Unit 11-12 Test (4/22/16)

Question 1

Which author was a New England local color writer?

Answer 1

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Question 2

Naturalism suggests that humans are governed by what two things?

Answer 2

Heredity and Environment

Question 3

“Under the Lion’s Paw” had elements of _____.

Answer 3

naturalism

Question 4

Who wrote “The Hoosier Schoolmaster”?

Answer 4

Edward Eggleston

Question 5

Which author is known for writing about the west?

Answer 5

Bret Harte

Question 6

Which author used musical techniques in his poetry?

Answer 6

Sidney Lanier

Question 7

Which author was a novelist, literary critic, and short story writer who wrote about the West and Midwest?

Answer 7

Hamlin Garland

Question 8

Which author is known as the “Hoosier Poet”?

Answer 8

James Whitcomb Riley

Question 9

Who wrote “Uncle Remus”?

Answer 9

Joel Chandler Harris

Question 10

Who were the “New Voices in Poetry” (Unit 11)?

Answer 10

Emily Dickinson
Sidney Lanier
James Whitcomb Riley

Question 11

Which author is known as the “Poet of the Common People”?

Answer 11

James Whitcomb Riley

Question 12

What is the theme of “Success Is Counted Sweetly”?

Answer 12

people desire things more deeply when they don’t have them

Question 13

How does naturalism view humans?

Answer 13

as science experiments

Question 14

Who wrote “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?

Answer 14

Emily Dickinson

Question 15

Who wrote “Success Is Counted Sweetest”?

Answer 15

Emily Dickinson

Question 16

Who wrote “Song of the Chattahoochee”?

Answer 16

Sidney Lanier

Question 17

How wrote “The boom in the Calaveras Clarion”?

Answer 17

Bret Harte

Question 18

Who wrote “When the Frost Is on the Punkin’”?

Answer 18

James Whitcomb Riley

Question 19

What is the theme of “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?

Answer 19

reach out and care for someone else to give meaning to your own life

Question 20

Which author was not appreciated in their time?

Answer 20

Emily Dickinson

Question 21

Which author is known for dressing in all white?

Answer 21

Emily Dickinson

Question 22

Who wrote “A Village Singer”?

Answer 22

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Question 23

Which work is known for being one of the first regional novels?

Answer 23

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Question 24

Which author wrote about frustrated, proud, strong-willed characters, may of which were middle-aged spinsters?

Answer 24

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Question 25

Who wrote “This Is My Letter to the World”?

Answer 25

Emily Dickinson

Question 26

Which author was from Indiana?

Answer 26

James Whitcomb Riley

Question 27

Which author was known for seeing the ordinary in an unusual way?

Answer 27

Emily Dickinson

Question 28

Naturalism was influenced by what two things?

Answer 28

Natural Selection and Psychology

Question 29

What are the three kinds of conflict in “Under the Lion’s Paw”?

Answer 29

• Man vs Man
• Man vs Powers Greater Than Himself
• Man vs Himself

Question 30

Which author was a Georgia native who settled in Baltimore?

Answer 30

Sidney Lanier

Question 31

Who wrote “Under the Lion’s Paw”?

Answer 31

Hamlin Garland

Question 32

Which author is known as the “American Dickens”?

Answer 32

Bret Harte

Question 33

Which author is known for being a recluse?

Answer 33

Emily Dickinson

Question 34

Who wrote “There Is No Frigate Like a Book”?

Answer 34

Emily Dickinson

Question 35

Which author was a circuit-riding preacher and novelist from Indiana?

Answer 35

Edward Eggleston

Question 36

Which author is known for often having a social purpose as their motive?

Answer 36

Hamlin Garland

Question 37

Which author is known for writing about rough, immoral characters and portraying them as the heroes?

Answer 37

Bret Harte

Question 38

Which author was from Georgia?

Answer 38

Joel Chandler Harris

Question 39

Which author is known for using Hoosier dialect?

Answer 39

James Whitcomb Riley