Naturalism

Question 1

In To Build a Fire what are 2 things that the man in unconcerned by?

Answer 1

The dog and temperature

Question 2

What were naturalist dominated by?

Answer 2

Environment, internal and external conditions, and fate

Question 3

Cranes style is characterized by what?

Answer 3

Vivid intensity and his use of distinctive dialect and irony

Question 4

How is TBF a true naturalist story?

Answer 4

• Chance/fate
• Nature doesn’t care
• No name main character

Question 5

Who wrote “Call of the Wild”

Answer 5

London

Question 6

Wrote Ethan Frome?

Answer 6

Edith Wharton

Question 7

What is the main theme in “Mysteries of Heroism”?

Answer 7

The title

Question 8

Who participated in Klondike Gold Rush?

Answer 8

London

Question 9

In TBF the dog understood what 3 things?

Answer 9

• Temperature
• Water
• Need for fire

Question 10

Who endorsed grape juice?

As well as suits

Answer 10

London

Question 11

Who started writing at age 4?

Answer 11

Crane

Question 12

Who wrote “Of Mice and Men”?

Answer 12

Steinback

Question 13

Who was born in New Jersey?

Answer 13

Crane

Question 14

What was Naturalism developed from?

Answer 14

Realism

Question 15

Explain water as a symbol.

Answer 15

It represents life and the blood of the soldiers

Question 16

How are characters of naturalism alike?

Answer 16

• They have no control on what happens to them

* Unheroic/ common

Question 17

Who wrote the “Open Boat”?

Answer 17

Crane

Question 18

Which author established American Naturalism?

Answer 18

Crane

Question 19

Give two examples of internal passion that drive characters?

Answer 19

Lust/ greed

Question 20

Why did the man in TBF have no name?

Answer 20

He doesn’t matter and he’s unheroic and common

Question 21

Numbers are an important element in TBF. What are the number of matches in the story? What is the coldest temperature in the story?

Answer 21

Matches: 75
Temp: 75 degrees below

Question 22

Who used the name Jonathan Smith?

Answer 22

Crane

Question 23

Who wrote 1,000 words a day?

Answer 23

London

Question 24

Define Determinism.

Answer 24

The belief that characters do not have free will; external and internal forces control their behavior

Question 25

What were naturalist writers influenced by?

Answer 25

Darwin or the theory of evolution