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A Nation Divided
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When Douglass writes that a tear "has already found its was down my cheek, "he is using ____, a type of figurative language. | Personification |
| In which of the following sentences is the word diligently used correctly? | He was working diligently on his history project. |
| Where was Douglass a slave? | Maryland |
| What makes the sentence "They would sometimes sing the most pathetic sentiment in the most rapturous tone, and the most rapturous sentiment in the most pathetic tone" so powerful? | The structure, which emphasizes the contrast between pathetic and rapturous |
| In the poem "Fredrick Douglass," Hayden says Douglass will be remembered through | The people that will live out his dream of freedom. |
| "The gaudy mumbo jumbo of politicians" | Assonance |
| "Not with statues' rhetoric" | Personification |
| "When it belongs to last to all,/ when it is truly instinct" | Parallelism |
| "Superb in love and logic" | Alliteration |
| What does the phrase "under the driver's lash" mean? | Subject to whippings by the field boss |
| According to Douglass, slaves sang the most when they were | The most unhappy |
| Douglass analyzes the songs sung by slaves to disprove the accepted yet incorrect perception, or __, of the "contented slave." | Stereotype |
| Which word best completes the following sentence? Azar's parents remained __ to her pleas to attend the party | Obdurate |
| Overseer of Wye Town | Noah Willis |
| Owner of the home plantation | Colonel Lloyd |
| Full of joy or pleasure | rapturous |
| building carts | cartwrighting |
| unclear; not understandable | incoherent |
| making barrels | coopering |
| Overseer of New Design | Mr. Townsend |
| when Douglass compares the pride of a recently elected politician to the pride of a slave chosen to work at the Great House Farm, his tone is | Satirical |
| Douglass identifies a stereotype when he explains how | people thought that the slave's singing meant that they were content to be slaves |
| The overall tone of the selection could be best described as one of | sadness and outrage |
| It can be inferred that Douglass considered the greatest __ of an enslaved childhood to be the separation of mother and child | tragedy |
| Which line from the poem "Fredrick Douglass" by Robert Hayden mentions the emotion to which Douglass alludes in this sentence? | "Where none is lonely, none hunted, alien" |
| According to the preface to Leaves of Grass, why do Americans probably have the fullest poetic nature? | Their country is the greatest poem |
| According to Whitman, what is the source of the "genius of the United States"? | The common people |
| What is elaboration? | a technique in which a subject is introduced and than expanded on |
| The phrase "susceptibility to a sight" and "roused resentment" are examples of which sound device? | alliteration |
| Why is it especially appropriate that "I Hear America Singing" is in free verse? | It is about ordinary Americans |
| In "I Hear American Singing," why are the various people singing? | They are happy because they have a feeling of pride and ownership |
| hardy | stalwart |
| daring | audacity |
| abundant | prolific |
| scorn | disdain |
| lack of concern | nonchalance |
| healthy | robust |
| Which type of figurative language did Whitman use when he wrote, "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem"? | metaphor |
| Which of the following lines best exemplifies Romanticism? | "...their delight in music, the sure symptom of manly tenderness and native elegance of soul...their good temper and open handedness..." |
| Free verse is poetry that | does not use regular rhyme, meter, or stanza divisions. |
| Based on the ideals and opinions in the selection from Preface to Leaves of Grass, one can assume that Whitman's poetry has a strong connection to which literary movement? | Romanticism |
| The spotted hawk "accuses" the speaker of his | gab and his loitering. |
| Which word or phrase correctly completes the following sentence? Members of the Underground Railroad __ slaves. | harbored |
| Which of the following words is the best antonym for nonchalant in the sentence, "He felt nonchalant about the test results he was going to receive"? | nervous |
| What do these two works (Leaves of Grass and "I Hear America Singing") have in common? | They both praises common people. |
| Which of the following is an example of a symbol? | the eagle standing for America |
| Why is this sentence an example of Romantic writing? | It exalts the glories of nature. |
| When Whitman wrote that Americans "have probably the fullest poetical nature" he used which type of figurative language? | hyperbole |
| "I hear America singing" | personification |
| "young wife at work" | alliteration |
| "the varied carols I hear" | enjambment |
| "as he measures his/ plank or beam" | assonance |
| "the carpenter singing his.../ the mason singing his" | repetition |
| Which of the following sentences uses the italicized word correctly? | That surface is teeming with bacteria. |
| Which type of figurative language is featured in the following line? "Shadows-hold their breath-" | personification |
| Which of the following statements is true about slant rhyme? | Final words in lines have similar, but not identical, sounds. |
| What is an example of slant rhyme used in "Much Madness is divinest Sense-"? | "sane" and "Chain" |
| Which of the following statements about the unusual capitalization in these poems, aside from that at the beginning of the lines is true? | Most nouns and pronouns are capitalized. |
| In the article "Battle for the Belle of Amherst," why does Will Wright say that if Emily Dickinson were alive today, "she'd be an internet addict"? | Dickinson was a recluse and spent most of her time at home. |
| What possible explanation for Dickinson's seclusion does "Much Madness is divinest Sense-" offer? | She feared being misjudged due to her different beliefs and perspective. |
| In "Because I could not stop for Death-," which of the following is/are personified? | death and nature |
| In the first stanza, Dickenson pairs Society and Majority in an example of slight rhyme. | False |
| Which of the following lines contains an example of personification? | "The simple News that Nature told-" |
| Another unusual feature of Dickinson's poetry, illustrated by the title "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-," is her unusual use of __. | capitalization |
| The line, "I could not see to see-" features an example of _. | internal rhyme |
| One trademark of Dickinson's style is her frequent use of __, favoring this technique over end-stopping verse. | enjambment |
| In rhyming listens with Distance, Dickinson featured which type of rhyme? | slant rhyme |
| In which sentence is the word discerning used correctly? | He has discerning taste. |
| The phrase, "And then the Windows failed-" contains an example of __. | figurative language |
| the carriage ride | the process of dying |
| the school | youth |
| the fields of gazing grain | adulthood |
| the setting sun | a headstone |
| the cornice | old age |
| The line, "Heavenly Hurt, it gives us-" illustrates which sound device? | alliteration |
| In the second stanza, Dickinson uses __ when she pairs firm with room. | slant rhyme |
| Replacing assent with which word make the following sentence mean the opposite? I hope they assent. | disagree |
| In "This is my letter to the World," who or what never wrote to the speaker? | the world |
| The lines "I've known her-form an ample nation-Choose one-" reflect the speaker's belief that a person has the right to choose company on his or her own terms. | True |
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