction of Americans had “no
country” before.
Two-thirds
377
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James compares
this group of people to a withering
plant that flourished once it was
transplanted to a new location.
the poor
378
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
American laws connect all provinces
except this one.
Nova Scotia
379
According to James, this province is
sparsely populated because of the
British government.
Nova Scotia
380
According to James, this is the motto
of all emigrants in the United States.
Ubi panis ibi patria
381
In the third letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
poor European immigrants have only
these two links had to their country.
the language and the love
for their poor kindred
382
James says that religion makes
these two demands on Americans.
A small voluntary salary to
the minister and gratitude
to God
383
According to James, one hundred
families could annually export this
number of bushels of wheat after just
six years in America.
10,000
384
According to James, an industrious
family on good soil commonly sells
this many bushels of wheat annually.
one hundred
385
According to James, the American
continent takes up at least this
fraction of the globe.
One-fourth
386
In the third letter, James says that
Americans can purchase grain from
this African country.
Egypt
387
In the third letter, James says that
Americans can purchase indigo and
rice from this Asian country.
China
388
According to James, in America a
worker is paid this many times more
than in Europe.
Four to five times more
389
According to James, Charles-Town is
similar to this city in Peru.
Lima
390
According to James, Peru became
wealthy because of this precious
metal.
Gold
391
Charles-Town is located in this
American state.
South Carolina
392
Charles-Town is located at the
meeting of this many large rivers.
two
393
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James calls the
inhabitants of this city the “gayest” in
America.
Charles-Town
394
According to James, these three jobs
make up the majority of jobs in
Charles-Town.
lawyer, planter, and
merchant
395
In the ninth letter, James says “the
law will possess in the north, what
now the church possesses in” these
two countries.
Peru and Mexico
396
In the ninth letter, James says that
Americans order slaving vessels to
the coasts of this African country.
Guinea
397
In Letters from an American Farmer,
James enslaves this many people.
zero
398
According to James, enslaved
people are happier in America than
this area of the world because they
get more land to grow their own food.
the West Indies
399
According to James, enslaved
people are treated kindly in this part
of the United States.
the north
400
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James describes
traveling to a planter’s house that
was this many miles away.
three
401
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, when James is
walking on the path, he hears a noise
and fires his gun at this type of
animal.
birds of prey
402
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James finds this
mammal in a cage.
a human
403
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, the man in the
cage James find is missing this body
part.
his eyes
404
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James describes
this body part of the man in the cage
as being bare to the bone.
cheeks
405
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, the man in the
cage asks James for this drink when
he hears James approaching.
water
406
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, the man in the
cage has been left there for this
many days.
two
407
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, the man has been
left in the cage for murdering this
person.
the overseer of the
plantation
408
In the ninth letter of Letters from an
American Farmer, James says that
the plantation owners supported this
doctrine.
the doctrine of slavery
409
This letter from Letters from an
American Farmer describes the
idyllic socioeconomic situation of the
colonies.
letter three
410
This man narrates Letters from an
American Farmer.
James
411
Letters from an American Farmer
addresses a nobleman from this
country.
Great Britain
412
According to James, land is so cheap
in America that anyone can buy it
and achieve this type of
independence.
economic
413
Many scholars believe that the first
comparison of the United States to a
melting pot appeared in this book.
Letters from an American
Farmer
414
Crèvecoeur only discussed men
coming from this continent.
Europe
415
Letters from an American Farmer
was written in this year.
1782
416
According to James, the government
has this type of temperament
because most Americans are
farmers and therefore equal.
mild
417
After leaving his Pennsylvania farm,
James heads to this Northeastern
colony.
Massachusetts
418
In Massachusetts, James finds this
type of difficult-to-farm soil.
rocky
419
To British and Anglo-American
readers, Spain evoked these three
qualities.
greed, cruelty, and improvidence
420
James calls the people of Charles-
Town cruel for their treatment of this
group of people.
enslaved Africans
421
The black man in the cage asks
James to put him out of his misery
with this substance.
poison
422
The scenes described in these two
states in Letters from an American
Farmer are opposites of each other.
Pennsylvania and South
Carolina
423
James’s decision to leave the man in
the cage to suffer symbolizes this
country’s relationship to racial
violence.
America’s
424
Canassatego belonged to this native
American nation.
the Onondaga Nation
425
The original homeland of the
Onondaga lies in this modern-day
state.
New York
426
The Onondaga were one of the
original five nations of this Native
American confederacy.
the Iroquois
427
The Iroquois Confederacy also has
this name.
the Haudenosaunee
League
428
Although the Iroquois Confederacy
started with five nations, it later
expanded to this number of nations.
six
429
Canassatego served in this role for
the Haudenosaunee during meetings
with the British.
diplomat
430
Canassatego helped negotiate
treaties with the British involving land
that would later become this state.
Pennsylvania
431
This American Indian confederacy
was an important player in the
negotiations that led to white
ownership of the land where Wieland
takes place.
the Haudenosaunee
League
432
The Lenape tribe also has this name.
the Delaware
433
Officials from this state defrauded the
Lenape tribe by falsely claiming that
their land had been sold.
Pennsylvania
434
The transaction in which officials
used an unsigned or forged deed to
wrongly claim land from the Lenape
goes by this name.
the “Walking Purchase”
435
The unsigned or fake deed used in
the “Walking Purchase” dates back
to this year
1686
436
After being defrauded, the Lenape
went to this group for support but
were denied.
the Haudenosaunee
League
437
The Lancaster Treaty was signed in
this year.
1744
438
In the Lancaster Treaty, the
Haudenosaunee sold land in this
state.
Virginia
439
Virginians thought the Lancaster
Treaty granted them territory
extending all the way to this river.
the Ohio River
440
The Haudenosaunee thought they
had only sold land extending to this
valley in the Lancaster Treaty.
the Shenandoah Valley
441
Canassatego expresses concern that
the increase in white settlers has
caused a shortage of these two key
resources for Native Americans.
deer and land
442
Canassatego uses the phrase “Pen-
and-Ink Work” to refer to this treaty
with the British.
the Lancaster Treaty
443
The “Walking Purchase” occurred in
this year.
1737
444
Canassatego’s speech addressed
the governor of this colony.
Maryland
445
Settlers from this country arrived first
in Maryland and met the local
groups.
Netherlands
446
The Dutch introduced Native
Americans to tools such as these
four.
awls, knives, hatchets, and
guns
447
When Canassatego said they tied
the Dutch ship to a big Rock, the
interpreter said that he meant the
land of this tribe.
Oneida
448
When Canassatego said that they
tied the Dutch ship to the big
mountain, the interpreter said that he
meant the land of this tribe.
Onondaga
449
Two years after the English arrived in
America, an English governor went
to this city and saw the great
friendship between the natives and
the Dutch.
Albany
450
According to Canassatego’s speech,
after tying the boat to the big
mountain, the American Indians put
this material on the rope.
wampum
451
According to Canassatego’s speech,
after the British governor saw the
boat was tied using perishable
Wampum, he gave the natives this
item to hold it instead.
a silver chain
452
Canassatego’s speech described
how the governor of this colony
deceived his people.
New York
453
According to Canassatego’s speech,
the governor of New York waited
until he returned to this country to
sell the American Indian’s land.
England
454
According to Canassatego’s speech,
Brother Onas wanted to buy this land
from the Native Americans.
the Sasquahannah Lands
455
In his speech Canassatego
acknowledges that this tribe had
previously, but no longer, owned the
land given in the Lancaster treaty.
the Conestogoe or
Sasquahannah Indians
456
According to Canassatego’s speech,
his tribe wants these lands in
compensation for the land later given
in the Lancaster Treaty.
the Cohongorontas lands
457
At the end of his speech,
Canassatego offers this gift to the
British.
a belt of Wampum
458
Canassatego’s speech shows a rare
instance of this type of resistance to
the British by Native Americans.
oratory
459
This man printed and published a
document of Canassatego’s speech.
Benjamin Franklin
460
Canassatego’s speech shows an
example of the variety of items
circulating during this revolution.
the American print
revolution
461
Benjamin Franklin wrote this essay
commenting on the inconsistency of
Americans for applauding American
Indian’s eloquence while still forcing
treaties on them.
“Remarks Concerning the
Savages of North-America”
462
In his essay “Remarks Concerning
the Savages of North-America,”
Franklin cited this Native American
diplomat.
Canassatego
463
The discussions of this American
Indian group while making the
Lancaster Treaty may have inspired
the United States’ confederated
system of government.
the Haudenosaunee
League
464
James Logan was a chief of this
Native American tribe.
the Seneca-Cayuga
465
The Seneca-Cayuga tribe lived in
this area of the United States.
the Ohio River Valley
466
In his speech, Chief Logan describes
this event.
the Yellow River Massacre
467
The Yellow River Massacre took
place in this current state.
West Virginia
468
In the Yellow River Massacre, white
Virginians attacked a settlement that
included this relative of Chief Logan.
his pregnant sister
469
Chief Logan was summoned to
negotiate with this governor after the
Yellow River Massacre.
Lord Dunmore
470
This man was Chief Logan’s sister’s
husband.
John Gibson
471
This newspaper was the first to
publish Chief Logan’s speech.
the Pennsylvania Journal
472
Chief Logan’s speech was originally
printed in this year.
1775
473
Thomas Jefferson published Chief
Logan’s speech in this book.
Notes on the State of
Virginia
474
Thomas Jefferson published Chief
Logan’s speech in this year.
1787
475
Thomas Jefferson claimed he heard
Chief Logan’s speech from this man.
Chief Logan himself
476
In a later edition of his Notes,
Thomas Jefferson included these
types of documents to prove the
authenticity of Chief Logan’s words.
letters and dispositions
477
In his speech, Chief Logan referred
to Europeans with this scientific
classification.
Homo sapiens Europæus
478
In his introduction, Jefferson says
that in the spring of this year, two
Native Americans robbed and
murdered a white Virginian.
1774
479
In his introduction, Jefferson said that
American Indians from this tribe
murdered and robbed a white
Virginian.
the Shawnee
480
This colonel collected a party and
searched for American Indians to
exact revenge for the robbery and
murder of a white Virginian.
Cresap
481
Colonel Cresap and his party killed
the family of this chief.
Chief Logan
482
The war between the American
Indians and the Virginian militia took
place during this season in 1774.
autumn
483
The war between the American
Indians and the Virginian militia took
place at the mouth of this river.
the Kanhaway
484
These three Native American tribes
united in the war against the
Virginian militia.
the Shawanees, Mingoes,
and Delawares
485
Jefferson used Chief Logan’s speech
to show these two skills of Native
Americans.
their oratorical and
rhetorical skills
486
In his introduction to Chief Logan’s
speech, Jefferson compared Logan
to these two Greek orators.
Demosthenes and Cicero
487
This common eighteenth-century
idea described American Indians as
noble and uncorrupted.
myth of the noble savage
488
Jefferson argued that Native
Americans had high intellect to
counter the common theory that this
aspect of North America was not
conductive to human life.
climate
489
In his Notes, Jefferson often
compared the Native Americans to
this ancient civilization.
Greece
490
Jefferson used Logan’s last sentence
in his speech to exemplify this myth,
which implied that there were no
more tribe members to help Logan.
myth of the vanishing
Indian
491
Most historians describe the
“Walking Purchase” as this type of
trick instead of a transaction.
a swindle
492
In his speech, Canassatego says
that the British have possessed
Maryland for over this many years.
one hundred
493
Brown greatly admired this author
and his epistolary seduction novels.
Samuel Richardson
494
Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte Temple
is an example of this form of novel.
seduction
495
In the opening “Advertisement” of
Wieland, Clara says that the
narrative is addressed to this group
of people.
“a small number of friends”
496
Brown’s assessment of narrative and
epistolary novels states that this form
is superior if well executed.
epistolary
497
Unlike the villain in most seduction
novels, Carwin does not wish to
seduce Clara but to trick this man.
Pleyel
498
The year’s election was the first truly
contested one in the United States.
1796
499
The first Congressional session took
place in this year.
1789
500
Carwin first used ventriloquism to
copy the voice of this person.
Catharine
501
This person was the first African
American woman to publish a book
of poetry in the United States.
Phillis Wheatley
502
Wheatley was born in this region.
West Africa
503
The slave ship that transported
Wheatley had this name.
Phillis
504
Wheatley’s first published poem was
an elegy for this famous evangelist.
wife
505
Wheatley’s first published poem was
an elegy for this famous evangelist.
George Whitefield
506
Wheatley’s poem about Whitefield
was reprinted numerous times in this
medium.
broadsides
507
Wheatley traveled to this city with
John Wheatley’s son in 1773.
London
508
Poems on Various Subjects,
Religious and Moral was published in
this year.
1773
509
This part of the book Poems on
Various Subjects, Religious and
Moral included a portrait of Wheatley.
frontispiece
510
Wheatley holds this item in the
portrait included in Poems on
Various Subjects, Religious and
Moral.
quill pen
511
This person made the etching of
Wheatley in Poems on Various
Subjects, Religious and Moral.
Scipio Moorhead
512
Wheatley wrote this kind of
commemorative poem for Moorhead.
poetic ode
513
Wheatley delivered a poem to this
president in 1775.
George Washington
514
Washington shared Wheatley’s poem
about him with the editor of this
magazine.
Pennsylvania Magazine
515
Pennsylvania Magazine published
Wheatley’s poem about Washington
as well as this follow-up text.
Washington’s reply
516
Wheatley married this free African
American man in 1778.
John Peters
517
This many manuscripts of Wheatley’s
second volume of poetry remain.
zero
518
Wheatley gave birth to this many
children, although none survived.
three
519
Wheatley and her last baby are
buried in an unmarked grave in this
city.
Boston
520
According to Wheatley, “‘twas” this
treatment that brought her from her
“Pagan” land.
mercy
521
Wheatley wrote “To the Right
Honorable William, Earl of
Dartmouth” in this year.
1773
522
In “To the Right Honorable William,
Earl of Dartmouth,” Freedom’s
charms are lost beneath the skies of
this cardinal direction.
north
523
In “To the Right Honorable William,
Earl of Dartmouth,” this animal seeks
the caves of night.
owl
524
In “To the Right Honorable William,
Earl of Dartmouth,” Freedom’s reins
are made of this material.
silk
525
In “To the Right Honorable William,
Earl of Dartmouth,” the speaker says
her love for this ideal came from
being “snatch’d” from Africa.
freedom
526
Wheatley wrote a 1773 poem
addressed to the earl of this city.
Dartmouth
527
Groups from this movement used
Wheatley’s poems to show her
intellectual and artistic capacity.
abolition
528
Early supporters of Wheatley’s work
advocated the conversion of
enslaved people to this religion.
Christianity
529
Wheatley’s poetry did not explicitly
express this argument.
anti-slavery
530
Early critics argued that Wheatley
considered this price to be justified
for learning about Christianity.
enslavement
531
The lack of these two factors led to
the loss of Wheatley’s poetry to
history.
literary criticism, reprintings
532
Wheatley knew her poetry could not
afford to have this characteristic and
still be published.
antagonistic
533
Wheatley’s subtle political critique
appears in this part of “On Being
Brought from Africa to America.”
last couplet
534
Wheatley castigates Christians who
believe that this characteristic is
relevant to salvation.
skin color
535
Wheatley’s poem refers to darker
skin as a mark of sin with this two-
word phrase.
“diabolical dye”
536
“On Being Brought from Africa to
America” weighs in on whether this
authority prohibits or authorizes
enslavement.
the Bible
537
Some theologians believed that black
skin was the “mark” God imprinted
on this biblical figure.
Cain
538
William Legge served in this office for
the American colonies.
Secretary of State
539
“To the Right Honorable William, Earl
of Dartmouth” praises Legge for
accommodating these requests.
American demands
540
Wheatley uses this metaphor to
describe the political condition of the
American colonies.
slavery
541
This experience let the speaker in
“On Being Brought from Africa to
America” identify with the metaphoric
enslavement of colonists.
chattel slavery
542
Wheatley’s comparison between
monarchical subjugation and
enslavement draws attention to this
contradiction.
the American Paradox
543
Freneau earned this epithet.
“poet of the Revolution”
544
Freneau was born in this city.
New York City
545
Freneau was educated at a
university with this name at the time
he was there.
College of New Jersey
546
The College of New Jersey later had
this name.
Princeton University
547
Freneau attended college with this
future president.
James Madison
548
Freneau left for this region when the
Revolutionary War erupted.
West Indies
549
In 1778, Freneau joined the militia of
this state.
New Jersey
550
This armed force captured Freneau
in 1780.
British Navy
551
Freneau spent this many weeks on a
British prison ship.
six
552
Freneau wrote this poem about his
experiences as a British captive.
“The British Prison Ship”
553
A leading printer published Freneau’s
complete poetry in this year.
1786
554
Freneau’s complete collection of this
kind of writing was published in 1788.
prose
555
Madison recommended Freneau as
a newspaper editor to this prominent
figure.
Thomas Jefferson
556
Freneau edited this newspaper.
National Gazette
557
The National Gazette ran for this
many years.
two
558
This party use the National Gazette
to attack the Washington
administration.
Democratic-Republican
559
Washington famously referred to
Freneau with this phrase.
“that rascal Freneau”
560
The National Gazette especially
attacked this Secretary of Finance.
Alexander Hamilton
561
This almanac first published “On the
Emigration to America and Peopling
the Western Country”.
Bailey’s Pocket Almanac
562
Much of Freneau’s early work
exemplified the beginnings of this
literary period.
American Romanticism
563
“On the Emigration to America and
Peopling the Western Country”
mentions a stream from this wild
state.
Ohio
564
“On the Emigration to America and
Peopling the Western Country”
mentions this proud, despotic land
feature in Europe.
shore
565
“On the Emigration to America and
Peopling the Western Country” says
that this many streams swell when
flooding.
ten thousand
566
“On the Emigration to America and
Peopling the Western Country” says
these two types of rulers “enchain”
the mind.
kings, priests
567
“The Indian Burying Ground” says
that the posture we give the dead
emphasizes the eternal sleep of this
entity.
the soul
568
Wheatley’s poetry has this poetic
meter.
iambic pentameter
569
Wheatley wrote in these two
celebrated poetic modes of the
colonial period.
ode, elegy
570
Freneau’s poetry has this poetic
meter.
iambic tetrameter
571
Freneau’s use of iambic tetrameter
gives his poetry this sound.
songlike
572
Wheatley and Freneau both make
these two kinds of allusions in their
poetry.
Biblical, classical
573
Freneau refers to the American
emigrant with this other name for
Hercules.
Palemon
574
Freneau compares the “Indian
queen” to this Biblical figure, who
tests Solomon’s wisdom.
Queen Sheba
575
Freneau’s focus on the relationship
between these two spheres is the
essential characteristic of American
Romanticism.
human, nature
576
Freneau’s emphasis on the natural
world is similar to this other work by
Crèvecoeur.
Letters from an American
Farmer
577
Freneau apostrophizes the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers with this phrase.
“Sire of floods”
578
One of the complexities of “On the
Emigration to America and Peopling
the Western Country” is its
contradictory arguments about this
subject.
the American wilderness
579
Freneau belonged to this political
party.
Democratic Republican
580
The penultimate stanza of “On the
Emigration to America and Peopling
the Western Country” expresses
Freneau’s positive views on this
subject.
abolition
581
Freneau drew on this myth to
describe the willing movement of
native people.
Myth of the Vanishing
Indian
582
“The Indian Burying Ground” uses
the model of this popular literary
form.
graveyard poem
583
When writing “The Indian Burying
Ground,” Freneau was probably
thinking about this work by Gray.
“Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard”
584
Freneau revised the graveyard poem
by considering differences between
European Christians and North
American Indians in these types of
beliefs.
eschatological beliefs
585
This type of writing was vital to social
and literary practices of the colonial
period.
epistolary
586
Because mailing letters was
expensive, the post mostly moved
these two types of writing.
business letters,
newspapers
587
These two classes of American
society cultivated the art of letter
writing.
middle- and upper-class
588
Brown did not send letters through
the post, but still wrote dozens of
these letters to his fiancée.
courtship letters
589
These intimate letters are written
between romantic partners, friends,
or family.
familiar letters
590
Familiar letters strive to communicate
these two aspects of a conversation.
information, affection
591
Hamilton opens his letter to Schuyler
with anticipation of the return of this
person.
Schuyler’s father
592
Hamilton refers to Schuyler with this
two-word endearment.
my Betsey
593
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
says he has written to her this many
times since she last wrote to him.
twice
594
This person interrupts Hamilton in his
letter to Schuyler.
Meade
595
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
expects she will experience more
“domestic happiness” in this season.
winter
596
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
refers to England as this kind of “old
dame”.
“obstinate”
597
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
says he will teach Schuyler the
advantage of this practice.
“implicit obedience”
598
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
asks her if she relishes the pleasure
of being this kind of wife.
“a poor mans [sic] wife”
599
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
asks if she would cheerfully plant this
vegetable if the circumstances
required it.
turnip
600
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
asks her to be a good wife so that
they do not act out this type of
tragedy.
tragedy of the unhappy
601
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
asks her to examine this organ.
her heart
602
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
urges her to prepare herself for this
possibility.
misfortune
603
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
would metaphorically give this item to
be near her.
the world
604
Hamilton signs his letter to Schuyler
with these letters.
AH
605
This musical has brought attention to
the relationship between Hamilton
and Schuyler.
Hamilton
606
In Hamilton, Schuyler burns these
objects upon discovering her
husband’s infidelity.
letters
607
Hamilton wrote the selected letter to
Schuyler from this location.
the battlefield
608
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
compares her to the wife of this
Roman politician.
Brutus
609
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton’s
characterization of England and
America invokes the allegorical
reading of this kind of plot.
seduction plot
610
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
metaphorically describes the war for
American independence as this type
of event.
elopement
611
Hamilton’s letter to Schuyler
emphasizes the fundamental dispute
between the justification of this act
versus dangerous lawlessness.
resistance
612
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
specifically denies the right of
resistance to this group.
women
613
Women did not receive political
citizenship even though this
document called for equal rights.
the Constitution
614
In the second half of his letter to
Schuyler, Hamilton considers this
field of study in the context of his
proposed marriage to her.
economics
615
Hamilton’s father abandoned him
along with these two other people.
his mother and brother
616
As an orphan, Hamilton lived on this
island.
St. Croix
617
In his letter to Schuyler, Hamilton
mentions that by these laws all of her
property will become his.
coverture laws of New York
618
Abigail Adams sent her letter to John
Adams from this city.
Braintree
619
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams hopes these British people
have shown their savagery.
“Riffel Men”
620
Abigail Adams sent her letter to John
Adams on this date.
March 31, 1776
621
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says she is fearful of this
disease.
small pox [sic]
622
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says she asked this person to
check on their house.
Mr. Crane
623
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says this dirty occupant used
the house.
the doctor of a regiment
624
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says that this person’s
property fell prey to their own
merciless party.
Solisiter General [sic]
625
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams requests that he remember
the ladies when he makes this new
system.
code of laws
626
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams tells him to not give these
people such unlimited power over
women.
husbands
627
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says that his sex naturally
has this characteristic.
tyrannical
628
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says she has been caring for
this sick neighbor.
Trot
629
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says that the neighbor’s
youngest son dies of this disease.
Canker fever
630
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says she will attempt to make
this powder for him.
salt peter
631
This topic of women’s subordination
is implicit in Abigail Adams’s letter to
her husband.
coverture
632
John Adams attended this event in
Philadelphia the spring of 1776.
Continental Congress
633
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams advises that John Adams
should be more favorable to the
ladies than these predecessors.
ancestors
634
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says that she has seen this
document describing how to make
salt peter.
a manuscript
635
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says that this relative is
having convulsion fits.
John’s brother’s youngest
child
636
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams uses this word to sign off.
“adieu”
637
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams says that Mr. Bass has made
this much salt peter.
a hundred weight
638
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams notes that salt peter is fit for
these three weapons.
cannons, small arms,
pistols
639
Abigail Adams opens her letter to
John Adams conventionally by
requesting these items from him.
longer letters
640
In her letter to John Adams, Abigail
Adams turns to politics by asking
questions about the state of this
event.
the war
641
In his reply to Abigail Adams, John
Adams largely takes her comments
about women’s rights with this tone.
jesting
642
In his reply to Abigail Adams, John
Adams says he does not want to
upset these natural systems.
social hierarchies
643
In his reply to Abigail Adams, John
Adams uses this phrase to describe
women’s authority over men.
“Despotism of the
Petticoat”
644
This prominent feminist figure
published in many genres and
received the same instruction that
young men receive.
Judith Sargent Murray
645
Murray published in these three
genres.
prose, poetry, drama
646
Murray launched The Ladies’
Academy in this city.
Dorchester, MA
647
This movement centered on the idea
that gender inequality stemmed from
lack of educational access.
first wave feminism
648
This Wollstonecraft book inspired
first wave feminism.
A Vindication of the Rights
of Women
649
“On the Equality of the Sexes” first
appeared in this periodical.
Massachusetts Magazine
650
Murray published “On the Equality of
the Sexes” under this pseudonym.
Constantia
651
Scholars argue that authors would
use this kind of name to indicate that
they spoke on behalf of a larger
community.
pseudonym
652
Murray published a series of essays
in Massachusetts Magazine under
this male pseudonym.
The Gleaner
653
Murray identified Constantia as the
author when she republished her
famous essays in this format.
three-volume book
654
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
appeared in this year.
1790
655
Murray’s three-volume book
identified Constantia as the author on
this page.
title page
656
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
includes an allusion to this scientist.
Newton
657
In “On the Equality of the Sexes,” this
concept metaphorically wears the
crown.
genius
658
“On the Equality of the Sexes” opens
with the recognition of the inequality
of these human endowments.
minds
659
In “On the Equality of the Sexes,” this
act metaphorically guides genius.
study
660
Many of the Murray’s pseudonyms
identified her in this way.
as a woman
661
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that weak minds can scarcely boast
their origin from this being.
God
662
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
characterizes intellectual power with
these four abilities.
imagination, reason,
memory, judgment
663
“On the Equality of the Sexes” shows
that women have dominated this
aspect of intellectual power.
imagination
664
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
questions this quality of nature’s
distribution of mental superiority.
partiality
665
“On the Equality of the Sexes” notes
that this effort is the most arduous on
the mind’s behalf.
invention
666
“On the Equality of the Sexes” posits
that this phenomenon of variation in
the female world demonstrates
inventiveness.
fashion
667
“On the Equality of the Sexes” points
out that these harmful words are
examples of creative power.
slander
668
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that industrious minds seek these
metaphorical sources of knowledge.
“hidden springs”
669
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that a mind in this state is weak.
“enervated”
670
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that women are “undoubted
sovereign” in this power.
imagination
671
“On the Equality of the Sexes” asks
whether these two activities fully
occupy women’s minds.
sewing, cooking
672
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
suggests that this improvement
would help women demonstrate
excellency.
proper direction
673
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
argues that lack of this intellectual
ability cannot demonstrate female
inferiority because of lack of
opportunity.
reason
674
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that this intellectual ability is about
the same in both sexes.
memory
675
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
argues that judgment ability cannot
be accurately evaluated by
comparing boys and girls of this age.
two
676
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that young girls, instead of being
educated, take this path.
domestication
677
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that young boys are led by the hand
through this flowery path.
science
678
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
ponders what an educated woman
could accomplish, specifically in
these three fields.
astronomy, geography,
natural philosophy
679
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
argues that accusations of these
types of amusements would be
invalidated if women’s minds were
filled.
“trifles”
680
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that fashions might improve this field.
literature
681
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that once female economy is
attained, it requires no more of this
type of attention.
mental
682
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that while an educated woman sews,
her mind is at full liberty for this
activity.
reflection
683
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that this same force animates and
invigorates both sexes.
breath of God
684
“On the Equality of the Sexes” posits
that the same number of men and
women have seized this metaphor
for.
“wreath of fame”
685
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
recognizes that many equate mental
faculties as logically following this
physical superiority.
animal powers
686
“On the Equality of the Sexes” points
out that if physical strength is equal
to mental strength, many of these
organisms that would be smarter.
“brute creations”
687
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
alludes to this man with an enervated
body and diminutive stature.
Mr. Pope
688
“On the Equality of the Sexes” refers
to the body and death as this kind of
building and its dissolution.
clay built tabernacle
689
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
mentions that many passages in
these sources show the advantages
of men.
sacred oracles
690
“On the Equality of the Sexes” talks
about the curses of this Biblical
figure.
Job
691
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that girls enter the world unprepared
after this many years.
fifteen
692
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that this type of media gives men a
false conception of women.
books
693
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
sensibility, soft compassion, and
gentle commiseration are “inmates”
of this body part.
female bosom
694
“On the Equality of the Sexes” refers
to the pursuit of science as being this
kind of path.
flowery
695
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that if studies interfere with woman’s
usual duties, they can instead take
place at this time of day.
early hours
696
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that in this context, there are no
meaningful objections to the time that
education takes.
high life
697
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
concedes that nature made men to
serve this role.
protector
698
“On the Equality of the Sexes” asks if
men’s hearing suffers from this
discordant sound.
an ill regulated family
699
“On the Equality of the Sexes” ends
with a letter written to this person.
a friend
700
The letter at the end of “On the
Equality of the Sexes” is dated from
this month of 1780.
December
701
“On the Equality of the Sexes” notes
that this feeling renders men blind.
self love
702
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
discusses the Biblical argument that
women were the first to do this
action.
transgress against God
703
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
highlights the discrepancy in the
Bible in which that Eve was tricked
by a demon in this form.
angel
704
“On the Equality of the Sexes” notes
that Eve the promise of this reward
seduced Eve.
perfect knowledge
705
“On the Equality of the Sexes” notes
that this Biblical figure was not
interested in pursuing knowledge.
Adam
706
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
advises men to perform this bodily
action when remembering Adam’s
attachment to a woman.
blush
707
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that the arts of this being misled Eve.
the grand deceiver
708
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that this type of deceit caused the
father of mankind to relinquish the
happiness of posterity.
female blandishment
709
“On the Equality of the Sexes”
includes an explanation of God’s
forfeiture of mankind from this
Biblical author.
Paul
710
“On the Equality of the Sexes” says
that this Biblical figure is a
prefiguration of confiding faith and a
contrast to affiance.
711
Murray explains in “On the Equality
of the Sexes” that these two
conditions cause women to be
perceived as lacking intelligence.
social, economic
712
Murray identifies the lack of this
opportunity as the primary reason
that women seem to lack intellectual
capacity.
education
713
This group of people often still make
Murray’s argument that boys are led
on a scientific path and girls are
“domesticated”.
educators
714
This social practice developed in the
eighteenth-century and relegated
women to domestic spaces.
ideology of separate
715
In the eighteenth century, many
people believed women were safest
in this area.
private home
716
Public prejudice meant that women
were most often encouraged to read
these types of books.
novels
717
Murray describes a vicious circle in
which women could only read novels
for fear of being marked with this
label.
“learned lady”
718
Murray’s argument is similar to one
presented in this other selected work.
“On Being Brought from
Africa to America”
719
Murray argues that unequal
opportunities cause women to seem
uninterested in this non-domestic
sphere.
the larger world
720
Like Wheatley’s argument, Murray’s
insists on the equality of this human
aspect.
soul
721
Both Wheatley and Murray use
theology to contradict people who
use this document to justify
prejudice.
the Bible
722
Murray asserts that the events of this
Bible chapter imply Adam is weaker
than Eve.
Genesis
723
This state narrowly approved the
Constitution.
Massachusetts
724
Hamilton enlisted these two people
to assist him in a writing campaign to
defend the Constitution.
James Madison, John Jay
725
Hamilton, Madison, and Jay worked
to convince delegates from this state
to ratify the Constitution.
New York
726
Hamilton’s first essay written to
convince New York delegates to
ratify the Constitution appeared in
this newspaper.
Independent Journal
727
Hamilton’s essay in the Independent
Journal appeared on this date.
October 27, 1787
728
At the conclusion of the series of
essays convincing New York
delegates to ratify the Constitution,
Hamilton had written this many
essays.
fifty-one
729
At the conclusion of the series of
essays convincing New York
delegates to ratify the Constitution,
this person had written twenty-nine
essays.
James Madison
730
This circumstance prevented John
Jay from writing more than write nine
essays supporting the Constitution.
illness
731
This pseudonym signed the essays
convincing New York delegates to
ratify the Constitution.
Publius
732
“Publius” is a Latin word meaning
this phrase.
“of the people”
733
Madison, Jay, and Hamilton’s use of
the pseudonym Publius suggested
their writing was for this cause rather
than individual opinion.
common good
734
Madison, Jay, and Hamilton’s essays
addressed this population.
People of the State of New
York
735
Madison, Jay, and Hamilton’s essays
appeared in this many New York
newspapers.
three
736
This number of Madison, Jay, and
Hamilton’s essays appeared in the
first book volume.
thirty-six
737
The Federalist essays provide this
kind of insight from the framers of the
United States’ legal foundation.
detailed analysis
738
“Federalist No. 1” claims that
Americans will use these two actions
to decide whether government can
be established.
reflection, choice
739
“Federalist No. 1” says that
establishing a government based on
election will add incentive from this
perspective.
philanthropy
740
“Federalist No. 1” identifies this
human tendence as the
Constitution’s most formidable
obstacle.
resisting change
741
“Federalist No. 1” recognizes the
concern that men may want to take
this action to have more power to
themselves.
land subdivision
742
“Federalist No. 1” explains that the
establishment of the United States
government will involve this type of
error.
honest
743
“Federalist No. 1” gives the example
of wise men being wrong as a lesson
in this value.
moderation
744
“Federalist No. 1” says that it is
absurd to make proselytes by both of
these weapons.
fire, sword
745
“Federalist No. 1” notes that securing
liberty requires this quality of
government.
vigor
746
“Federalist No. 1” says that the
Constitution is the safest course for
these three values.
liberty, dignity, happiness
747
“Federalist No. 1” emphasizes the
purpose of the papers to follow it with
this typographical technique.
capitalization
748
Future papers outlined by “Federalist
No. 1” posit that the Constitution will
preserve these three qualities.
government, liberty,
property
749
“Federalist No. 1” concludes by
saying the next essay will cover the
advantages of this idea.
one union
750
“Federalist No. 1” says that zeal for
efficient government is stigmatized
as deriving from this kind of power.
despotic
751
Hamilton starts Federalist No. 1 by
accenting the high stakes
surrounding this core goal.
ratification of the
Constitution
752
Hamilton uses this historical
document to prove that people are
capable of self-governance.
Constitution
753
According to Hamilton in Federalist
No. 1, “the vigor of government” is
essential to this core American
concept.
liberty
754
Hamilton uses these four words and
phrases to describe political conflict
in Federalist No. 1.
zeal, jealousy, enthusiasm,
violent love
755
In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton warns
against the dangerous possibilities of
this characteristic in national leaders.
political charisma
756
Hamilton would be more concerned
about this type of leader than an
obvious tyrant.
populist leader
757
Hamilton signed Federalist No. 1 with
this anonymous name.
Publius
758
According to Federalist No. 1, the
private circles of this group believed
a general system could not control
the colonies.
anti-federalists
759
Federalist No. 10 was published in
this year.
1787
760
This author wrote Federalist No. 10.
James Madison
761
A common “impulse of passion”
unites this group of citizens.
faction
762
In Federalist No. 10, Madison directly
analogizes liberty and factions to this
natural entity and fire.
Air
763
According to Madison, this essential
political concept nourishes factions.
Liberty
764
Federalist No. 10 claims that popular
governments perished under these
three figurative “mortal diseases.”
instability, injustice,
765
According to Madison, a well-
constructed Union’s greatest
advantage is its tendency to control
this issue.
The violence of faction
766
According to Federalist No. 10, a
person’s opinions and passions will
have a reciprocal influence on each
other if these two qualities exist.
Reason and self-love
767
The protection of this possession is
the first objective of government,
according to Federalist No. 10.
property
768
In Madison’s viewpoint, these two
types of people arise because of
distinct interests in property rights.
creditors and debtors
769
According to Madison, these four
competing interests naturally arise in
civilized society.
landed, manufacturing,
mercantile, moneyed
770
In Federalist No. 10, this entity was
tasked with regulating the interfering
interests of differing factions.
legislation
771
According to Madison in Federalist
No. 10, differences in these
outcomes will arise in a country with
“liberty”.
different opinions
772
If a faction has less than a majority,
this type of principle supplies relief.
republican
773
Hamilton and Madison both frame
the problem of protecting minority
interests as this type of act.
balancing
774
Madison uses these two metaphors
to explain how corrupt leaders try to
favor their own states politically.
fire management and
disease
775
Despite the enmity that developed
between Hamilton and Madison, both
men shared much agreement in
these essays.
Federalist essays
776
Both Hamilton and Madison believe
that this mechanism is the only way
to resolve disputes.
government
777
The Constitution works to protect the
interests of this group rather than the
majority.
minority
778
According to Madison in Federalist
No. 10, a religious sect could
degenerate into this type of group.
political faction
779
Madison believed that a minority
faction had a higher chance of
pervading a county or district rather
than this type of territory.
State
780
In the closing remarks of Federalist
No. 10, Madison connected the
feelings of pleasure and pride
associated with republicanism to the
character of this political group.
Federalists
781
This author was one of the first
American-born writers whose work
was regularly consumed and praised
by European readers.
Washington Irving
782
Washington Irving published essays
in the American periodical press in
this century.
nineteenth century
783
Irving’s first book was a satirical
history of this American state.
New York
784
In order to market his first book,
Irving fabricated a hoax that this
imaginary author disappeared and
left the manuscript at a hotel.
Mr. Knickerbocker
785
Irving framed his first novel as a
legend told by generations of people
living in this valley.
Hudson River Valley
786
Washington Irvine’s The Sketch-
Book contains almost this many tales
and sketches.
three dozen
787
Irvine’s success came not only
because of his literary talents but
because he had this type of sense.
business sense
788
In order to reap the full financial
rewards of his literary works, Irving
secured the copyright for The
Sketch-Book in these two countries.
England and United States
789
The Sketch-Book cost this much
money in 1819.
five dollars
790
The Sketch-Book was printed on top-
grade paper, set with a larger type,
and organized with this type of
format.
octavo
791
A passage from this text serves as
the introduction to Irving’s The
Sketch-Book.
Euphues
792
In “The Author’s Account of Himself,”
as the narrator grows into this stage
of life, he extends his range of his
observations.
boyhood
793
In “The Author’s Account of Himself,”
the narrator converses with these
specific people to increase his
knowledge of the surrounding
villages.
sages and great men
794
Over one summer, the narrator of
“The Author’s Account of Himself”
journeyed to a distant hill, where he
saw land that he describes with this
Latin phrase.
terra incognita
795
According to the narrator of “The
Author’s Account of Himself, “no
other country had been more
“prodigally lavished” than his own
when it came to the charms of this
entity.
nature
796
The Sketch-Book was published in
this year.
1819
797
In “The Author’s Account of Himself,”
the narrator describes his country’s
valleys as teeming with this quality.
wild fertility
798
This country has all the charms of
storied and poetical association,
according to “The Author’s Account
of Himself.”
Europe
799
According to the narrator in “The
Author’s Account of Himself,” Europe
was rich in the accumulated
treasures of this quality.
age
800
The narrator in “The Author’s
Account of Himself” uses these two
mountain ranges to analogize his
desire to meet great men from
Europe and not America.
Alps and Hudson
801
“Rip Van Winkle” claims to be this
type of post-death writing.
posthumous
802
Diedrich Knickerbocker was an old
gentleman from this state.
New York
803
Knickerbocker was very curious
about the history of these people.
Dutch
804
Knickerbocker’s historical research
focused more on this aspect rather
than on books.
men
805
When Knickerbocker found a
genuine Dutch family, he studied
them with the zeal of this creature.
“book-worm”
806
In “Rip Van Winkle,” biscuit-bakers
imprinted the memory of
Knickerbocker on this type of cake.
new-year
807
According to the Knickerbocker in
“Rip Van Winkle,” whoever made the
voyage up the Hudson had to
remember these mountains.
Kaatskill
808
In “Rip Van Winkle”, the unlucky
landscape painter sketched in these
three places, despite traveling a wide
variety of places.
nooks, corners, and by-
places
809
These three figures crowded the
unlucky landscape painter’s
sketchbook in “Rip Van Winkle.”
cottages, landscapes, and
obscure ruins
810
This organ almost failed
Knickerbocker when he looked at the
memories stored for his future
drawings.
heart
811
According to Knickerbocker, these
geological features always changed
when the seasons and weather
changed.
mountains
812
According to Knickerbocker, good
wives regarded the changing shapes
of the mountains as a perfect version
of this instrument.
barometer
813
In “Rip Van Winkle”, these two colors
clothed the mountains when the
weather was fair and settled.
blue and purple
814
This weather phenomenon gathered
on top of the mountains when the
landscape was cloudless in “Rip Van
Winkle.”
vapors
815
This Dutch director’s government
started around the time the village at
the foot of the Kaatskill mountains
was founded in “Rip Van Winkle.”
Peter Stuyvesant’s
816
In “Rip Van Winkle,” the village under
the mountains was built using bricks
of this color.
yellow
817
The Van Winkles accompanied Peter
Stuyvesant to this location during a
siege.
Fort Christina
818
Rip Van Winkle was blessed this
many times.
three
819
The wives of Rip’s village always
found ways to blame this individual
whenever they gossiped.
Dame Van Winkle
820
Rip’s greatest flaw was his aversion
to this type of labor.
profitable
821
Rip declared that working at this type
of place was useless.
farm
822
If this person did not exist, then Rip
Van Winkle would have whistled life
away in perfect contentment.
Rip’s wife
823
This body part of Rip’s wife kept
moving morning, noon, and night.
tongue
824
This creature was Rip’s sole
domestic adherent.
dog
825
These three types of people
frequented the club that Rip would
visit when his wife drove him out.
sages, philosophers, and
idle personages
826
A portrait of this man designated the
meeting spot of Rip’s club.
George the Third
827
Whenever a passing traveler brought
this object to Rip’s club, profound
discussions erupted.
newspaper
828
This man read and drawled out the
old newspapers that Rip’s club
dissected.
Derrick Van Bummel
829
Derrick Van Bummel’s occupation
was this job.
schoolmaster
830
This man controlled the opinions of
Rip’s club and served as the
patriarch of the village.
Nicholas Vedder
831
Nicholas Vedder was the landlord of
this type of establishment.
inn
832
Once Rip’s wife broke up his club, he
escaped his wife by taking this object
to the woods.
gun
833
Whenever Rip went to the woods for
a stroll, he would share the contents
of his wallet with this individual.
Wolf
834
Rip enjoyed this sport most
squirrel shooting
835
While Rip looked at the Hudson
River, he saw a cloud with this color
reflected in the river.
purple
836
Rip sighed when he thought of the
terrors he would encounter from this
person.
Dame Van Winkle
837
The strange man that called out to
Rip Van Winkle was carrying this
object.
keg
838
When Rip entered the amphitheater
in the hollow, odd-looking people
were playing this game.
nine-pins
839
In “Rip Van Winkle,” all the people in
the amphitheater had this facial
feature.
beards
840
This object hung in the belts of some
of the odd-looking people in the
amphitheater Rip was in.
knife
841
The commander of the amphitheater
wore this type of doublet in “Rip Van
Winkle.”
laced
842
Rip heard long rolling peals that
sounded like thunder from this type
of geographic structure.
ravine
843
The keg that Rip carried with the
stranger was filled with this liquid.
liquor
844
The amphitheater group reminded
Rip of an old Flemish painting inside
the parlor of this man.
Dominie Van Schaick
845
Nothing but the noise of these
objects interrupted the stillness of the
amphitheater when Rip was inside.
balls
846
This adjective describes the gaze
that the amphitheater men gave Rip.
statue-like
847
After Rip took many sips of liquor
from the flagon, he fell into this state
of mind.
sleep
848
Rip Van Winkle wakes up on this
object after drinking and sleeping at
the amphitheater.
knoll
849
As soon as Rip wakes up from his
deep sleep in the amphitheater, he
worries about the excuses he would
have to make to this person.
Dame Van Winkle
850
Rip realizes he lost these two items
while he was on the knoll.
gun and Wolf
851
When Rip whistles out to his dog, he
hears only noises from these animals
instead.
crows
852
After giving up on finding his dog and
gun, Rip Van Winkle decides to head
to this location.
home
853
When Rip strokes his beard after re-
entering his village, he is surprised to
notice that his beard had grown this
long.
one foot
854
Rip blames this object for confusing
him about the state of his village.
flagon
855
This animal snarls and seems to
have forgotten Rip Van Winkle when
he returns to the village.
Wolf
856
When Rip called out to these people
in his house, silence met him.
his wife and children
857
After Rip cannot find anyone familiar
in his house, he runs to this location.
village inn
858
This object replaced the great tree
that used to shelter the Dutch inn.
pole
859
When Rip Van Winkle returns, this
person’s face has replaced King
George’s on the village inn.
George Washington’s
860
When Rip Van Winkle returns, a
short man tiptoes to Rip and asks
whether he is a member of one of
these two political parties.
Federal or Democrat
861
When Rip Van Winkle returns to his
village, he looks for these two
specific individuals at the village inn
but cannot find them.
Nicholas Vedder and Van
Bummel
862
After Rip pledges himself as a loyal
subject of the king, the bystanders
call Rip these three words.
tory, spy, and refugee
863
When Rip Van Winkle returns to his
village, he assures the bystanders
that he means no harm and is
searching for these people.
Rip’s neighbors
864
When Rip Van Winkle returns to his
village, an old man tells him that
Nicholas Vedder has been dead for
this many years.
eighteen
865
In “Rip Van Winkle”, Nicholas Vedder
had this type of tombstone in the
churchyard, but it rotted and
vanished.
wooden
866
In “Rip Van Winkle”, Brom Dutcher
went to this place at the beginning of
the war.
army
867
In “Rip Van Winkle”, Van Bummel
went to the war and became this
position.
militia general
868
In “Rip Van Winkle”, Van Bummel
joins this branch of government after
the war.
Congress
869
This woman comes up to Rip Van
Winkle with a chubby child in her
arms.
Judith Gardenier
870
In “Rip Van Winkle”, Judith Gardenie
names her child this name.
Rip
871
Rip Van Winkle’s wife died because
she broke a blood-vessel in a fit of
passion at this type of person
New England peddler
872
According to Rip’s old neighbor, Rip
Van Winkle had been gone for this
many years.
twenty
873
Twenty years for the village had
been just this amount of time to Rip
Van Winkle.
one night
874
The village consulted this man about
what to do with Rip Van Winkle.
Peter Vanderdonk
875
Peter Vanderdonk shared his name
with an ancestor of this profession.
Historian
876
This man was the first European to
discover the river and country that
Rip Van Winkle inhabited.
Hendrick Hudson
877
This individual took Rip back home to
live with them.
Rip’s daughter
878
Rip preferred making friends among
this group of people, rather than his
former cronies from twenty years
ago.
the rising generation
879
Rip learned that he was no longer a
subject of George the Third but
instead a free citizen of this country.
the United States
880
Rip’s tale seems like it might have
been suggested to Mr. Knickerbocker
by a superstition from this country.
Germany
881
In “Rip Van Winkle,” Irving signs his
ending note using this signature.
“D.K.”
882
The postscript of “Rip Van Winkle”
involves these types of notes from
Mr. Knickerbocker’s memorandum-
book.
traveling notes
883
In “Rip Van Winkle,” this type of spirit
was said to rule the Catskill
Mountains, acting as their mother.
“old squaw spirit”
884
In “Rip Van Winkle,” this place was
the favorite abode of the Manitou that
occupied the Catskill mountains.
Garden Rock
885
In “Rip Van Winkle,” this group of
people held the Garden Rock “in
great awe”.
the Indians
886
This section follows the “NOTE”
section in “Rip Van Winkle.”
Postscript
887
The mischievous Manitou would take
pleasure in transforming into one of
these three animals and tricking
hunters into a wild chase.
bear, panther, or deer
888
“The Author’s Account of Himself”
uses this pseudonym.
Geoffrey Crayon
889
Both Geoffrey Crayon and Irving are
young bachelors who set off to visit
new scenes across this ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
890
Although Crayon claimed that he
needed to go abroad to find artistic
material, many of his tales and
sketches are set in this continent.
North America
891
In this piece of literature, Crèvecoeur
claimed that any farmer in America
could become wealthy with hard
work.
Letters from an American
Farmer
892
These three qualities present Rip
Van Winkle as a typical American
hero.
playing, drinking, and
storytelling
893
Rip set out for a walk to escape the
tyranny of this person.
Rip’s wife
894
Irving depicts the changes that
occurred in America through the use
of this setting.
the village inn
895
Despite not recognizing the new
building and new flag of the inn, Rip
recognized this object.
sign
896
These three substitutions were made
to the portrait of the King George in
“Rip Van Winkle”.
blue coat, sword, and new
hat
897
After Rip wakes up from his twenty-
year sleep, his new president is now
this man.
George Washington
898
Irving wrote “Rip Van Winkle” this
many years after the revolutionary
war.
thirty
899
David Walker was born in this state.
North Carolina
900
According to the law in the
seventeenth century, children
followed the condition of this parent
when it came to slavery.
mother
901
Charleston was a major center of this
type of trade.
North American intrastate
slave trade
902
David Walker was a lifelong member
of this church in Charleston.
African Methodist
Episcopal Church
903
David Walker was clearly well
established by this year.
1825
904
When he moved to Boston, David
Walker joined this association.
Massachusetts General
Colored Association
905
The bounty on David Walker’s life
had been set at this price.
$10,000
906
David Walker’s Appeal generated
anger and fear in this community.
white community
907
Despite confusion about the
circumstances of David Walker’s
death, most historians believe that
Walker died of this disease.
tuberculosis
908
David Walker’s daughter died of
tuberculosis this much time before
Walker died.
one week
909
David Walker published Appeal in
Four in this year.
1829
910
In the very first line, Walker
addresses Appeal in Four to these
two groups of people.
beloved Brethren and
Fellow Citizens
911
According to Walker, these three
groups of people suffered, but not as
much as African-Americans have
under slavery.
Israelites, Helots and
Roman Slaves
912
According to Walker, these people
have poured wretchedness and
endless miseries onto African
Americans for generations.
Christian Americans
913
All people, except the sons of Africa,
are called by this identifier according
to Walker.
men
914
Walker says that “colored people”
and their children have been called
by this name.
brutes
915
Walker had been searching for years
to figure out what African Americans
had done to white Christian
Americans to receive this form of
punishment.
slavery
916
According to Walker, the world
knows that this practice was the
primary cause of the Romans’
destruction.
slavery
917
This individual stated that when an
enslaver was murdered, all of that
person’s enslaved people would be
condemned to death.
Jefferson
918
Walker would prefer this state of
being over the servile submission to
the tyranny of white Christians.
death
919
Walker wanted to buy a copy of this
piece of literature and give it to
Jefferson’s son.
“Notes on Virginia”
920
According to Walker, African
Americans do not have the chance to
develop talents and education
because of this factor.
Oppression
921
In Appeal in Four, Walker compares
the ending of slavery to this animal’s
finally having its day.
dog
922
In Appeal in Four, Walker compares
America’s “miserable fathers” to this
group of people.
learned philosophers of
Greece
923
Jefferson once praised these three
white Roman slaves for their science
and teaching skills.
Epictetus, Terence, and
Phaedrus
924
In Appeal in Four, Walker uses this
word to describe people whose
greatest object is to fill their
stomachs.
swell-bellied
925
After the American Revolution, the
Union’s thirteen states expanded to
this many states.
twenty-four
926
In Appeal in Four, Walker asks
multiple times if colored people count
as a part of this group.
men
927
In Appeal in Four, Walker asks if this
individual alone is the real master to
all people, regardless of skin color.
Jesus Christ
928
According to Walker in Appeal in
Four, white people act more like this
type of being, rather than
accountable men.
devils
929
Walker believed that other races did
not share half of these three qualities
with white people.
avaricious, deceitful,
unmerciful
930
Walker believed that, as a body,
white people were this many times
more cruel and more unmerciful now
than they had been in the past.
ten
931
Walker claims that because white
Americans identify as this religion,
they are completely prepared for
hellish cruelties.
Christianity
932
Walker’s Appeal in Four is an
example of this American form of
literature.
jeremiad
933
This prophet is sometimes called “the
weeping prophet.”
Jeremiah
934
Both Johnathan Edward’s “Sinners in
the Hands of an Angry God” and
Walker’s Appeal in Four involve
these two modes of address.
lamentation and castigation
935
These people were legally allowed to
destroy any material that they
believed threatened the safety of the
white community.
southern post officers
936
To distribute his book secretly,
Walker hid his small pamphlet-sized
book in these three locations.
hats, coat linings, and
luggage
937
These three later abolitionists
pointed out the contradictions
between Christian theology and
slaveholding.
Frederick Douglas,
Sojourner Truth, and
William Lloyd Garrison
938
Thomas Jefferson penned this
famous line in the Declaration of
Independence.
“all men are created equal”
939
David Walker primarily explores the
ideas of this Founding Father.
Thomas Jefferson
940
In Federalist No. 10, Madison claims
that humankind tends to fall into a
mutual state of this emotion.
animosity
941
In Federalist No. 10, Madison points
out that self-interest forbids a man
from serving in this position to
himself.
judge
942
In Federalist No. 10, Madison says
that this government function shows
the dangers of self-interest.
levying taxes
943
In Federalist No. 10, Madison says
that these types of statesmen will not
always be “at the helm”.
enlightened
944
In Jefferson’s Note on the State of
Virginia, Jefferson declares that this
individual’s work is not real poetry.
Phillis Wheatley
945
In Jefferson’s Note on the State of
Virginia, Jefferson argues for the
intellectual inferiority of people of this
descent.
African
946
In Walker’s Appeal in Four, Walker
demands that these types of people
refute Thomas Jefferson’s racist
claims.
black writers and thinkers
947
Both Phillis Wheatley and David
Walker highlight the contradictions
between Christian theology and this
practice.
enslavement
948
Walkers draws attention to both the
spiritual failures of white Americans
as well their betrayal of these types
of ideals.
political ideals
949
Walker especially mobilizes this form
when he observes that the nation
has become more prejudicial since
the first Revolution.
jeremiad
950
Although Walker never explicitly calls
for this type of event in Appeal in
Four, he does hint that the time soon
might be coming.
revolution
951
This famous revolutionary abolitionist
organized the raid on Harper’s Ferry
and tried to reprint Appeals.
John Brown
952
John Brown organized the raid on
Harper Ferry in this year.
1859
953
Until a scholarly edition of the work
appeared during this year, Appeals
had been out of print.
1965
954
This author was the first Native
American to write an autobiography.
William Apess
955
This name was the name of William
Apess’s autobiography.
A Son of the Forest
956
This year was when A Son of the
Forest was published.
1829
957
William Apess had an impoverished
childhood in this city and state.
Colrain, Massachusetts
958
Apess escaped indentured servitude
at the beginning of this war.
War of 1812
959
After Apess escaped indentured
servitude, he joined this militia.
New York
960
William Apess’s life fundamentally
changed when he converted to this
Christian sect.
Methodism
961
Apess committed himself to these
two activities.
religion and activism
962
The Experiences of Five Christian
Indians of the Pequot Tribe was
published in this year.
1833
963
The Experiences of Five Christian
Indians of the Pequot Tribe
concludes with this essay.
“An Indian’s Looking-Glass
for the White Man”
964
Apess belonged to this Native
American tribe.
Pequot
965
“An Indian’s Looking Glass” was
motivated by experiences that Apess
had in this city and state.
Mashpee, Massachusetts
966
Apess assisted this tribe in their
attempt to regain control over the
land and resources of Mashpee.
Wampanoag Tribe
967
Apess was ultimately able to secure
Mashpee’s status as this type of
district.
Independent Indian district
968
According to Apess, white men
seduce Native women into this type
of practice.
prostitution
969
According to Apess, one reason that
Native women are left without
protection is that their most sensible
and active men are absent at this
location.
sea
970
According to Apess, unholy and
unprincipled men will justify the cruel
treatment of Indians for this reason.
skin
971
Apess acknowledges that we live in
this type of world.
“confused”
972
Apess claims that the black
inconsistency is this many times
blacker than any skin that exists in
Universe.
ten
973
According to Apess, God has created
this many “colored” people to one
white.
fifteen
974
Apess believes that if all nations
were measured against each other,
this group of people would have the
greatest national crimes.
975
This individual says in his Epistles
“He loveth God, loveth his brother
also.”
John
976
In order to examine Christianity as it
relates to principles, Apess suggests
looking at these types of rules.
Precepts
977
According to Apess, the first saying
of Jesus that takes our attention is
this three-word phrase.
“Thou shalt love”
978
Jesus Christ held this identity,
making him not white.
Jew
979
According to Apess, at the time of
Jesus, white people sacrificed their
children to these objects.
Idols
980
Apess states that this individual
“labored more abundantly” for
building up a Christian nation
amongst white people than the
Apostles.
St. Paul
981
In “An Indian’s Looking Glass,”
Apess claims that Jesus Christ and
his Apostles never looked at outward
appearances, but instead at these
inner organs.
Hearts
982
The phrase “God is no respecter of
persons” comes from this number in
Acts.
Acts 10
983
According to Apess, the point of
these types of societies is to
Christianize those who are not
Christians.
Missionary Societies
984
In Massachusetts, anyone that
married an Indian and white person
would be subject to a fine of this
value.
fifty pounds
985
Apess clarifies that even though his
argument revolves around marriage
laws, he is not looking for this type of
person.
a wife
986
Apess states that these three
respected individuals are fighting for
Native American rights daily
Webster, Everett, and Wirt
987
Apess ends “An Indian’s Looking
Glass,” with this five-letter phrase.
“shall peace pervade the
Union”
988
Apess’s “An Indian’s Looking Glass”
and Walker’s Appeal share this
literary form.
jeremiad
989
Although he does not explicitly use
the word, Apess identifies this belief
as the sole basis for discrimination
against American Indians.
racism
990
The word “racism” did not enter the
English lexicon until this century.
twentieth
991
Apess’s “An Indian’s Looking Glass”
identifies contradictions between
racial prejudice and this type of
theology.
Christian
992
While preserving the spirit of popular
government, Madison seeks to
secure these two entities when a
majority faction forms.
public good and private
rights
993
This form of government consists of
a small number of citizens who
assemble and administer the
government in person, according to
Madison.
pure democracy
994
Theoretic politicians have wrongly
believed that by giving everyone
equal political rights, citizens would
share these three equalities.
possessions, opinions, and
passions
995
According to Madison, this form of
government is one in which a
scheme of representation takes
place.
republic
996
Federalist No. 10 argues that this
form of government promises a cure
for the negative effects of factions.
republic
997
According to Madison in Federalist
No. 10, representative officials have
these two qualities, meaning that
they will consistently uphold public
good.
patriotism and love of
justice
998
According to Madison, the influence
of factious leaders may kindle this
type of object within their states, but
it will not spread to other states.
flame
999
Apess accuses white Americans of
not understanding the difference
between metaphoric darkness and
this type of darkness.
literal
1000
Apess explains that many Native
Americans to turn to these two
activities because they are
impoverished and starved.
prostitution and alcohol
1001
Clara says that she is writing for this
reason.
the benefit of mankind
1002
Clara says that her maternal
grandfather was of this occupation.
merchant
1003
This relative of Clara had noble
ancestry.
father
1004
Clara’s grandfather studied in this
country.
Germany
1005
Clara’s grandfather enjoyed these
two leisure pursuits.
literature and music
1006
Clara’s father had this sort of outlook
on life.
gloomy (morose)
1007
Clara’s father becomes transformed
by a writer of this Christian sect.
Protestant
1008
Clara’s father experienced
conversion when he read these
words.
“Seek and ye shall find”
1009
Clara’s father read a book that
contains the writings of this kind of
“apostle”.
Casmissard
1010
Clara’s father believed it was his duty
to spread this type of “truth”.
gospel
1011
Clara’s father believed it was his duty
to spread the gospel to this group of
people.
“North-American Indians”
1012
Clara’s father traveled from England to this city
Philadelphia
1013
Clara’s father believed that worship should be carried on in this type of state.
solitary
1014
Near the end of his life, Clara’s father believes that he will suffer this end.
a terrible death
1015
Clara says that her uncle is of this profession.
surgeon
1016
Clara’s father is in this state of mind on the night of his death.
anxious (restless)
1017
Clara’s mother notices these three occurrences before her husband’s death.
a sudden light, a loud report (explosion), and piercing shrieks
1018
Clara’s uncle sees this sight when he rushes to the temple before the father’s death.
“a cloud impregnated with light”
1019
Clara’s father is lying on the ground in this state of dress after the event that precedes his death.
naked
1020
Clara’s father says that he saw this figure before the attack in the temple.
a person bearing a lamp
1021
Clara’s father says that he felt this attack during the strange episode that preceded his death.
a blow from a heavy club on his right arm
1022
As Clara’s father is dying, this strange event happens to his wounds.
putrefaction (bad smells)
1023
Clara was this age when her father died.
six
1024
Clara describes her childhood in this way.
happy and tranquil
1025
Clara says that she and his brother were saved as children from these corrupt places.
colleges and boarding schools
1026
Clara says that her brother was trained for this profession.
agriculture
1027
Clara says that this characteristic can enhance gratification.
self-denial
1028
Clara says that their education contained none of this element.
religion
1029
Clara and her brother put a bust of this Roman statesman in their father’s temple.
Cicero
1030
Clara’s brother obsessively studies this writer.
Cicero
1031
Henry Pleyel rejects “all guidance but that of” this quality.
reason
1032
The brother of Clara believes that he hears this person’s voice warning him of danger on his way to the temple.
his wife’s
1033
Clara says that this personal characteristic is the tool of the understanding.
the will
1034
Wieland learns that he has a claim to lands in this European region.
Lusatia
1035
Wieland says that wealth and power might turn him into this type of leader.
tyrant
1036
This character urges Wieland to pursue his claims to lands in Lusatia.
Henry Pleyel
1037
Henry Pleyel announces this woman’s death to Clara after his return from a midnight walk with Wieland.
Baroness de Stolberg’s
1038
Pleyel and Wieland hear this character’s voice on their midnight walk.
Catharine Wieland’s
1039
When Clara observes an uncouth figure, she wonders how wisdom can be made consistent with this trade.
agriculture
1040
Clara reacts in this way when she hears a stranger at her door ask for a
drink.
crying
1041
Clara admires these two facial features of the ragged stranger who comes to her door.
forehead and eyes
1042
Clara says that she is indifferent to “all the causes” of this common emotion.
fear
1043
After spending a stormy day contemplating death, Clara is frightened by this sound.
a whisper
1044
Clara is terrified to hear strange voices plotting this crime.
murder
1045
Clara hears a voice telling her to perform this action when she falls asleep in the summer house.
“Attend!”
1046
Clara is relieved to hear this man’s voice as she tries to return home when she falls asleep on her walk.
Pleyel’s
1047
Clara hears a voice telling her that he had been planning to murder this person.
herself
1048
Pleyel invites this person to Mettingen.
the mysterious stranger
1049
Clara gives this name to her house.
Mettingen
1050
Pleyel says that he met the mysterious stranger in this country.
Spain
1051
Pleyel reveals that the mysterious stranger has this name.
Carwin
1052
Carwin has converted to this religion.
Catholicism
1053
This character avoids speaking of his past or present when he meets with Clara.
Carwin
1054
Carwin and the other characters speak often about this topic.
the mysterious sounds
1055
Clara observes that Carwin is always of this temperament.
gloomy
1056
Clara observes that Pleyel changes in this way after Carwin’s arrival.
becoming unhappy
1057
Carwin is unfamiliar with this language.
German
1058
Clara is distressed over how to convey this information to Pleyel.
that she loves him
1059
Clara, in the present day, regrets feeling this emotion about her love for Pleyel.
shame
1060
Clara fears that this misadventure has befallen Pleyel when he does not arrive to a planned reading.
drowning
1061
Clara hears this sound when she attempts to open her cabinet door.
shriek (“Hold!”)
1062
Clara dreams that this character is threatening her.
her brother
1063
Clara finds this character hiding in her closet.
Carwin
1064
Clara is looking for this item when she finds Carwin hiding in her closet.
journal
1065
Carwin threatens Clara with this crime.
rape
1066
Clara believes that this power has saved her from Carwin’s attack.
God (“divinity”)
1067
When she believes that Carwin is returning, Clara seizes a penknife for this purpose.
to kill herself
1068
After Carwin leaves, Clara listens to an intruder enter this person’s chamber.
Pleyel’s
1069
The morning after Carwin’s thwarted attack, this person asks to speak with Clara.
Pleyel
1070
The morning after Carwin’s thwarted attack, Pleyel accuses Clara of this misdeed.
an affair with Carwin
1071
Pleyel believes that Clara is conducting an affair with Carwin because he hears this proof.
a conversation between the two
1072
Clara plans to use this means to convince Pleyel of her innocence.
conversation
1073
Clara feels sick and dizzy when she passes through this location on her way to speak with Pleyel.
the city
1074
When she pursues Pleyel to his room, Clara finds this action to be “peculiarly delicious”.
weeping
1075
Pleyel finally seems to believe Clara’s innocence when she performs this action.
fainting
1076
Pleyel calls this man an “imp of mischief”.
Carwin
1077
Pleyel reads a newspaper offering a reward for the recapture of this man.
Carwin
1078
Carwin was imprisoned for these two crimes.
murder and robbery
1079
Pleyel hears from Hallet that Ludloe believes Carwin to be at war with this object.
the happiness of mankind
1080
When Pleyel encounters what he thinks to be Carwin and Clara together, he says that this sense was of no use to him.
sight
1081
At Mrs. Baynton’s, Clara finds a letter from this man.
Carwin
1082
Carwin makes this request of Clara in a letter that he leaves her at Mrs.Baynton’s.
to see him that night
1083
Clara reflects that Carwin’s plot has succeeded for this reason.
coincidence
1084
When Clara arrives home after her trip to the city, she is startled to find the mansion in this state.
empty
1085
Clara is startled to see light in this surprising place when she returns from her brother’s house after her trip to the city.
her window
1086
Clara brings this item to a planned meeting with Carwin.
penknife
1087
As Clara is exploring her dark house, these two senses are suddenly assaulted.
hearing and nerves
1088
As Clara is exploring her dark house, she sees this terrifying sight.
a face
1089
As Clara is exploring her dark house, she finds a letter from this man.
Carwin
1090
As Clara is exploring her dark house, she finds this dreadful object on her bed.
her sister-in-law’s corpse
1091
This man enters the chamber where Clara has discovered her dead sister-in-law.
Wieland
1092
Wieland indicates that he has killed his wife on order from this being.
God
1093
Mr. Hallet will not allow Clara to see Wieland’s children for this reason.
their death
1094
This relative visits Clara after her brother kills his family.
her uncle (mother’s brother)
1095
Clara initially believes that this man has killed Wieland’s family.
Carwin
1096
Clara’s uncle gives her this item when she begs to know who has murdered her family.
a roll of paper
1097
Wieland says that this being is the object of his supreme passion.
God
1098
Chapter XVIII consists primarily of a letter written by this man.
Wieland
1099
Wieland sees this sight before a figure orders him to kill his wife.
glowing light
1100
Wieland kills his wife by this method.
strangulation
1101
After Wieland kills his wife, a voice tells him to kill these people.
his children
1102
Clara believes this man to be responsible for her brother’s madness.
Carwin
1103
Clara’s uncle tells her that her grandfather died in this way.
throwing himself off a cliff
1104
Clara doubts that her brother can be described in this way.
criminal
1105
After her brother’s murders, Clara finds that her love for this man has vanished.
Pleyel
1106
After realizing that she has fallen out of love with Pleyel, Clara learns that this woman is still alive.
Theresa de Stolberg
1107
When her uncle proposes to take her to Europe, Clara finds that her heart “sickens” at the prospect of this type of experience.
nature
1108
Clara resolves to see this man before leaving for Europe with her uncle.
her brother
1109
Clara’s uncle fears that she remains is in danger from this man.
her brother
1110
Wieland believes he must kill this man as well as Clara.
Pleyel
1111
Clara travels to this location in order to destroy her journal.
Mettingen
1112
When she returns to her house before leaving for Europe, Clara resolves to take this action.
ending her life
1113
This man enters Clara’s room when she is contemplating ending her life.
Carwin
1114
When Clara meets Carwin in her house, he says that he is ignorant of this event.
the murder of her family
