American Literature Final Exam with correct answers 2024
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How old was Equiano when he was kidnapped? correct answers 11
Equiano records he was born in what African country? correct answers Nigeria
After being shipped to Barbados, he was sent to __________________? correct answers Virginia
How old was Equiano when he first arrived in England? ...
How old was Equiano when he was kidnapped? correct answers 11
Equiano records he was born in what African country? correct answers Nigeria
After being shipped to Barbados, he was sent to __________________? correct
answers Virginia
How old was Equiano when he first arrived in England? correct answers 12
Equiano became involved in the movement to abolish slavery. With which organization
was he a prominent member? correct answers Sons of Africa
Equiano died a wealthy man. correct answers true
What was Equiano's profession in 1776? correct answers hairdresser
How many years after Equiano's death did England abolish slavery? correct answers
10
Olaudah Equiano was abducted from his ____ village in West Africa correct answers
Ibo
How many children did Equiano father? correct answers 2
Who was Irving named after? correct answers President George Washington
Which two presidents did Irving write about? correct answers Thomas Jefferson and
George Washington
Besides writing, what occupation did Irving study? correct answers Law
Irving was the first American literary _________________. correct answers Humorist
Which movie directed by Tim Burton is based on a story by Irving? correct answers The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Irving is the first to write _________ and ______________ as entertainment. correct
answers History, Biography
What two titles are recognized as Irving's influential contribution to American literature?
correct answers "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
, True or False: Irving was a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction. His main focus was
on science-fiction from the sea. correct answers False
Who was Diedrich Knickerbocker? correct answers He was a fictional historian. He
wrote, "A History of New York."
Irving was given the titles of "Father of American Literature" and "Father of American
________________." correct answers Letters
Who did LHHS donate much of her profits to in the beginning of her career? correct
answers She donated much of her proceeds to various reform groups such as the
temperance movement, peace societies, and missionary groups.
How many children did Sigourney birth? correct answers Birthed - 5
True or False: LHHS's husband was not at all supportive of her work. He made her quit
in order to raise the children. Otherwise, more publications would have been available.
correct answers False
What is the significance of Sigourney's student Alice Cogswell? correct answers She
was deaf and the first student enrolled in the country's first school for the deaf.
True or False: Sigourney published a book a year which made her a shrewd
businesswoman. correct answers True
What is her argument in Letters to Young Ladies? correct answers She believed that
ladies should practice reading aloud, promoted the importance of being agreeable, and
suggested ways to take notes along with advice on how to paraphrase what has been
read.
According to Sigourney, women's conversation should adhere to three rules. correct
answers 1. Women's conversation should give pleasure.
2. It should be instructive
3. It should be comforting
What kind of concerns did much of her poetry discuss and focus on? correct answers It
discusses Native American and anti-slavery issues set in a religious context.
Why did Sigourney first decide that she would never marry? correct answers She
wanted to stay with and care for her parents because she was an only child.
Why has she often been slandered and made the point of ridicule? correct answers Her
only biographer referred to her work as "hack work" lacking in creativity.
What occupation did Emerson first have? correct answers Minister
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