Regionalism and Realism Unit 4 Pre-Test / Literary History

Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The diction used in a specific region typically involves a variation in all of the following EXCEPT a. pronunciation. c. grammar. b. volume. d. vocabulary. ____ 2. A comparison between two things in order to show their similarities is known as a a. flashback. c. analogy. b. conflict. d. rhyme. ____ 3. In a dramatic monologue, the speaker addresses a. a person he or she cares about. c. the mass public. b. a silent audience. d. his or her peers. ____ 4. The way people talk, behave and respond to others in a selection is a literary technique known as a. point of view. c. characterization. b. setting. d. plot. ____ 5. The relationship between the narrator and the story is called the a. conflict. c. analogy. b. setting. d. point of view. ____ 6. Another word for a writer’s attitude is his or her a. tone. c. dialect. b. diction. d. plot. ____ 7. When the chronological order of a story is interrupted, it is primarily done through the use of a a. conflict. c. flashback. b. argument. d. monologue. ____ 8. The primary struggle within a story is referred to as the a. plot. c. tone. b. conflict. d. setting. ____ 9. The setting of a story tells the reader important information about a. how the characters respond to events. b. the time and place where the plot occurs. c. the unique voice and diction of the author. d. the meaning of the various monologues. ____ 10. A sense of irony is often demonstrated in selections when a character a. quietly does something completely unexpected. b. spontaneously reacts to each of the events. c. clearly says something he or she doesn’t mean. d. repeatedly responds to conflict with solutions. Short Answer

11. List three developments that made more Americans willing to move to the Great Plains

12. Who were “sodbusters” ?

13. What trials, that broke many homesteaders’ spirits, did Americans face as they moved to the Great Plains?

14. After the Civil War, what was the U.S. government’s policy regarding Native Americans who inhabited the much coveted land out west? How did Native Americans respond?

15. Not only was the West growing, but the cities in the East and Midwest were also growing. New inventions such as the ______and ______improved economic efficiency and created new jobs. ______of Americans moved to cities in search of ______, and ______of immigrants arrived from southern and eastern ______.

What was the social cost of this rapid growth? (in relation to business/politics, money, and housing) What has the age become known as? What author was this a reference to?

16. What author shocked and sickened readers with a graphic account of the filthy and unsafe conditions in Chicago’s stockyards and meatpacking plants? What was his novel named?

17. What group of individuals, with notable leaders like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, continued to fight for voting rights during this period?

18. Local Color writers were known as ______.

19. As early as the mid-1800’s, artists and writers had begun to turn away from what literary/artistic movement? What was the new form of literary expression called?

20. Romantic writers ______people, while proponents of Realism portrayed people as they ______.

21. Other writers during this time were influenced by the theories of Charles Darwin. What was this group of writers called?

22. BIG IDEA 1: Regionalism

Local colorists did not present the usual characters and exotic settings familiar in ______writing; instead, they depicted ______people and everyday ______around them. They emphasized ______, and their characters tend to be typical of a ______. The particular region that local colorists were writing about was clear to readers because of the author’s use of ______and depictions of an area’s ______.

Regionalist writers often incorporated a narrator who was an ______observing a world filled with ______or ______characteristics and customs. This outsider frequently revealed tension between the ______and the ______, the ______and the ______, The mood of local color writing was sometimes ______, serving as a reminder of a time before mass production and urban life.

Born in a small Missouri town on the ______River, ______became known as a famous humorist and local colorist. He transformed our literature by writing a true ______novel, in which the setting , subject matter, characters and style were ______.

______, who told stories of the rude, lawless life of the ______-mining country, and ______, whose writing reflects her memories of ______, are two other notable Regionalist writers during this time period.