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Modernism Test Flashcards

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1
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Who was the most famous expatriate?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald or Ernest Hemingway

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2
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Who attended Harvard but quit after 2 years?

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John Steinbeck

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Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize?

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Sinclair Lewis

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Who wrote “Birches”?

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Robert Frost

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Who married Zelda?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Who decided to be a writer at 14?

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John Steinbeck

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Who coined the term, the “Jazz Age”?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Who wrote “Of Mice and Men”?

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John Steinbeck

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Who believed poetry should be complex and difficult?

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T.S. Eliot

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Who was famous for writing about laborers and the Depression?

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John Steinbeck

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What is the most important poem of the century and its author?

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“The Wasteland” by T.S. Eliot

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Who was heavily influenced by the psychological field?

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William Faulkner

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What lit term means “the natural flow of a character’s thoughts”?

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Stream of Consciousness

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The Harlem Renaissance was a movement in _________ where __________ began to create their own literary renaissance in ______.

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Harlem NY, African Americans, 1921

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Which poetry movement is dominant in this time?

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Imagism

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16
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What is Fitzgerald known for capturing?

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the gaiety and the emptiness of the roaring 20s in his writings

17
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What was Fitzgerald’s masterpiece?

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The Great Gatsby

18
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T.S. Eliot won the ____________ in ____.

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Nobel Prize for Literature, 1948

19
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The early 20th century is often referred to as the ________.

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Age of Eliot

20
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Identify a movement in art and literature that began in Europe in the 20s that wanted to replace realism.

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Surrealism

21
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What were 2 major content concepts of the Modernist Movement?

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Dominant Mood and Alienation & Disconnection

22
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Name 2 authors that were able to win awards during this movement.

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T.S. Eliot and John Steinbeck

23
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In “Winter Dreams”, Judy says, “I’m more beautiful than anybody else. Why can’t I be happy?” What is the significance of this quote?

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……

24
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What are the 4 types of conflict?

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  • Man vs. Society
  • Man vs. Nature
  • Man vs. Man
  • Man vs. Himself

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