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SALT American Lit2
Study help for American Lit Units pages 409-457
Question | Answer |
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Who painted "Benjamin Franklin"? | Joseph Wright |
Which painting demonstrates a good balance between French Impressionism and American Realism? | "Stepping Stones" |
Who painted "Stepping Stones"? | Theodore Robinson |
Who painted "The White Parasol"? | Robert Reid |
Which painting by Winslow Homer reflects the spirit of country school outdoor games? | "Crack the Whip" |
Who painted "A Family of Birches"? | Willard Leroy Metcalf |
Who painted "Improvisation"? | Childe Hassam |
Who painted "Man with the Cat"? | Cecilia Beaux |
Who painted "George Washington"? | Gilbert Stuart |
Who painted "Allies Day, Fifth Avenue, May 1917"? | Childe Hassam |
Who was known for his portraits of Native Americans? | George Catlin |
Which artist was known for her paintings of mothers with their children? | Mary Cassatt |
Who painted "Peculiarsome Abe"? | N.C. Wyeth |
According to his autobiography, who wanted to achieve moral perfection? | Benjamin Franklin |
Who won the fight in the schoolhouse? | Jesse Stuart |
Where did Jesse Stuart want to teach school? | Lonesome Valley, Kentucky |
In "Mission Accomplished," what tribe of Indians were the missionary men trying to reach? | the Aucas |
Which talent became evident in Marian Anderson's young life? | singing |
Which poem's theme is that faith and hope in God are more precious than earthly wealth? | "What Riches Have You?" |
What is the introductory poem in "Spoon River Anthology" which lists many of the former inhabitants of Spoon River? | "The Hill" |
What poem's theme is that we can hide our problems from the world but not from Christ? | "We Wear the Mask" |
What is the theme of "When All Is Done"? | Death is just a beginning |
What is the speaker asking of readers in "In Flanders Fields"? | to take up the fight where others have fallen |
Which poem was written in praise of the unnamed inventors of Negro spirituals? | "O Black and Unknown Bards" |
Who wrote "The Taxi"? | Amy Lowell |
Who wrote "In Flanders Fields"? | John McCrae |
Of what nationality was John McCrae? | Canadian |
Who wrote "What Riches Have You?" | George Santayana |
Where was George Santayana born? | Spain |
Who wrote Spoon River Anthology? | Edgar Lee Masters |
Who wrote "The Creation" and "Go Down Death"? | James Weldon Johnson |
Who wrote "The Threat That Runs So True"? | Jesse Stuart |
Who wrote "Young Abe Lincoln"? | Carl Sandburg |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "Life is too strong for you -/It takes life to love Life." | Edgar Lee Masters |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "I was born on Webster Street in South Philadelphia..." | Marian Anderson |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "I took the one less traveled by" | Robert Frost |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "The prayer that had been in Jim's heart for years was prayed with renewed energy now - that those who still had never heard,... might hear." | Elisabeth Elliot |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "I made a little book, in which I allotted a page for each of the virtues." | Benjamin Franklin |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "I shan't be gone long - You come too." | Robert Frost |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "After I'd seen the way my sister was beaten up, I begged to go to Lonesome Valley." | Jesse Stuart |
About whom was "Go Down Death" written? | Sister Caroline |
What poem is probably the most quoted American poem because of its combination of sentiment and idea? | "Trees" |
Who wrote the work in which this quotation is found: "Love has gone and left me." | "Ashes of Life" |