Voices of an Emerging Nation Unit Test Part 2
Part 2 is the questions below, which you will need to turn in to your teacher through the DROPBOX.
All of your answers should be complete sentences and paragraphs.
You should use your Journeys in Literature textbook to answer these questions.
(10 points)
1. Based on the readings in this unit, what do the readings in this unit reveal about diversity within the new nation?
a. Consider the backgrounds of the authors and the purposes they had for writing.
b. Use at least three specific examples (quotations with page numbers) from the Unit 2 reading selections in Journeys in Literature.
c. Your answer should be at least one complete paragraph.
Answer:
(15 points)
2. Throughout history, literature has been used as a form of protest.
a. Choose two selections from this unit and explain why they can be thought of as protest literature.
b. Use specific examples (quotations with page numbers) from the Unit 2 reading selections in Journeys in Literature.
c. Discuss each selection in its own complete paragraph.
Answer:
(30 points)
3. What are some values that are important to the people who live and work in the new American nation during the Revolutionary Era? (Note: Do not use examples from the Puritan writers from Unit 1.)
a. Use at least three values (quotations with page numbers) from the Unit 2 reading selections in Journeys in Literature.
b. Discuss each example in its own complete paragraph.
Answer: