American Literature

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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
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 g d j k i e 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.
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
a h m l f c n
Are the following statements True or False? (4)

You are under surveillance means you are being watched. T

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

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

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

Romantic writers were not interested in the past. F

Pilgrims landed at Plymouth on December 26, 1520. F

Columbus first landed in America in 1592. F

An outcast is someone who is respected by people. F

Answer the following questions (5 marks)

Mention 2 other names for the Romantic Period.

1- The American Renaissance 2- The Age of Transcendentalism

The Romantics valued emotions and imagination instead of facts and logic.

Who are the most influential writers of the Colonial Period?

John Winthrop Benjamin Franklin

Cotton Mather Anne Bradstreet

Explain: "Wake up and smell the coffee"

Be more realistic and aware of what is really happening

What is a colony?