1. Peter Van der Donk was a real New Netherlands historian.

2. Transcendentalism was embraced in the late 1830s and 1840s by all the mainstream newspapers and magazines.

3. William Carlos Williams wrote the poem 'The Red Wheelbarrow' which, like T.S. Eliot's poetry, contained complex images and allusions.

4. Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Clemens.

5. In general, before 1830 American painting was less obviously imitative of European styles than was American literature.

6. Well into the middle of the 19th century boys and girls alike were protected from sexually frank classics written in Greek and Latin.

7. Fiction had become more popular and prestigious than poetry in 1820-1865.

8. The final writing assignment in this class was on each student's favorite author.

9. The Southern States were the center for printing and publishing.

10. He had already lost the strength and instinct vigor of a man, his muscles were thin, his nerves weak, his face (a meek, woman's face) haggard, yellow with consumption. In the mill he was know as one of the girl-men: 'Molly Wolfe' was his sobriquet. He was never seen in the cockpit, did not own a terrier, drank but seldom; when he did, desperately. The word 'sobriquet' means 'nickname'.

11. Among the many jobs Mark Twain had, he was a riverboat captain.

12. In The Pearl, what starts off as a great opportunity later become nothing but sadness and destruction.

13. The novel The Pearl contains much 'symbolism,' which is using people, places, and things that represent ideas larger than their literal meaning.

14. Henry David Thoreau believed that the Mexican War was immoral because it advanced the cause of slavery.

15. The poetry of T.S.Eliot is an example of Modernism.

16. Nathanial Hawthorne was America's leading transcendentalist thinker.

17. Transcendentalists were in favor of the conservative Protestant scrutiny practiced by publicists nationwide.

18. Samuel Sewall was a leading supporter of slavery in colonial Massachusetts.

19. 'The Scarlet Letter' perfectly reflected transcendentalist themes of mystery,fright, and the occult.

20. 'Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of a new-born babe,' said the shape of old goodman Brown. 'Ah, your worship knows the receipt,' cried the old lady, cackling aloud. 'So, as I was saying, being all ready for the meeting, and no horse to ride on, I made up my mind to foot it; for they tell me, there is a nice young man to be taken into communion to-night. But now your good worship will lend me your arm, and we shall be there in a twinkling.' The word 'receipt' in this context means 'a written acknowledgment of having received a specified amount of money or goods.'

21. 'True;' said Dupin, after a long and thoughtful whiff from his meerschaum, 'although I have been guilty of certain doggerel myself.' The word 'doggerel' means to bark like a dog.

22. He had seen his people slaughtered, or driven from their homes and hunting-grounds, into shameful exile; his wife had died in captivity, and his children lived in servile dependence in the house of his enemies. The author of this work wanted to raise awareness of women's part in US history.

23. Many writers turned editors of magazines or newspapers in order to see their work published. Washington Irving was one of those writers.

24. Whitman's favorite verse form was the common meter.

25. John Saffin supported the institution of slavery in colonial Massachusetts