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Ch.13 Flashcards

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According to Freud,conscience is a result of what

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Social conditioning

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Who and what book of his/her book has had the most significant lasting effects on the modern debasement of man

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Charles Darwin and the book “origin of species”

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The what of man has resulted in the belief that man has no responsibility to a power higher than himself. And the denial of life after death

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The modern debasement of man

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What are the 2 contrasting erroneous views of man that have affected American thought since WWI are?

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That man is Merely an animal and that man is his own god

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What is the substitute religion that defies man, rejects God, and advocates a one-world system?

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Humanism

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What attempts to reconcile 2 entities: traditional Christianity and modern world view

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Liberalism

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Literature of the 1930’s like John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” emphasizes what?

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Social issues

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The modern era is characterized primarily by what?

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Pessimism

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Who was actively writing at age 14 and had stories that often featured surprise ending?

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Shirley Jackson

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What is the primary conflict in “Charles”?

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It is between Laurie and authority

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What is the main conflict in “Charles”?

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Man vs. higher power/society

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What is the tone in “Charles”?

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It is Mixed or neutral

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When does the story “Charles” first appear in and appearance is what?

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1948, appearance are deceptive

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What is the central idea of “The Most Dangerous Game”

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It is the antagonism between the old and new morality

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What is the conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game”?

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Man vs. man

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What is the tone in “The Most Dangerous Game”?

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Sympathetic

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What prophetic statement made early in the story referring to the conclusion when Rainsford observes, “he had never slept in a better bed than in general Zaroff,’s.”

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“This is the most restful spot”

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What did Zaroff imply about God

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That God made made him a hunter,therefore, if he cannot get fulfillment from hunting animals, God should not object to his hunting men in order to fulfill his divinity implanted desires.

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Connell equates General Zaroff’s values with those of what

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The American businessman

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Who did not graduate from college but be came a newspaper reporter and then a free lance writer,his main characters are often baffled by life

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James Thurber

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21
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What are the main conflict and tone of the catbird seat?

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Man vs. man

Tone is sympathetic

22
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In the catbird seat who is the conflict between?

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Mr. Martin and Mrs. Barrows

23
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Who was appointed poet laureate of his native state by its governor he also had a long teaching career

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Archibald Rutledge

24
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What is the main conflict and tone of the tomb of Raven mccloud

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Man vs. man

Tone is sympathetic

25
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What is a biblical name associated with God’s providential care in the tomb of the Raven mccloud

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Isaac

26
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What is a nickname associated with artificiality

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Dandy

27
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What is the significant elements in the tomb of mccloud

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It has a mysterious yet tranquil atmosphere, self destructive of evil, and tradition verses modern superficiality

28
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Who’s short stories have regularly appeared in national magazines?

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Eudora Welty

29
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Who won a Nobel prize for a novel and won many other rewards but did not move from her home region? And most of her works are based on her home region and emphasized local tradition and culture?

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Eudora Welty

30
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What is the conflict in a worn path? What is the tone?

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Man vs. higher power(society)

Tone: sympathetic

31
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Who was the most controversial and highly published writer of modern times? He once declared that a writer should attempt something new or not previously accomplished each time he writes.

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Ernest Hemingway

32
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What does Phoenix need to get for her grandsons throat?

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Medicine

33
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What did Ernest hemingways characters reject?

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Traditional values

34
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According to one critic what story says it focuses on rituals?

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Big two Hearted river

35
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What is the symbolic significance in “Big Two Hearted River”?

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One heart is light and one is dark

36
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What is the conflict and tone in “Big Two Hearted River”?

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Conflict is man vs. himself

Tone is neutral or mixed

37
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Who briefly explored acting before writing?

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Ray Bradbury

38
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In their will come soft rains what is the types rain mentioned?

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Fire
Jungle
Sprinkler

39
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What is the Major theme in their will comes soft rains

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Mankind will wait too long to take action to stop its own destruction

40
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Why did Stuart leave teaching

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Because he felt he could not make enough money to support himself and his family

41
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Who was a firm believer in the potential for education?

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Jesse Stuart

42
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What story reflects traditional moral values, the spirit of the mountain people and the value of a committed enthusiastic teacher

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“The Thread That Runs So True”

43
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What was the main argument of The Thread That Runs So Trie

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If teachers will inspire to accomplish great things, the students will accomplish great things

44
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Who was just like Stuart who was a firm believer in the potential of education

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James Saxon Childers

45
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In A Boy Who Was Traded For A Horse carver was born a what?

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A slave, he was separated from his mother at young age and never knew his father

46
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Who won the Pulitzer Prize for a Stillness at appomattox

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Bruce Catton

47
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What was the great American game about?

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Both. History of baseball and a study of American literature

48
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What is the theme of the great American game

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The baseball can truly be called the great American game

49
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In the tomb of Raven mccloud what is ironically appropriate about isaacs response to the girl and had asked about the chance of dandys return?

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When he said I spect he don’t ever think of you., he honestly but indirectly alludes to the fact that dandy is dead

50
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What is unusual about the production method of wilders plays such as the happy journey to Trento and Camden?

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There are no curtains or sets few props and no concealment of theatrical devices

51
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In the happy journey to Trenton and Camden what are ma’s wishes for her children?

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Caroline’s be a good girl

Arthur’s to be honest in word and deed

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