Regionalism Movement Flashcards

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Which region is Harriet Beecher Stowe associated with?

A

New England

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2
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Which region is Zitkala-Sa associated with?

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Great Plains

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3
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Which region is James Thurber associated with?

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Mid-Western

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4
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Which region is Harper Lee associated with?

A

Southern

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5
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Which region is Edith Wharton associated with?

A

New England

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6
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Which region is Willa Cather associated with?

A

Western and Others

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7
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Which region is Kate Chopin associated with?

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Southern

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8
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Which region is Sinclair Lewis associated with?

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Mid-Western

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9
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Which region is Sherwood Anderson associated with?

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Mid-Western

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10
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Who had an eye injury as a child

A

James Thurber

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11
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Who wrote A Good Man is Hard to Find

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Flannery O’Connor

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12
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Who was born in Savannah, GA

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Flannery O’Connor

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13
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Who was born in Jackson, MS

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Eudora Welty

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14
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Who became a widow and raised six kids by herself at age 32

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Kate Chopin

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15
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Who wrote the Nobel prize for literature in 1962

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John Steinbeck

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16
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Who published their first work at 11 but their family thought it was awful

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Bret Harte

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17
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Who was a writer, reporter, humorist, and cartoonist

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James Thurber

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18
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Whose father died in a railroad accident

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Kate Chopin

19
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Who was considered a part of the southern renaissance

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Eudora Welty

20
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Whose writing contained hypocrisy

A

Flannery O’Connor

21
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Who worked as a messenger for Wells Fargo

A

Bret Harte

22
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Whose settings and plot often center around stories of mining camps and towns

A

Bret Harte

23
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Who lived in both New York and Nebraska

A

Willa Cather

24
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Who was awarded the The National Institute of Arts and Letters’ Gold Medal for Fiction in 1972

A

Eudora Welty

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Who was a devout Christian who dealt with the concept of a man's fall from grace
Flannery O'Connor
26
Who did critics feel was unoriginal or too sentimental
Bret Harte
27
Who wrote Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
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Who wrote about feelings, specifically feelings of women and their desire for independence
Kate Chopin
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Whose first short story was Death of a Traveling Salesman written in 1936
Eudora Welty
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Who Wrote O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
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Who received the Gold Medal of the National Institute of the American Academy of Arts and Letters of Works for their body of work
Willa Cather
32
Whose characters seem monstrous
Flannery O'Connor
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Who wrote Yellow Dog
Bret Harte
34
Who wrote The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Flannery O'Connor
35
What is the lady's name in a Worn path
Phoenix
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What does Phoenix stand for in a worn path
A mythical bird that never dies; rising from its own ashes
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What is aunt phoenix doing in A Worn Path
Getting her grandson medicine
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What did Bret Harte create
He created stock characters including roving gambler, tainted woman with a heart of gold (most often a saloon girl), and relentless cowboy
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What is the setting of the life you save may be your own
Rural Alabama and the 1940s
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Who is the protagonist in the life you save may be your own
Mr. Shiflet
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What is the protagonist purpose in The life you save may be your own
To cheat people
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Fill in the blank from The Night the Ghost Got In: | The boy heard a ____. His mother throws a ____. The house was ____. The grandfather ____ the policeman with his ____.
Ghost; shoe; locked; shoots; own gun
43
Which story is an excerpt from the grapes of wrath
Turtle