Final Exam in American Literature ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
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In "The Fall of the House of Usher," as Poe's narrator approaches the
house of his friend Roderick Usher, he notices what?
A. A movement in the tarn, indicating that there may be a creature
living there
B. A beautiful garden extending off the side of the house
C. A fissure in the structure of the house, from top to bottom
D. The house has long ago crumbled to the ground - CORRECT
ANSWER C. A fissure in the structure of the house, from top to
bottom
The windows in the House of Usher are described as what?
A. eyes
B. bright and beautiful
C. caverns
D. church windows - CORRECT ANSWER A. eyes
Emerson states in his essay, "Nature," that we gain "reason and faith"
and that "all mean egotism vanishes" when we go return where?
A. to the woods / nature
B. to our homes
C. to our churches
D. to our work places - CORRECT ANSWER A. to the woods / nature
Georgiana's birthmark takes in the shape of what?
A. Flower
B. Hand
C. Cross
D. Heart - CORRECT ANSWER B. Hand
In "The Birth-Mark," Alymer has what profession?
A. lawyer
B. scientist
C. Banker
,D. Minister - CORRECT ANSWER B. Scientist
Why was Thoreau put in jail?
A. He was a public nuisance
B. He refused to pay a tax
C. He refused to live in a house
D. He got in a fight - CORRECT ANSWER B. He refused to pay a tax
Thoreau advocates which of the following in "Civil Disobedience"?
A. His fellow citizens to refuse to participate in church activities that
are associated with traditional religious practices
B. His fellow citizens to refuse to vote or run for political offices
C. His fellow citizens to refuse to support, through taxes, unjust or
immoral goverment policies
D. His fellow citizens miliarily revolt against unjust or immoral
government policies - CORRECT ANSWER C. His fellow citizens to
refuse to support, through taxes, unjust or immoral government
policies
In "Sonnet-to science," Poe compares science to what bird?
A. eagle
B. dove
C. raven
D. vulture - CORRECT ANSWER D. vulture
Thoreau writes in the chapter of Walden titled "The Ponds" that "[a]
field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air." What does he mean
by this
A. The air deity Thoreau worships cannot survive underwater
B. The movement of the air is revealed by changes in the surface of
the water
C. Walden pond is haunted by the ghosts of many drowned men
D. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER B. The movement of the air is
revealed by changes in the surface of the water
In Louisa May Alcott's "The Brothers," the word "contraband" refers to
__________________
, A. Mercy; during the Civil War, merciful behavior to the enemy was
banned and outlawed
B. women in the workforce
C. drug paraphenalia
D. A slave who escaped from the South and assisted the Union in the
Civil War, who was classified as a "contraband of war" to prevent him
or her from being returned - CORRECT ANSWER D. A slave who
escaped from the South and assisted the Union in the Civil War, who
was classified as a "contraband of war" to prevent him or her from
being returned
In this chapter of Walden titled "The Ponds," Thoreau describes
____________
A. the dimensions of the ponds
B. the local plants, fish, and wildlife
C. all of the above
D. the color, depth, and turbidity of the water - CORRECT ANSWER C.
all of the above
The narrator describes the House of Usher as _____________________
A. colorful
B. gloomy
C. gaudy
D. cheerful - CORRECT ANSWER B. gloomy
In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Roderick is Madeline's
A. fiance
B. twin brother
C. butler
D. father - CORRECT ANSWER B. twin brother
Hawthorne's "The Birth-Mark," Aylmer calls Georgina's Birthmark
_________
A. "the greatest test of my abilities"
B. "the impossible hand that closeth to it's tiny fingers around my
heart"
C. "The visible mark of earthly imperfection"
WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS (MOST TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS) LATEST
In "The Fall of the House of Usher," as Poe's narrator approaches the
house of his friend Roderick Usher, he notices what?
A. A movement in the tarn, indicating that there may be a creature
living there
B. A beautiful garden extending off the side of the house
C. A fissure in the structure of the house, from top to bottom
D. The house has long ago crumbled to the ground - CORRECT
ANSWER C. A fissure in the structure of the house, from top to
bottom
The windows in the House of Usher are described as what?
A. eyes
B. bright and beautiful
C. caverns
D. church windows - CORRECT ANSWER A. eyes
Emerson states in his essay, "Nature," that we gain "reason and faith"
and that "all mean egotism vanishes" when we go return where?
A. to the woods / nature
B. to our homes
C. to our churches
D. to our work places - CORRECT ANSWER A. to the woods / nature
Georgiana's birthmark takes in the shape of what?
A. Flower
B. Hand
C. Cross
D. Heart - CORRECT ANSWER B. Hand
In "The Birth-Mark," Alymer has what profession?
A. lawyer
B. scientist
C. Banker
,D. Minister - CORRECT ANSWER B. Scientist
Why was Thoreau put in jail?
A. He was a public nuisance
B. He refused to pay a tax
C. He refused to live in a house
D. He got in a fight - CORRECT ANSWER B. He refused to pay a tax
Thoreau advocates which of the following in "Civil Disobedience"?
A. His fellow citizens to refuse to participate in church activities that
are associated with traditional religious practices
B. His fellow citizens to refuse to vote or run for political offices
C. His fellow citizens to refuse to support, through taxes, unjust or
immoral goverment policies
D. His fellow citizens miliarily revolt against unjust or immoral
government policies - CORRECT ANSWER C. His fellow citizens to
refuse to support, through taxes, unjust or immoral government
policies
In "Sonnet-to science," Poe compares science to what bird?
A. eagle
B. dove
C. raven
D. vulture - CORRECT ANSWER D. vulture
Thoreau writes in the chapter of Walden titled "The Ponds" that "[a]
field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air." What does he mean
by this
A. The air deity Thoreau worships cannot survive underwater
B. The movement of the air is revealed by changes in the surface of
the water
C. Walden pond is haunted by the ghosts of many drowned men
D. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER B. The movement of the air is
revealed by changes in the surface of the water
In Louisa May Alcott's "The Brothers," the word "contraband" refers to
__________________
, A. Mercy; during the Civil War, merciful behavior to the enemy was
banned and outlawed
B. women in the workforce
C. drug paraphenalia
D. A slave who escaped from the South and assisted the Union in the
Civil War, who was classified as a "contraband of war" to prevent him
or her from being returned - CORRECT ANSWER D. A slave who
escaped from the South and assisted the Union in the Civil War, who
was classified as a "contraband of war" to prevent him or her from
being returned
In this chapter of Walden titled "The Ponds," Thoreau describes
____________
A. the dimensions of the ponds
B. the local plants, fish, and wildlife
C. all of the above
D. the color, depth, and turbidity of the water - CORRECT ANSWER C.
all of the above
The narrator describes the House of Usher as _____________________
A. colorful
B. gloomy
C. gaudy
D. cheerful - CORRECT ANSWER B. gloomy
In "The Fall of the House of Usher," Roderick is Madeline's
A. fiance
B. twin brother
C. butler
D. father - CORRECT ANSWER B. twin brother
Hawthorne's "The Birth-Mark," Aylmer calls Georgina's Birthmark
_________
A. "the greatest test of my abilities"
B. "the impossible hand that closeth to it's tiny fingers around my
heart"
C. "The visible mark of earthly imperfection"
