Main Idea 1
What literary texts were written by a 'widow' to comment on how she viewed society?
The Silence Dogood Letters by Benjamin Franklin
What literary movement had the key ideas of individualism and nature, and was a reaction to the strict doctrines of Puritanism?
Early Romanticism
What literary movement was thriving at the time of the idea of 'manifest destiny' and the Mexican-American War?
Romanticism and Transcendentalism
What text was written from the point of view of a women who was taken captive by Native Americans?
Narrative of the Captivity by Mary Rowlandson
Who was Harriet Jacobs?
A slave. The main character in 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
What is the title of the poem (or author) that uses personification to describe death as a kind old man driving a carriage?
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson
What literary group was heavily influenced by emotion, imagination, the bizarre, and human evil?
Brooding Romantics- Gothic Writers
Abigail Adams was a famous woman writer during the time of which war?
The Revolutionary War
What novel portrays the region of the Mississippi River?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Who was Cabeza de Vaca?
The Spanish explorer who wrote "La Relacion."
What transcendental book was written about the author's time living in the woods?
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
What literary movement was influenced greatly by science and politics?
Revolutionary War and Enlightenment
What caused the shift from imaginative, emotional, and optimistic writing (Romanticism) to detailed portrayal of life how it really was, without glory (Realism).
The Civil War
What record told the events of the original American Thanksgiving?
Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford.
Who was Prince Prospero?
The main character in "The Masque of the Red Death."
What did Aylmer do to Georgiana?
He tried to remove her birthmark and killed her.
What literary movement depicted humans as suffering under the forces of nature and society?
Naturalism
During which historical period did the Salem Witch Trials occur?
Early American/ Puritan
Is the following aphorism written by Benjamin Frankin or Ralph Waldo Emerson?
"Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide."
RWE
Who was John Proctor?
A protagonist in the play "The Crucible."
What story depicted the region of the American West and a group of people unjustly shunned by their town?
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
What literary group prided themselves in the idea of a simple life and self-reliance?
The Transcendentalists
What type of narratives became popular leading up to the Civil War?
Slave Narratives and Abolition literature
What novel, written after the Revolutionary War during a time of national pride, featured the hero Hawk-eye?
The Last of the Mohicans
Who was Peyton Farquhar?
The man hung on Owl Creek bridge.