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Goodfellas
The Leader of the People
Declaration of Independence
The New Colossus
The Frontier Heritage
100
What is the main character's name?
Henry Hill
100
What is the setting of the story?
A ranch (in California)
100
56 men signed the Declaration. What are they called?
The Founding Fathers
100
What is a colossus?
A giant statue
100
What is a frontier?
A piece of land between civilization and the wilderness
200
At the wedding, Karen says that all the guys are called the same two names. What are they?
Paul and Peter
200
Who wrote the story?
John Steinbeck
200
Who wrote the actual declaration?
Thomas Jefferson
200
Who wrote the poem?
Emma Lazarus
200
When was the American frontier "done" according to famous historian Frederick Jackson Turner? The answer is a decade
1890'ies
300
Which nationality should you have in order to be "made"?
Pure-blooded Italian
300
What is the name of the main character, and how old is he approximately?
Jody. He is a young boy
300
What is July 4th called in the US?
Independence Day
300
The New Colossus is a specific kind of poem. Which is it?
A sonnet
300
A big, white lady is in the middle of the painting American Progress. What is her name?
Columbia
400
What is the most important thing to do if you get caught by the police?
Don't tell the police anything and don't 'rat' on the others
400
Why is the father mad at the grandfather?
Because he keeps telling the same stories
400
What year and day was the Declaration of Independence ratified?
July 4, 1776
400
Where did the original colossus stand?
Rhodes
400
What is the "can-do spirit"?
A sense of optimism and a feeling that every problem has a solution
500
What was the name of the man who got buried in the forest?
Billy Batts
500
Why does the grandfather keep telling the same stories?
Because that's the only thing he has in his life. It's about the frontier back in the days
500
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To announce and explain the separation from Great Britain
500
When was the poem written?
1883
500
"Americans have tended to see the frontier, its life, and its people as the purest examples of their basic values." What are these three values?
Individualism, self-reliance and equality of opportunity.