American Literature

MT1

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Match the American literary periods with their names (3 marks)

• American Modernist Period • Beat Writers • Colonial Period • Counterculture

• Jazz Age • The "Lost Generation" • The Contemporary Period • The Early
National Period • The Naturalistic Period • The Realistic Period • The
Revolutionary Age • The Romantic Period

• 1900-1914: --------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1914-1939: --------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1920s: --------------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1920s, 1930s: -----------------------------------------------------------------

• 1939-present: -----------------------------------------------------------------

• 1950s: --------------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1960s, 1970s: -----------------------------------------------------------------

• 1607-1775: --------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1765-1790: --------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1775-1828: --------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1828-1865: --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Match parts of statements in A with their completion in B (3.5 marks)
1- And certainly We wrote in the
Book after the reminder that (as
for) the land,
2- And if there are among you one
hundred (who are) steadfast
3- Blessed are the pure in heart,
4- Blessed are they that mourn
5- Do not walk proudly in the
earth.
6- For we must consider that we
shall be as a City upon a hill;
7- If we should deal falsely with
our God in this work,
8- Indeed with hardship
9- Some faces that Day will be
radiant,
10- The believers in their mutual
kindness, compassion and
sympathy
11- The Day when neither wealth
nor children will be of any
benefit
12- They wronged their own selves
13- We must be knit
14- Your Lord is going to give you
A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
B
a- will be ease.
b- we shall be made a story, a
byword through the world.
c- together as one man.
d- they will overcome a thousand
of those who have disbelieved.
e- the eyes of all people are upon
us.
f- so We reduced them to bygone
tales.
g- My righteous servants shall
inherit it.
h- looking at their Lord.
i- Indeed, you will never tear
open the earth, nor attain the
height of mountains.
j- for they shall see God.
k- for they shall be comforted.
l- except for someone who comes
to Allah with a pure heart.
m- are just like one body…
n- and you will be satisfied.
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Are the following statements True or False? (4)

You are under surveillance means you are being watched. ---

The writings of the colonial period neglected religious, practical, and historical
themes. ---

The period between 1765 and 1775 witnessed an American protest against
British rule. ---

The 1st permanent English colony was founded in 1607. ---

Romantic writers were not interested in the past. ---

Pilgrims landed at Plymouth on December 26, 1520. ---

Columbus first landed in America in 1592. ---

An outcast is someone who is respected by people. ---

Answer the following questions (5 marks)

Mention 2 other names for the Romantic Period.

1- ----------------------------------------- 2- ---------------------------------------

The Romantics valued ----------------------- and -------------------------- instead of

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Who are the most influential writers of the Colonial Period?

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Explain: "Wake up and smell the coffee"

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What is a colony?

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