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Prentice Hall Literature, 9e: The American
Experience
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,"
Ambrose Bierce
Results of the quiz.
1. How does Bierce build suspense in the opening section of the story?
CORRECT: He reveals little about the reason for the hanging.
2. For what reason is the railroad at Owl Creek Bridge being repaired?
CORRECT: The Union is repairing it to use it for an advance.
3. Which detail in Farquhar's background explains why he would risk his life on such a dangerous
mission?
CORRECT: He is a slaveholder and supporter of the Confederacy.
4. How are Farquhar's perceptions of time and motion distorted as he waits to be hanged?
CORRECT: Everything seems to be moving slower.
5. What do we learn in the end about Farquhar's escape?
CORRECT: The escape took place only in the condemned man's mind.
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from Mary Chesnut's Civil War, Mary Chesnut
"Recollections of a Private," Warren Lee Goss
"A Confederate Account of the Battle of
Gettysburg," Randolph McKim
Results of the quiz.
1. What does Mary Chesnut's Civil War diary reveal about her attitude toward the war?
CORRECT: Though she supports the southern cause, she fears the war's consequences.
2. Mary Chesnut writes: "I did not know that one could live such days of excitement." We know that
over 600,000 people died in the ensuing Civil War. That knowledge makes Chesnut's statement
sound
CORRECT: frivolous.
3. In "Recollections of a Private," how does Private Goss's attitude toward the war change after he
has enlisted?
CORRECT: He becomes more realistic.
4. How do McKim's and Jackson's accounts of Civil War battles contrast in tone?
CORRECT: McKim sounds proud, while Jackson sounds more humble.
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"An Episode of War," Stephen Crane
Results of the quiz.
1. In "An Episode of War," what is the lieutenant doing when he gets wounded?
CORRECT: He was rationing coffee.
2. What is the most likely reason that Crane never tells us the lieutenant's name?
CORRECT: Not giving the lieutenant a name suggests that the lieutenant is an Everyman.
3. In this selection the word "precipitate" means
CORRECT: cause.
4. The lieutenant's statement to his family demonstrates
CORRECT: how perceptions change.
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from My Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick
Douglass
Results of the quiz.
1. What causes Mrs. Auld to stop teaching young Frederick Douglass to read?
CORRECT: Her husband advises her to stop.
2. How do Douglass's experiences prove his owners' idea that education and slavery are
incompatible?
CORRECT: His learning to read causes him to long for freedom.
3. What is the likely reason that the young white children treat Douglass better than their parents do?
CORRECT: They have not yet learned to be slaveholders.
4. What might Douglass mean when he says that slaveholders are also victims of slavery?
CORRECT: They are part of an evil system.
5. Which word best describes the tone or attitude of the adult Frederick Douglass?
CORRECT: Douglass is reasonably fair-minded.
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