American literature exam review
questions with actual solutions
"The crucuible" CORRECT ANSWERS Arthur miller
"Huck Finn" CORRECT ANSWERS Mark twain
"Black boy" CORRECT ANSWERS Richard Wright
"The Raven" CORRECT ANSWERS Edgar Allen Poe
"The ministers black veil" CORRECT ANSWERS Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Walden" CORRECT ANSWERS Henry David Thoreau
"Civil disobedience" CORRECT ANSWERS Henry David Thoreau
"Self-Reliance" CORRECT ANSWERS Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nature" CORRECT ANSWERS Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Declaration of Independence" CORRECT ANSWERS Thomas Jefferson
"Devils and Tom Walker" CORRECT ANSWERS Washington Irving
"I hear America singing" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"A noiseless spider" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"Song of myself" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"Beat! Beat! Drums!" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"Leaves of Grass" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" CORRECT ANSWERS Ambrose Bierce
"Santa Claus" CORRECT ANSWERS Howard Nemerov
"Gettysburg Address" CORRECT ANSWERS Abraham Lincoln
"World on the Turtle's Back" CORRECT ANSWERS Iroquois
"Because I could not stop for death" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
, "Success is counted sweetest" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"Much madness is divineset sense" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"My life closed twice before its close" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"The soul selects her own society" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"I heard a fly buzz- when I died" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"My life had stood- a loaded gun" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"The way to rainy mountain" CORRECT ANSWERS N. Scott Momaday
"Of Plymouth Plantation" CORRECT ANSWERS William Bradford
"The Masque of the Red Death" CORRECT ANSWERS Edgar Allen Poe
Crucible theme CORRECT ANSWERS Guilt by association
Crucible setting CORRECT ANSWERS Salem, MA
Crucible time period CORRECT ANSWERS 1692
Huck Finn theme CORRECT ANSWERS Damned human race
Huck Finn setting CORRECT ANSWERS Mississippi River
Huck Finn time period CORRECT ANSWERS 1840's
Black Boy theme CORRECT ANSWERS Alienation
Black Boy time period CORRECT ANSWERS Jim Crow South
Government during witch trials in Salem CORRECT ANSWERS Theocracy
Romanticism CORRECT ANSWERS -emotional vs reasonable
-a movement in the arts that flourished in Europe and America throughout much of the
19th century
-glorified nature and celebrated individuality
Characterization CORRECT ANSWERS -Techniques to develop character
-techniques a writer uses to develop characters.
Dialect CORRECT ANSWERS -Regional speech
questions with actual solutions
"The crucuible" CORRECT ANSWERS Arthur miller
"Huck Finn" CORRECT ANSWERS Mark twain
"Black boy" CORRECT ANSWERS Richard Wright
"The Raven" CORRECT ANSWERS Edgar Allen Poe
"The ministers black veil" CORRECT ANSWERS Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Walden" CORRECT ANSWERS Henry David Thoreau
"Civil disobedience" CORRECT ANSWERS Henry David Thoreau
"Self-Reliance" CORRECT ANSWERS Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nature" CORRECT ANSWERS Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Declaration of Independence" CORRECT ANSWERS Thomas Jefferson
"Devils and Tom Walker" CORRECT ANSWERS Washington Irving
"I hear America singing" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"A noiseless spider" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"Song of myself" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"Beat! Beat! Drums!" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"Leaves of Grass" CORRECT ANSWERS Walt Whitman
"An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" CORRECT ANSWERS Ambrose Bierce
"Santa Claus" CORRECT ANSWERS Howard Nemerov
"Gettysburg Address" CORRECT ANSWERS Abraham Lincoln
"World on the Turtle's Back" CORRECT ANSWERS Iroquois
"Because I could not stop for death" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
, "Success is counted sweetest" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"Much madness is divineset sense" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"My life closed twice before its close" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"The soul selects her own society" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"I heard a fly buzz- when I died" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"My life had stood- a loaded gun" CORRECT ANSWERS Emily Dickinson
"The way to rainy mountain" CORRECT ANSWERS N. Scott Momaday
"Of Plymouth Plantation" CORRECT ANSWERS William Bradford
"The Masque of the Red Death" CORRECT ANSWERS Edgar Allen Poe
Crucible theme CORRECT ANSWERS Guilt by association
Crucible setting CORRECT ANSWERS Salem, MA
Crucible time period CORRECT ANSWERS 1692
Huck Finn theme CORRECT ANSWERS Damned human race
Huck Finn setting CORRECT ANSWERS Mississippi River
Huck Finn time period CORRECT ANSWERS 1840's
Black Boy theme CORRECT ANSWERS Alienation
Black Boy time period CORRECT ANSWERS Jim Crow South
Government during witch trials in Salem CORRECT ANSWERS Theocracy
Romanticism CORRECT ANSWERS -emotional vs reasonable
-a movement in the arts that flourished in Europe and America throughout much of the
19th century
-glorified nature and celebrated individuality
Characterization CORRECT ANSWERS -Techniques to develop character
-techniques a writer uses to develop characters.
Dialect CORRECT ANSWERS -Regional speech
