the belief that God has determined whether a person will go to heaven or hell before the individual is born
What is predestination?
100
the Age of Reason
What is another name for the Revolutionary Period
100
the individual and nature
What are the major emphases of Romanticism?
100
Thoreau
Who went to the woods because he wanted to "live deliberately"?
100
realism
What literary movement sought to accurately portray real life to explain why ordinary people behave the way they do?
200
Puritans receive this when they believe that they are saved
What is grace?
200
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?
200
a man selling his soul to the devil
What is the archetype on which "The Devil and Tom Walker" is based?
200
individuals must be true to themselves
What is the main idea of "Self-Reliance"?
200
uses flashbacks, description and detail in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
How did Ambrose Bierce manipulate time?
300
heavenly possessions are more important than earthly possessions
What is the theme of "Upon the Burning of Our House" by Anne Bradstreet?
300
rationalism
What is the name of the movement in which people believed that all people could think in an ordered manner to improve their lives?
300
Longfellow, Holmes and other poets who were known for their comforting, traditional subject matter such as love, patriotism and nature
What are the Fireside Poets?
300
Walden
What work was the product of Thoreau's time alone away from society?
300
Women sometimes want to be free to pursue their own goals without limits imposed by marriage
What is the theme of "The Story of an Hour"?
400
a period that was an attempt by Puritan ministers to bring Puritans back into the Puritan church
What is The Great Awakening?
400
Patrick Henry
Who is the speaker/writer of the "Speech in the Virginia Convention"?
400
horror
What is the "single effect" of most of Poe's works?
400
material wealth
Which of these terms is not valued by the transcendenalists: the individual, material wealth, nonconformity, simplicity
400
the nobility of sacrifice during war
What is the main idea of "The Gettysburg Address"?
500
Jonathan Edwards
Who is the author of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
500
parallelism
What literary device ("he has plundered, he has ravaged, he has burnt our towns") is used most frequently in the Declaration of Independence to list the abuses of King George?
500
the loss and memories of Lenore
Of what is the raven a symbol in Poe's "The Raven"?
500
"that government is best that governs least"
What is the main idea of Civil Disobedience or "Resistance to Civil Government"?