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CLEP COLLEGE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Who wrote the poem "hog-butcher for the world, tool-maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders"?
Answer: hog-butcher for the world, tool-maker, stacker of
wheat, player with railroads and the nation's freight handler; stormy, husky, brawling, city of the big shoulders who wrote this poem? carl sandburg
What is Mary Rowlandson best known for?Answer: Mary Rowlandson is best known for her: captivity narrative
Which author wrote *The Day of Doom*, the longest poem of the Colonial Period?
Answer: Michael Wigglesworth wrote what famous text, the
longest poem of the Colonial Period? The Day of Doom
Who wrote *The Way to Wealth*, which includes many popular expressions used today?
Answer: Who wrote The Way to Wealth, which has many
popular expressions we use today? Benjamin Franklin
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Which Mohegan Native American was a Christian minister and wrote *A Short Narrative of My Life*?
Answer: What Mohegan Native American was a Christian
minister and wrote A Short Narrative of My Life? Samson Occum
What is the text of the poem beginning "When Yankies, skill'd in martial rule"?
Answer: When Yankies, skill'd in martial rule, First put the
British troops to school; Instructed them in warlike trade, And new manoeuvres of parade, The true war-dance of Yankee reels, And manual exercise of heels; Made them give up, like saints complete, The arm of flesh, and trust the feet. aabbccdd
Who wrote the poem *M’fingal*, and what is its text?
Answer: When Yankies, skill'd in martial rule, First put the
British troops to school; Instructed them in warlike trade, And new manoeuvres of parade, The true war-dance of Yankee reels, And manual exercise of heels; Made them give up, like saints complete, The arm of flesh, and trust the feet. M'fingal by John Trumbull
What is the text of the poem beginning "If ever two were one, then surely we"?
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Answer: If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were
loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray, The while we live, in love let's so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever. aabbccddeeff
How are lines 7-8 ("My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.") of Anne Bradstreet’s poem best paraphrased?
Answer: If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were
loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray, The while we live, in love let's so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever. Lines 7-8 ("My love ... recompense.") are best paraphrased by which of the following? My love for you is all- consuming and can only be satisfied by your loving me in return. Poem title: To my dear and loving husband Author: Anne Bradstreet
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Who wrote the poem *To My Dear and Loving Husband*, and what is its text?
Answer: If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were
loved by wife, then thee; If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray, The while we live, in love let's so persevere That when we live no more, we may live ever. Author: Anne Bradstreet Title: To my dear and loving husband
What is the text of the passage beginning "Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate"?
Answer: Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate. Thy
Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee. Make mine Affections thy Swift Flyers neate And make my Soule thy holy Spoole to bee. My Conversation make to be thy Reele And reele the yarn thereon spun of thy Wheele.
What is the passage beginning "Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate" notable for, and what is the definition of a literary conceit?
Answer: Make me, O Lord, thy Spining Wheele compleate. Thy
Holy Worde my Distaff make for mee. Make mine Affections