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American Renaissance Jeopardy. American Literature, Fall 2012. Categories. 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800. 100 200 300. 100 200 300 400 500 600 700. Poetry House The Transcendentalism of Usher Raven . 100 200 300 400.
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American Renaissance Jeopardy American Literature, Fall 2012
Categories 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 100 200 300 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Poetry House The Transcendentalism of Usher Raven 100 200 300 400
Poetry 100 Who are some of the important characters in the carriage in “Because I could not stop for Death—”?
Poetry 100 The speaker & Death Back to Categories
Poetry 200 In “Because I could not stop for Death—”, how does the poet represent Death?
Poetry 200 as a kind, polite gentleman Back to Categories
Poetry 300 • In the following stanza from “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—,” which words form a slant rhyme? • The Eyes around—had wrung them dry— / And Breaths were gathering firm / For that last Onset—when the King / Be witnessed—in the Room—
Poetry 300 Firm & Room Back to Categories
Poetry 400 • What is the paradox in these lines from “The Brain—is wider than the Sky”? • The Brain—is wider than the Sky—/For—put them side by side—/The one the other will contain/With ease—and You—beside—
Poetry 400 The brain can hold and understand ideas bigger than the sky Back to Categories
Poetry 500 What class of workers does Whitman focus on in “I Hear America Singing”?
Poetry 500 Laborers Back to Categories
Poetry 600 Based on the details in “Song of Myself” and “I Hear America Singing,” what can you infer about Whitman’s attitude toward other people?
Poetry 600 He feels affectionate toward other people. Back to Categories
Poetry 700 The “singing” the speaker hears in “I Hear America Singing” is what?
Poetry 700 The individuality of Americans in different walks of life
Poetry 800 What can you conclude about Whitman’s epic poetry in “I Hear American Singing”?
Poetry 800 The common person is the epic hero in his poetry Back to Categories
“Fall of the House of Usher” 100 List at least 2 words that best describes the single effect created by the opening description of the house in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?
“Fall of the House of Usher” 100 Sadness, Gloom (additional answers may vary, but know those two!) Back to Categories
“Fall of the House of Usher” 200 The letter that the narrator receives hints that Roderick Usher will be
“Fall of the House of Usher” 200 Nervous & Passionate Back to Categories
“Fall of the House of Usher” 300 In contrast to Roderick Usher, the narrator presents himself as someone who values
“Fall of the House of Usher” 300 Logic & Reason Back to Categories
“Fall of the House of Usher” 400 • Which passage most underscores the single effect of “The Fall of the House of Usher”? • “There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime.” • “Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really knew little of my friend.” • “Beyond this indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gave little token of instability.” • “It had been used, apparently, in remote feudal times, for the worst purposes of a donjon-keep, and, in later days, as a place of deposit for powder.”
“Fall of the House of Usher” 400 “There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime.” Back to Categories
“Fall of the House of Usher” 500 Which statement expresses a central theme of “The Fall of the House of Usher”?
“Fall of the House of Usher” 500 A person cut off from the world can fall prey to irrational fears and mental illness. Back to Categories
“Fall of the House of Usher” 600 What detail early in “The Fall of the House of Usher” most clearly foreshadows, or hints at, the story’s ending?
“Fall of the House of Usher” 600 The narrator’s fear of the tarn Back to Categories
“Fall of the House of Usher” 700 Why does the narrator “start” when Roderick Usher mentions “the gradual yet certain condensation of an atmosphere . . . about the waters and the walls” of the House of Usher?
“Fall of the House of Usher” 700 The narrator himself felt such an atmosphere when he approached the estate. Back to Categories
“The Raven” 100 What does the speaker in “The Raven” feel when he first thinks that Lenore may be at his door?
“The Raven” 100 Terror & Hope Back to Categories
“The Raven” 200 Provide a statement that expresses a central theme of “The Raven”.
“The Raven” 200 Grief can cause hallucinations Back to Categories
“The Raven” 300 What is the core meaning of the following sentence? • But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only / That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
“The Raven” 300 The raven spoke only that one word Back to Categories
“The Raven” 400 Which of these identifies a main cause-and-effect relationship in “The Raven”? • poetry and happiness • loss and heartbreak • sleeplessness and illness • strange visitors and dreams
“The Raven” 400 loss and heartbreak Back to Categories
Transcendentalism 100 What situation caused Thoreau to write Civil Disobedience?
Transcendentalism 100 The Mexican War Back to Categories
Transcendentalism 200 What does Thoreau call for, in terms of government, at the conclusion of this selection from Civil Disobedience?
Transcendentalism 200 A better government Back to Categories
Transcendentalism 300 What is Thoreau’s central idea in Civil Disobedience?
Transcendentalism 300 The people need to follow their conscience and not blindly accept government control Back to Categories
