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1
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Who wrote Ethan Frome?

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Edith Wharton

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Who wrote a thousands words a day?

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Jack London

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3
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Who was born in New Jersey?

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Stephen Crane

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4
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Who endorsed grape juice?

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Jack London

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5
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Who used the name Jonathan Smith?

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Stephen Crane

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Who wrote the Open Boat?

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Stephen Crane

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Who participated in the Yukon gold rush?

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Jack London

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Who wrote Of Mice and Men?

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John Steinbeck

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Who started writing at four?

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Stephen Crane

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Who wrote The call of the wild?

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Jack London

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11
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Who scientific theories influenced naturalism?

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Darwin

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12
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Naturalism developed after what movement?

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Realism

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Know three of the external or internal forces that dominate characters of this movement

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Environment, social conditions, and chance/fate

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Two internal passions that drive characters of this movement

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Dominance and pleasure

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Who established the American naturalism movement?

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Stephen Crane

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What characterizes Cranes style of writing

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Dialects and Irony

17
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How water is a symbol in Mysteries of Heroism

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Water represents life. Collins risks his life to get the water and ends up loosing it. Crane is saying that his efforts to get the water were pointless. Crane is saying that war is useless and nothing to risk your life over.

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What’s the main theme of Mysteries of Heroism

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Every man is capable of becoming a hero

19
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Belief that character do not have free will; external and internal forces control their behavior

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Determinism

20
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In To Build a Fire, which two things seemed unconcerned about the man?

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Nature and the dog

21
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What three things does the dog understand is dangerous in To Build a Fire?

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the danger of the cold, the risk of crossing the spring, and the number of matches

22
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How are numbers important in To Build a Fire?

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Numbers make the world knowable

23
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Why does the man have no name in To Build a Fire?

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It shows that he is insignificant

24
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How is To Build a Fire a true naturalist story?

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Nature is unconcerned about the man. the man is insignificant

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