Lit Study Guide

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

According to the textbook, in 1494 a man amazed Europeans with his tales of the New World, something they'd never experienced before. Who was that man? A man named:Answer

Selected Answer:Diego Colon

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

While at first there was a lot of "wonder" at the novelty of new things each culture experienced with their first encounters, what appalled the Natives most at first?

"The Natives at first found the [a] of European [b] appalling."

Specified Answer for: a scale

Specified Answer for: b warfare

Question 3

2 out of 2 points

What were the twin "diseases" that decimated the Native peoples? (Two answers required.)Answer

Selected Answers:microbes

slavery

Question 4

13 out of 13 points

What form did some of the Native expressions of literature take? Match the form with the tribe.Answer

Question Selected Match

Winnebago D.trickster tale cycles

Apache H.jokes

Hopi C.personal naming and grievance chants

Yaqui G.deer songs

Piman F.shamanic chants

Iroquois A.condolence rituals

Navajo B.curing and blessing chants

Chippewa E.songs of the Great Medicine Society

Question 5

2 out of 2 points

Native American verbal expression could only be accepted as literature after what literary movement moved from medium of expression to kind of expression?Answer

Selected Answer:Romanticism

Question 6

2 out of 2 points

After the Discovery of the New World, about how long did it take to explore the continental coasts and much of the interior? About. . .Answer

Selected Answer:50 years

Question 7

2 out of 2 points

Shakespeare uses a perilous voyage which ultimately colonizes America as a backdrop for which of his plays?Answer

Selected Answer:The Tempest

Question 8

2 out of 2 points

There were three purposes of Early American writing. Which one of the following is not one of the three?Answer

Selected Answer:Letters from wives and families to keep up the spirits of the explorers.

Question 9

2 out of 2 points

The main difference between Pilgrim and Puritan is that the Puritans tried to worked within the established church while the Pilgrims didn't.Answer

Selected Answer: True

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

Who was the most prolific American author near the end of the 17th century?Answer

Selected Answer:Cotton Mather

Question 1

2 out of 2 points

What two things had to happen before justice could be done to the Native American creation stories?

Answer

Selected Answers:

Euro-Americans had to develop the linguistic skills and cultural understanding of Native Americans.

The collaboration of Native Americans

Question 2

0 out of 1 points

The Iroquois Creation StoryDefine cosmogonic myth: "a [narrative] of the establishment of the world."

Answer

Selected Answer: Creation

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

The Iroquois Creation StoryWhen the sky woman self-conceived and began to sink to the dark world, which was the only animal able to comply with the requisition to provide a landing spot for the skywoman?

Answer

Selected Answer:

turtle

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The sky woman suffered from what problem during her pregnancy? The twins within her were

Answer

Selected Answer:

fighting over how they should be born.

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

The good mind creates people out of dust then breathing into their nostrils. The evil mind first forms people out of clay imperfectly and they become

Answer

Selected Answer:

apes

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

The good mind intervenes in the evil mind's second attempt by providing the humans created with clay a/the. . .

Answer

Selected Answer:

most knowledge of good and evil.

Question 7

2 out of 2 points

The good mind attempts a reconciliation with the evil mind which soon falls apart. The evil mind proposes a contest to determine who should govern the universe. Match being with the

thing that will end each one's temporal life.

Answer


Enigorio F.

cornstalks, rushes, reeds, or cattails

Enigonhahetgea B.

deer antlers

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

Pima Stories of the Beginning of the WorldWhat was Thin Leather? A Pima word that meant a recognized master who knew all the ancient stories:

Answer

Selected Answer: see-nee-yaw-kum

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

Pima Stories of the Beginning of the WorldJuhwertamahkai creates a bit of earth out of his perspiration and then creates the greasewood bush to grow upon it. However, what does he rely upon to enlarge this small patch of dirt?

Answer

Selected Answer:

white ants

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

Juhwertamahkai destroys all of human beings three times. Which one of the following is NOT a reason for this destruction?

Answer

Selected Answer:

Refusing to worship the gods

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

Who creates the "most beautiful man yet made"? [a]

Specified Answer for: a

Seeurhuh

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

What strange thing happens to the young man when the doctor's fearful daughter eats the leftover corn broth?

Answer

Selected Answer:

He transforms into a woman and gives birth.

Question 13

5 out of 5 points

In what ways do the following attempt to deal with the flood?

Answer


Juhwerta Mahkai G.

walking stick

Toehahvs E.

canetube

Ee-ee-toy D.

olla or vessel

Humans who ran to Juhwerta Mahkai H.

hole in earth

Humans who followed "a doctor (mahkai)"

F.

climb a mountain

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

The water from the flood was made to go down by the singing of little birds.

Answer


Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Why does Juhwerta Mahkai become angry with Ee-ee-toy after the flood? Ee-ee-toy. . .

Answer

Selected Answer:

destroys the imperfect new humans Juhwerta Mahkai has created.

Question 16

1 out of 1 points

After the flood, what happens to the dolls Toehahv's made that Ee-ee-toy flings into the river? They become _______ and _____.

Answer

Selected Answers:

ducks

beavers

Question 17

2 out of 2 points

ColumbusWhat were the two reasons relationships turned sour between the Taino Indians and those left behind by Columbus after his first voyage? The settlers demanded. . .

Answer

Selected Answers:

gold

sexual partners

Question 18

1 out of 1 points

ColumbusAccording to his letter to Luis de Santangel, what procedure did Columbus follow when he “took possession” of the islands he called the Indies for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain?

Answer

Selected Answer:

He read a proclamation and unfurled a flag.

Question 19

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following did Columbus claim exists in the interior of the island of Espanola?

Answer

Selected Answer:

metal mines

Question 20

1 out of 1 points

In the letter to Luis de Santangel, Columbus emphasizes the New World’s

Answer

Selected Answer:

fertility.

Question 21

1 out of 1 points

What does Columbus ask King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to do for him in the letter regarding the Fourth Voyage?

Answer

Selected Answer:

punish those who had stolen from him and infringed on his rights

Question 22

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following best describes Columbus’s financial situation on his final voyage?

Answer

Selected Answer:

He had spent or been stripped of most of the wealth he had accrued on earlier voyages.

Question 23

1 out of 1 points

In his letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Columbus concludes by stating his future plans if he survives his final voyage. What are they?

Answer

Selected Answer:

to go to Rome and other sites of religious pilgrimage

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

From "The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies" Intro

What was the "Devastation of the Indies" based on?Answer

Selected Answer:oral arguments against slavery

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

From "The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies"

In his overview of the colonization efforts of the New World, Casas cites several abuses of the Indians including:

"The [a] did not content themselves with what the [b] gave them of their own [c], according to their [d],. . . for a [e] eats and [f] in one day an amount of [g] that would suffice to feed [h] houses inhabited by [i] Indians for [j] month."

Selected Answer:

From "The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies"

In his overview of the colonization efforts of the New World, Casas cites several abuses of the Indians including:

"The Spaniards did not content themselves with what the Indians gave them of their own free will, according to their ability,. . . for a Christian eats and consumes in one day an amount of food that would suffice to feed three houses inhabited by ten Indians for one month."

Question 3

2 out of 2 points

What two "sins" are committed against the natives that are against Christian doctrine?Answer

Selected Answers: 13 victims strung up representing "Our Redeemer" and 12 Apostles

pearl divers are denied Christian sacraments

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

Casas relates the harsh treatment of the Indians aboard slave ships at one point relating what macabre form of navigation? The captains could navigate by. . .Answer

Selected Answer:following Indian corpses thrown overboard by earlier ships.

Question 5

2 out of 2 points

A royal decree called [a] was issued which required that the "masters" of the Indians convert them to Christianity and supervise their property. In reality the "masters" took this decree and created a slave-holding system.

Specified Answer for: a repartimiento

Question 6

2 out of 2 points

What two types of cruel labor forced on the Indians does Casas specifically mention?Answer

Selected Answers:pearl diving

mining

Question 7

4.9 out of 7 points

From “The Relation of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca” Intro

Sequence the events that took place in Vaca's life from earliest to latest.Answer

Selected Answer

1. possibly saw Columbus in chains

2. joined Narvaez's Florida expedition

3. stranded near Sarasota Bay

4. convoy of "barges" disperses near Mobile Bay

5. encounter with Alcaraz

6. return to Spain to make a case before Charles V

7. sent in chains back to Spain from his enlightened colonial attempt

8. Algerian exile

9. completes first version of his narrative

10. second publication of his narration, corrected and expanded

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

To Vaca, what is of most concern to the natives? In other words, what do they have to spend most of their time doing?Answer

Selected Answer:searching for food.

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

Vaca relates many strange practices among the Malhado Indians. What is the strange custom when "acquaintances met or occasionally visit"? Before speaking they. . .Answer

Selected Answer:cry for a half hour.

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

What social more of the Old World specifically referred to in the text does De Vaca violate while among the Avavares Indians?Answer

Selected Answer:he wanders around naked

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

What was De Vaca doing that made for his days of "greatest prosperity"?Answer

Selected Answer:scraping and softening skins

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

Children are breast fed until the age ofAnswer

Selected Answer:12

Question 13

0 out of 2 points

At first, De Vaca is happy to run into the Christians headed by de Alcaraz. However, what two things sour their relationship.Answer

Selected Answers: The Pimas and Opatas with De Vaca were enslaved

They are of different religions: Catholic and Protestant

Question 14

2 out of 2 points

The Indians are confused by the behavior of Alcaraz's men (the Christians) and De Vaca and his band thinking they couldn't possibly be from the same culture because "We had come from the [a], they from the [b]; we [c] the sick, they [d] the sound; we came naked and barefoot, they clothed, horsed, and lanced; we coveted nothing but gave whatever we were given, while they [e] whomever they found and bestowed nothing on anyone."

Selected Answer:

The Indians are confused by the behavior of Alcaraz's men (the Christians) and De Vaca and his band thinking they couldn't possibly be from the same culture because "We had come from the sunrise, they from the sunset; we healed the sick, they killed the sound; we came naked and barefoot, they clothed, horsed, and lanced; we coveted nothing but gave whatever we were given, while they robbed whomever they found and bestowed nothing on anyone."

Question 15

3 out of 4 points

Match the event with the authorAnswer


Sovereign is Charles V D.Both Las Casas and De Vaca

Was a student when Columbus triumphantly returned through Seville

C.Las Casas

Perhaps saw Columbus return in chains through Cadiz B.De Vaca

Natives flee to the mountains to avoid the Christians C.Las Casas

After a male dies, the household stays inside for three months C.Las Casas

Ended up at one point on an island off Texas A.Neither Las Casas or De Vaca

Spoke out against the ill-treatment of natives D.Both Las Casas and De Vaca

Upon returning from the New World was awarded the title of Admiral of the Ocean Sea

A.Neither Las Casas or De Vaca

Question 1

2 out of 2 points

Native American Trickster Tales Intro

The "term trickster has been used to describe a character who is a wandering, [a], gluttonous,m and obscene figure."

"Selfish, amoral, foolish, destructive, and. . .given to [b] others in his own interest."

Specified Answer for: a bawdy

Specified Answer for: b duping

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

Two reasons trickster tales have survived are that they provided. . .Answer

Selected Answers: great pleasure

important cultural instruction

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

All trickster tales have some form of an etiological element.Answer

Selected Answer: False

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

Winnebago Trickster

Which one of the following is not one of the Trickster's entourage?Answer

Selected Answer:beaver

Question 5

2 out of 2 points

The Trickster comes up with a plan to save them from starvation by turning into a woman and marrying a bountiful village's son of a chief. What is used to transform him into a woman?Answer

Selected Answers: elk's liver

elk's kidneys

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Immediately after being changed into a woman, he/she has sexual relations withAnswer

Selected Answer:the Trickster's companions

Question 7

2 out of 2 points

What is the Trickster fed for his/her wedding feast?Answer

Selected Answers:dried corn

bear-ribs

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

How is the Trickster's deception discovered? While jumping over a fire pit he/she drops. . .Answer

Selected Answer:something very rotten

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

This revelation of the Trickster's deception violates a powerful taboo againstAnswer

Selected Answer:homosexuality.

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

After the firepit incident, they all run away. The Trickster returns to his original sex and wife to take care of his family but after a long period, decides to leave for what reason?Answer

Selected Answer:all of the above

Question 11

2 out of 2 points

After leaving his family, the Trickster encounters a plant which has bulbs that have what two properties, one of which is very odd?Answer

Selected Answers: they talk

they are a powerful laxative

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

In an attempt to escape the effects of the bulb, he climbs to the highest limb of a tree before slipping and falling into what?Answer

Selected Answer:dung

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

To cleanse himself, the Trickster inquires after who or what to find his way?Answer

Selected Answer:trees

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Apart from washing himself, also carefully cleans a box which contains what?Answer

Selected Answer:his penis

Question 15

0 out of 2 points

Overall, the what two lessons are to be learned from the talking bulb encounter?Answer

Selected Answers:be wary of inanimate objects that possess human characteristics

do not think yourself superior to natural forces

Question 16

2 out of 2 points

Sioux, "Ikto Conquers Iya, the Eater"

According to the textbook, Iktomi invented [a], named the [b], and discovered [c].

Specified Answer for: a language

Specified Answer for: b animals

Specified Answer for: c colors

Question 17

1 out of 1 points

When Ikto first meets up with Iya, what question must be resolved?Answer

Selected Answer:who is eldest

Question 18

1 out of 1 points

After resolving that question, Ikto decides to accompany Iya to a village where Iya proposes to do what?Answer

Selected Answer:eat the villagers

Question 19

1 out of 1 points

Ikto peers into the mouth of the sleeping Iya. What does he see?Answer

Selected Answer:many living tribes alive and engaging in everyday activities

Question 20

2 out of 2 points

Ikto tells Iya he must be afraid of something, to which Iya responds:"Yes; the sound of [a], and [b], the hooting of [c], and the shouts of [d]"

Specified Answer for: a rattles

Specified Answer for: b drums

Specified Answer for: c owls

Specified Answer for: d men

Question 21

1 out of 1 points

Ikto develops an elaborate contest to take place at the village. What is the ultimate prize for the winner?Answer

Selected Answer:He can eat the loser.

Question 22

1 out of 1 points

Since these are oral histories, some contemporary events are bound to creep into the stories. In this tale, what contemporary event is alluded to?Answer

Selected Answer:Influx of whites into traditional Sioux lands

Question 1

5 out of 5 points

Smith Intro Place into chronological order Smith's experiences prior to landing in the New World the first time.Answer

Selected Answer

1. May have tried to join Sir Francis Drake

2. Fought for the Dutch against the Phillip II (Spain)

3. Fought for the Austrians against the Turks

4. Sold in slavery to a Turk

5. Murders his master and flees back to Romania

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Smith, Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles

As long as the ships from England remained anchored at Jamestown, the settlers didn't suffer

want because the sailors would exchange their biscuits for a number of items. Which one of the following is NOT in the list of items Smith mentions?Answer

Selected Answer:corn

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

On Smith's first voyage, Smith takes exception to those who thought "it was ill done of the council to send forth men so badly provided." Besides themselves, he blames who or what?Answer

Selected Answer:the "transporters"

Question 4

3 out of 3 points

What is the name of the idol made of skins, stuffed with moss, all painted and hung with chains and copper? [a]


okee

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

Smith and a small party voyages upriver leaving a boat and the main body of men behind. What do these men left behind do against Smith's wishes?Answer

Selected Answer:They go ashore.

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Smith fights off the Indians, using what as a shield?Answer

Selected Answer:Another Indian

Question 7

4 out of 4 points

Smith is saved from certain death at first by an object and later by a person. What is the object? Who is the person?Answer

Selected Answers:compass

Pocohantas

Question 8

0 out of 1 points

While in captivity, Smith offers to help a sick Indian's son. They won't let him return to the fort to get what he needs to help the boy, but they will send a party to retrieve the items he needs. What do they term the method that Smith uses to communicate?Answer

Selected Answer:birch bark talk

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

What strange thing do the Indians plan to do with the bag of gunpowder they acquire?Answer

Selected Answer:Plant it along with the corn in the spring

Question 10

4 out of 4 points

Powhatan finally decides to become friends with Smith and sends him back to the fort with a request that he send back what two items?Answer

Selected Answers: cannons

grindstone

Question 11

4 out of 4 points

What two groups of people does Smith specifically appeal to come to America?Answer

Selected Answers:fatherless children (13-14 years old)

young married people

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

What did the "Dutchmen," who were sent to build a house for Powhatan, do that so upset Smith?Answer

Selected Answer:they allied with Powhatan against Smith and the colony

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

What did Master Hunt do that upset Smith?Answer

Selected Answer:stole savages from the coast to sell

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

According to Smith, one of the problems was that all condemned men in England given the choice of either being hanged or go to America, chose to settle in America.Answer


Question 15

1 out of 1 points

In the end, after all that Smith had gone through, he says he'd still return.Answer


Question 1

1 out of 1 points

Morton, New English Canaan

While not much is know of Morton's early life, he was a capable attorney in the court of . . . .Answer

Selected Answer:King Charles I

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

What were the two unsubstantiated rumors that scandalized Morton?Answer

Selected Answers:murder of a business partner

spousal abuse

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

Morton, New English CanaanMorton called Merry Mount by another name: [a] Mount.

Specified Answer for: a ma-re

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

According to Morton, the Separatists named Merry Mount: Mount [a].

Specified Answer for: a Dagon

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

The Mayday festivities included all the following EXCEPT which one?Answer

Selected Answer:an orchestra

Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Which small animal does Morton compare the Separatists to?Answer

Selected Answer:mole

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

Morton describes himself as and advocate of the Church of England, but the Separatists showed their scorn for that church by inveighing against which sacred work?Answer

Selected Answer:

Book of Common Prayer

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

Morton is first captured then escapes. To what does he attribute this escape?Answer

Selected Answer:The guards were passed out from drink.

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

Who is Captain Shrimp?Answer

Selected Answer:Myles Standish

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

Returning to Merry Mount, Morton prepares to defend himself by arming himself and two others. What ultimately made the two others useless for defense?Answer

Selected Answers: One was a coward

One was a drunk.

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

Not wanting to shed the blood of his would-be captors, Morton surrenders under conditions which are immediately violated after his apprehension. Who steps in to prevent them from beating him to death?

Answer

Selected Answer:a proverbial soldier of the Queen's

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

After Morton was sentenced to return to England as a prisoner, what difficulty do the authorities encounter?Answer

Selected Answer:no ship will take him

Question 13

4 out of 4 points

According to the savages, the ruling chief of the Passonagessit (Morton) is also called a [a].

Specified Answer for: a sachem

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Bradford, Of Plymouth PlantationWhat distinguished the "Separatists" from the Puritans? As opposed to Puritans, Separatists . . .Answer

Selected Answer:saw no hope of reforming the Church of England from within.

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

Much of Bradford's success can be attributed to the fine university education he received in England as a young man.Answer


Question 16

1 out of 1 points

Which important American foundational document was described by Bradford?Answer

Selected Answer:Mayflower Compact

Question 17

1 out of 1 points

Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

Who was the leader of the original expedition to America of which Morton was a part?Answer

Selected Answer:Captain Wollaston

Question 18

1 out of 1 points

Once this leader disappears into Virginia to offload indentured servants, what promise does Morton make to the servants left behind?Answer

Selected Answer:He'll make them equals and partners.

Question 19

2 out of 2 points

According to Bradford, after this Morton became the lord of [a], and maintained (as it were) a school of [b].

Specified Answer for: a misrule

Specified Answer for: b atheism

Question 20

2 out of 2 points

Bradford is concerned about arming the Indians for what two reasons?Answer

Selected Answers: The Indians are natural hunters and will negatively affect the settlers' ability

to procure game.

Armed Indians create fear in the settlers.

Question 21

1 out of 1 points

The plantations surrounding Merry Mount were most concerned with Morton's proclivity toAnswer

Selected Answer:attract and entertain the scum of the country and discontents.

Question 22

1 out of 1 points

The surrounding plantations meet and decide on what action to try first to get Morton to change his ways?Answer

Selected Answer:They write him letters.

Question 23

1 out of 1 points

Having exhausted all other possibilities, the plantations arrange to send soldiers to take Morton by force. The defenders of Merry Mount surrendered almost without incident for what reason?Answer

Selected Answer:They were all drunk.

Question 24

1 out of 1 points

In the end, the messenger sent with Morton back to England successfully prosecutes Morton thereby preventing him from ever returning to America again.Answer


Question 1

1 out of 1 points

Sewall, IntroWhat was the topic of Sewall's Harvard thesis?Answer

Selected Answer:original sin

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Sewall twice avoided a religious appointment, but did become a central figure in what?Answer

Selected Answer:mercantile life

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

What did Sewall first publish in his appointment as print manager?Answer

Selected Answer:The Pilgrim's Progess

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

Sewall never regretted his participation in the Salem witch trials.Answer


Question 5

1 out of 1 points

What was Sewall's singular gift to the nation?Answer

Selected Answer:He published the first anti-slavery tract in America

Question 6

2 out of 2 points

Sewall, from The Diary of Samuel SewallSewall attends a lot of funerals. What is sent as the signal for invitation to a funeral?Answer

Selected Answer:gloves

Question 7

2 out of 2 points

What is expected in return after attending a funeral?Answer

Selected Answer:a ring

Question 8

2 out of 2 points

What is the law from a "Motion by the Boston Committee" to discourage slavery?Answer

Selected Answer:Slave importers would be made to pay 40 shillings per head.

Question 9

2 out of 2 points

Sewall visits his son Sam at boarding school who misses his father greatly. Sam has a bad cough from going to Cambridge on foot at night. How old is sam?Answer

Selected Answer:13

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

What catastrophic event has happened in Jamaica as reported by Mr. Waterhouse?Answer

Selected Answer:earthquake

Question 11

2 out of 2 points

At the Salem witch trials, evidently one of the accused, a Mr. Burrough, moves a lot of people with his "Speech, Prayer, and Protestatin of his Innocence." Sewall dismisses the people so moved as. . .Answer

Selected Answer:unthinking

Question 12

2 out of 2 points

Sewall eventually feels guilty and remoresful for the Salem witch trials.Answer

Selected Answer:True

Question 13

3 out of 3 points

What two reasons does Josiah Willard give for shaving his head and donning a wig?Answer

Selected Answers:His hair was straight

His hair parted behind

Question 14

2 out of 2 points

At the beginning of the courtship of Mrs. Winthrop, how does she respond to Sewall concerning a group of people in the "Fore-seat"?Answer

Selected Answer:She recommends some of the other ladies as possible matches.

Question 15

2 out of 2 points

What request preceded Sewall's witty response: "Twas great odds between handling a dead Goat, and a living Lady."Answer

Selected Answer:That she remove her gloves.

Question 16

2 out of 2 points

Sewall is persistent in his pursuit of Mrs. Winthrop, but what one thing that she wants he ultimately refuses?Answer

Selected Answer:a coach

Question 17

2 out of 2 points

Sewall negotiates about his and her estates. She's concerned that he's already arranged to leave everything to the church.Answer

Selected Answer:False

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

Mather, IntroWhat was unusual about Mather's admission to Harvard?Answer

Selected Answer:His age.

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Mather paid a price for excelling at Harvard; what was that price? One aspect was that his moods alternated from ecstasy and despair. The other wasAnswer

Selected Answer:stammering

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

What bitterness did Mather never overcome throughout his life?Answer

Selected Answer:being rejected for the presidency of Harvard

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

What was the underlying purpose of everything Mather wrote?

Answer

Selected Answer:to preserve the Puritan ways

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

In his later writings, Mather sought to replace the old political power of the clergy with moral persuasion.Answer


Question 6

1 out of 1 points

Mather, from "The Life of William Bradford"Which English monarch caused the "separatists" to flee England?Answer

Selected Answer:Queen Elizabeth I

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

The puritans fled to the Low Countries also named [a].

Specified Answer for: a Holland

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

A story is told of the hardships of the "separatists" had in leaving England. What is the nationality of the principle villain in this story?Answer

Selected Answer:a Dutchman

Question 9

4 out of 4 points

In the short "example" story, what twin disasters befall the male and female passengers upon arrival in the Low Countries?Answer

Selected Answers: The women became separated from the men.

The men almost die in a tempest.

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

What was the initial cause that kept Bradford from succombing to the "vanities of youth"?Answer

Selected Answer:a long sickness

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

As a young man, Bradford came under the sway of the Puritans. His family and friends welcomed this influence.Answer


Question 12

1 out of 1 points

On his way to Holland, most of his fellow religous were clapped into prison. How does Bradford escape this fate?Answer

Selected Answer:by virtue of his youth, 18 years old

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

Bradford now decides to come to the American colonies. What tragic event occurs upon his arrival?Answer

Selected Answer:his wife falls overboard and drowns

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Bradford eventually takes over the colony. What reason is given that supports this as a wise choice?Answer

Selected Answer:his "treasure of experiences"

Question 15

4 out of 4 points

What two illustrations are given that demonstrate early on that, according to Mather, he's a good governor.Answer

Selected Answers:subdues the Indians

stops the fun the newly arrived youths are having on Christmas Day

Question 16

1 out of 1 points

Which ancient Greek philosopher is mentioned in comparison to Bradford's community?Answer

Selected Answer:

Plato

Question 17

1 out of 1 points

What French doctrine provided "liberty of conscience for all"?Answer

Selected Answer:Edict of Nantes

Question 18

1 out of 1 points

To which Biblical character is Bradford compared?Answer

Selected Answer:Moses

Question 19

1 out of 1 points

Bradford was tolerant of other Christian religions, but had a major dispute with which?Answer

Selected Answer:Anabaptists

Question 20

5 out of 5 points

Several Greek and Latin aphorisms are written after Bradford's death. The following is one of them:

O [a] si [b] Contingat [c] [d]!

Selected Answer:

Several Greek and Latin aphorisms are written after Bradford's death. The following is one of them:

O mihi si Similis Contingat Clausula Vitae!

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

American Literature, General Intro IIWhat did Cotton Mather's death symbolize?Answer

Selected Answer:the passing of Puritanism

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

What two reasons are given for the decline of the influence of clergy after 1728?Answer

Selected Answers: intellectuals believed the human mind could comprehend the universe

human sympathy, rather than divine grace, could guide moral life

Question 3

0 out of 1 points

What was the political implication of the Enlightenment for the colonists?Answer

Selected Answer:the separation of church and state

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

What was the hallmark of the beginning of modern consumerism?Answer

Selected Answer:the rapid expansion of transatlantic trade

Question 5

5 out of 5 points

Scientists and philosophers following the Englightenment ideals deduced the existence of a supreme being from design rather than from divine word and were calledAnswer

Selected Answer: deists

Question 6

0 out of 2 points

Locke suggested that rather than being born evil with original sin after the Fall and thereby requiring redemption through the Incarnation, we're born with our mind being a [a] [b].Note one word per blank.

Specified Answer for: a wax

Specified Answer for: b tablet

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

Unexpectedly, Locke's philosophy of "feeling" energized fundamentalists of his day in colonial America.Answer


Question 8

2 out of 2 points

Critics of the Second Awakening said that "revivalists were too given over to "[a]" at the expense of their [b].

Specified Answer for: a enthusiasm

Specified Answer for: b reason

Question 9

0 out of 1 points

According to the textbook, it was the power of the word that transformed revolutionaries and also created a distinctly American literature. Which one of the following is not specifically mentioned as an influential work?Answer

Selected Answer:Letters from an American Farmer

Question 10

0 out of 1 points

European critics were blind to the great social change possible in America primarily becauseAnswer

Selected Answer:communication among colonial cities and with Europe was very slow

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

To many, who best represents the promise of the Enlightenment in America?Answer

Selected Answer:Benjamin Franklin

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

What was the first thing Knight encountered that struck terror into her heart?Answer

Selected Answer:a river crossing

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

After going along in darkness and then rising to the top of a hill, Knight composes a poem toAnswer

Selected Answer:

Cythia the moon

Question 14

0 out of 1 points

What are the two "topers" arguing about at Mr. Havens' that affects Knight's sleep?Answer

Selected Answer:trying to square a triangle

Question 15

4 out of 4 points

While the drunks argue, Knight composes a poem:

I ask thy aid, O potent [a]!To charm these wrangling [b] dumb.Thou has their giddy [c] possessed--The man confounded with the beast--And I, poor I, can get no rest.Intoxicate them with they [d]:O still their [e] 'till morning comes!

Selected Answer: While the drunks argue, Knight composes a poem:

I ask thy aid, O potent rum!To charm these wrangling topers dumb.Thou has their giddy brains possessed--The man confounded with the beast--And I, poor I, can get no rest.Intoxicate them with they fumes:O still their tongues 'till morning comes!

Question 16

1 out of 1 points

What is Knight's first impression of New Haven's citizens?Answer

Selected Answer:they are too independent in their principles

Question 17

1 out of 1 points

Knight doesn't like what familiarity that exists between teh farmers and their slaves?Answer

Selected Answer:they eat dinner together

Question 18

1 out of 1 points

What is the diversion of New Yorker's in winter?Answer

Selected Answer:riding sleighs

Question 19

1 out of 1 points

Who does Knight dine with in New London?Answer

Selected Answer:Gov. Winthrop

Question 20

1 out of 1 points

When Knight is almost home, what happens to prevent her from doing so?Answer

Selected Answer:Her horse drops as if dead

Question 1

2 out of 2 points

As part of his morning routine, Byrd often "dances his dance." To what does this refer?

Answer

Selected Answer:morning exercise

Question 2

6 out of 6 points

Byrd has two significant dreams involvingAnswer

Selected Answers:a flaming sword

a coffin

Question 3

2 out of 2 points

Byrd attends a ball. Who was the worst dressed?Answer

Selected Answer:The President

Question 4

2 out of 2 points

The Governor had made a bargain with his servants to remain sober on the Queen's birthday, and they could get drunk the day after.Answer

Selected Answer:True

Question 5

3 out of 3 points

While Mr. Mumford visits, Byrd's wife has the servant Eugene whipped. Why?

Answer

Selected Answer:to demonstrate her authority

Question 6

3 out of 3 points

Near the end of the selection, why does Byrd have Anaka beaten?Answer

Selected Answer:as retribution on his wife who had Prue beaten

Question 7

3 out of 3 points

Pontiac relates a journey a Delaware undertook to meet the Great Spirit who tells him to trust only one group of whites who are theAnswer

Selected Answer:French

Question 8

3 out of 3 points

Samson Occom cannot pursue his studies any longer becauseAnswer

Selected Answer:of eyestrain.

Question 9

3 out of 3 points

Logan justifies his eventual participation in the uprising by saying: "There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature" which alludes to . . .Answer

Selected Answer:Logan's family was murdered.

Question 10

3 out of 3 points

Red Jacket offers several logical arguments to support his "separatist" position. Which one of the following is NOT one of his arguments?Answer

Selected Answer:If the Great Spirit truly hated them, He would never have created them.

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

Franklin's Intro

How many children were there in Franklin's family?Answer

Selected Answer:15

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

What was his most serious youthful error?Answer

Selected Answer:Trusting Pennsylvania governor Sir William Keith

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following languages did Franklin NOT teach himself?Answer

Selected Answer:German

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

Which one of the following did Franklin not participate?Answer

Selected Answer:Council of Ghent

Question 5

3 out of 3 points

FranklinFill in the blanks in this and the following quotes from Poor Richard.

"But dost thou love life, then do not squander [a], for that's the stuff [b] is made of"

Specified Answer for: a time

Specified Answer for: b

life

Question 6

3 out of 3 points

"One [a] is worth two [b]."

Specified Answer for: a today

Specified Answer for: b tomorrows

Question 7

3 out of 3 points

"A little [a] may breed great [b]."

Specified Answer for: a neglect


mischief

Question 8

3 out of 3 points

"The Way to Wealth"

"For want of a [a] the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of care about a [b] and nail."

Specified Answer for: a nail


horseshoe

Question 9

3 out of 3 points

"[a] have better memories than [b]."

Specified Answer for: a creditors

Specified Answer for: b debtors

Question 10

3 out of 3 points

"[a] keeps a dear school, but [b] will learn in no other, and scarce in that."

Specified Answer for: a experience

Specified Answer for: b fools

Question 11

1 out of 1 points

According to "Father Abraham" doing what too much to others' care "is the ruin of many"?Answer

Selected Answer:trusting

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

After hearing "Father Abraham," what did Franklin forego buying "stuff" for?Answer

Selected Answer:

a new coat

Question 13

1 out of 1 points

On what genre of writing is Franklin's work "Rules by Which a great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One"?Answer

Selected Answer:satire

Question 14

2 out of 2 points

From: "Rules by Which a great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One"

"Though many can forgive [a], none ever forgave [b]."

Specified Answer for: a injuries

Specified Answer for: b contempt

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

From "Rules by Which a great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One"

What does "Q.E.D." stand for?Answer

Selected Answer:Quod erat demonstrandum

Question 16

1 out of 1 points

From "Information to Those Who Would Remove to America"

One of the biggest protections against abuse of public office isAnswer

Selected Answer:"No office should be so profitable as to make it desirable."

Question 17

1 out of 1 points

From: "Information to Those Who Would Remove to America"

Which one of the following is NOT one of the reasons Franklin gives as a benefit of emigrating to America?Answer

Selected Answer:Each immigrant receives a five year income tax exemption.

Question 1

1 out of 1 points

JeffersonAs Jefferson waxes eloquent over the beauty of the natural bridge, one thing he spots is of practical value, which is. . .?Answer

Selected Answer: the stream flowing underneath can power a grist-mill even in the driest of

seasons.

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

Jefferson answers the charges that Indians are less procreative with the assertion that they love children to the extreme. However, two things negatively affect procreation which are:Answer

Selected Answers: famine

inconvenience/hazard

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

One thing that affects the behavior of the Indians is that their society resists all attempts at being forced under compulsion to do things.Answer


Question 4

1 out of 1 points

The biggest factor affecting the lack of the Indians' so-called genius, is that they do not have. . . .Answer

Selected Answer:a written language.

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

According to Jefferson, while the first Anglican religous settlers were tolerant of later Presbyterian immigrants, they were not so tolerant with which other sect who were punished first be deportation then by death?Answer

Selected Answer:Quakers

Question 6

2 out of 2 points

Jefferson relates a complicated legal history the outcome of which is that citizens could be prosecuted for heresy. Common law provides for burning at the stake while the assembly provided for less harsh punishment still is severe. At the end of this overview, Jefferson says that "this is a summary view of that [a] slavery, under which a people have been willing to remain, who have lavished their lives and fortunes for the establishment of their [b] freedom."

Specified Answer for: a religious

Specified Answer for: b civil

Question 7

1 out of 1 points

Jefferson says that the only "effectual agents against error" religious or otherwise are what two things?Answer

Selected Answer:reason and free enquiry

Question 8

1 out of 1 points

Jefferson is most concerned about acting quickly on a Bill of Rights before the war ends because at that time. . . .Answer

Selected Answer:the rights of the common people will be forgotten

Question 9

1 out of 1 points

Jefferson says that one profession in new America is above all others, necessary for the well-being of the nation, and whose members are "the chosen people of God." To which occupation is he referring?Answer

Selected Answer:farmer

Question 10

1 out of 1 points

From the Introduction: What brutal act occurred aboard the vessel Zong?Answer

Selected Answer: The owners through overboard 132 shackled slaves to get insurance

money.

Question 11

3 out of 3 points

Equiano's biological father was an elder or chief. What title did he have which signified in his language the mark of grandeur? Answer: [a]

Specified Answer for: a embrenche

Question 12

1 out of 1 points

Equiano's biological father sold him into slavery.Answer


Question 13

1 out of 1 points

The first time and maybe only time Equiano runs away from his captors while in his own country is the result ofAnswer

Selected Answer:accidentally killing a chicken

Question 14

3 out of 3 points

Even though in a serious plight, Equiano's sense of wonder over takes him in Tinmah. What two new foods did he experience for the first time? Note: no partial credit for this answer.Answer

Selected Answers: cocoa nuts

sugar cane

Question 15

1 out of 1 points

When first encountering Europeans, what amazes him most?Answer

Selected Answer:They made no sacrifices or offerings among them.

Question 16

1 out of 1 points

According to Equiano, on this his first voyage aboard a ship, to what does he attribute the stopping of the ship?Answer

Selected Answer:magic

Question 17

3 out of 3 points

Before landing at Barbadoes, what kicks in his sense of wonder again? What two things does he see? (Note: you must get both answers correct to receive credit. No partial credit.)Answer

Selected Answers:flying fishes

quadrant

Question 18

1 out of 1 points

After being sent to America, in Virgina, what was the slave woman wearing while cooking dinner that instilled terror in Equiano?Answer

Selected Answer:

iron muzzle

Question 19

1 out of 1 points

Michael Henry Pascal buys Equiano as a present. What causes the altercation between them that gains Equiano "many a cuff"?Answer

Selected Answer:Pascal wants to rename Equiano Gustavus Vassa.

Question 20

1 out of 1 points

Miss Guerin takes Equiano under her wing and insists to Pascal that Equiano beAnswer

Selected Answer:baptized.

Question 21

1 out of 1 points

While studying the Bible with Daniel Queen, what is Equiano surprised to find?Answer

Selected Answer:It closely resembled the laws and rules of his own country

Question 22

1 out of 1 points

After the war, Pascal immediately grants Equiano his freedom so Equiano can join Daniel in his business.Answer


Question 1

0 out of 1 points

Who of the following was NOT a member of the group generally considered to have sparked an American literary Renaissance?Answer

Selected Answer:Walt Whitman

Question 2

1 out of 1 points

Against the backdrop of the Reign of Terror and the Napoleonic wars, there was a sense during the 1790s that American nationality was [a], [b], and [c].

Specified Answer for: a provisional

Specified Answer for: b vulnerable

Specified Answer for: c fragile

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

Who embodied the emergence of a national mythology of the republican hero who is an antiaristocratic, antimonarchiacal from an obscure background?Answer

Selected Answer:Andrew Jackson

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

After the War of 1812, there was a renewed attempt at creating a distinctively American literature that was [a], [b], and informed by the principles of the Declaration of Independence.

Specified Answer for: a republican

Specified Answer for: b progressive

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

What is the name of the first African American novel?Answer

Selected Answer:Brown's Clotel

Question 6

1.5 out of 1.5 points

What causes Giovanni to sigh heavily shortly after he arrives at his new apartment?Answer

Selected Answer:All of the above.

Question 7

3 out of 3 points

When Giovanni first sees Rappaccini, what two items does he eventually wear for protection during his tending of the garden? (Note: you must get both answers correct for credit. No partial credit given.)Answer

Selected Answers:thick gloves

mask covering mouth and nostrils

Question 8


Giovanni overhears a conversation between Rappaccini and his daughter. What does he say that she must thenceforth do?Answer

Selected Answer:

Take sole care of the purple flower shrub in the middle of the pool.

Question 9

4 out of 4 points

After viewing this exchange between Rappaccini and his daughter in twilight, Giovanni returns to "ordinary experience" at dawn. He visits an old friend of his father's, Prof. Baglioni, who notes that Rappiccini "cares infinitely more for _____ than for mankind." [a]

Specified Answer for: a science

Question 10


When Giovanni next sees Rappiccini's daughter, which one of the following is *not* an event that disturbs him about his otherwise idyllic view of her?Answer

Selected Answer:a blue frog that jumps into the fountain soon floats to the top dead

Question 11


Giovanni considers three options about the present dilemma of at once being attracted and repelled by what he sees in the garden. Which of the following is NOT one of the options?Answer

Selected Answer: buy some holy water from the local church and sprinkle it on himself for

protection

Question 12


Giovanni runs into Prof. Baglioni on the street and coincidentally Rappaccini also walks by. He warns Giovanni about what?Answer

Selected Answer:Rappaccini is making Giovanni an experimental subject.

Question 13


Giovanni finally gets into the garden and meets up with Rappiccini's daughter. What one thing did Baglioni tell Giovanni that apparently was incorrect according to Rappiccini's daughter? Baglioni said Rappiccini's daughter. . . .Answer

Selected Answer:possessed great knowledge about the "science" of the garden.

Question 14


So entranced was Rappiccini's daughter on first meeting Giovanni, what did she forget to do?Answer

Selected Answer:tend to the purple blossum shrub, her "sister"

Question 15


After a subsequent meeting with Rappaccini's daughter, what physical "momento" pains Giovanni at first only to be forgotten when resuming his reverie for her?Answer

Selected Answer:a purple imprint on the back of his hand

Question 16


Baglioni visits Giovanni in his apartment. What does he leave with him?Answer

Selected Answer:a silver vial of antidote

Question 17


What event frightens Giovanni with a "thrill of indefinable horror"?Answer

Selected Answer:Fresh flowers he bought start to wilt shortly after he buys them.

Question 18


In the final confrontation with Rappaccini's daughter, what startling question does she ask of Giovanni?Answer

Selected Answer: "Oh, was there not, from the first, more poison in thy nature than in

mine?"

Question 19


Both Rappaccini and Giovanni die by the end of the story.Answer


Question 1

1 out of 1 points

PoeEdgar Allan Poe rejected the idea that there should be a specifically national character to American writing.Answer


Question 2

1 out of 1 points

After Poe's death, his reputation suffered becauseAnswer

Selected Answer: Robert Griswold, a prominent anthologizer, began a campaign of character

assassination.

Question 3

1 out of 1 points

Which of Poe's works was considered the earliest example of detective fiction?Answer

Selected Answer:"The Murders of the Rue Morgue"

Question 4

1 out of 1 points

What was the name of the journal Poe hoped to publish on his own? The _____.Answer

Selected Answer: Stylus

Question 5

1 out of 1 points

According to the textbook, what was Poe's most successful year?Answer

Selected Answer:1845

Question 6


The Raven

Which one of the following words/phrases do NOT end a stanza?Answer

Selected Answer:for Lenore

Question 7

0 out of 1.5 points

Before the persona of the poem discovers it is a raven outside his door, what/who does he think is causing all the commotion outside?Answer

Selected Answer:a visitor

Question 8


What question does the raven respond to that angers the persona?Answer

Selected Answer:Lenore is not in heaven

Question 9


The Man in the Crowd

The thesis laid down in the first paragraph is thatAnswer

Selected Answer:a crime can be so horrible as not to be revealed to anyone

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

Translate:αχλμ. ο. πξω ϵππϵν [a]


The mist that was upon it before

Question 11

12 out of 12 points

Match the occupation with the descriptionAnswer


Junior Clerks

B.wore the cast-off graces of the gentry

Invalids F.in search of some chance consolation

Drunkards C.in shreds and patches, reeling, inarticulate, with bruised visage and lack-lustre eyes

Gamblers A.velvet waistcoat, fancy neckerchief, gilt chains, and fillagreed buttons

Jew Pedlars E.hawk eyes flashing. . .[with] and expression of abject humility

Upper Clerks

D.coats and pantaloons of black or brown...with white cravats and waistcots, brod solid-looking shoes, and thick hose, or gaiters.

Question 12


By the end of the tale, the reader is told what crime the man in the crowd committed.Answer


Question 13


The Philosophy of Composition

To Poe, poetry is mathematical, to the extent that when considering length, "brevity must be in direct ratio of the intensity of the intended effect." But there is one proviso which isAnswer

Selected Answer: a certain degree of duration is absolutely requisite for the production of

any effect at all

Question 14

2 out of 2 points

What is the "sole legitimate province of the poem"? [a]


Beauty

Question 1

5 out of 5 points

Melville, Intro Match the work with the brief description.Answer


Mardi C.An epistemololgical quest mediated through language and narrative.

Moby Dick B.Raises bold questions about narrative, interpretation, and God and the meaning of the universe.

Pierre E.A domestic novel focusing on the romantic, ethical, and intellectual perplexities attending the character's coming into manhood

The Confidence-Man

A.a deastating indictment of the selfishness and duplicities of his contemporary world in the form of metaphysical satire, allegory, and the low comedy set on a Mississippi steamship.

Billy Budd, Sailor

D.Study of the tense and ambiguous conflicts between the individual and authority.

Question 2

2 out of 2 points

Bartleby, the Scrivener

What, exactly, is the job of a "scrivener"? A scrivenerAnswer

Selected Answer:does what was done before Xerox was available.

Question 3

2 out of 2 points

In what setting does Bartleby begin?Answer

Selected Answer:at a lawyer's office

Question 4

2 out of 2 points

Who is being described:"pallidly neat, pitiably respectable, incurably forlorn"Answer

Selected Answer:None of the above

Question 5

2 out of 2 points

For what five words is Bartleby famous? (Note: Only ONE word per blank. Also, though there is some variation, the given words should tell you which statement he makes the most.)

"I would [a] [b] to."

Specified Answer for: a prefer

Specified Answer for: b not

Question 6

2 out of 2 points

According to the lawyer, "nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a [a] [b]."

Specified Answer for: a passive


resistance

Question 7

2 out of 2 points

What ironic turn-of-events does the lawyer suffer when, on his way to church, he stops by his office?Answer

Selected Answer:Bartlelby, who's taken up residence, refuses to let him in.

Question 8

2 out of 2 points

At one point, the lawyer thinks he finds a physical cause for Bartleby's behavior which is that Bartbleby. . .Answer

Selected Answer:had impaired vision from copying in the dim light.

Question 9

2 out of 2 points

What prompts the decisive action taken by the lawyer that rids himself of Bartleby?Answer

Selected Answer:Peer pressure from his professional colleagues.

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

What is the decisive action taken by the lawyer to rid finally himself of Bartleby?Answer

Selected Answer:Moves out of his office.

Question 11

2 out of 2 points

At the end of the story, where does Bartleby end up?Answer

Selected Answer:He is removed to the Toombs or Halls of Justice as a vagrant.

Question 12

2 out of 2 points

In a postscript, we're told about Bartleby's previous employement which might serve as some sort explanation for his behavior. What is that previous employment?Answer

Selected Answer:clerk in the Dead Letter Office

Question 13

2 out of 2 points

Complete the following quote with one word:"Ah, Bartleby! Ah, [a]!"


humanity

Question 14

1 out of 1 points

Bartleby dies at the end of the story.Answer


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