Unit 2 Test-- FINAL EXAM Flashcards
(25 cards)
True or false
The theme for Tom Walker story is: You cant beat the devil at his own game
True
True or False
The characters of Tom Walker and his wife are stereotypes that we call flat characters
True
True or False The description of the “tall trees” calls to mind the words “tall sinners”
True
True or False In Irving’s “The Devil & Tom Walker”, the setting is first described realistically and then supernatural elements are added
True
True or False The “tall sinners” in the Tom Walker story are doomed men who became wealthy through their work in the establishment of orphanages
False
True or False the plot of “The Devil & Tom Walker” is: a man sells his soul to the devil
True
How long does the prologue’s reper kicked insistent meter set the mood for “The Song of Hiawatha”?
It echoes the rhythm of tom-toms, as a powwow
Which statement does not apply to the stanzas in the “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”?
The stanzas have no regular pattern of rhyme
Which word best describes Longfellow’s attitude toward death in “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”?
Accepting
In line 1 of the prologue to “The Song of Hiawatha”, what is the meaning of the question “whence these stories”?
“Where did these stories come from?”
In “The Song of Hiawatha,” Longfellow believes that Native American tales derive their power from what source?
Nature itself, whose spirit is expressed in native peoples and their cultures
The stories to be told in “The Song of Hiawatha” are taken from what sources?
Native American legends
The five line stanzas of “The Tide Rises, The Tide falls” are called
Cinquains
In “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” when does the curlew call?
Twilight
What broader meaning might be signified by the image of the tide in the line “And the tide rises, the tide falls”?
Life’s cyclical enduring nature
Which sentence best summarizes the prologue to the Song of Hiawatha?
The prologue introduces traditional stories from Native American culture
What is “one condition which need not be mentioned, being generally understood in all cases where the devil grants favors”?
Tom’s giving his soul to the devil
What is the significance of Tom’s finding most of all the trees in the forest each “marked with the name of some great man of the colony?”
Carved into the trees in the Devil’s forest are names of those who made a deal with him
Tom’s wife is a stereotype of
A nagging, shrewish wife
What seems to be Tom’s prime motivation in agreeing to the devils terms?
Greed
Which of these details most clearly suggest that the figureTom meets is the devil?
His eyes are red, and he is covered with soot.
According to the speaker in Thanatopsis, what will happen to him after death?
His body will become part of nature
The title Thanatopsis means
A vision of death
Old Ironsides was the nickname of
The U.S.S. Consitution, a War of 1812 battleship
