American Literature Final Exam with correct answers 2024
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Course
American Literatur
Institution
American Literatur
correct answers It was discovered in the posthumous papers of Diedrich Knickerbocker.
What does the narrator of "Rip Van Winkle" describe as "the great error in Rip's composition?" correct answers He is unwilling to work for monetary profit.
How is Dame Van Winkle characterized by the narrat...
According to the narrator, where was the manuscript of "Rip Van Winkle" discovered?
correct answers It was discovered in the posthumous papers of Diedrich Knickerbocker.
What does the narrator of "Rip Van Winkle" describe as "the great error in Rip's
composition?" correct answers He is unwilling to work for monetary profit.
How is Dame Van Winkle characterized by the narrator? correct answers She is a nag.
While avoiding the terrors of Dame Van Winkle one day in the Kaatskills, Rip hears a
sound that begins his odd adventure. Which of the following best describes the sound?
correct answers someone crying his name
When Rip Van Winkle reaches the glen in the Kaatskills with the mysterious person
whom he assists, what mysterious sight greets him? correct answers a group of solemn
men playing nine-pins in total silence
What causes Rip Van Winkle to fall asleep? correct answers the liquor he imbibes from
the flagon
How long is Rip asleep in the woods? correct answers twenty years
When Rip returns from the forest, no one seems to recognize him. When he describes
himself as "a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!", he sends the town into an
uproar. Why was this a problem? correct answers While Rip was asleep, the United
States had been established, and the town wondered whether he was a spy sent from
England.
While Rip Van Winkle was asleep, what happened to his wife, Dame Van Winkle?
correct answers She dies shortly before Rip awoke
Once Rip tells the town what happened, they consult old Peter Vanderdonk, who
confirms that the Kaatskills are haunted. Whom does Peter name as the Dutch explorer
who periodically appears in the mountains? correct answers Hendrick Hudson
What is the name of young goodman Brown's wife? correct answers Faith
Why does goodman Brown's wife ask him not to undertake his journey during this
evening? correct answers She has had bad dreams that make her scared for her
husband's fate.
, Why does goodman Brown first venture into the woods? correct answers He promised
someone he would meet him there.
What is young goodman Brown's companion carrying? correct answers a staff shaped
like a snake
Along their journey, young goodman Brown and the devil meet which three people?
correct answers goody Cloyse, deacon gookin, and the minister
What piece of evidence does young goodman Brown find in the forest to indicate that
his wife is joining the devil's assembly? correct answers her pink ribbon
Who does young goodman Brown see beside him before the altar? correct answers
faith
What power will be granted to the devil's new converts? correct answers They will be
able to detect everyone's sins and secrets.
What ritual does the devil attempt to perform in the woods, with goodman Brown and
Faith as the objects? correct answers a baptism
When goodman Brown returns to town, everything about his perception of the religious
elders of Salem has changed. Which of the following best describes his new attitude
toward them? correct answers he considers all the elders to be hypocrites.
When does Parson Hooper remove the veil? correct answers never
Who asks Hooper to explain the veil? correct answers Elizabeth, his finance
What is the subject of Hooper's sermon the first time he emerges in the black veil?
correct answers secret sin
What do the parishioners think they see following the funeral service that Hooper
offciates? correct answers Hooper and the dead woman walking hand-in-hand
At the wedding reception, what sight horrifies Parson Hooper? correct answers his
reflection in the mirror
What happened to the narrator the night he killed the cat? correct answers his house
caught on fire
What was the name of the narrator's first cat? correct answers Pluto
Why did the narrator kill his wife? correct answers she stopped him from killing the cat
Who gave away the hiding place of the narrator's dead wife? correct answers the cat
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