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1. Matthias is an example of a/an
A. cult leader.
B. typical slave owner.
C. runaway slave.
D. pagan god.
2. In "Life without Principle," Thoreau writes, "If my wants should be much increased, the labor required to supply them would become a drudgery." What does this statement mean?
A. The more you have, the more you want.
B. Work is meaningful only when you think about what you'll be able to do with the money you earn.
C. If you don't want much, you don't have to spend as much time being miserable working to get it.
D. Slavery was wrong because it meant that some people worked hard to satisfy other people's wants.
3. What does Seattle say about integrating white and Native American cultures?
A. It can be prevented only if the tribes unite to fight the whites.
B. It's going to be difficult, but it's the only way both cultures can survive.
C. It will be impossible, because the two traditions are too different.
D. It will happen naturally when the railroads open the West to the whites.
4. When does the Narrative of Sojourner Truth take place?
A. Before the Civil War
B. After the Civil War
C. During the Civil War
D. Right after the Emancipation Proclamation
5. What one thing does Thoreau say stifles poetry and philosophy?
A. Laws
B. Crime
C. Goverment
D. Business
6. Tecumseh's "Let the white race perish" speech is
A. a plea to the people's reason.
B. a logical list of reasons why the whites should be resisted.
C. a satire on the white race and its traditions.
D. an appeal to the emotions of his listeners.
7. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth was written down by
A. Isabella Baumfree.
B. Charles Ardinburgh.
C. Robert Matthews (Matthias).
D. Olive Gilbert.
8. Chief Seattle contrasts the religions of the whites and of his people by saying the Native American religion exists "in the hearts of the people," while the religion of the whites is written on tablets of stone by
A. Moses.
B. lightning atop a mountain.
C. seekers after truth.
D. an angry God.
9. The major theme of "Life without Principle" is
A. government.
B. economics.
C. freedom.
D. religion.
10. "Yonder sky has wept tears of compassion" is an example of
A. consonance.
B. alliteration.
C. personification.
D. assonance.
11. In emphasizing the importance of individual thinking and basing one's beliefs on one's own experiences, Sojourner shows she has much in common with
A. Chief Seattle.
B. Matthias.
C. Chief Pontiac.
D. Thoreau.
12. Thoreau writes that people should be "mining themselves for gold." By this he is stating, in another way, the ideal of Socrates, which was to
A. live and let live.
B. put first things first.
C. know thyself.
D. deny thyself to learn what is valuable.
13. At first, Sojourner Truth was happy to have many children because
A. it took her mind off her problems.
B. they could help her with her daily tasks.
C. they were the only things that gave her joy.
D. it provided more slaves for her owner.
14. Sojourner's vision of God is an example of a/an
A. exterior narrative.
B. epiphany.
C. myth.
D. simile.
15. As in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," the autobiographical story of Sojourner Truth is written on all of these levels, except
A. social commentary.
B. dramatic narrative.
C. exterior commentary.
D. interior narrative.
16. What is Sojourner Truth's attitude toward the Bible?
A. She accepts as true only what's true in her own experience.
B. She believes that every word in the Bible is from God.
C. She depends on professional theologians to make sense of it for her.
D. She says it's a tool of whites to explain that slavery is morally acceptable.
17. Regarding the difference between fiction and nonfiction, which statement is most accurate?
A. Nonfiction writers are free to embellish the facts.
B. Nonfiction writers are more often free to move about in time and space.
C. Writers of nonfiction have no need to express passionate opinion.
D. Literary fiction does little except inform and specify.
18. Thoreau's night in jail for tax delinquency resulted specifically from
A. the publication of his work Civil Disobedience.
B. his revulsion and disgust over the U.S. invasion of Mexico.
C. a decision to act on his belief that least government was best government.
D. having moved his place of residence from Concord to Walden Pond.
19. What did Thoreau have in common with John Thornton in The Call of the Wild?
A. A mistrust of religion
B. An enjoyment of solitude
C. A dislike of government
D. A love of hunting
20. The statement "There was snow on the ground, . . . and a large old-fashioned sleigh was seen to drive up to the door of the late Col. Ardinburgh" is an example of
A. metaphor.
B. social commentary.
C. exterior narrative.
D. interior monologue.