American Literature Exam with correct answers 2024
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American Literature Exa
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American Literature Exa
The true definition of a coquette is correct answers a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men
T or F: The Coquette was based on a true story about Elizabeth Whitman. correct answers True
How does Eliza die? correct answers She never recove...
The true definition of a coquette is correct answers a woman who endeavors without
sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men
T or F: The Coquette was based on a true story about Elizabeth Whitman. correct
answers True
How does Eliza die? correct answers She never recovers from giving birth
Which of the following was the target audience of the Coquette?
A) Children
B) Married older women
C) Unmarried men
D) Unmarried younger women correct answers D
Where does Eliza give birth? correct answers At a tavern
T or F: Eliza Wharton lives a long life with her child separated from her family. correct
answers False
Who founded the village where Rip Van Winkle lives? correct answers Dutch colonists
like Peter Stuyvesant
T or F: Upon his return to town, Rip Van Winkle is devastated at the news of his wife's
death. correct answers False
What war takes place while Rip Van Winkle sleeps? correct answers American
Revolution
Why does Rip Van Winkle leave home on the day he disappears? correct answers He
liked to escape into the woods to get away from the labour of the farm and the clamour
of his wife.
What mountain range is Rip Van Winkle based in? correct answers Kaatskills
(Catskills)
What does Rip Van Winkle help carry for the man in the woods? correct answers A
cask of liquor
Why does Ichabod attempt to stay on "good terms" with some of his students? correct
answers He buddied up to the ones with pretty sisters or moms who could feed him
, What is the name of Ichabod's rival for Katrina? correct answers Brom (Van Brunt)
Bones
What author previously covered in this course is mentioned in "Sleepy Hollow"? correct
answers Cotton Mather
In what state is Sleepy Hollow? correct answers New York
T or F: Ichabod is more interested in Katrina's father's land than Katrina. correct
answers True
What is Ichabod Crane's most important possession? correct answers Cotton Mather's
History of New England Witchcraft
The Last of the Mohicans is a novel in what series? correct answers The
Leatherstocking Tales
There is an interracial friendship between a white man and a Mohican; who are they?
correct answers Natty Bumppo and Chingachgook
What war occurs during The Last of the Mohicans? correct answers The French and
Indian War (Seven Years' War)
Who kills the deer in The Last of the Mohicans? correct answers Uncas
T or F: According to Chingachgook, he is the last of the Mohicans. correct answers
False, it is Uncas
What body part does Magawisca sacrifice to save Everell? correct answers her arm
What is the name of Hope's sister who marries a Native? correct answers Faith
What relation are Hope and Everell? correct answers cousins
What war occurs around the time Hope Leslie is set? correct answers the Pequot War
Which author covered previously in the course appears as a character in Hope Leslie?
correct answers John Winthrop
T or F: Goodman Brown's daughter begs him to go into the forest. correct answers
False, his wife begs him NOT to go into the forest.
What does Brown see in the woods that makes him realize his wife, Faith, is out there?
A) A blue ribbon
B) A pink ribbon
C) A pink shoe
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