English Unit 2

2 September 2022
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The same genres can organize lit and film
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true
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A book or movie cannot belong to the same genre
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false
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All stories set in the future are science fiction
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true
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Gangster films are an example of subgenre
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true
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Which of the following statements about American romanticism is not true?
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Love is the primary theme in the lit of American Romanticism
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What did transcendentalism believe?
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The natural and spiritual worlds are connected
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Which of the following would most likely be an appealing topic for an American romantic writer?
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A story of a tormented ghost, set in an old and dark church building
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Which of the following was valued during the Romantic period?
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Individualism
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The term subgenre describes a
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a genre within a genre
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scruples
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doubts
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gravity
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solemnity
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venerable
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distinguished
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discerned
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figured out
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lurid
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garish
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dissolute
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wicked
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exemplary
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model
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manifest
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apparent
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pious
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devout
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anathema
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hated
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In "Young Goodman Brown", as Goodman Brown walks into the forest he meets
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an older man with a staff in the shape of a serpent
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In "Young Goodman Brown" Goodman Brown is compelled to continue into the forest toward the devilish gathering when
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he sees a ribbon from his wife Faith's cap
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Which of the following is not true of Salem, Massachusetts?
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The Puritans in Salem upheld freedom of religion
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Which of the following is the best definition of literary criticism?t
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an interpretation of a work of lit supported by quotations, details, and personal responses
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What does Joan Elizabeth Easterly's thesis propose about "Young Goodman Brown"?
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The drops of dew on Goodman Brown's face symbolize his failure to reach spiritual maturity
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Which of the following abstract nouns is central to "Young Goodman Brown"?
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doubt
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profuse
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abundant
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impetuosity
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spontaneity
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arrests
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halts
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voluptuous
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extravagant
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impeded
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hampered
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Poe describes the sounds of the clock as coming from its "brazen lungs". Why?
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To give it a life of its own
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According to transcendentalists, how can man come to understand god's will?
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by observing nature
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In "Self Reliance" how does Emerson justify that man is and must be divine?
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Logically speaking, God would not assign an inferior being to do his work.
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timorous
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scared
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docility
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compliance