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Collelction 3 A Distinctly American Voice
Test Description: Review of reading
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In the first half of the 19th century, a distinctly American voice emerged as the US reaffirmed its independence from Britain poltically and...
A
geographically
B
religiously
C
economically
D
socially
2) In 1812, simmering tensions neyween the US and Britain erupted in a __-year war.
A
one
B
four
C
three
D
two
3) Which of the following was NOT a negative effect of industrialization?
A
lack of conscience
B
hectic pace
C
turning to nature and to the self for simplicity, truth, and beauty
D
the comercialism
4) As European settlers moved into new territory to make money and gain land, __ who had lived there for generations were displaced.
A
African-Americans
B
immigrants
C
Native Americans
D
British people
5) In the middle of the century, Americans embraced the idea of manifest destiny-a belief that the US was destined to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into __.
A
Canadian Territory
B
Mexican Territory
C
British Territory
D
Spanish Territory
6) The United States' annexation of __ from Mexico in 1845 set off the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
A
California
B
Arizona
C
Texas
D
New Mexico
7) Romantics were inspired by __ and celebrated the individual human spirit, including the emotions and imagination.
A
love
B
religion
C
education
D
nature
8) Ralph Waldo Emerson led a group focused on __--a philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion an imagination.
A
romanticism
B
Puritanism
C
enlightenment
D
transcendentalism
9) Both __ and __ wrote poems that broke with the traditional conventions of poetic form and content.
A
Dickinson and Emerson
B
Hawthorne and Emerson
C
Whitman and Dickinson
D
Emerson and Whitman
10) Which of the following was NOT a brooding romantic or anti-transcendentalist?
A
Herman Melville
B
Nathaniel Hawthorne
C
Edgar Allan Poe
D
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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