Romantic
Writers/Fireside Poets Test Format and Content
A.
15 Matching on the elements of poetry discussed in class B.
15 Matching on the poets/writers--you have notes on them all!
1. Washington Irving: Bio on page152
2. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Bio on page 175
3. James Russell Lowell--in the yellow packet
4. John Greenleaf Whittier: Bio on page 181
5. Oliver Wendell Holmes: Bio on page 187–notes
in the handouts C.
14 short answer on the ideas of the stories and poems
1. “Rip Van Winkle”--Lit book page 154
2. “The Devil and Tom Walker”--Yellow
packet–first story
3. “The Ropewalk”--Lit book page 177
4. “A Psalm of Life”--Yellow packet
5. “The Tides Rises, the Tide Falls”--Yellow
Packet
6. “The Chambered Nautilus”--Lit book page 189
7. “Old Ironsides”--Lit book page 190
8. “I would not have this perfect love of
ours”--Yellow packet
9. “Snow-Bound”--Lit book page 182 and yellow
packet
D. 8 short answer questions, applying the
elements of poetry to “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”