Unit 11-12 Test (4/22/16) Flashcards
Which author was a New England local color writer?
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Naturalism suggests that humans are governed by what two things?
Heredity and Environment
“Under the Lion’s Paw” had elements of _____.
naturalism
Who wrote “The Hoosier Schoolmaster”?
Edward Eggleston
Which author is known for writing about the west?
Bret Harte
Which author used musical techniques in his poetry?
Sidney Lanier
Which author was a novelist, literary critic, and short story writer who wrote about the West and Midwest?
Hamlin Garland
Which author is known as the “Hoosier Poet”?
James Whitcomb Riley
Who wrote “Uncle Remus”?
Joel Chandler Harris
Who were the “New Voices in Poetry” (Unit 11)?
Emily Dickinson
Sidney Lanier
James Whitcomb Riley
Which author is known as the “Poet of the Common People”?
James Whitcomb Riley
What is the theme of “Success Is Counted Sweetly”?
people desire things more deeply when they don’t have them
How does naturalism view humans?
as science experiments
Who wrote “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote “Success Is Counted Sweetest”?
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote “Song of the Chattahoochee”?
Sidney Lanier
How wrote “The boom in the Calaveras Clarion”?
Bret Harte
Who wrote “When the Frost Is on the Punkin’”?
James Whitcomb Riley
What is the theme of “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?
reach out and care for someone else to give meaning to your own life
Which author was not appreciated in their time?
Emily Dickinson
Which author is known for dressing in all white?
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote “A Village Singer”?
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Which work is known for being one of the first regional novels?
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Which author wrote about frustrated, proud, strong-willed characters, may of which were middle-aged spinsters?
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Who wrote “This Is My Letter to the World”?
Emily Dickinson
Which author was from Indiana?
James Whitcomb Riley
Which author was known for seeing the ordinary in an unusual way?
Emily Dickinson
Naturalism was influenced by what two things?
Natural Selection and Psychology
What are the three kinds of conflict in “Under the Lion’s Paw”?
- Man vs Man
- Man vs Powers Greater Than Himself
- Man vs Himself
Which author was a Georgia native who settled in Baltimore?
Sidney Lanier
Who wrote “Under the Lion’s Paw”?
Hamlin Garland
Which author is known as the “American Dickens”?
Bret Harte
Which author is known for being a recluse?
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote “There Is No Frigate Like a Book”?
Emily Dickinson
Which author was a circuit-riding preacher and novelist from Indiana?
Edward Eggleston
Which author is known for often having a social purpose as their motive?
Hamlin Garland
Which author is known for writing about rough, immoral characters and portraying them as the heroes?
Bret Harte
Which author was from Georgia?
Joel Chandler Harris
Which author is known for using Hoosier dialect?
James Whitcomb Riley
