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Which of the following is true about American spirituals?
Question 1 options:
A. They developed during the the Civil War
B. They often contained allusions to Biblical events, figures and themes
C. They contained hidden codes pertaining to finding freedom
D. B and C
E. None of the above
2. Which line in "Go Down, Moses" most clearly states its central message?
Question 2 options:
A. "Go down, Moses"
B. "Let my people go"
C. "Thus saith the Lord"
D." Oppressed so hard, they could not stand"
3. Part A: What do the spirituals âGo Down, Mosesâ, âFollow the Drinking Gourdâ and âSwing Low, Sweet Chariotâ most clearly reveal about the slaves who originally sang them?
Question 3 options:
A. They accepted slavery as the way of the world.
B. They were often highly educated.
C. They longed for freedom.
D. They sang songs.
4. Part B: Which of the following lines support your answer to # 3?
Question 4 options:
A. âFor the old man is a-waiting to carry you to freedom, if you follow the drinking gourdâ (âFollow the Drinking Gourd" 185)
B. âGo down, Moses, Way down in Egypt landâ (âGo Down Moses" 187)
C. âI looked over Jordan and what did I seeâ (âSwing Low Sweet Chariotâ 188)
D. âThe river bank will make a very good roadâ (âFollow the Drinking Gourdâ 185)
5. How is war portrayed in both âVigil Strange I Kept on a Field One Nightâ and âA March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknownâ?
Question 5 options:
A. As a glorious event
B. As brutal and ugly
C. As unexplainable
D. As something no one should participate in (all soldiers should stop fighting)
6. Consider this excerpt from "A March in the ranks Hard-Prest and the Road Unknown": Entering but for a minute I see a sight beyond all the pictures and
poems ever made,
Shadows of deepest, deepest black, just lit by moving candles and
lamps,
And by one great pitchy torch stationary with wild red flame and clouds
of smoke Based on the opening lines of âA March in the Ranks Hard-Prest and the Road Unknownâ, what is the tone of this poem?
Question 6 options:
A. Mournful
B. Eerie
C. Joyful
D. Creative
7. PART A: What is the main theme, or message, of âThe Gettysburg Addressâ?
Question 7 options:
A. It is the duty of the living to take up the cause for which the soldiers died and save the United States.
B. The Civil War was a terrible war and destructive to the continuation of the United States.
C. The dead soldiers should be commemorated and remembered.
D. Whatever the outcome, itâs just good to know the war is now over.
8. PART B: Which of the following quotes from âThe Gettysburg Addressâ supports your answer to # 7?
Question 8 options:
A. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure (Lincoln 184).â
B. âBut, in a larger sense, we can not dedicateâwe can not consecrateâwe can not hallowâthis ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detractâ (Lincoln 184).
C. âIt is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advancedâ (Lincoln 184)
9. In âO Captain! My Captain!â Walt Whitman creates an extended metaphor. Which of the following are true about this poem?
Question 9 options:
A. The captain represents Abraham Lincoln
B. The ship represents the Confederate States
C. The port represents the end of the Civil War
D. A and C
E. All of the above
10. Which of following lines indicate how the speaker in the poem felt about the captain?
Question 10 options:
A. âHere Captain! dear father!â
B. âExult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.â
C. âMy father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,â
D. All of the above
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