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A Special Someone
100
According to Betonie, where do white people come from?
Witchcraft, yo
100
Who wrote changes in the land?
William Cronan
100
Who wrote "Life in the Iron Mills"?
Rebecca Harding Davis
100
Who was the "father" of our Constitution?
James Madison
100
How long has Blake been at Putney?
Seven Years
200
What causes Denver to lose her hearing temporarily?
She asks Sethe whether she was put in jail for murder but goes deaf before she can listen to the answer
200
What type of social contract do we have at Putney?
Constitutional Dictatorship
200
What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
His shoulder padz
200
What was the reasoning behind the final decision for the Phelps vs. Snyder court case?
The protesters had the freedom of speech, and the court didn't want to oppress them. It wasn't a private attack on the family, they were aiming to reach a wider audience.
200
How old is Merlin?
Two years old
300
What finally convinces Sethe that Beloved is her daughter’s ghost?
Beloved hums a song that Sethe made up to sing to her children
300
What is the full name (first and last) of the main character from the Red Badge of Courage
Henry Fleming
300
When was the new deal? (2 year lenience)
1933-1938
300
What was the pseudonym of the people who authored the Federalist Papers?
Publius
300
What did Blake major in?
Anthropology
400
Why does Douglass have no knowledge of his birth date?
Slave owners keep their slaves ignorant of their birth dates
400
What book did we read by Walt Whitman?
Leaves of Grass
400
What number president was FDR?
the 32nd
400
Who actually authored the the Brutus essay?
It is thought to be New York Judge, Robert Yates.
400
Where did Blake begin hitchhiking when he was in Eastern Europe?
Estonia
500
Why does Douglass believe that city slaveholders are usually less cruel than rural slaveholders?
They are conscious of the disapproval of their non-slaveholding neighbors
500
What was the reason for South Carolina's secession from the Union?
To protect their state's rights and to maintain slavery
500
Name 3 new deal artists
you tell me
500
When was the Constitutional Convention? (2 year lenience)
1787
500
What did Blake write his thesis paper on?
The effects of Christianity and Islam on the Ewe religion of Yewe in the present day