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In The Author’s Account of Himself, why was the author distracted from school?

he was always reading books of voyages and travels

In The Author’s Account of Himself, where would Americans need to look for beauty?

Their own country; “Americans would never need [to] look beyond” for beauty

In The Author’s Account of Himself, what is popular with foreign tourists?

“the fashion for foreign tourists to travel pencil in hand” and fill their “portfolios with sketches”

In The Author’s Account of Himself, what will the author’s sketchbook be filled with and what does he compare it to?

mundane scenes: cottages, landscapes, obscure ruins — a painter who neglects to paint St. Peter’s or the Coliseum

In The Voyage, how does the author compare the method of transport between the sea and the land? What does he compare it to?

Transport by boat via ship leads to the “absence of worldly scenes,” whereas land offers continuity. He compares it to “dragging a lengthening chain,” showing how you can trace step-by-step (link by link) until you get home, compared to the sea where you are “severed all at once.”

In The Voyage, what happened that led to the ships crashing?

The watcher had given the alarm, but the crew neglected to hoist a light prior so they ended up crashing

In The Voyage, the ship is “staggering and plunging” but stays afloat because of what

the movement of the helm

In The Voyage, why does the author refer to Europe as “the land of promise?”

Europe makes up childhoods and study years

In Roscoe, what is a building of “great literary resort?”

the Athenaeum

In Roscoe, who is described as with “a noble Roman style of countenance,” a “head that would have pleased a painter”, and old with a poetic soul?

Roscoe lol

In Roscoe, what does the author refer to Roscoe as? Who is Roscoe’s “model of antiquity?”

the elegant historian of the Medici; Lorenzo de Medici

In Roscoe, what is the author comparing his “seeds of genius” (some grow through rock, others are choked by thorns) to?

the relationship of nature and art — Roscoe started out poor, and Liverpool is based on commerce, not the arts, however now he is influential everywhere. He also states that literature and the “coarser plants of necessity” depend on one another

In Roscoe, what makes Roscoe different form other intellectual authors?

They live for their own fame and pleasure, but Roscoe betters his community via his intellectual accomplishments

In Roscoe, if everyone could meditate on the “daily beauty” in their life, what would happen to the world?

the world would be paradies

In Roscoe, Roscoe is known as an [__] in America, but in Liverpool, he is known as the [__]

author; banker

In Roscoe, what is Roscoe’s favorite residence, and what does the author compare it to?

a mansion; a “classic fountain” which once had pure water, but now was dry with a lizard and a toad

In Roscoe, what is the author referring to with the comparison “pigmies rummaging the armory of a giant”?

the auctioning off of Roscoe’s book, including his Italian historical stories

In Roscoe, why does the author sympathize with Roscoe when he sells his books?

Books “retain their steady value when the world turns to dross,” as they stay even when friends pull away

In Roscoe, why do the people of Liverpool not understand Roscoe’s importance?

It is difficult to register him as a genius because they see him daily, unlike the author (an American), who reveries him as a celebrity

In Rip Van Winkle, where is the general setting of the story?

Up the Hudson River, in the Kaatskill Mountains

In Rip Van Winkle, under whose reign was the village founded by Dutch colonists?

Peter Stuyvesant

In Rip Van Winkle, where did the ancestor of RVW accompany Stuyvesant?

Fort Christina

In Rip Van Winkle, who is described as a “simple, good natured man; a kind neighbor, obedient, henpecked husband”?

Rip Van Winkle :)

In Rip Van Winkle, what is RVW’s response to wife’s nagging for his laziness?

shrug his soldiers, shake his head, cast up his eyes, and say nothing

In Rip Van Winkle, who is on the portrait of the bench before the small inn? Who is on it afterward?

King George the III; George Washington

In Rip Van Winkle, who is Derrick Van Bummel?

the schoolmaster

In Rip Van Winkle, who is Nicholas Vedder?

the patriarch of the village and landlord of the inn

In Rip Van Winkle, what is the stranger (short, square built old fellow…) carrying up the mountain?

a keg (barrel) full of liquor

”In Rip Van Winkle, where does RVW find the men dressed in “outlandish fashion”?

the amphitheatre

In Rip Van Winkle, what does the group of men remind the author of?

an old Flemish painting in the parkour of Dominic Van Shaick, the village parson

In Rip Van Winkle, what is causing the sound of thunder?

the group of men rolling balls into their ninepins (bowling)

In Rip Van Winkle, how have the people’s attitudes change from pre to post-timeskip?

“drowsy tranquility” to “busty, bustling disputatious tone

In Rip Van Winkle, who is Judith Gardenier?

RVW’s daughter, helps confirm his identity

In Rip Van Winkle, who is “Peter Vanderdonk?”

the descendant of the historian of the same name, who wrote one of the earliest accounts of the province

In Rip Van Winkle, who is Hendrick Hudson?

the first discoverer of the river and the country

In Rip Van Winkle, where does RVW tell his story?

Mr. Doolittle Hotel

In Westminster Abbey, what is the place?

a church in London where influential/royal people are buried

In Westminster Abbey, whose epitaphs are entirely effaced/worn away by the footsteps of many generations? What does he compare their diminishment to?

the effigies of 3 of the early abbots; “like wrecks upon the distant shore of time”

In Westminster Abbey, why are the monuments simpler in the Poet’s Corner?

literary men are brokies

In Westminster Abbey, why is the Poets’ Corner where people visit the most?

friendship/companionship between readers & authors rather than cold curiosity/admiration, legacies are often diminished by time but the sacrifices the author makes to write persists, his reputation is derived from something he enjoyes rather than violence

In Westminster Abbey, how does the author describe walking through the sepulchres of kings?

as if he were walking through a city where everything had turned into stone

In Westminster Abbey, what is the author’s stance on Mrs. Nightingale’s grave?

he believes it should bring tenderness and veneration to the dead rather than depict scary/sorrowful imagery

In Westminster Abbey, the silence is interrupted by the birds: what is it a sign of?

solitariness and destruction

In Westminster Abbey, whose tomb is a “touching instance of the equality of the grave?”

Queen Elizabeth I and Mary

In Westminster Abbey, what is the author’s opinion on the shrine of Edward the Confessor? What is the author particularly in shock by and why?

a contrived scene with theatrical artifice; the throne (symbolizes the beginning of the king’s reign & the king’s death); it’ll be vandilized

In Westminster Abbey, when the author is exiting, what does he notice about his mind?

he is getting the names and inscriptions mixed up, and so believes the “assemblage of sepulchers” is a “treasury of humiliation”

In Westminster Abbey, what is the moral of the story?

death equalizes everyone, for example, Alexander the Great, Egyptian Mummies, etc

In Christmas, what is the author excited for?

it is the time for “holyday customs and rural games of former times”

In Christmas, what does the author liken the decaying Christmas customs to?

Gothic architecture (crumbling); ivy (provides support)

In Christmas, how does the weather affect where we find happiness from?

usually we find pleasure in small things in nature, but the snowiness causes us to find joy in the people around us

In Christmas, how does the season affect classes?

everyone celebrates, regardless of their financial status, and everyone is welcomed everywhere

In Christmas, how has modern life affected the season?

it has worn down society be come more smooth and polished, erasing the characterized roughness, pleasure is broader but shallower in domestic life

In The Stage Coach, what was the coach holding and where was it?

hampers of game, baskets, boxes of delicacies; Yorkshire

In The Stage Coach, who is Bucephalus?

the favorite horse of Alexander the Great

In The Stage Coach, how does the coachman dress?

low corned hat, colored hankerchief; to not be mistaken for anything but a stage coach

In The Stage Coach, what does the author call the group of stable boys who imitate the stage coach?

an embryo Coachey

In The Stage Coach, what type of allusion is the “Cyclops at the table?”

mythological

In The Stage Coach, how did the children decide who rode Bantam first?

the oldest went first

In The Stage Coach, who is Frank Bracebridge, and what does he do?

a friend which the author has previously travelled with; he invites the author to spend Christmas with him

In Christmas Eve, what type of allusion is “took honest Peacham for his textbook, instead of Chestfield?”

historical reference to the Restoration Age

In The Stage Coach, what is Frank’s dad also called?

The Squire

In The Stage Coach, how did Frank’s dad/the Squire force them to play old English games?

via consulting a book, directed with the strictness of studies

In The Stage Coach, under whose reign was the rest of the house, excluding the old wing, built)

Charles II, during the commonwealth interregnum

In The Stage Coach, how is the Squire’s garden organized?

with modern republic notions, it is the only time the Squire has cared for politics

In The Stage Coach, what are The Squire’s 2 sons?

a young officer of the military & an Oxonian from the university

In The Stage Coach, what is the Squire compared to by the author?

the sun of a system, even the dog and the author become sleepy

In The Stage Coach, who has a nose like a parrot with eyes pitted by smallpox, and what are his characteristics?

Master Simon, always keeping a girl laughing next to him, a wit of old family themes

In The Stage Coach, what is Master Simon’s bouncing between families compared to, and what is a result of it?

like a vagrant comit in orbit; he did not acquire the rusty habits of old bachelors and became a family chronicle

In The Stage Coach, what happens to the 17-year-old girl and the soldier wounded in the battle of Waterloo

although initially enchanted with the dance, after the soldier sang a song on the guitar (night piece to Julia), the girl ended up picking at a bouquet until it was ruined

In Christmas Day, how does the author feel about the custom of an early morning service on Sunday mornings?

he does not like how it’s disappearing because he believes worship in the morning calms the soul

In Christmas Day, what plate does the Squire hate due to its modern efficacy and weak nerves?

tea and toast, but it is still included in his meals

In Christmas Day, what animal is at the mansion besides dogs and why?

peacocks; their “stately banquet of olden time”

In Christmas Day, who is described as a meager, black-looking man, with a grizzled wig that is too wide?

the pastor