realism mini-test

Question 1

Define American realism

Answer 1

An attempt to represent everyday people and situations accurately without embellishment

Question 2

Where did the concepts for American realism come from?

Answer 2

France

Question 3

What movement comes before American realism?

Answer 3

Trans and Anti-Trans

Question 4

Who are the two most influential writers of this movement?

Answer 4

Henry James and Mark Twain

Question 5

Name 5 of the 6 characteristics of realism

Answer 5

Events are usually plausible
Objectivity is very important
Diction is natural and common
Characters are more important than the plot
Concentration on the middle class

Question 6

Who was a civil war hero?

Answer 6

Ambrose Bierce

Question 7

Who was born Samuel Clemens?

Answer 7

Mark Twain

Question 8

Who wrote Portrait of a Lady?

Answer 8

Henry James

Question 9

Who disappeared in Mexico?

Answer 9

Stephen Crane

Question 10

Who wrote the Celebrated Jumping Frog?

Answer 10

Mark Twain

Question 11

Who wrote An Occurrence at Owl Creek?

Answer 11

Ambrose Bierce

Question 12

Who wrote The Ambassador?

Answer 12

Henry James

Question 13

Who was cited for bravery 15 times?

Answer 13

Ambrose Bierce

Question 14

Who worked as a steam boat captain?

Answer 14

Mark Twain

Question 15

Who wrote Life of the Mississippi?

Answer 15

Mark Twain

Question 16

In Life of the Mississippi, Twain is an apprentice abord a _________.

Answer 16

steamboat

Question 17

Who was the captain of the boat?

Answer 17

Bixby

Question 18

What is the extended metaphor that Twain uses to describe learning to drive a steam boat.

Answer 18

He compares learning the layout of the river to reading a book

Question 19

What does Bierce use to establish the setting?

Answer 19

Intense details

Question 20

How is Owl Creek a true realism story?

Answer 20

He drew from his own experiences as a soldier

Question 21

Where did Bierce get his knowledge about war?

Answer 21

He was in the civil war

Question 22

Describe the three parts of Owl Creek

Answer 22

In the first part, the man is thinking about a crazy escape plan, in the second part, the man is on the thin line of reality and to a 1st time reader, they might think that it is reality, then the third part is actual reality, what’s really happening to him

Question 23

What are some of the clues about what is truly happening to Farquhar in Owl Creek?

Answer 23

The isolated tree lined road, the pained neck, swollen tongue, congested eyes are all hinting at the actual hanging

Question 24

What is unique about the third section in Owl Creek?

Answer 24

It’s a description of him falling but all the details also line up to the details of his hanging

Question 25

a warning or indication of a future event

Answer 25

foreshadowing

Question 26

a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story

Answer 26

flashback

Question 27

the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, or essay.

Answer 27

point of view

Question 28

the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. All characters are described using pronouns, such as ‘they’, ‘he’, and ‘she’. But, one character is closely followed throughout the story, and it is typically a main character

Answer 28

third-person limited point of view

Question 29

he writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story’s action and dialogue

Answer 29

objective point of view

Question 30

a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story

Answer 30

Omniscient