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Montresor ironically tells this to the servants to be sure they will be gone when he returns with Fortunato.

Identify the author: My slave narrative was published the year the Civil War started. Of the few narratives written by slaves, mine was unique in showing the plight of the enslaved women. I was able to escape slavery and hide for years to be close to my children. I wrote what I endured from the jealousy of the mistress of the house as well as the actions of the husband.

Identify the author: The first American poet to achieve general recognition and to appreciate nature for its own sake. Mostly a moralist using nature to teach philosophical lessons. He idealized nature. He was acquainted with the major Hudson River School of Painting, especially Thomas Cole.

I understand that I cannot take a proctored exam online using a chromebook.

Identify the speaker: “Why do you tremble at me alone!…Tremble also at each other! Have men avoided me, and women shown no pity, and children screamed and fled, only for my black veil! . . .I look around me, and lo! on every visage a Black Veil.”

I have read through the remote proctoring rules and understand the penalty for breaking any rule is a zero on the exam.

Identify the title: ”I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress. The felon’s home in a penitentiary is preferable. He may repent, and turn from the error of his ways, and so find peace; but it is not so with a favorite slave. She is not allowed to have any pride of character. It is deemed a crime in her to wish to be virtuous.”

Identify the title of the story where the following is found: a famous wine kept in an underground vault

Identify the person speaking: BROTHER: “You say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agree, as you can all read the book? We do not wish to destroy your religion or take it from you. We want only to enjoy our own. We are told that you have been preaching to the white people in this place. These people are our neighbors. We are acquainted with them. We will wait a little while, and see what effect your preaching has upon them.”

Identify the title: Identify the title that does not have a death in the work.