Final Study Guide

Question 1

“The cynic’s workbook”

Answer 1

Ambrose Bierce

Question 2

“A daughter of a middle border”

Answer 2

Hamlin garland

Question 3

“The country of the pointed fins”

Answer 3

Sarah orne Jewett

Question 4

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer 4

Samuel Clemens

Question 5

“The American”

Answer 5

Henry James

Question 6

“The rise of Silas lapham”

Answer 6

William dean Howells

Question 7

“The red badge of courage” and “Maggie, a girl of the streets”

Answer 7

Stephen crane

Question 8

“The call of the wild”

Answer 8

Jack London

Question 9

“Mcteague”

Answer 9

Frank Norris

Question 10

“The optimist’s daughter”

Answer 10

Eudora Welty

Question 11

“The old man and the sea”

Answer 11

Ernest Hemingway

Question 12

The Martian chronicles

Answer 12

Ray Bradbury

Question 13

“Our town”

Answer 13

Thornton wilder

Question 14

Underlying the literary romanticism of the period of national optimism was?

Answer 14

A national mood of optimism, and a spirit of confidence in the economy, political system, and the citizenry of the nation

Question 15

Literary romanticism was a revolt against the literary values of?

Answer 15

Of the previous age

Question 16

As romanticism brought respectability,to American letters, American writers made important contributions to what genres?

Answer 16

Short story and novel

Question 17

The crucial turning point in our national spirit came thus during what?

Answer 17

American romanticism

Question 18

Realism and naturalism appeared on the literary scene in the period?

Answer 18

Of 1865-1914

Question 19

The three major groups of writers during this period were?

Answer 19

Regionalists, realists, and naturalists