The Civil War
In the Gettysburg Address, what founding principle does Lincoln identify when he describes a nation “conceived in Liberty”?
What is equality of all men?
In Whitman's elegy "O Captain! My Captain!," the captain represents this man.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This man tells the long story about Jim Smiley and his animals in The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
Who is Simon Wheeler?
In “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Death is portrayed as this.
What is a polite carriage driver?
Bartleby's job when he first works in the narrator's office is a scrivener, which means his job is a _________ __________.
What is a legal copyist?
In Herman Melville's “Shiloh, A Requiem,” what do the swallows and rain contrast with in the description of the battlefield?
What is the violence of war?
In "I Hear America Singing", who does Whitman describe singing?
Who are American workers?
Jim Smiley's celebrated jumping frog has this name, not to be confused with the Dictionary author.
Who is Dan'l Webster?
In “Wild Nights,” what does the image of a heart “in port” suggest?
What is emotional safety?
Bartleby repeatedly uses this phrase to refuse doing tasks he is asked to complete.
What is "I'd prefer not to."?
In the Gettysburg Address, what responsibility does Lincoln assign to those who are still living?
What is carry on the "unfinished work" of the soldiers who died there?
In "O Captain! My Captain!," what does the ship's successful return represent?
What is the Union Victory and the end of the Civil War?
How does Simon Wheeler's regional speech and dialect contribute to the story?
What is it builds humor?
In “A Bird, came down the Walk,” what does the speaker compare the bird's eyes to?
What are "frightened beads"?
Before Bartleby arrives, how does the narrator describe his own approach to life?
What is assuming the best of others?
In Episode 1 of Ken Burns' The Civil War, the conflict between instituional slavery and total ____________ is identified as the key cause of the U.S. Civil War.
What is abolitionism
In "I Hear America Singing," Whitman's representation of workers in varied jobs and settings reflects this political value.
What is democratic inclusion?
The stranger cheats Smiley during the frog-jumping contest by secretly fills his own frog with this, making it too heavy to jump properly.
What is quail shot (BBs)?
In “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” what does the house that appears to be a swelling of the ground represent?
What is a gravesite?
After Bartleby is fired, and refuses to leave the office, this happens to him.
What is he is arrested and taken to the Tombs (NYC Prison)?
Lincoln ends The Gettysburg Address with a passionate call to preserve this during the bloody war currently raging in the nation.
What is a government “of the people, by the people, for the people”?
What is "cold" and "dead"?
What does Wheeler offer to do at the end of Twain's story, causing the narrator to walk away?
What is he offers to tell another story about one of Smiley's amazing animals?
In “Wild Nights,” Dickinson uses images of the sea, a compass, a chart, and a harbor. How do these images develop the speaker's feelings?
What is she wants to return to the safety of her beloved?
Bartleby's final statement of "I'd prefer not to" is to this request in prison, leading to his death.
What is eat his prison meal?