Question 1

America's artistic achievements in the first half of the nineteenth century

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Question 2

The writer who faded to obscurity in the nineteenth century but was recognized as one of America's greatest literary geniuses in the twentieth century and wrote the masterpiece work of fiction, Moby Dick, was

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The writer who faded to obscurity in the nineteenth century but was recognized as one of America's greatest literary geniuses in the twentieth century and wrote the masterpiece work of fiction, Moby Dick, was Herman Melville. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Walt Whitman were all prominent writers during the nineteenth century, but did not write Moby Dick.

Question 3

One American writer who did not believe in human goodness and social progress was

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Edgar Allan Poe believed that humans were inherently flawed and that society was incapable of progress. He expressed these views in his works, particularly in his tales of horror and the macabre, which often depicted the darker aspects of human nature.

Question 4

Most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America held ____ as one of their founding ideals.

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Most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America believed in cooperative social and economic practices as they believed that communal living and the sharing of resources would be the best way to create a perfect society.

Question 5

The Mormons were advocates or practitioners of

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Question 6

Virtually all the distinguished American historians who wrote American and Latin American histories during the mid-nineteenth century came from

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Virtually all the distinguished American historians who wrote American and Latin American histories during the mid-nineteenth century came from New England, where the major centers of higher learning such as Harvard University and Yale University were located. Many of these historians, including William Hickling Prescott, Francis Parkman, and George Bancroft, were deeply influenced by the Enlightenment ideas and tended to view history as a means of promoting national pride and identity.

Question 7

A genuinely American literature received a strong boost from the

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The wave of nationalism that followed the War of 1812 led to an increased interest in developing a specifically American literature that differed from European literature in style and subject matter. This led to the rise of American Romanticism and the emergence of writers such as Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, and Edgar Allan Poe.

Question 8

Match each writer below with his work.
A.Louisa May Alcott
B.Edgar Allan Poe
C.Nathaniel Hawthorne
D.Ralph Waldo Emerson
1)The Scarlet Letter
2)"The American Scholar"
3)Little Women
4)"The Fall of the House of Usher"

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Louisa May Alcott wrote "Little Women," Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher," Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter," and Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote "The American Scholar."

Question 9

"Civil Disobedience," an essay that later influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., was written by the transcendentalist

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"Civil Disobedience" was written by Henry David Thoreau, a prominent transcendentalist thinker, in 1849. The essay explores the idea that individuals have a moral obligation to resist unjust laws and that nonviolent resistance can be a powerful tool for social change. Thoreau's ideas later influenced Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. in their own movements for social and political reform.

Question 10

The American medical profession by 1860 was noted for

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Question 11

The most noteworthy southern novelist before the Civil War who wrote works such as The Yemasee and The Cassique of Kiawah was

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William Gilmore Simms was a prominent southern novelist before the Civil War, and his works such as The Yemasee and The Cassique of Kiawah were well-known in the South. John C. Calhoun, James Russell Lowell, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., and William Faulkner were not primarily known as novelists before the Civil War.

Question 12

Match each writer below with his work.
A.Nathaniel Hawthorne
B.James Fenimore Cooper
C.Herman Melville
D.Henry David Thoreau
1)Walden
2)The Last of the Mohicans
3)The Marble Faun
4)Moby Dick

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-A: Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Marble Faun" which is not matched with the correct work.
-B: James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Last of the Mohicans" which is matched correctly.
-C: Herman Melville wrote "Moby Dick" which is matched correctly.
-D: Henry David Thoreau wrote "Walden" which is matched incorrectly.
-E: The option also has an incorrect match.

Question 13

Match each individual below with his or her achievement.
A.Thomas Jefferson
B.Gilbert Stuart
C.Louisa May Alcott
D.Margaret Fuller
1)author of Little Women
2)portrait artist from Rhode Island
3)transcendentalist editor of The Dial
4)architect of the University of Virginia

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Thomas Jefferson was the architect of the University of Virginia, Gilbert Stuart was a portrait artist from Rhode Island, Louisa May Alcott was the author of Little Women, and Margaret Fuller was a transcendentalist editor of The Dial.

Question 14

The Hudson River school excelled in the art of painting

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The Hudson River school was a group of 19th-century American landscape painters who were dedicated to capturing the beauty of the American wilderness. They focused on capturing the natural landscapes of the Hudson River Valley and other regions of America, and therefore excelled in the art of painting landscapes.

Question 15

Perhaps the greatest inhibiting factor for American artists in the first half of the nineteenth century was the

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Question 16

The Poet Laureate of Democracy, whose emotional and explicit writings expressed a deep love of the masses and enthusiasm for an expanding America, was

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The description of the poet as expressing "a deep love of the masses" and "enthusiasm for an expanding America" matches the style and themes of Walt Whitman, who is commonly referred to as the "Poet Laureate of Democracy." Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Washington Irving, while all notable American writers, do not fit this specific description.

Question 17

All of the following influenced transcendental thought except

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Transcendental thought was influenced by German philosophers, Oriental religions, individualism, and love of nature. However, Catholicism and the papacy did not have a significant impact on this philosophical movement.

Question 18

Of the following, the most successful of the early-nineteenth-century communitarian experiments was at

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The Oneida Community in New York, founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848, was one of the most successful communitarian experiments of the early nineteenth century. It lasted until 1881 and was known for its unique social and economic practices, including communal living and shared property.

Question 19

Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through

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Transcendentalists believed in the power of individual intuition and the inner self, which they called the "Divine Inner Light." They believed that this inner light could lead individuals to knowledge that went beyond what was observable through the senses or logically deduced. Therefore, they believed that knowledge came through an inner light.

Question 20

A dark writer whose genres included poetry, horror stories, and detective fiction was

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Edgar Allan Poe is most famous for his dark poetry and horror stories, but he also wrote detective fiction, making him the best choice among the options given. Herman Melville is most known for his epic novel Moby-Dick, while Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau were both poets, but they are not known for their horror or detective genres.

Quiz 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860