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| What were realist writers revolting against? | Romanticism |
| What is the main type of external conflict for Naturalism? | Man vs. _N_________ |
| What was regionalism also known as? | The "local color movement" |
| Which literary movement sought to portray ordinary life as real people live it and attempt to show characters and events in an objective, almost factual way? | Realism |
| Writers of this literary movement viewed reality as the inescapable working out of natural forces. One’s destiny is decided by heredity and environment, physical drives, and economic circumstances. | Naturalism |
| Brett Harte’s story The Outcasts of Poker Flats would best be considered a part of which literary movement? | Regionalism |
| Which literary movement sought to capture the “essence” of life in a particular area? | Regionalism |
| What are two of the main characteristics of regionalism writings? | 1) use of regional dialect 2) descritptions of the landscape |
| The Story of Hour is an example of this type of writing. | Realism |
| Which stories best represent Regionalism? | The Notorious Jumping Frog…and The Outcasts of Poker Flats |
| Why does the narrator ask to hear about Leonidas W. Smiley? | A friend from out East told him to do so. |
| What was Simon Wheeler’s attitude while telling the story? | Serious, sincere, earnest |
| Why did Jim Smiley’s horse win? | It was given a head start, would fall behind, get excited, and come back and just barely win at the end of the race. |
| Why did Andrew Jackson lose the fight? | He fought a dog with no hind legs. |
| Why did Smiley lose the frog jumping contest? | Be careful with this one... |
| Who does Simon Wheeler best represent? | The average, uneducated American who loves to believe their ridiculous lies. |
| In the Notorious Jumping Frog story, which part of the story parallels the theme developed in the exposition? | the frog story--they are both about being careful who you trust |
| Which of the following details of the story reflects the story’s central theme most clearly? | Be able to associate the details of the stories with a main theme. |
| True or False: Naturalism tends to be optimistic and realism is pessimistic. | False |
| True or False. Regionalism grew because people had a natural curiosity about how other people in the country actually lived. | True |
| True or False. During this literary era in history, the “Wild West” is no longer completely wild. | True |
| What are 4 descriptions of Petyton Farquhar? | 35 years old, pointy beard, plantation owner, slave owner |
| What information does the visitor tell the Peyton and his wife? | the bridge is susceptible due to a build up of wood at its base and would be easy to burn |
| Why does the author describe how Peyton Farquhar reacts to the sound of his watch? | to show that Farquhar's perception of reality has become distorted |
| What is the main message Bierce is trying to convey in the story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? | Our perception of reality and reality itself may be very different |
| At the end of part II in AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE, what information does Bierce provide the reader? | That the visitor was a federal scout or spy intentionally setting him up |
| What is the first thing that shows Farquhar's distorted senses? | slowly moving stream |
| What is the main function of the flashback in an OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE? | to explain why Farquhar is in the situation he is in |
| Why was Tom Simson called a “devoted slave” of Oakhurst? | Oakhurst won all his money in a poke game and gave it back to him. |
| Why were Tom and Piney traveling to Poker Flat? | To get married. |
| At the opening of the story, what has the secret committee of Poker Flat decided? | To rid the town of all "improper" persons. |
| Which character is truly a bad person in the Poker Flat story? | Uncle Billy |
| How far away was Owl Creek Bridge from Farquhar’s home? | 30 miles |
| What is the main lesson taught by Piney and Tom? | Be careful who you trust. |
| Which character best exemplifies the need for hope? | Mr. Oakhurst |
| How did Mrs. Mallard feel toward her husband? | She loved him sometimes. |
| What word does Mrs. Mallard repeat over and over that is central to the main theme? | "Free" |
| How does Mrs. Mallard first react to the news of her husband’s death? | She weeps and his filled with wild abandonment. |
| True or False? During this era, “reality” was called into question by evolution. | True |
| Why does Mrs. Mallard’s reflection that she had recently wished for a short life have an additional sense of irony for the reader? | She gets what she wanted after she has ceased to want it. |
| Why would reader’s of Chopin’s time must have found her story particularly shocking because of the contrast between Mrs. Mallard’s response to her husband’s death? | She should not have been happy for her husband's early death. |
| Who wrote THE STORY OF AN HOUR? | Kate Chopin |
| How does the narrator describe the story he is about to share in Twain's NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG? | Boring, Long, Tiring, Useless |
| Who is the practical joke played on in the Twain piece? | The Narrator |
| During this era of literature, what shaped the American experience? | Advances in transportation |
| What were journalists who exposed abuses, flaws, and unethical practices called? | Muckrakers |
| Naturalistic writers tended to be _______________. | Pessimistic |
| What characteristic did the writings of Realistic writers have to work to not become? | Boring |
| Why didn't Tom and Piney get married in their own town? | Piney's father did not approve |
| Which story begins in the middle of the action? | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
| What was the cause of Krakauer's inability to think clearly? | Lack of oxygen |
| Why was Weathers nearly blind? | He had recently had eye surgery and the pressure at high altitude adversely affected it. |
| Why didn't Hall retrieve the full oxygen tanks? | He was incorrectly told that all the bottles at the South Summit were empty. |
| What decision did Hutchison make regarding Namba and Weathers? | He had to decide whether or not to help them. He chose not to. |
| For every 5 people that summit Everest, how many die? | 1 |
| Where did Everest get its name? | It was named after the man who discovered it to be the highest peak. |
| How tall is Mount Everest | 29,035 feet |
| What publication questioned whether or not reality was based on religious teachings? | The ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES by Charles Darwin |
| What is situational irony? | It is when the outcome of a situation is different than the expected outcome. |
| What is verbal irony? | Where a character says one thing but means another. |
| What is dramatic irony? | It is where the audience or reader knows something the characters do not. |
