Unit 1 Test - Room 103



Unit 1 Test

Mrs. Breaux

American Literature (periods 2, 4, 6)

Answer each multiple choice question with a letter on your answer sheet. DO not write on this test. Your essay will also be answered on your answer sheet. Each multiple choice answer counts as two points. Your essay response counts as 20 pts.

Literature

From “The Earth on the Turtle’s Back”

1. Which of the following is the comprehensive definition of The Great Spirit?

a. The Native American’s version of God

b. an invisible power that is the source of life and good for humans

c. an invisible power that is the source of life and bad/good for all humans

d. The Native American’s version of the Devil

2. All of the following acted in symbols EXCEPT:

a. the turtle b. the passion flower c. the muskrat d. the Great Tree

3. From this origin myth, what can you conclude about the Onadagas’ belief system?

a. they believe in God b. they believe they should follow The Great Spirit’s commands

c. they believe in community d. a & b e. b &c

From “When the Grizzlies Walked Upright”

4. Choose the most detailed, accurate process below of how the grizzlies began to walk upright:

a. The Sky Spirit banished the grizzlies to forest, then sent his daughter out to tell the Wind Spirit to blow the smoke more gently, then the girl was found by the grizzlies and taken to live with them, then she married the eldest grizzle and had children, then the mother grizzly sent her grandson to tell the Sky Chief that his daughter was with the grizzlies, finally, when he saw his grandchildren, he punished all the grizzlies.

b. The Sky Spirit sent his daughter out to tell the Wind Spirit to blow the smoke more gently, then the girl got lost and decided to live with the grizzlies in the forest, then she married the eldest grizzly and had four children, then the mother grizzly sent her grandson to tell the Sky chief that his daughter was with the grizzlies, finally, when he saw his grandchildren, he punished all the grizzlies.

c. The Sky Spirit sent his daughter to go tell the Wind Spirit to blow the smoke more gently, then the girl befriended the youngest grizzly and the grizzlies invited her to live with them, then she fell in love and married the eldest grizzly and had several children, then when the mother grizzly felt that her grandchildren were at risk, she sent her grandson to notify the Sky Spirit, he got angry that the grizzlies had hidden his daughter for so many years and punished them by taking away their speaking and walking ability.

d. The Sky Spirit was angry at the Grizzlies for talking back to him soon after he had created them, so he banished them to the forest, then he sent his daughter to go tell the Wind spirit to stop blowing so hard, then she got lost and ended up living with the grizzlies, she fell in love with and married the eldest male grizzly and had several children, when the eldest female grizzly was dying, she notified the Sky Chief that his daughter was safe and he had several grandchildren, he became mad at the grizzlies for holding his daughter against her will and her having half-bear, half Native American children and then punished the grizzlies by making them walk upright.

5. According to the legend, who became the first Indians?

a. the grizzlies b. the sky spirit’s grandchildren c. the daughter’s siblings d. the turtles

from “Of Plymouth Plantation

6. William Bradford accomplished all of the following EXCEPT:

a. started the democratic process in Plymouth

b. established good relations with the monarchy in Great Britan and the U.S.

c. encouraged new immigration

d. repaid debts to financial bakers

7. The following is the best, accurate paraphrase of the first section “Of Their Voyage and How They Passed The Sea: and of Their Safe Arrival at Cape Code:”

a. the crew had bad weather, then good weather, then bad weather, then good weather, then the ship became wrecked and they had to turn back, then they started again two months later and succeeded to the new land where they created the first U.S. colony

b. the crew had good weather, then bad weather that damaged the ship, then the decided in a meeting to go forward and keep sailing to the new world, some days the wind was so bad that they had to stay stationary at sea, a young sailor got thrown in the sea but God saved him, the finally arrived in Cape Code and thanked God for bringing them there.

c. The crew had some bad weather which damaged the ship, then they fixed the ship with some caulking, then a young crew member fell overboard and was saved by Myles Standish, then they landed at Cape Cod.

d. the crew decided to keep sailing after bad weather, they docked their ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, then they repaired their ship, then a young guy fell overboard and died, they finally landed at Cape Cod and were really happy.

8. All of the following occurred during “The Starving Time” EXCEPT:

a. many of the passengers were infected with scurvy

b. only 1/3 of the crew survived

c. the crew was initially kind towards each other, then grumpy, then some remained kind

d. William Bradford was sick along with over half of the crew.

9. All of the following are true statements in “Indian Relations” EXCEPT:

a. they met Squanto b. they met Samoset

c. Massosoit the chief paid the pilgrims a visit d. they helped the Pilgrims make The Declaration of Independence e. they drafted an agreement with each other

10. All of the following were part of the peace agreement EXCEPT:

a. to each have an annual Thanksgiving that celebrated their peace agreement

b. neither group should do any harm to the other

c. if one did war against the other, the other group should aid him

d. bows and arrows should not be brought into meetings

“Huswifery”

11. All of the following are characteristics about his poem EXCEPT:

a. slap-stick wit

b. extravagant comparisons

c. subtle argument

d. exploration of religious faith and affection

12. Who is known as the best of the colonial poets?

a. Anne Bradstreet

b. William Bradford

c. Edward Taylor

d. John Smith

13. Identify the following extended metaphor in “Huswifery.”

a. comparison of the spinning wheel making clothes to Godly love

b. comparison of the spinning wheel making a holy robe to the speaker’s daily actions to match God’s word

c. comparison of the spinning wheel making a robe to God’s glory

d. comparison of the spinning wheel making a holy robe to the speaker’s body living for God

14. Analyze the rhyme scheme of this stanza from “Huswifery.”

Then cloath therewith mine Understanding, Will, 

     Affections, Judgment, Conscience, Memorify; 

My Words and Actions, that their shine may fill 

     My wayes with glory and thee glorify. 

     Then mine apparell shall display before yee 

     That I am Cloathd in Holy robes for glory.

a. a,b,a,c,c,c b. b,a,a,b,c,c c. a, b, c, d, e d. a,b,a,b,c,c

15. Which line of the below stanza contains an appositive?

Make me, O Lord, thy Spinning Wheele compleat; 1

     Thy Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee. 2

Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate, 3

     And make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee. 4

     My Conversation make to be thy Reele, 5

     And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele.6

a. Line 1 b. line 2 c. line 3 d. line 4 e. line 5 f. line 6

Literary Terms

Read the following poem and identify the appropriate literary term:

The Summer I Was Sixteen

Geraldine Connolly

The turquoise pool rose up to meet us,

its slide a silver afterthought down which

we plunged, screaming, into a mirage of bubbles.

We did not exist beyond the gaze of a boy.

Shaking water off our limbs, we lifted

up from ladder rungs across the fern-cool

lip of rim. (A.) Afternoon. Oiled and sated,

we sunbathed, rose and paraded the concrete,

danced to the low beat of "Duke of Earl". (B)

Past cherry colas, hot-dogs, Dreamsicles,

we came to the counter where bees staggered

into root beer cups and drowned. We gobbled

cotton candy torches, sweet as furtive kisses,

shared on benches beneath summer shadows.

Cherry. Elm. Sycamore. We spread our chenille

blankets across grass, pressed radios to our ears,

mouthing the old words, then loosened

thin bikini straps and rubbed baby oil with iodine

across sunburned shoulders, tossing a glance

through the chain link at an improbable world.

16. Choice A represents which of the following:

a. tone b. symbolism c. imagery d. free verse

17. Choice B represents which of the following:

a. tone b. allusion c. imagery d. symbolism

18. Choose the statement that best describes the tone of the poem:

a. a dark outlook on life outside of summer bliss. B. the abandonment of youth into the age of experience

b. a carefree attitude during the summer that contrasts with the real world waiting outside of summer

c. a cynical outlook at life outside of boys and suntans

19. Which of the following terms matches this definition: a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work or art.

a. imagery b. symbolism c. tone d. free verse e. allusion

20. Which of the following matches this definition: a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object or idea:

a. allusion b. symbolism c. tone d. apostrophe e. Puritan Plain Style

21. Which of the following literary genres matches with the correct literary term? Characterized by: short words, direct statements, and references to everyday objects.

a. Slave Narrative b. origin myth c. Puritan Plain Style d. Explorer narrative (first-hand)

Grammar

22. Which of the following is the correct rule to merge a dependent and independent clause in one sentence to correct a fragment?

a. Put the dependent clause first, then put a comma, then the independent clause

b. Put the independent clause first, then put a comma, then the dependent clause

c. Put the independent clause first, then a comma and a conjunction, then put the dependent clause

d. Separate the independent clause from the dependent clause with a demonstrative pronoun

22. The following statement is correct – True or False?

They’re favorite ice cream is vanilla.

A. True B. False

23. Which of the following is an example of a collective/common noun?

a. flock b. father-in-law c. ice cream d. themselves

24. Which of the following is an example of a abstract/common noun?

a. happiness b. cafeteria c. notebooks d. gum

25. Correct the capitalization in the following sentence:

My favorite subjects are: Math, english, spanish III, and History.

a. math, English, Spanish III, history

b. Math, English, Spanish IIII, History

c. Math, English, Spanish III, history

d. Math, English, Spanish IIII, history

26. Identify the proper definition of a pronoun:

a. names a person, place, thing or idea

b. use in place of one or more nouns or pronouns

c. is a proper noun

d. is a really, special noun

27. All of the following are examples of what kind of pronouns?

He, she, them, they, you

a. demonstrative b personal c. interrogative d. intensive

28. Which kind of pronoun is used in the following sentence: Judy herself decided that it was time that the Homecoming Dance was organized properly.

a. interrogative b. personal c. reflexive d. intensive

29. Identify the appropriate category of the pronoun in bold:

This is my favorite song by Alicia Keys.

a. personal b. interrogative c. reflexive d. demonstrative

30. All of the following belong in which pronoun category?:

Everyone, everything, several , one another, neither, most, much

a. personal b. relative c. indefinite d. personal e. intensive

Vocabulary

31. The effective use of words.

a. vernacular b. prologue c. rhetorical d. allegory

32. Lacking moral restraint

a. dissolute b. despicable c. ferocity d. accentuate

33. to take power by force

a. felicity b. usurp c. ambiguous d. ferocity

34. brief and to the point

a. terse b. ferocity c. incongruous d. usurp

35. an opinion without proof

a. conjecture b. comprehensive c. vernacular d. ambiguous

36. condition of being complex

a. felicity b. allegory c. intricate d. incongruous

37. an individual who dislikes or distrusts other human beings

a. misanthrope b. protagonist c. allegorist d. accentuator

38. native language or dialect of a region

a. intricacy b. misanthrope c. vernacular d. dissolution

39. Not suitable or appropriate

a. ferocity b. rhetorical c. provocative d. incongruous

40. given to examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings

a. vernacular b. accentuate c. introspective d. felicitous

Essay

Read the following poem and analyze it’s meaning and use of literary terms:

The Summer I Was Sixteen

Geraldine Connolly

The turquoise pool rose up to meet us,

its slide a silver afterthought down which

we plunged, screaming, into a mirage of bubbles.

We did not exist beyond the gaze of a boy.

Shaking water off our limbs, we lifted

up from ladder rungs across the fern-cool

lip of rim. Afternoon. Oiled and sated,

we sunbathed, rose and paraded the concrete,

danced to the low beat of "Duke of Earl".

Past cherry colas, hot-dogs, Dreamsicles,

we came to the counter where bees staggered

into root beer cups and drowned. We gobbled

cotton candy torches, sweet as furtive kisses,

shared on benches beneath summer shadows.

Cherry. Elm. Sycamore. We spread our chenille

blankets across grass, pressed radios to our ears,

mouthing the old words, then loosened

thin bikini straps and rubbed baby oil with iodine

across sunburned shoulders, tossing a glance

through the chain link at an improbable world.

This is not a five-paragraph essay but it is does require a two paragraph response.

In your first paragraph you must: discuss the meaning of the poem? What is the poem about? How do you know? How would you describe the poem’s speaker? How do you know? What is the focus and point of the poem? You must mention the poet and the poem in your first paragraph (your first sentence would be a good place).

Your second paragraph must discuss: Connolly’s use of imagery, tone, symbols, allusions. You must explain how Connolly developed the ideas above in your first paragraph by using these literary terms.

You must use FORMAL, Academic language (no slang, no abbreviations), you must make your point crystal clear – write what you MEAN and be specific to your reader (it is not up to your reader to just “get what you are TRYING to say.” You must use textual support – cite lines in your analysis of the poem.

 

Name:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _Period:____________ Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Unit 1 American Lit. Test

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