Transcendentalists
Frederick Douglass
Grammar
Scarlet Letter 1
Scarlet Letter 2
100

Emerson enumerates four specific things that oppose self-reliance – Education, Travel, Society, and what else?

Prayer

100

Douglass was enslaved in which state?

Maryland

100

What is the subject of the following sentence?

Stephen ate all the pizza.

Stephen

100

What is Chillingworth’s profession?

doctor

100

What is Hester’s profession?

embroidery

200

In which essay does the following quotation appear?

“That government is best which governs least."

Civil Disobedience

200

True or false: Covey owns no slaves.

False

200

What is the subject of the following sentence: Give me hand.

you (implied)

200

Who is Mistress Hibbens?

The governor’s sister, and a witch

200

When discussing her origins with the Governor and Reverends Wilson and Dimmesdale, Pearl claims to come from where?

She was a bud her mother plucked from the rosebush outside the prison door.

300

What two things that the government is doing does Thoreau object to in “Civil Disobedience?”

The Mexican-American War, and Slavery

300

In what book does Douglass find an account of an ancient slave debating with his slave master for his freedom?

The Colombian Orator

300

 What kind of phrase is the underlined portion of the following sentence?

I took a bus into the city.

prepositional phrase

300

What is the name of the famous Puritan woman out of whose footsteps the rosebush outside the prison door is supposed to have sprung?

Anne Hutchinson

300

Who is Chillingworth's patient?

Dimmesdale

400

In what essay does the following quotation occur?

“Simplicity, Simplicity, Simplicity.”

Where I Lived and What I Lived For

400

What trade does Douglass learn in slavery and later use to find work as a free man?

Caulking

400

What is the third-person singular form of the verb to run in the future perfect progressive tense?

He/she/it will have been running

400

Chillingworth is referred to as what kind of parasite?

A leech

400

Hester has plenty of work, but she is never asked to provide her craft for what occasion?

weddings

500

For what crime does Thoreau spend a night in jail?

Failure to pay tax

500

What is the name of the owner of the plantation on which Douglass was born?

Colonel Lloyd

500

Correct the following sentence for clarity:

Please tell Tim when he gets home from the mall Mom wants him to make dinner.

Either “When he gets home from the mall, Tell Tim Mom wants him to make dinner.” or “Tell Tim Mom wants him to make dinner when he gets home from the mall.”

500

When Pearl sees Dimmesdale and Chillingworth in the window, whom does she assume Chillingworth to be?

Satan

500

What does Chillingworth see when he pushes aside Dimmesdale’s shirt, while Dimmesdale is sleeping?

Unknown