Transcendentalists
Emerson enumerates four specific things that oppose self-reliance – Education, Travel, Society, and what else?
Prayer
Douglass was enslaved in which state?
Maryland
What is the subject of the following sentence?
Stephen ate all the pizza.
Stephen
What is Chillingworth’s profession?
doctor
What is Hester’s profession?
embroidery
In which essay does the following quotation appear?
“That government is best which governs least."
Civil Disobedience
True or false: Covey owns no slaves.
False
What is the subject of the following sentence: Give me hand.
you (implied)
Who is Mistress Hibbens?
The governor’s sister, and a witch
When discussing her origins with the Governor and Reverends Wilson and Dimmesdale, Pearl claims to come from where?
She was a bud her mother plucked from the rosebush outside the prison door.
What two things that the government is doing does Thoreau object to in “Civil Disobedience?”
The Mexican-American War, and Slavery
In what book does Douglass find an account of an ancient slave debating with his slave master for his freedom?
The Colombian Orator
What kind of phrase is the underlined portion of the following sentence?
I took a bus into the city.
prepositional phrase
What is the name of the famous Puritan woman out of whose footsteps the rosebush outside the prison door is supposed to have sprung?
Anne Hutchinson
Who is Chillingworth's patient?
Dimmesdale
In what essay does the following quotation occur?
“Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity.”
Where I Lived and What I Lived For
What trade does Douglass learn in slavery and later use to find work as a free man?
Caulking
What is the third-person singular form of the verb to run in the future perfect progressive tense?
He/she/it will have been running
Chillingworth is referred to as what kind of parasite?
A leech
Hester has plenty of work, but she is never asked to provide her craft for what occasion?
weddings
For what crime does Thoreau spend a night in jail?
Failure to pay tax
What is the name of the owner of the plantation on which Douglass was born?
Colonel Lloyd
Correct the following sentence for clarity:
Please tell Tim when he gets home from the mall Mom wants him to make dinner.
Either “When he gets home from the mall, Tell Tim Mom wants him to make dinner.” or “Tell Tim Mom wants him to make dinner when he gets home from the mall.”
When Pearl sees Dimmesdale and Chillingworth in the window, whom does she assume Chillingworth to be?
Satan
What does Chillingworth see when he pushes aside Dimmesdale’s shirt, while Dimmesdale is sleeping?
Unknown