Unit+5+Test+Review

American Literature – Unit 5 Test Review

Bring: #2 pencil, pen, your notes, your journal, your lit. book, your Twain packet.

There are 30 multiple-choice questions. You will be allowed to use your notes on this section

Question 1 deals with the unit introduction.

Questions 2-3 deal with //My Bondage and My Freedom.//

Question 4 deals with Robert E. Lee and his letter to his sister.

Question 5-6 deal withLincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.”

Questions 7-8 deal with Chief Joseph’s “I will Fight No more Forever” and Chief Seattle’s “Letter to President Pierce.”

Question 10 deals with Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself.”

Question 11 deals with Whitman’s “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer.”

Question 12 deals with “This Dust Was Once the Man.”

Question 13-14 deal with “A Noiseless Patient Spider.”

Question 15 deals with “Now Lift me Close.”

Question 16 deals with Emily Dickinson.

Question 17 deals withDickinson’s “Apparently with no surprise.”

Question 18 deals with “Success is counted sweetest.

Questions 19-21 deal with Twain and his writing in general.

Questions 22-25 deal with Twain’s “Advice to Youth.”

Questions 26-27 deal with “The War Prayer.”

Questions 28-30 deal with “The Story of the Good Little Boy who Did Not Prosper.”

Unit 5 Student Review Questions 1. Who was the most famous poet in this unit? 2. What was the change in writing from unit 4 to unit 5? 3. Do all stories have a deeper level? Does the writing go past the surface? Is it a way of saying what you feel between the lines? 4. How did the civil war affect these authors’ works? 5. How are Dickinson, Whitman and Twain alike? 6. What is the difference between tone and mood? 7. What is the “ism” for this unit? 8. Were Dickinson, Whitman and Twain famous in their own lifetimes or only after they died? 9. What war was going on during this time period? 10. Why did people start moving west during this time period? 11. Why are the poems in this unit more modern than in previous units? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What kind of song is “Go Down, Moses”? 13. What is a “drinking gourd”? 14. What does it signify? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Why did Frederick Douglass want to read and write so badly? 16. What was Douglass’ tone in MB&MF? Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. What was the main point of Lee’s letter to his sister? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. In Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, what is being reborn? 19. Why is democracy relevant in TGA? 20. How did Lincoln feel about the war? 21. Who honored TGA the most? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 22. What’s the main idea behind “I Will Fight No More Forever”? 23. Whose perspective of war is this speech written from? 24. What was the main message form Chief Seattle’s letter to President Pierce? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 25. Who was Whitman’s idol? 26. How did Whitman talk about Abe Lincoln? 27. What important topics did Whitman write about? 28. Whom is Whitman admiring in TDWOTM? 29. Were Whitman’s Transcendentalist influences positive or negative in IHAS or BBD? 30. In “NLMC” whom is Whitman talking to? 31. What’s the meaning of the second half of “WIHTLA”? 32. What are some of the main points in IHAS? 33. What/whom does this poem signify? 34. Why does Whitman sign his name at the end of “SOD”? 35. In SOD who are Whitman’s heirs? 36. Why does Whitman believe that everyone is the same or equal? 37. Does Whitman use meter well in his work? 38. Is Whitman’s work original, unique? What’s the theme of “Song of Myself”? 39. In ANPS, what is the spider? (What does it symbolize or what is it compared to)? 40. Do Whitman’s & Dickinson’s writing show satire towards the state? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 41. Is Dickinson’s work original, unique? 42. Why did Dickinson stay in her house all the time? 43. How did this influence her poetry? 44. What is the mood of her poetry? 45. Was Dickinson religious? 46. In “AWNS” why does God approve of the frost killing the flower? 47. What’s the message in AWNS? Who is the blonde assassin in AWNS? 48. Why is she so strict about whom she talks to in TSSHOS? 49. What does “possibility” represent in “IDIP”? 50. What’s the significance of “a fairer house than prose”? 51. What are some of the big themes in TIMLTTW? 52. What attitude about herself is revealed in this poem? 53. What did Dickinson worry about being judged harshly for? 54. Is there any advice in IDIP? 55. What’s the main point of IFAFIMB? 56. What is the analogy in this poem? 57. What was the bustle in the house in ABITH? 58. What is TACSOL about? 59. What is the obvious difference b/t Twain’s and Dickinson’s writing? 60. In SICS, what did the purple host achieve? 61. Who understands success the most? 62. What does the fly symbolize in IHAFBWID? 63. What’s going on in BICNSFD? 64. What does she mean in MLCTBIC? __________________________________________________________________________________________ 65. Why did Twain hate Dickinson? 66. What was/is Twain known for? 67. What is the surface level for ATY? 68. Why does Twain claim not to be a good liar in “ATY” when he is? 69. How does Twain use satire in ATY when he says “Obey your parents when they are present”? 70. What is satire? 71. How does sarcasm effectively criticize topics? 72. Why does Twain use satire so often in ATY? 73. What is ATY all about? 74. How can you tell when Twain is being sarcastic? 75. What’s the main purpose of TWP? 76. What was the minister praying for in this story? 77. Why do the people think the messenger is crazy? 78. Why doesn’t Twain speak directly to his audience? 79. Why did Twain change his name, and what does it mean?