American Philosophy of Literature
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Kathi Mitchell
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By Kathi Mitchell
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Before the Europeans settled in America there were already people here with ideas of their own.
Precolonial
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Multiple Choice
In "The Earth on Turtle's Back" who carried the sky woman to the earth?
The turtle
The muskrat
The two swans
Her husband
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Multiple Choice
Who kept swimming until she had earth to bring back for the Sky Woman?
The loon
The muskrat
The turtle
The two swans
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Multiple Choice
In the story set in the southwest, what were the first man and first woman made of?
Earth
Wind
Fire
Corn
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Multiple Choice
What happened that caused the daughter of the chief to fly out of their mountain home?
She stuck her head out to see the sea
She married one of the bears
She left Mt. Shasta
She was alone too often
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When Europeans settled in North America, their philosophy influenced their success.
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Multiple Choice
What did Puritan's believe?
God was judgmental
Hard work was necessary
People were sinful
All of these
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Multiple Choice
Who wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation"?
Ann Bradstreet
William Bradford
John Smith
Miles Standish
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Multiple Choice
Which of these did Anne Bradstreet write?
Of Plymouth Plantation
The Earth on Turtle's Back
To My Dear and Loving Husband
All of these
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The Enlightenment moved people toward rational thinking and the scientific method.
When America was planning a revolution
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Multiple Select
Who was an American Revolutionary writer?
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
John Adams
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Multiple Choice
What was another name for the rationalist era?
Enlighten-ment
Romanticism
Regionalism
Modernism
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When rationalism didn't solve all the problems in the world, a change of philosophy was in order.
Romaticism was perfect for Americans
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Multiple Choice
Who was the hero for romantic Americans?
The rich man
The educated man
The common man
The elite man
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Multiple Choice
Who wrote gothic stories for romantic Americans?
Edgar Allen Poe
Ernest Hemingway
William Falkner
Anne Bradstreet
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Multiple Choice
Where was the place romantics were in awe of?
The garden
The city
Nature in general
Outer space
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Multiple Choice
Which romantic quality spurred on the pioneers?
Wandering as a rebel and outcast
Seeking the faraway
Seeking forbidden knowledge
Honoring the common person
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Gothic and romantic writing had American writers getting recognition. Philosophy took another turn.
Transcendental or Anti-transcendental
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Multiple Choice
He believed people were naturally good and could all be connected to each other and God.
Emerson
Hawthorne
Melville
Poe
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Multiple Choice
They believed people were naturally sinful and needed help from God:
Emerson and Thoreau
Alcott and Alcott
Hawthorne and Melville
Unitarian Pastors
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After the Civil War, no one believed that all people were naturally good. Literature had to change to reflect that reality.
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Match
Match the following
Regional-ism
Naturalism
Naturalism and Realism
Realism
Gothic
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
To Build a Fire
The Open Boat
Christ-mas Every Day
The Tell Tale Heart
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
To Build a Fire
The Open Boat
Christ-mas Every Day
The Tell Tale Heart
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