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What character says “I’s rich now, come to look at it.”

A

Jim (Huck Finn)

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What is the time period of Realism?

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1860’s- 1900’s

Civil War- Turn of century

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Which poet’s poem inspired ‘O Pioneers!’?

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Walt Whitman

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What was the name of the town where Jim and Huck were heading?

Where did they actually end up?

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The were heading towards Cairo, Illinois. They actually ended up in New Orleans.

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Which character said “Isn’t it queer? There are only two or three human stories, and they go one repeating themselves…”

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Carl Linstrum (O Pioneers!)

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Which character said “You can’t pray a lie”?

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Huck Finn (Huck Finn)

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Name two other Realism writers besides Twain

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William Dean Howles and Kate Chopin

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Name of woman who owned Jim

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Miss Watson

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What character said, “The property of the family belongs to the men”?

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Oscar Bergson (O Pioneers!)

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What is the name for the type of 1st person narrator that Huck is?

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Unreliable

this leads to dramatic irony

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What is the act that encouraged people like the bergsons to settle on The Divide?

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The Homestead Act

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What is the kind of diction (language) that is favored by Realist writers?

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Vernacular

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What kind of humor is used in Huck Finn?

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Satire

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What is Mark Twain’s real name?

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Samuel Langhorn Clemens

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What does “Mark Twain” mean?

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It was a Mississippi River term meaning “mark number two,” which meant the second mark on a line that measured two fathoms (12 feet) of water. This was the minimum water depth that was safe for steamboats to travel.

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What year was Huck Finn published?

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1885

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What does Huck say when he resolves to save Jim?

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“All right, then, I’ll go to hell”

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Where was Willa Cather born?

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Virginia

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Where did Willa Cather move to?

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Red Cloud, Nebraska

Renamed Hanover in the book

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In what town did Mark Twain and his wife settle?

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Hartford, CT

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Naturalism says that a person’s life is dictated by _______ and ________.

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Natural environment; heredity

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In American Realism, ________ is more important than plot.

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Character

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What 3 things to Realists think can hinder individuals?

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Race, gender, and class

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What character said, “I can’t play with you like a boy anymore”?

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Emil Bergson (O Pioneers!)

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What is the name of the river that Huck and Jim travelled?

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The Mississippi

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This term describes literature from or about a specific place.

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Regionalism

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What is the word that means “lifelike” or similar to the truth?

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Verisimilitude

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Realism was a reaction against what?

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Romanticism

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Describe Realism

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Realism showed that individuals CAN impact things and can achieve what he/she wants to, but race, gender, and class will hinder the individual.

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What is the overriding tone of Realism?

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Optimism

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What movement is an extension of Realism?

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Naturalism

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What are some elements of realistic fiction?

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  • Characters are normal with no hidden powers or advantages
  • Setting of story is actual place
  • Memorable theme
  • Conflict is plausible
  • Book gives a mostly accurate depiction of life
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What is a main difference between Realists and Romantics?

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  • Romantics follow plot; Realists follow character
  • Romantics value far off things such as heroes, mythology, and powerful emotions; Realists value individuals, work, and society
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What is the name of the fake Shakespeare play that the King and the Duke put on?

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The Royal Nonesuch

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A societal factor that influenced American Realism

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The Civil War and Romanticism

35
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Where is Huck headed at the end of the book?

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Out west

36
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Why is Huck Finn accused of being racist?

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It uses the N word and implies that a social system is good.

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Describe Jane Smith’s essay of Huck Finn.

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Smiley thinks that the novel is racist and a failure and that Twain failed Huck by giving him a voice but not a novel. She thinks that the last 12 chapters are boring, which is a “sure sign that an author has lost the battle between plot and theme.”

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Describe David Smith’s essay on Huck Finn.

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Smith thinks the opposite of smiley, and thinks that Huck Finn is not racist, but is simply showing the culture of the time period accurately. He thinks that the use of Jim liking superstition is not racist, and is an example how people nagatively stereotype race. He thinks that Jim is shown in a good light as a person. He thinks that “Huck Finn” renders a harsh judgement on American society.

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Why is Pap an ironic character?

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He thinks he’s a good quality, classy person, but really he’s a lowlife. He thinks reading and education will make people stupid and uncivilized, when reallt it’s the opposite.

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What writer did Willa Cather dedicate O Pioneers! to?

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Sarah Orne Jewett

41
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Event that occurred on Mark Twain’s birthday

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Haley’s comet

42
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What job did Mark Twain have as a boy?

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Apprentice to a printer. He also contributed to his brother’s newspaper.

43
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Where did Mark Twain grow up?

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Hannibal, Missouri

44
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What year was O Pioneers! published?

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1913

45
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Who is Marie’s husband?

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Frank Shabata

46
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Which Character doesn’t wear shoes and lives by himself because of all the ‘temptations?’

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Crazy Ivar

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What character said, “I think when friends marry- they’re safe. We don’t suffer like those young ones.”

A

Alexandra Bergson (O Pioneers!)

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What character thought, “How terrible it was to love people when you could not really share their lives”?

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Marie (O Pioneers!)

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What is the overriding tone of naturalism?

A

Pessimism

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Describe Naturalism

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Unlike Realism, Naturalism says that individuals CANNOT change or impact their environment, and a person’s life is determined by heredity and environment. It says a person is doomed if they try to change their circumstances. It deals more with the nitty-gritty underside of life.

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Name some naturalist writers

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Frank Morris, Jack London, Stephen Crane

52
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Who was Upton Sinclair?

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He was a muckraker (investigative journalist) who wrote “The Jungle”- he was a naturalist.

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What type of narrator does Naturalist literature usually have?

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Objective detached narrator

54
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KNOW

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All naturalists are realists, but all realists are not naturalists.

55
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What nationality are Joe and Marie?

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Bohemian/Czech

56
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What nationality are the Bergsons?

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Swedish (Protestant)

57
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What does Alexandra promise her father?

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To not lose the land

58
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What is the term for a series of small adventures?

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Picaresque

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What time period does Naturalism span?

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1890’s- 1920’s

60
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What pattern do most Naturalist writers follow?

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Observe, then write

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