MIDTERM

Question 0

Who from the book April Morning said “ ‘it takes no courage to fire a gun and to kill, merely a state of mind that makes killing possible.’ “

Answer 0

solomon Chandler

Question 1

who from the book April Morning said “ ‘Adam Cooper had many fine qualities, something that i will not deny, but he was just a pig headed and stubborn and enamored of the sound of his own voice as you are.’ “

Answer 1

Granny

Question 2

who from the book April Morning said “ ‘ the proof of a man is the will to do work and the ability to use his mind and his judgement.’ “

Answer 2

Moses Cooper

Question 3

Who from the book April Morning said “ ‘ we took up arms for our home place and he died for it. That’s an old old way Adam older than you and me remember. There are worse ways for a man to die i tell you.’ “

Answer 3

Cousin Simmons

Question 4

Who from the book April Morning said “ ‘ A boy doesnt turn into a man overnight. It takes learning and growing and hurting. and most of all it takes time.’ “

Answer 4

Sarah cooper

Question 5

Who from the book April Morning was an elderly firebrand who befriends adam and gives him food

Answer 5

Solomon Chandler

Question 6

Who from the book April Morning was adams younger brother

Answer 6

Levi

Question 7

Who from the book April Morning was a sea captain Adams maternal uncle

Answer 7

Ishmael Jamison

Question 8

Who from the book April Morning was cooper cousin and a committeemen

Answer 8

Joseph Simmons

Question 9

Who from the book April Morning was the militia’s musician killed in battle

Answer 9

Jonathan Harrington

Question 10

t or f adam somberly tells teh newspapermen at the meeting house all about the battle

Answer 10

false he doesnt tell the story at all

Question 11

t or f when adam has questions he usually talks to his grandmother

Answer 11

true

Question 12

t or f when he asks for the blessings before meals moses cooper reverently and politely bows his head and insists that his family to do the same.

Answer 12

false

Question 13

t or f

the reverend invites sam adams and john hancock to his house for a meeting right before the british arrive.

Answer 13

false

Question 14

t or f

Moses Cooper does not encourage adam to participate in the committee meeting

Answer 14

true

Question 15

t or f
the reverend agrees with solomon chandler that the colonists fight in
gods cause

Answer 15

false

Question 16

t or f

adam is definately leaving home to go to sea

Answer 16

false

Question 17

t or f

the red coats do not find any of the colonists store of ammunition and fire arms at concord.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

t or f

Moses cooper favors the committees keeping of minutes.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

t or f

solomon chandler criticizes adam for running away instead of firing his gun at the redcoats on the common.

Answer 19

false

Question 20

t or f

the village committee is well supplied with the latest firearms and ammunition.

Answer 20

false

Question 21

t or f

on the day before the battle adam cooper appreciates his fathers positive counsel

Answer 21

false

Question 22

t or f
the american revolution was fought not only with the weapons but with thousands of pamphlets essays songs and poems and speeches

Answer 22

true

Question 23

t or f
the core of american identity and expression is the declaration of independence the single most significant literary and political work of the 18 th century

Answer 23

true

Question 24

t or f

a cultural revolution occurred in the midst of the revolutionary period

Answer 24

true

Question 25

t or f
writers of the revolutionary period reflected the age of romanticism believing that by using reason people could manage themselves and society without depending on authorities or past traditions

Answer 25

false

Question 26

t or f

the war of words began in 1763 with religious intolerance and finally led to the american revolution

Answer 26

false

Question 27

t or f
patrick henrys most famous line Give me liberty or give me death
came from his speech in the Virginia convention

Answer 27

true

Question 28

t or f thomas paine was known for his rhetoric and persuasiveness

Answer 28

true

Question 29

t or f

both ben franklin and thomas jefferson helped to frame the declaration of independance and were also signers.

Answer 29

true

Question 30

t or f

patrick henry could move his listeners to anger fear or laughter more easily than the most talented actor.

Answer 30

true

Question 31

t or f

Thomas Paine wrote the common sense in which he argued that americans must fight for independance.

Answer 31

true

Question 32

t or f

michel guillaume jean de crevecour wrote about the transformation of americans into europeans

Answer 32

false

Question 33

t or f
Phillis Wheatley was a literary phenomenon in that she was a female slave who published sophisticated poetry in her second language

Answer 33

true

Question 34

t or f ben franklin advocated moral mediocrity as can be seen in his autobiography

Answer 34

false

Question 35

t or f

Ben franklin was a renaissance man

Answer 35

true

Question 36

t or f

Jefferson founded the university of miami

Answer 36

false

Question 37

t or f

Patrick henry was considered the worst orator of the american revolution

Answer 37

false

Question 38

Solomon chandler has learned what he knows of the british army and soldiers during…

Answer 38

the french and indian war

Question 39

the first express rider believes that the british army is headed for….

Answer 39

concord

Question 40

adam agrees with sam hodely that ….

Answer 40

the whole affair is based on rumor and an attack by the british army is unlikely.

Question 41

At the dinner table moses admonishes adam for

Answer 41

being superstitious

Question 42

the British do not surrender because…..

Answer 42

there is no one to surrender to

Question 43

the village reverend has to step in when the women have a great controversy over….

Answer 43

the use of maize or flour in making boiled pudding

Question 44

cousin simmons is unsure wether to sign the muster book the second time because…

Answer 44

he is lexingtons only blacksmith

Question 45

in levis nightmare the sky is……

Answer 45

red

Question 46

levi cleans adams fowling piece in the beginning of the novel because he wants to….

Answer 46

apologize for having gotten adam into trouble

Question 47

moses cooper believes that when the british soldiers see the militia the soldiers will….

Answer 47

respect the colonists for standing up for principle

Question 48

the first member of the family to see adam return from the fighting is….

Answer 48

levi

Question 49

mr. cooper is a man who….

Answer 49

tolerates no ones opinions besides his own.

Question 50

The undertaker apologizes to adam for

Answer 50

the poor workmanship on the coffin

Question 51

the men marching to concord are unashamed to weep because they are….

Answer 51

plain people unaccustomed to war

Question 52

When the british open fire on the colonists adam screams and….

Answer 52

runs away with everyone else

Question 53

adam likes to visit his grandmothers room because she

Answer 53

allows him to provoke her

Question 54

the decision to muster the militia is made on the basis of ringing oratory delivered by

Answer 54

moses cooper

Question 55

sarah cooper’s grandfather Issac has an unfavorable reputation for

Answer 55

bigamy

Question 56

when the reverend begins to speak to the british officers, major pitcairn

Answer 56

drives his horse toward the reverend and forces him to leap aside

Question 57

moses cooper believes that the rights of human beings derive from

Answer 57

their ability to reason

Question 58

solomon chandler believes the redcoats are….

Answer 58

highly disciplined but ignorant

Question 59

adam dislikes isah peterkin because of his

Answer 59

hypocrisy

Question 60

in the crowd at buckmans; cousin simmons asks adam to

Answer 60

find ruth and escort her home

Question 61

shivering on the common shortly before dawn is a muster of

Answer 61

seventy men

Question 62

the first of the committee men to fall is

Answer 62

moses cooper

Question 63

the committee men decide to break into groups of twos and threes rather than fight as a unit because

Answer 63

the british cannot chase down many small groups of men

Question 64

adam tells his mother that another massacre cannot happen because

Answer 64

the committeemen now know they must fight wether they like it or not

Question 65

father believes that the proper way to defeat superstition is

Answer 65

a belief in materialism

Question 66

t or f the description of tall trees calls to mind the words tall sinners

Answer 66

true

Question 67

t or f
in irvings the devil and tom walker the setting is first described realistically and then supernatural elements are added

Answer 67

true

Question 68

t or f the characters of tom walker and his wife are stereotypes that we call flat characters

Answer 68

true

Question 69

t or f tom became a violent churchgoer because he was truly converted from his wicked ways.

Answer 69

false

Question 70

t or f
the plot of devil and tom walker is:
a man sells his soul to the devil

Answer 70

true

Question 71

t or f
the tall sinners in the tom walker story are doomed men who become wealthy through their work in the establishment of orphanages

Answer 71

false

Question 72

t or f the theme for the devil and tom walker story is:

you cant beat the devil at his own game

Answer 72

true

Question 73

t or f our territory expanded all the way to California

Answer 73

true

Question 74

t or f
this period is called the golden age of american literature because of our authors initiated the development of a uniquely american style or voice. these writers forged new paths and moved away from european traditions.

Answer 74

true

Question 75

t or f the east was connected to the midwest by the construction of the cumberland road

Answer 75

true

Question 76

t or f

the first black newspaper the underground journal was published during this time

Answer 76

false

Question 77

t or f
as a result of such fast and tremendous growth the US experienced an increase in problems such as slavery poverty lack of food and exploitation

Answer 77

true

Question 78

t or f

the fireside poets are longfellow whittier lowell and cooper

Answer 78

false

Question 79

t or f

during 1800-1870 there was an increase in population in the US

Answer 79

true

Question 80

t or f thousands more acres of cotton could be cultivated because of eli whitneys invention of the sewing machine

Answer 80

false

Question 81

t or f the erie canal was constructed to connect the hudson river to lake erie

Answer 81

true

Question 82

t or f during this time period there was an increase in wealth in america due to the increase in shipping trade manufacturing and architectural design

Answer 82

false

Question 83

the opening descriptions of the forest suggest that what tom will find there will be

Answer 83

treacherous and malignant

Question 84

a main lesson of this story is

Answer 84

greed and meanness lead to misery

Question 85

toms wife is a stereotype of

Answer 85

a nagging shrewish wife

Question 86

what is the significance of toms finding most of the tall trees in the forest each marked with the name of some great man of the colony

Answer 86

carved onto the trees in the devils forest are the names of the people who made a deal with the devil

Question 87

what is the one condition which need not be mentioned being generally understood in all cases where the devil grants favors

Answer 87

toms giving his soul to the devil

Question 88

which detail most clearly suggests that the figure tom meets is the devil

Answer 88

his eyes are red and he is covered with soot

Question 89

what seems to be toms prime motivation in agreeing to the devils terms

Answer 89

greed

Question 90

from whos perspective is the story heretics daughter told

Answer 90

lydia’s grandmother

Question 91

what medium is used in the heretics daughter

Answer 91

first hand account of the events

Question 92

what is the dominant phisical feature of the narrators father in the heretics daughter

Answer 92

he is tall

Question 93

why was the narrator in heretics daughter sent to billerica

Answer 93

because andover had small pox

Question 94

with whom does the narrator of heretics daughter stay while in billerica

Answer 94

with her aunt and uncle

Question 95

the narrator and her cousin in heretics daughter are called what by the narrators uncle

Answer 95

twins

Question 96

what does the narrator trade with margaret in heretics daughter

Answer 96

a poppet

Question 97

in whose house does the narrator live in andover in heretics daughter

Answer 97

the grandmothers

Question 98

who moves in with the narrators family in heretics daughter

Answer 98

mercy williams

Question 99

of what does allen accuse the narrators family in heretics daughter

Answer 99

taking his grandmothers land from him

Question 100

what is mercy’s backstory in the book heretics daughter

Answer 100

she was kidnapped by a native tribe and orphaned

Question 101

what happened when lightning struck the tree in heretics daughter

Answer 101

the field burned

Question 102

what does mercy say that richard did in heretics daughter

Answer 102

make her pregnant

Question 103

after the narrators mom in heretics daughter and uncle fight where is the next place the narrator sees the uncle

Answer 103

the inn drinking ale with a woman

Question 104

where does the narrator mom take the narrator to vent her feelings in heretics daughter

Answer 104

a field beyond the family plot where her mother took her

Question 105

what does the mother give to the narrator to eat at the moment in heretics daughter

Answer 105

a mushroom

Question 106

what does mercy do to the narrator in the graveyard outside the meeting house in heretics daughter

Answer 106

bite her ear

Question 107

what does the narrator do in the meeting house the draws looks in heretics daughter

Answer 107

laughs

Question 108

what was cousin allen doing in the barn in heretics daughter

Answer 108

setting a fire

Question 109

what is a secret the narrator must keep about the narrators mother in heretics daughter

Answer 109

the red book

Question 110

what was stolen from the narrator by mercy in heretics daughter

Answer 110

the needle

Question 111

how did they say the carrier family was responsible for the death of thirteen people in heretics daughter

Answer 111

they brought small pox to the town

Question 112

what eventually happened to the narrators uncle in heretics daughter

Answer 112

committed suicide according to dr. ames

Question 113

the narrators father was rumored to have killed whom in heretics daughter

Answer 113

king charles I

Question 114

the mothers advice to the narrator was to ….. in heretics daughter

Answer 114

tell the court anything they wanted to hear

Question 115

when was the first time the narrators father held the narrator as far as they could remember in heretics daughter

Answer 115

after her brothers were jailed

Question 116

what did the narrators brother do to prove he was not useless in heretics daughter

Answer 116

diverted and shot a rabid dog

Question 117

what does the narrator say to the doctor if he takes brothers arm in heretics daughter

Answer 117

she will curse him

Question 118

what were the two words the 80 year old man said as they piled stones on top of him in heretics daughter

Answer 118

more wieght

Question 119

the sheriffs wife would come to the cell to do what in heretics daughter

Answer 119

barter clothing for food

Question 120

when they began to release prisoners who were the first to go in heretics daughter

Answer 120

the children of andover

Question 121

what happened to the narrators cousin margaret in heretics daughter

Answer 121

she was kidnapped by a native tribe

Question 122

what is a short story set in present time that makes a reference to rome’s coliseum

Answer 122

allusion

Question 123

what is this an example of
the sun that brief december day
roses cheerless over hills of gray

Answer 123

couplet

Question 124

what is this an example of

talors comparison between cloth making and God’s granting of graces in his poem

Answer 124

conceit

Question 125

what is in death there is life an example of

Answer 125

a paradox

Question 126

what employs wit to ridicule a subject

Answer 126

a satire

Question 127

what is the use of 2 or more inconsistent metaphors in one expression

Answer 127

mixed metaphor

Question 128

what does not directly state that one thing is the other

Answer 128

implied metaphor

Question 129

what is an implied or stated comparison between 2 or more unlike things

Answer 129

metaphor

Question 130

a comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as ten or resembles

Answer 130

similie

Question 131

what is this an example of

in some songs the constant reference to mary is really a reference to marijuana

Answer 131

extended metaphor

Question 132

what is this an example of

foot of a hill

Answer 132

dead metaphor

Question 133

what is this an example of

a person could spread out the plan of life and tuck in the edges orderly

Answer 133

metaphor

Question 134

what is this an example of
like mourning weeds dark festoons of seagrass slimily swept to and fro over the name of every hearselike roll of the hull.

Answer 134

similie

Question 135

what is this an example of

furtive silver glintings

Answer 135

imagery

Question 136

what is this an example of

emotionally powerful symbols are used to suggest meaning and mood also a movement in france

Answer 136

symbolism

Question 137

what is this an example of

a brief reference to a person event or place or a work of art

Answer 137

allusion

Question 138

what is this an example of

a comparison used throughout a work

Answer 138

extended metaphor

Question 139

what is this an example of

a comparison has become so common place that it seems literal rather than figurative

Answer 139

dead metaphor

Question 140

what is this an example of

sensory details that make a work vivid bring it alive detail that appeal to the senses

Answer 140

imagery

Question 141

what is this an example of

something that seems self contradictory but which has a valid meaning

Answer 141

paradox

Question 142

what is this an example of

2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Answer 142

couplet

Question 143

what is this an example of

a humorous story that is outlandishly exaggerated

Answer 143

tall tale

Question 144

what is this an example of

a writers choice of words particularly for clarity effectiveness and precision

Answer 144

diction

Question 145

what is this an example of

distinctive handling of language

Answer 145

style

Question 146

what is this an example of

a pair of rhymed verses in iambic pentameter

Answer 146

heroic couplet

Question 147

what is this an example of

a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between 2 startlingly different things

Answer 147

conciet

Question 148

what is this an example of

authors attitude toward his subject

Answer 148

tone

Question 149

what is this an example of

a poetic foot consisting of a unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 149

iamb

Question 150

what is this an example of

exact repetition of sounds of 2 or more words

Answer 150

rhyme

Question 151

t or f

the middle colonies were known of their religious tolerance

Answer 151

true

Question 152

t or f

there is a difference between pilgrims and puratins

Answer 152

true

Question 153

t or f

the literature of the native americans was always written on bark

Answer 153

false

Question 154

t or f

europeans began to show interest in colonizing north america by the end of the 17 th century

Answer 154

false

Question 155

t or f

columbus kept a journal that formed the basis for his reports to ferdinand and isabella

Answer 155

true

Question 156

t or f

the majority of the europeans who came to north america were adventures looking for gold

Answer 156

false

Question 157

t or f
puratins came to america to establish a city upon a hill that would stand as a holy temple and show the church of england the way

Answer 157

true

Question 158

t or f

one common form of writing used by the puritans was drama

Answer 158

false

Question 159

t or f

early colonial writing was practical and linked to life work and beliefs

Answer 159

true

Question 160

t or f
although there was great diversity among the colonists certain elements were common among them: fascination with technology, desire for fair government and focus on practical matters

Answer 160

false

Question 161

t or f

the southern colonies consisted mainly of small farms

Answer 161

false

Question 162

t or f
native americans and european colonists interacted exchanging ideas values beliefs new americans resulted from this change and the flavor of the colonies was no longer quite european

Answer 162

true

Question 163

t or f

pilgrims are also known a separatists

Answer 163

true

Question 164

t or f

puritans believed that every man woman and child needed leisure time

Answer 164

false

Question 165

t or f the planting aristocracy of the southern colonies believed in public service

Answer 165

true

Question 166

t or f

john smith was the successful leader of the first successful English colony in america

Answer 166

true

Question 167

t or f

anne bradstreet was america’s first published female poet

Answer 167

true

Question 168

t or f

william bradford was reelected as governor of plymouth colony 2 times

Answer 168

false

Question 169

t or f

edward taylor was the only american colonial poet of the metaphysical school of poetry

Answer 169

true

Question 170

t or f

Jonathan Edwards was an eminent theologian whose preaching sparked the great awakening

Answer 170

true

Question 171

t or f
anne bradstreets to my dear and loving husband is written in the most common meter in american and english poetry iambic pentameter

Answer 171

true

Question 172

what is an inscription on a tombstone or a short poem written in memory of someone who has died

Answer 172

epitaph

Question 173

what is the story is told by one of the characters in his or her own words use of first person pronouns

Answer 173

first person

Question 174

what is a fully developed character who is complex revealing several sides to his/her personality and growing and changing as the story progresses

Answer 174

round character

Question 175

what is the main character of a story called

Answer 175

protagionist

Question 176

what is it called when the narrator focuses on all of the characters

Answer 176

third person omniscient

Question 177

the narrator is not a character in the story at all but is telling about the characters in the story use of third person pronouns

Answer 177

third person

Question 178

what is the sequence of events or actions in a short story novel play or narrative poem called

Answer 178

plot

Question 179

what is it called when the use of small phrases clauses or sentances that are similiar or complementary in structure or meaning

Answer 179

parallelism

Question 180

what is it called when a short often biblical saying that expresses truth is shown

Answer 180

proverb

Question 181

what is the vantage point from which a narrative is told called

Answer 181

point of view

Question 182

what is this an example of

trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string

Answer 182

aphorism

Question 183

what is this an example of
they tell us sir that we are weak unable to cope with so formidable adversity but when shall we be stronger? Will it be when we are totally disarmed and when british guard shall be stationed in every house

Answer 183

rhetorical question

Question 184

what is this an example of
the body of ben franklin printer
the the cover of an old book the contents torn out and stript of its lettering and guilding lies here food for worms

Answer 184

epitaph

Question 185

what is this an example of
beat beat drums blow bugles blow
make no parley stop for no expostulation
mind not the timid mind not the weeper or prayer
mind not the old man beseeching the young man

Answer 185

parallelism

Question 186

what is this an example of 
quoth the raven nevermore 
with such a name as nevermore 
then the bird said nevermore
of never...nevermore

Answer 186

repetition

Question 187

what is the time and place in which events in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem occur called

Answer 187

setting

Question 188

what is a terse pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observing about life called

Answer 188

aphorism

Question 189

what is the general idea or insight about life that a writer that wishes to convey in a lit work called

Answer 189

theme

Question 190

what is a question suggesting its own answer or not requiring and answer

Answer 190

rhetorical question

Question 191

what is a one dimensional character often revealing a single personal quality and staying the same throughout the story

Answer 191

flat character

Question 192

what is a book of months and days for one year with wealthier predictions a wide variety of miscellaneous info and proverbs

Answer 192

almanac

Question 193

what is the repetition of words sounds or phrases for effect a sound device in poetry called

Answer 193

repetition

Question 194

what is a narrator that focuses on only one character is called

Answer 194

third person limited

Question 195

What is a person animal thing or natural force appearing in a lit work called

Answer 195

character

Question 196

what is a character who opposes the main character who is against the main character

Answer 196

antagonist