1.which of the following is true about american spirltuals?

a. they developed during the civil war

b. they often contained allusions to biblical events, figures and themes.

c. they contained hidden codes pertaining to finding freedom

d. b and c

e. none of the above

2.which line in "go down, down moses" most clearly states it's central message?

a. "go down, down moses"
b. "let my people go"
c. "this saith the lord"
d. "oppressed so hard, they could not stand"

3. part a: what do the spiritual "go down, down moses", "follow the drinking gourd and "swing low, sweet chariot" most clearly reveal about the slaves who originally sang them?

a. they accepted slavery as the way of the world.

b. they were often highly educated.

c. they longed for freedom.

d. they sang songs.

4. part b: which of the following lines support your answer to #3?

a. "for the old man is a-waiting to carry you to freedom, if you follow the drinking gourd".

b. "go down, down moses, way down in egypt land".

c. "i looked over jordan and what did i see".

d. "the river bank will make a very good road".

5. how is war portrayed in both " vigil strange i kept on a field one night" and " a march in the ranks hard-prest, and the roads unknown"?

a. as a glorious event

b. as brutal and ugly

c. as unexplainable

d. as something no one should participate in (all soldiers should stop fighting)

6.consider this excerpt from " a march in the rank hard-prest and the road unknown"

entering but for a minute i see a sight beyond all the pictures and poems ever made, shadows of deepest, deepest black, just lit by moving candles and lamps, and by one great pitchy torch stationary with wild red flames and clouds of smoke

based on the opening lines of
"a march in the rank hard-prest and the road unknown", what is the tone of this poem?

a. mournful
b. eerie
c. joyful
d. creative

7. part a what is the main theme, or message, of "the gettsburg address"?

a. it is the duty of the living to take up the cause for which the soldiers died and save the united states.

b. the civil war was a terrible war and destructive and remembered

c. the dead soldiers should be commemorated and remember d

d. whatever the outcome, it's just good to know the war is now over.

8. part b which of the following quotes from "the gettsburg address" supports your answer to #7?

a. now we are engaged and a great civil war, testing whether the nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure

b." but, in a larger since, we can not dedicate- we can not consecrate- we can not hallow- this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here consecrated it, far above our poor power to add detract"

c. "it is for us living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have this far so nobly advanced"

9. in" o captain! my captain! walt whiteman creates an extended metphor. which of the following are true about this poem?

a. the captain represent abraham lincoln

b. the ship represents the confederate states

c. the port represents the end of the civil war

d. a and c

e. all of the above

10. which of the following lines indicate how the speaker in the poem felt about the captain ?

a. " here captain! dear father! "

b. "exult o shores, and ring o bells but i with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead".

c. "my father does not feel arm, he has no pluse nor will,"

d. all of the above

can you answer all of these for me you very much ❤️