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Era Of Pessimism Flashcards

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According to Freud, conscience is a result of what?

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Social conditioning

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What is the book and and author of the book, that has has the most significant lasting effects on the modern debasement of man?

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“Origin of species” by Charles Darwin

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The modern debasement of man has resulted in what beliefs of man?

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That man has no responsibility to a power higher than himself and the denial of life after death

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The two contrasting and erroneous views of man that have affected American thought since world war 1 are what?

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That man is merely a 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 religion attempts to reconcile two 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 wraith” emphasizes what kind of issues?

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Social issues

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Who was actively writing by age 14 and had stories that often featured surprise endings?

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Shirley Jackson

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The primary conflict in the story “Charles” is between what?

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Laurie and authority

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What kind of conflict is the main conflict in the story “Charles”?

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Man vs. higher power/society

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What is the tone of the story “Charles”?

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Mixed or neutral

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What year did the story “Charles” first appear?

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1948

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What is the central idea of the story “The Dangerous Game”?

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The antagonism between the old and new morality

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What type of conflict is in “The Most Dangerous Game”?

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Man vs. man

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What is the tone of “the most dangerous game”?

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Sympathetic

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Who did not graduate from college but became 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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What type of conflict is the main conflict of “the CatbirdSeat”?

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Man vs man

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What is the tone of “ The CatbirdSeat”?

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Sympathetic

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In the story “the catbird seat” the conflicts present were between what two people?

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Mr. Martin and Mrs. Barrows

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Who was appointed poet laureate of his native state by its governor and had a long teaching career?

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Archibald Rutledge

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What type of conflict is the main conflict of the story “the tomb of raven McCloud”?

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Man vs. man

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What is the tone of the story “the tomb of raven McCloud”?

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Sympathetic

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23
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What is the significance of the name Isaac?

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A biblical name that associated with God’s providential care

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What is the significance of the name dandy?

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It’s a nickname that is associated with artificiality

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What are the significant elements in the story “ the tomb of raven McCloud”?

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Has a mysterious yet tranquil atmosphere, self-destructiveness of evil, and tradition verses modern superficiality

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

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Eudora Welty

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This women won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel and won many other awards. However, she chose not to move from her home region, what is her name?

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Eudora Welty

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Who’s works were mostly based on her home region and emphasized local tradition and culture?

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Eudora Welty

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Who works present a range of both admirable and un-admirable characters?

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Eudora Welty

30
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Most of Eudora Welty’s fiction is set where?

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Mississippi Delta Country

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What type conflict is the main conflict in the story “A Worn Path”?

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Man vs. higher power (society)

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What is the tone of the story “A worn path”?

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Sympathetic

33
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In the story “ A worn path” what does ode this lines refer to in the story “ seem like there is chain ps about my feet, time I get this far…something always take a hold of me on this hill pleads a should stay”?

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These lines refer to the way she uses figurative terms to talk about how the way gets harder as she starts up he hill, perhaps as a means of rationalizing why her progress is so slow, or to acknowledge her age

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In the story “ a worn path” after the success with “the trial” what did Phoenix do?

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Phoenix sat down to rest, and spread her skirt on the bank around her

35
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Who does Phoenix need the medicine for in the story “a worn path”?

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For her grandson’s throat

36
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Who was one of the most controversial and highly publicized writers of modern times?

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Ernest Hemingway

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Who once declared that a writer should attempt something new or not previously accomplished each time he writes?

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Ernest Hemingway

38
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Who uses an economical, streamlined writing style?

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Ernest Hemingway

39
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Who’s characters reject traditional values?

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Ernest Heminway

40
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Who’s heroes characteristically strive to find meaning in a meaningless world?

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Ernest Hemingway

41
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Ernest Heminway’s definition of morality is not with what?

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Scriptural principles

42
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What does the story “big two-hearted river” focus on?

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Rituals

43
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Who is the semi autobiographical hero of “big two hearted river”?

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Nick Adams

44
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What is the type of conflict of the main conflict in “big two hearted river”?

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Man vs. himself

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What is the tone of the story “big two hearted river”?

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Neutral or mixed

46
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While in high school he founded and edited a small, informal literary publication called futura Fantasia , who is this author?

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Ray Bradbury

47
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Before setting on a writing career, he briefly explored acting, who is this?

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Ray Bradbury

48
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What are the three types of rains mentioned in the story “August 2026: there will come soft rains”.

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Fire
Jungle
Sprinkler

49
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What is the major theme of the story “August 2026: there will come soft rains”?

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

50
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In the story “August 2026: there will come soft rains” who are the gods that are mentioned?

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They are former residents of the house, who are obediently served by the mechanical conveniences

51
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Who left teaching because he felt he could not make enough money to support himself and his family?

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Jesse Stuart

52
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Who was a firm believer in the potential for education?

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Jesse Stuart

53
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What does the story “the thread that runs so true” reflect?

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Traditional moral values, the spirit of the mountain people and the value of a committed enthusiastic teacher

54
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What is the main argument in the story “ the thread that runs so true”?

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

55
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Who was ,just like Stuart, a firm believer in the potential for education, in which both Stuart and this person believed this was the key to man’s improvement?

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James Saxon childer

56
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Who taught English at Birmingham southern college?

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James Saxon childer

57
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Who was born a slave, separated from his mother at a very young age and never knew his father?

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Carver

58
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Who won the Pulitzer Prize for “a stillness at Appomattox”?

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Bruce cotton

59
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The story “the great American game” was both what?

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A history of baseball and a study of American society

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The writing strategy of the story “the great American game” used is primarily what?

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Augmentation

61
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What is the theme/thesis of the story “the great American game”?

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That baseball an truly be called the “great American game”

62
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Who said “there is no such thing as brainwashing”?

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James B. Stockdale

63
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Who was a POW in Vietnam?

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James B. Stockdale

64
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According to the essay “freedom: our most precious National treasure” Stockdale believes that most people view freedom as a what?

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Abstraction

65
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Why is Stockdale amazed at other countries?

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He is amazed at the passivity or blind acceptance, of the people who live in countries without freedom

66
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How is stockdale’s love of freedom best explained as?

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An understanding that stems from knowledge of its rarity

67
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What is the thesis of the essay “freedom: our most precious national treasure”?

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That freedom is more than abstraction

68
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According to Stockdale the primary reason we are able to enjoy freedom in America is because many have what?

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Paid dearly for it

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