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Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, and Hawthorne Test
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12/26/2010
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Where was Ralph Waldo Emerson born?
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Boston, Massachusetts
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What collage did Ralph Waldo Emerson attend?
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Harvard
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What happened in Emerson's life that caused him to doubt his religious teachings?
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His wife, Ellen Tucker, died of tuberculosis.
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What did Emerson do after the death of his wife?
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He left the church, and set off on a trip across Europe, where he met European romantic poets.
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What did Emerson do when he returned from Europe?
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He settled in Concord, Massachutsetts and married Lydia Jackson. He gave lectures to gain income.
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What was the name of Emerson's famous lecture which caused him to be banned from Harvard?
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"The Divinity Soul Adress" called for a rejection of institutional religion for a more personal relationship with God.
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What event caused Emerson to fade from the spotlight?
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His son, Waldo, died of scarlet fever.
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Who wrote Nature?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Define perpetual.
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Constant, unchanging
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Difine sublime.
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That which inspires awe.
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Define admonishing.
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Mildly warning.
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Define manifold.
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Many diffrent.
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Define indubitaly.
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Without a doubt.
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Define integrate.
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Unify.
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Difine ancesteral curse.
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Evil, misfortune, or harm comes to a character as a response to or revenge for the actions of an ancestor.
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Define anti-catholocism.
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Stories show the catholic church as greedy, corrupt, superstitious, or other negative things.
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Define inquisition.
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An office to get rid of heresy.
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Define entrapment.
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Someone is trapped or confined.
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Define claustrophobia.
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The fear of confined spaces.
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Define the devil.
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Evil in the shape of a creature. Opposed to god and what it good.
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Define doppelganger.
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A twin, ghostly or real. Somekind of weird antaganistic relationship between the twins.
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Define grotesque.
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Some kind of frightening mutation. Transformation can be comic or extreeme.
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Define explained supernatural.
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The story teller is trying to come up with an explanation for the supernatural events.
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Define revenant.
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The return of the dead upon the living, literaly or figuratively.
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Define revenge.
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Paying soemone back for a harm the person has caused.
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Define the persued protagonist.
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Somekind of evil, relentless force persuing the character.
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Define somnambulism.
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Sleep walking.
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Define metamorphasis.
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An unnatural growth.
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Define unreliable narator.
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Incorect assumptions, conclusions, made by the narator.
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Define catalepsy.
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An emotional condition that may cause the victim to lose the ability to move.
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Define colateral issue.
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Relative with the same ancestors but are not of the same line of decent.
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What is the setting of most gothic poems and stories?
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Gloomy, dark, spooky. A big, drafty, dark, house that has been passed down for generations.
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What is the atmosphere of most gothic stories?
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Suspenseful, ominous, forboding, and mysterious.
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What are the emotional states of gothic characters?
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Unbalanced, supercharged emotions.
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Define damsels in distress.
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Women in need of saving.
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Define slough.
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Outer layer of a snake's skin.
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Define perennial.
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Recurring yearly.
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Define blithe.
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Carefree.
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Define occult.
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Hidden.
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Who wrote Self-Reliance?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Where did Henry David Thoreau attent collage?
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Harvard
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Where was Henry David Thoreau born?
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Concord, Massachusetts
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What was the purpose of Thoreau's experiment at Walden Pond?
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He wanted to rediscover the grandeur of a simple life led close to nature.
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What did Thoreau use as a model for his writing style?
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Nature
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Who wrote Walden?
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Henry David Thoreau
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What is an alternate title for Walden?
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Life in the Woods
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Define conviction.
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Beleif.
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Dfine proportionate.
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Balanced
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Defne imparted.
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Revealed.
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Dfine manifest.
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Plain, clear.
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Define predominating.
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Having influence.
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Define transcendent.
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Excelling.
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Define benefactors
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peopele who help others.
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Define conspiracy.
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Secet plot with a harmful or illegal purpose.
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Define aversion.
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Intense dislike
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Define integrity
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Sound moral priciples, hoesty.
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Define pertinent.
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To the point, applying to the situation.
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Dfine encumbrance.
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Burden, hindrence
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Define impervious.
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Resistant, impenetrable.
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Define temporal.
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Worldly.
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Define superfluous.
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Unnecessary.
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Define effete.
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Unproductive.
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Define incessantly.
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Without stopping.
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Define derision.
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Ridicule, contempt.
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Define tumultuous.
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Stormy, turbulent.
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Define ethereal.
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Spiritual.
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Define expedient.
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Convenience, means to an end.
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Define perverted.
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Misdirected, corrupted.
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Define posterity.
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Generations to come.
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Define alacrity.
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Promptness in responding.
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Defien inherent.
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Inborn.
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Define insurrection.
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Rebellion, revolt.
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Define penitent.
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Sorry for doing wrong.
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Define effectual.
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Productive, efficent.
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Define obstruction.
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Blockage, hinderance.
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Define inperuous.
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Impulsive.
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Poe was a master of what?
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The psycological thriller.
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Who wrote Resistance to Civil Government?
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Henry David Thoreau.
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