Question 1
When does The Pioneers take place?
Early 1700s
During the French and Indian War
During the Revolutionary War
Just after the American Revolution
Question 2
In Poe's "Ligeia," what word, according to the narrator, best describes the kind of knowledge in which Ligeia excelled?
Cosmic
Cultural
Erudite
Forbidden
Question 3
In "Rip Van Winkle," how do the people in the town treat Rip as he settles in after returning from his long absence"?
As a village patriarch
As an outsider
As a village embarrassment
As the town drunk
Question 4
In The Pioneers, what rival does Natty defeat in the Christmas turkey shoot (Chapter XVII)?
Judge Temple
Chingachgook
Billy Kirby
Richard Jones
Question 5
How long is Rip Van Winkle asleep in the woods?
Twenty years
Fifty years
Eighty years
One hundred years
Question 6
In The Pioneers, how does Natty treat Hiram Doolittle, the local justice of the peace, when he arrives at his hut (Chapter XXX)?
He throws him out.
He sets his dog on him.
He fires a shot of warning.
He invites him in.
Question 7
James Fenimore Cooper's frontier tales are modeled after which of the following?
Chivalric romances of Europe
Neoclassic biographies
Anti-patriotic propaganda
Slave narratives
Question 8
In "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," in addition to his other vocations, the schoolmaster Ichabod Crane was also which of the following?
The singing-master
The silversmith
A pulpit minister
A horse-trainer
Question 9
Why does the narrator visit Roderick Usher in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
Usher invites him.
It is time for his annual visit.
He heard of his friend's illness.
He wishes permission to marry Madeline.
Question 10
In Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher," what does Usher tell the narrator is wrong with Usher's sister Madeline?
She suffers from wasting away and physical problems associated with catalepsy.
She experiences narcolepsy, an illness in which she has no control over when she falls asleep.
She suffers from a heart condition in which she cannot abide Roderick Usher.
She has a more severe version of the nervous disease that afflicts Roderick Usher.
Question 11
In "Ligeia," what does the narrator NOT know about his wife, Ligeia?
The color of her eyes
Her maiden name
Her demeanor
Her birthplace
Question 12
In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the head of the ghost was rumored to have been:
chopped off by a schoolmaster.
tarred-and-feathered as a Tory.
bitten off by a beast.
carried away by a cannonball.
Question 13
Usher can only stand certain types of noises in his acutely uncomfortable state in Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher." The narrator describes a number of "improvised dirges" that Usher plays for him on which instrument?
The piano
The violin
The guitar
The harp
Question 14
In Poe's "House of Usher," to calm Usher on the last night the narrator spends in the house, the narrator reads a story about:
a haunted palace.
ethelred and the dragon.
rosicrucian philosophy.
african satyrs and "oegipans" (goat-men).
Question 15
In Poe's "Purloined Letter," where did Minister D? hide the letter in question?
In a leg of his dining room chair
In the shoe he was wearing
In a card rack
In none of these places
Question 16
What of the following best describes Rip Van Winkle as a neighbor?
Rude
Combative
Very helpful
Never available to help
Question 17
In "Rip Van Winkle," which of the following occurred during Rip's absence from his community?
The American Revolution
His wife died.
Van Bummel was elected to Congress.
All of the above
Question 18
When Rip Van Winkle returns to his village 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?
While Rip was asleep, the French and Indian War had broken out, and the townspeople didn't know if he meant the French or the British king.
While Rip was asleep, the king had increased the colonial tax on tea, and the townspeople were upset and thirsty.
While Rip was asleep, the Revolutionary War had broken out, and the British were about to occupy the town.
While Rip was asleep, the United States had been established, and the town wondered whether he was a tory spy sent from England.
Question 19
In The Pioneers, from what does Natty have to rescue Elizabeth and Louisa (Chapter XVIII)?
A pack of wild dogs
A panther
Indians
Kirby and Jones
Question 20
Once Rip Van Winkle tells the town what happened to him, 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?
Hendrick Hudson
Peter Minuit
Petrus Stuyvesant
Willem Verhulst
Question 21
Which of the following best describes Brom Bones, a character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?
Unpopular but handsome
Shy but mischievous
Chivalric and boorish
Vain and hateful
Question 22
26 At the end of Poe's "Ligeia," what would the narrator have us believe?
He loves Rowena.
Ligeia has been restored to life.
He is addicted to opium.
Ligeia's gamble has paid off.
Question 23
What is a very important concept to Montresor in "The Cask of Amontillado"?
Revenge with impunity
Revenge first and foremost
Death before kindness
Kill or be killed
Question 24
In The Pioneers, how does the court sentence Natty (Chapter XXXIII)?
A fine, time in jail, and the public stocks
Public stocks only
Time in jail and the public stocks
He was judged not guilty
Question 25
In The Pioneers, what happens by the end ( Chapter XLI)?
Chingachgook and Major Effingham are buried facing to the West.
Oliver and Elizabeth get a divorce.
Natty sinks into a deep depression.
Natty heads West, toward the setting sun.
Question 26
What in Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is the real "family evil," the "deplorable folly" to which Roderick Usher finds himself a "bounden slave" and for which he despairs to find a remedy as he struggles with the demise of his sister?
Tuberculosis
Heightened sensory perception
Pallor
Incest
Question 27
At the end of Poe's "The Raven," to what does the speaker reconcile himself?
A mournful life
A friendless night
A life of books
All of the above
Question 28
In "Rip Van Winkle," who do the figures Rip sees in the forest resemble?
Elves in a painting at a friend's house
Figures in a painting owned by the parson
Figures in a painting displayed in the town tavern
Foreign potentates in a painting in the town hall
Question 29
In The Pioneers, about which of the following is Natty upset in Chapters XXII-XIV?
Needless killing of wildlife
Elizabeth's engagement to Jones
Chingachgook's conversion to Christianity
Civilization's system of agriculture
Question 30
Washington Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is best described as which of the following?
A tall tale
An autobiography
Poetry
A slave narrative
31.
In Cooper's The Pioneers (XXIII), Natty is in court facing charges related to his altercation with the justice of the peace. When Natty receives his sentence, Natty pleads with the judge to let him out into the woods and hills (p. 681). Discus how the trial represents one or two Romantic ideals or elements related to Cooper's frontier heroic character.
32.
Identify at least two (2) elements of the "tall tale" in Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" or "Rip Van Winkle," and discuss how the elements contribute to the story.