The imagining and re-imagining of America by Early American authors demonstrates that even from the beginnings of America’s history that there has never been a single “American Dream.”

True or False? A pattern of friendly contact followed by bloody conflict characterized the relationship between Native Americans and Europeans from earliest settlement until almost the turn of the 20th century.

Which of the following is an important theme in “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”?

Identify the author of the following quote: I went to take up my dead child in my arms to carry it with me, but they bid me let it alone: there was no resisting, but goe I must and leave it.”

True or False?  In A Model of Christian Charity, John Winthrop drew a comparison between the way that the ligaments unify the human body and the way that prayer unites the Christian community.

The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster is an example of the seduction novel, which belongs to the “sentimental” tradition.

In the manner of Benjamin Franklin, whom he greatly admired, Frederick Douglass presented himself as a representative American whose rise in the culture attested to the possibilities inherent in the nation’s egalitarian ideology.  This is also known as the concept of  ___________________.

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” the word “mason” has a double meaning.

What interesting grammatical feature did Mary Rowlandson use in her captivity narrative  that seemed to indicate that she was still emotionally affected by her captivity experience?

Which of the following if NOT a defining characteristic of transcendentalism?