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This author's grandfather was a judge during the Salem Witch Trials.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne ("Young Goodman Brown")?
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"The history of the earth! Doth it present anything but crimes of the most heinous nature, committed from one end of the world to the other? [...] We certainly are not that class of beings which we vainly think ourselves to be..." Name author and text and describe the significance of this quote.
What is "Letters from an American Farmer" (Crevecoeur). Crevecoeur is criticizing the institution of slavery and wondering how men can justify such brutality. Contrast w/ earlier letter describing America as a utopia. Feelings of hopelessness and horror.
100
Belief that American settlers were destined to settle across the continent. Also: female figure associated with this movement.
What is Manifest Destiny? Who is Columbia?
100
Two rhetorical strategies used by MLK Jr in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
What are: pathos, logos, rhetorical questions, binary oppositions, allusions to secular and religious figures, etc.?
100
Jewish poet who compared the Statue of Liberty to _______, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. (Also describe how the two statues are different.)
Who is Emma Lazarus ("The New Colossus")? The Colossus of Rhodes in Greece (built to celebrate a huge military victory)
200
French aristocrat who wrote as a fictional American (also tell me who he wrote as and why).
Who is Crevecoeur? To gain credibility/legitimacy, to express his appreciation for America, etc.
200
"...with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence." Name author, text, and significance of this quote.
What is "The Declaration of Independence" (final draft), Thomas Jefferson? Added to final draft. Separation of church/state vs. a country founded on religious principles - tension from America's founding.
200
Religious revival during the early 19th century characterized by its extreme emotionalism.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
200
According to one of our authors, _____ is the worst part of America, _______ is okay but not awesome, and _______ is by far the best part of America. (Fill in the blanks and tell me why)
What is the woods, the sea, and the middle settlements? Woods = uncivilized, too close to the Indians, too far from civilization, not concerned with politics, behind the times. Sea = ok, but too cosmopolitan, too much like Europe. Middle = farmers! Hardworking, industrious, politically engaged, diverse, and just generally great.
200
Radical religious movement that spread to the American colonies after being persecuted and restricted in England. Prescribed extremely strict social and sexual roles for community members. (Also name the text that critiques them.)
What is Puritanism? (Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown")
300
This author rarely left the house, and most of their works were published posthumously. (Can you name two titles?)
Who is Emily Dickinson? "The Soul Selects her own Society" and "Publication--is the Auction"
300
"And when he had lived long, and was borne to his grave a hoary corpse [...] they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom." Name the author, text, and the character referenced here. Why is he so gloomy?
What is: Nathaniel Hawthorne, YGB, "Young Goodman Brown." Had a crazy dream (dream??) about his whole village converting to devil worship and now he can't trust anybody. Critique of the hypocrisy of restrictive, repressive Puritan society.
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Refers to the idea that America is unique among nations because of its commitment to liberty and democracy.
What is American exceptionalism?
300
In what specific ways does the Langston Hughes poem "I, Too, Sing America" anticipate MLK's Letter? What work does it refer to?
What is: inevitability of racial justice/equality (belief that people will recognize injustice and act to change it); optimism, hopefulness, conviction. Refers to Whitman's "I Hear America Singing."
300
Name two religious and two secular allusions MLK makes in "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" and discuss their significance to his argument.
Religious: Paul, Jesus, Aquinas, Secular: Eliot, Jefferson, Lincoln, Bunyan
400
Launched publicity campaign to promote his stories. (Name author, text, and discuss how this affects our reading of the text.)
Who is Washington Irving ("Rip Van Winkle")? Fictional author - Diedrich Knickerbocker.
400
"But now we are a mob. Man does not stand in awe of man, nor is his genius admonished to stay at home, to put itself in communication with the internal ocean, but it goes abroad to beg a cup of water at the urns of other men. We must go alone." Name the author and title of work and talk about its significance in context.
What is "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson? Man should depend on himself and consult his own thoughts instead of going with the crowd/adopting the opinions given to him by his friends, society, the church, etc.
400
Religious movement that opposes dogma and promotes the individual search for truth and spiritual growth. (Also, name: 1) the movement it was reacting against and 2) the author associated with it.)
What is Unitarianism? (Second Great Awakening, Emerson.)
400
"The result was discoverable, he added, in that silent, yet importunate and terrible influence which for centuries had moulded the destinies of his family, and which made him what I now saw him--what he was. Such opinions need no comment, and I will make none." Name author and text, and describe the significance of the quote in the context of the passage (as well as how it depicts European identity).
What is "The Fall of the House of Usher" (Poe)? Decay of European family lines -- inability to break free of one's ancestors to create new identity -- refusal to comment (ostensibly leaving it up to the reader, but strongly suggesting a certain interpretation).
500
The four components of nonviolent direct action.
What are: "collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self purification; and direct action."
500
1) Define the concept of "michachunk," 2) describe its relationship to the Christian idea of the "bounded soul," and 3) tell me which author and text are associated with this idea.
What is: 1) "clear sight" - essential to balanced relationship with family or community (not something you achieve, but a process of relating to people) 2) NOT synonymous with Christian idea of bounded soul - emphasizes individual's connection to community/society. 3) William Apess, "An Indian's Looking Glass for the White Man"
500
Name 3 authors associated with the Second Great Awakening and describe their attitudes towards it.
Who are William Apess (part of it), Emerson (opposed to it - Unitarianism, search for individual truth), and Hawthorne (critiqued Puritanism; does not directly mention Second Great Awakening, but possibly critical of it)
500
Name of a fictional Dutch historian whose "papers" included folk stories from the Catskill mountains. (Also list the author and text associated with him.)
Who is Diedrich Knickerbocker? What is "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving? (Significance?)