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| Age Emerson lived to be | 79 |
| The two first self-thinking writers | Thoreau and Emerson |
| a person cannot be anything they want to be, but they can be- | -successful |
| Tragedy of Emerson's youth | Father died |
| Age of Emerson when he went to Harvard | 14 |
| Type of student Emerson was at Harvard | Mediocre |
| What Emerson enjoyed reading | Philosophy and religion |
| Post accepted by Emerson after school | Minister at Unitarian Boston Church |
| What Emerson doesn't have that makes him realize he can't be a minister | Faith |
| Friend of Emerson after traveling to England | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Who Emerson had met with | Sir Walter Scott |
| What people came to see Emerson for | Lectures and Sermons |
| How the people responded to Emerson | They liked him |
| What Emerson was a master of | Bull |
| What Emerson wrote | Journals |
| How Emerson wrote essays | Copied lines from his journals |
| Nature is sympathetic to human emotions | Pathetic Falacy |
| What self-reliance meant to Emerson | Non-conformity |
| What Emerson's writing lacks | Specifics |
| Where Emerson argues God can only be found | The world of nature |
| What Emerson suggests a person should do in order to be completely alone | Gaze at the stars |
| The ability that adults lose, suggested by Emerson | The appreciation of nature |
| What Emerson feels himself to be when he walks in the woods | A part/parcel of God |
| Where Emerson believes greatness lies | In trusting and accepting oneself |
| What "Nature" and "Self-Reliance" reflect | Transcendentalist viewpoints |
| Emerson outraged traditionalists when he rejected formal religion in favor of- | -a personal God |
| A contradictory statement, such as "I am glad to the brink of fear" in "Nature" | Paradox |
| What Emerson was a strong promoter of, judging from "Self-Reliance" | Individualism |
| Inspiring awe or deep emotion | Sublime |
| Warning, gently scolding | Admonishing |
| Related, similar | Kindred |
| Having many varied forms or types | Manifold |
| To fit together into a whole | To Integrate |
| Shallow, not going beyond the surface or the obvious | Superficial |
| Proper behavior | Decorum |
| Apparent, clear | Manifest |
| A person who seeks honors or high position | Aspirant |
| Extreme dislike | Aversion |
| Age of Poe when he died | About 40 |
| Family Poe was born into | Actors |
| Outcome of Poe's birth parents | Mother died, father abandoned |
| Who Poe was taken in by | John and Francis Allen |
| Characteristics of John and Francis Allen | Loving, caring, childless |
| University attended by Poe | UVA |
| Why John Allen pulled Poe out of UVA | Gambling debts |
| Joined the military/army | Edgar Allen Poe |
| Who Poe goes to live with after military | His Aunt |
| Wife of Poe | His first cousin |
| Age of Poe's wife/cousin when they married | 13 |
| Cause of Poe's wife's death | Tuberculosis |
| Where Poe is found after disappearing | In a bar |
| Reputation Poe had that may not be true | Reputation with alcohol |
| Characteristics of Poe | Powerful/vicious book reviewer, wonderful poet, fabulous story writer |
| Reflected whole life of Hawthorne | Relative who was a judge at the Salem Witch Trials |
| Two themes of Hawthorne | Sin and Guilt |
| What Hawthorne sees mostly | The evilness of man |
| What Thoreau was | A misfit; awkward man |
| Who Thoreau was in love with | Emerson's wife |
| What is possible about Thoreau | Never had a date |
| One of the greatest works of American literature (is no a novel or poem) | Walden |
| What Thoreau possibly did at age 26 | Burned down 300 acres of land |
| What Thoreau celebrated | Solitude |
| What Thoreau did not have the capacity for | Loneliness |
| What Thoreau did not wish to do | Converse |
| What type of labor Thoreau's planting of beans was | Small and Herculean |
| What the bean story was a play on | Bean Mythology comment |
| Most important two passages of Thoreau | Ant and Loon |
| What Thoreau's watching becomes | The figurative leap |
| What ants are fighting for, according to Thoreau | No apparent reason |
| What ants are, according to Thoreau | Creatures of the Earth |
| What Thoreau believes rules should be (he is wrong) | Non-Existent |
| What Thoreau believes about Government | Wants power, but does not have it |
| What happens when Rip drinks thirstily from the keg of the mountain people | He drops into a deep sleep |
| What Rip discovers when he awakens | His gun is rusted and his dog is gone |
| What Rip can't do when he gets back to town | Find his house |
| What happened while Rip slept | Revolutionary War |
| What Peter Vanderdonk convinces the people about Rip's story | It must be true |
| Why Rip is characterized as the American Romantic Hero | He loves nature, has an uneasy relationship with his wife, and has appealing childlike qualities |
| The source of Rip Van Winkle, as identified by Irving | Knickerbocker's historical narrative |
| The mood of the opening paragraphs of Rip Van Winkle | Magical |
| What most of the inhabitants do at the end of Rip Van Winkle | Believe, enjoy, and retell the tale |
| Readily adaptable or influenced | Malleable |
| Exemption from punishment or penalty | Impunity |
| To punish | Pestilent |
| A faithful supporter or follower | Adherent |
| To give and receive in exchange, to return in equal measure | To Reciprocate |
| Smartly dressed, trim | Dapper |
| Reddish, rosy | Rubicund |
| To move about, lurk, or hide in a sneaky, stealthy way | To skulk |
| To repeat | To reiterate |
| To stop what one is doing, to cease | To desist |
| He was a self-reliant writer | Irving |
| Youngest, spoiled child of his family | Irving |
| Went to law school | Irving |
| Who Irving fell in love with | A judge's daughter |
| Style of Irving | Very satirical |
| Non-legitimate writing of Irving | "A History of New York" |
| Who the New York Knicks are based off of | Diedrich Knickerbocker |
| Making it seem real | Verisimilitude |
| What Irving seemed to anticipate | Films |
| What Van Winkle does no have | Heroic Qualities |
| Lives under impressions of powerful films | Henpecked |
| Eyes are closed | Winkle |
| Hates women | Misogynist |
| Hates humanity | Misanthrope |
| Hates marriage | Misogamist |
| Where Irving watched plays as a child | The Little Theatre on John Street |
| Where Irving was born | NYC |
| Where Irving met the President | NYC shop |
| Thoreau's primary purpose in going into the woods | To live close to nature |
| How Thoreau earns money | Planting crops |
| What Thoreau says about solitude | It is enlightening |
| Why his bean field is important to Thoreau | Determined to know beans |
| What Thoreau considers of his planting and cultivating of beans | Enthusiasm |
| Allusions made by Thoreau when describing his labors in the bean field | Antaeus, Hercules, the Trojan War |
| What Thoreau regards the war between the ants with | Excitement and curiosity |
| Comparison made by Thoreau | Loon and checkers |
| What Thoreau thought of the wildlife at Walden Pond | It was fascinating |
| Why Thoreau left his home on Walden Pond | He wished to move on to other experiences |
| Why Thoreau wrote Walden | To Inform |
| How Thoreau views the task of building a house | Enjoyable |
| how Thoreau creates humor when describing the railroad | A pun |
| What Thoreau's stay at Walden Pond convinces him of | People can fulfill their dreams |
| Saucy, not showing proper respect or manners | Impertinent |
| Any scarcity or lack | Dearth |
| Incapable of being passed through or penetrated | Imperivious |
| A special aptitude or knack | Faculty |
| A person who settles on public or occupied land without right or title | Squatter |
| Not permanent or temporary | Transient |
| Unnecessary | Superfluous |
| Giving offense or causing ill will by discriminating unfairly | Invidious |
| Mutually destructive | Internecine |
| Done with constant and careful attention | Assiduously |
| What Thoreau believes about a single individual | They can be stronger than the U.S. gov't |
| What Thoreau believes will happen to slavery if a few citizens protested and risked imprisonment | It will die out |
| What Thoreau believes people should refuse | The unjust actions of the government |
| The only contact Thoreau has with the government | His tax collector |
| The only powers Thoreau believes the government has over him | The powers he allows it to have |
| Social issue that sparked Thoreau's refusal to pay taxes | Slavery |
| What Thoreau's form of protest was in the eyes of his contemporaries | Foolish |
| What Thoreau' essay inspired Gandhi and MLK to utilize | Passive resistance |
| The primary conflict in Resistance to Civil Government | Thoreau vs. the American Government |
| What Thoreau characterizes his neighbors as after his release | Unconcerned |
| Literary techniques used by Thoreau | Dialogue, anecdote, first-person narration |
| Primary purpose of Resistance to Civil Government | To Persuade |
| Tone of Thoreau while in jail | Good-Humored |
| Influence of American Romanticism in Resistance to Civil Government | Concern for individual freedom |
| A way of doing or achieving something | Expedient |
| Strength or vigor | Vitality |
| Willing and prompt action | Alacrity |
| To improve or develop by study | To Cultivate |
| Destruction or removal | Eradication |
| A revolt | Insurrection |
| Impulsive | Impetuous |
| Fond of home and family | Domesticated |
| Support, approval, encouragement | Sanction |
| Distant in manner, indifferent | Aloof |
| Why Mr. Hoopers parishioners are amazed | He has a veil over his face |
| What people assume of Mr. Hooper at first | He is crazy |
| What the church sends to the parson to inquire about the reason for the veil | A delegation |
| What children do when they see Mr. Hooper | Flee in fright |
| What the veil enables Mr. Hooper to become | A more effective minister |
| What Hawthorne suggested when he subtitled his story "A Parable" | Moral Lesson |
| What Hawthorne portrays the veil as | A symbol |
| Who Hawthorne based "The Minister's Black Veil" on the life of | A New England Clergyman |
| Climax of "The Minister's Black Veil" | His dying words |
| Presentation of Hooper's character | Lonely and Tormented |
| A troubled or agitated condition | Perturbation |
| Improper, lacking good taste | Indecorous |
| Wickedness, sinfulness | Iniquity |
| To serve as an omen or warning | To Portend |
| A gesture of protest or opposition | Remonstrance |
| To hint or suggest indirectly | To Intimate |
| A strong dislike | Antipathy |
| Showiness or pretentiousness to attract attention | Ostentacious |
| Wise | Sagacious |
| Father died of Tuberculosis, mother opened a boardinghouse | Emerson |
| Aunt took over his family (strict Calvinist) | Emerson |
| Characteristic journey of 19th century | Journey away from town to nature |
| Schools of thought that consider that rational inferior to the intuitive | Romanticism |
| Highest work of imagination for Romantics | Poetry |
| What Romantic sensibility sought to rise above | Dull Realities |
