Questions on the Poems 1
Questions on the Poems 2
Applying Literary Terms
Questions on the Essays
Random
100
What is the speaker of "The Raven" doing at the beginning of the poem?
What is READING ALONE IN HIS CHAMBER?
100
Between what times of day do the events of "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" take place?
What is TWILIGHT and DAYBREAK?
100
What is the definition of internal rhyme?
What is RHYMING WORDS THAT FALL INSIDE A LINE?
100
To what characteristic of government does Thoreau particularly object?
What is it is EASILY ABUSED OR PERVERTED?
100
Both of Emerson's essays ("Nature" and "Self-Reliance") demonstrate Emerson's belief in what?
What is THE SELF?
200
According to "Thanatopsis," what should you do when you are worried about death?
What is go out and LISTEN TO NATURE?
200
According to "A Psalm of Life," what two things does a person need to live life fully?
What is HEART and GOD?
200
What does the repetitive rhyme scheme in "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" emphasize about nature?
What is the EVERLASTING QUALITY OF NATURE?
200
According to Thoreau (in both Walden and "Civil Disobedience," what is more important than the body?
What is the MIND?
200
Why does Thoreau say he eventually left Walden Pond?
What is HE WANTED TO START A NEW PART OF HIS LIFE?
300
How does the chambered nautilus shell get its shape?
What is the nautilus ADDS A NEW CHAMBER TO HIS SHELL AS HE GROWS?
300
How do Longfellow's poems ("A Psalm of Life" and "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls") differ in their depiction of nature?
What is nature CARES FOR HUMANS in one, and is INDIFFERENT TO THEM in the other?
300
What is the purpose of the last stanza of "Thanatopsis"?
What is TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE READER?
300
In Emerson's "Self-Reliance," what does he say is the only wrong a person can do?
What is GO AGAINST HIS NATURE?
300
At the end of "The Raven," what has the speaker decided about his grief?
What is IT WILL LAST FOREVER?
400
How does the speaker in "Thanatopsis" say that we should approach our deaths?
What is LIKE WE ARE GOING TO SLEEP?
400
According to "Thanatopsis," in what way are we not alone when we walk in solitude in nature?
What is the DEAD ARE ALWAYS THERE?
400
How do stressed words in "The Chambered Nautilus" and "Old Ironsides" convey the author's message?
What is they HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT IDEAS?
400
What does Emerson mean when he says, "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit"?
What is HUMAN EXPERIENCES AFFECT THEIR VIEW OF NATURE?
400
What does the speaker in "Thanatopsis" say happens to your body when you die?
What is IT RETURNS TO NATURE?
500
Both Holmes poems ("The Chambered Nautilus" and "Old Ironsides") use the sea to represent what?
What is LIFE'S CHALLENGES?
500
According to "Thanatopsis," what will nature do when you are happy?
What is SMILE, SHOW HER BEAUTY?
500
In explaining how to deal with unjust laws, what metaphor does Thoreau use to define government and its injustices?
What is a MACHINE WITH LEVERS, SPRINGS, AND PULLEYS?
500
According to Emerson, whom or what does a great man follow in a crowd?
What is HIS OWN MIND?
500
What does the speaker in "Old Ironsides" consider a patriotic action?
What is SAVING OLD IRONSIDES FROM DESTRUCTION?
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