Quiz 1

Question 1

Was the american literature onl destined to become only an expression identity or what ?

Answer 1

No , but it was also the great modern literature

Question 2

What makes the american literature different from others ?

Answer 2

It is essentially modern,recent,and international literature

Question 3

Was there sth called american literature during the western romantic revolutionary period?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Who discovered america ? and when ?

Answer 4

Columbus ,1492

Question 5

How the invaders affected the american literature?

Answer 5

They came with their ideas of history and the worlds purose
Also language ,the bible and education .

Question 6

How did the american literature got destroyed by those settlers?

Answer 6

They imposedtheir forms of interpretation and narrative ,their christian history and iconography,their science and technology .

Question 7

How long was the colonial period?

Answer 7

208 years ,(1492-1700)

Question 8

Did the native americans write any literature?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Then how the native americans stories and poems were spread?

Answer 9

Orally

Question 10

Is it true that the history of american literature begins with the age of colonalism ?

Answer 10

Yepp

Question 11

Was amrican connected with french spanish and dutch literature ?

Answer 11

Yeessss

Question 12

Wht early american literature was based on the literature of england ?

Answer 12

Cuz The early writers brought mainly English ideas and ways of writing.

Question 13

Who are the “ pale faces”?

Answer 13

The writers who adopted the English style

Question 14

Mention some of the pale faces writers ?

Answer 14

(Franklin, Longfellow, James, Pound).

Question 15

What the pale faces poetry is reffered to as ?

Answer 15

“Cooked peotry “

Question 16

Who are the redskins?

Answer 16

authors who explored new topics and helped to shape America’s own literary tradition.

Question 17

Mentione some of the redskins authors?

Answer 17

(Whitman, Emerson and the Beat Generation).

Question 18

What the redskins poetry is refferd as ?

Answer 18

Raw poetry

Question 19

Did the religion plays a role in the writers lives?

Answer 19

Yesss

Question 20

Who is the first american writer?

Answer 20

Jhon smith(1580-1631)

Question 21

What did jhon smith worked as ?

Answer 21

Explorer and colonist

Question 22

When did jhon smith helped found jamestown?

Answer 22

1607

Question 23

What is the first american bok written in english ?

Answer 23

A true relation of virgina

Question 24

How long was the revolutionary period?

Answer 24

100 years (1700-1800)

Question 25

Were ppl satisfiedw the colonial systemm ?

Answer 25

No the werent

Question 26

Wat the dissatifaction lead to ?

Answer 26

Writers become more political, anti British, revolutionary, rationalized and enlightenment prevailed.

Question 27

How long was the period of Romanticism and Transcendentalism?

Answer 27

80 years / 1800-1880

Question 28

Romanticism rooted against what?

Answer 28

Classicism

Question 29

How was the writing during the period of Romanticism and Transcendentalism?

Answer 29

The writings were less political, the topics were mostly American and writers gave importance to imagination, nature and individualism.

Question 30

Famous writers during the period of Romanticism and Transcendentalism?

Answer 30

Washington Irving (first professional American Writer), Edgar Allen Poe are the most famous writers.

Question 31

What did transcendentalism rejected ?

Answer 31

Transcendentalists rejected the then-common spirituality and materialism.

Question 32

What were writers during The period of Romanticism and Transcendentalism inspired by ?

Answer 32

They were inspired by nature and they believed in self-reliance.

Question 33

Who was the most famous transcentaist of The period of Romanticism and Transcendentalism?

Answer 33

Ralph Waldo Emerson is the most famous Transcendentalists of that era.

Question 34

The scarlete letter was written by who ?

Answer 34

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 35

Mention other famous writers during the period of Romanticism and Transcendentalism?

Answer 35

Other famous writers are Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Herman Melville.

Question 36

How long was the American Realism and Naturalism?

Answer 36

70 years / 1860-1930

Question 37

What did writers do during American Realism and Naturalism?

Answer 37

Writers stopped following previous styles and topics and started discussing life as it was.

Question 38

What was the American Realism and Naturalism era was descibed of ?

Answer 38

It was the era of industrialization and migration.

Question 39

What was the main genre during the American Realism and Naturalism?

Answer 39

Novel

Question 40

When was the rise of naturalism ?

Answer 40

1890’s

Question 41

What is naturalism and it was coined by who ?

Answer 41

Naturalism is the extreme form of realism coined by Emile Zola.

Question 42

How writers were writing during American Realism and Naturalism?

Answer 42

Writers portrayed people in extreme situations and described their real behavior.

Question 43

Descibe writing during American Realism and Naturalism?

Answer 43

Writings were full of dirty environments, poverty, crime and illiteracy.

Question 44

What the name given to the writers who followed natualism /

Answer 44

muckrakers.

Question 45

When did writers started writing abt their feelings abt living in modern age ?

Answer 45

From 20th century , first half

Question 46

Give names of famous writers during the 20 century ?

Answer 46

T.S Elliot, Ezra Pound and Earnest Hemingway are the most popular writers.

Question 47

What movements appeared during the second half of the 20th century?

Answer 47

ethnic writers, post modernists

Question 48

What new genre flourished during the 20th century?

Answer 48

New genres flourished; comic books, fantasy novels, sci-fi, horror stories etc.