1- Kate Chopin is a representative of……………………………..
a- Romanticism
b- Realism
c- Modernism
d- Naturalism
2- American literature began in its true sense in the.............
a- seventeenth century
b- nineteenth century
c- eighteenth century
d- twentieth century
3- American literature tradition began as linked to the broader tradition of.......
a- German literature
b- Spanish literature
c- French literature
d- English literature
4- ...........is a literary idea in art that attempts to depict and define what is true.
a- Post-modernism
b- colonialism
c- Realism
d- Romanticism
5- Naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to apply………………………………..
a- scientific principles of objectivity
b- detachment to its study of human beings.
c- A & b
d- None of all
6- The term naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of…………………………..
a- nature
b- Life
c- afterlife
d- human beings
7- Fear of discovery can bring about discovery. Is one of the themes of...............
a- The Tell-Tale Heart
b- The story of an hour
c- Because I could Not Stop for Death
d- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnn
8- The Themes of The Tell-Tale Hear are ……………
a- A human being has a perverse, wicked side–another self–that can goad him into doing evil things that have no apparent motive
b- Fear of discovery can bring about discovery
c- The evil within is worse than the evil without
d- All of the above
9- The term "flowering of Negro literature" refers to........
a- Romanticism Movement
b- American Renaissance
c- Realism Movement
d- Harlem Renaissance
10- James Weldon Johnson preferred to call "Harlem Renaissance(movement)", as……
a- Harlem Renaissance(movement )
b- flowering of Negro literature
c- Negro Renaissance(movement )
d- White Renaissance (movement )
11- literature of the common-place, ordinary people-poor and middle class, recent and contemporary life, democratic function of literature, and local color are common themes and elements in..........
a- Realism
b- Modernism
c- Naturalism
d- Harlem Renaissance
12- The Common Themes and Elements in Realism are ………………………..
a- Pragmatism
b- literature of the common-place
c- attempts to represent real life
d- ordinary people--poor and middle class
e- ordinary speech in dialect--use of vernacular
f- recent or contemporary life
g- subject matter presented in an unidealized, unsentimentalized way
h- democratic function of literature
i- social criticism--effect on audience is key
j- presents indigenous American life
k- importance of place--regionalism, "local color"
l- sociology and psychology
13- literature of the Pragmatism attempts to represent real life, ordinary speech in dialect--use of vernacular, recent life,subject matter presented in an unidealized and unsentimentalized way, social criticism--effect on audience is key, presents indigenous American life, importance of place--regionalismsociology and psychologyare common themes and elements in..........
a- Realism
b- Modernism
c- Naturalism
d- Harlem Renaissance
14- ......................usually was regarded as the first American writer.
a- Captain John Smith
b- William Bradford
c- Anne Bradstreet
d- Emily Dickenson
15- He is considered to be the first American author.
a- Captain John Smith.
b- Daniel Cox
c- John Hammond
d- Gabriel Thomas
16-................was the first American to gain an international reputation.
a- Washington Irving
b- Benjamin Franklin
c- Hemingway
d- Emily Dickinson
17- The notion "twoness" a divided awareness of one's identity, is one of the features of...........
a- Realism
b- Harlem Renaissance
c- Romanticism
d- Naturalism
18- Modernism is marked by a strong and intentional break with ……………………
a- Treaties
b- Tradition
c- Laws
d- Conventions
19- The break of Modernism includes a strong reaction against …………………..
a- established religious
b- political
c- social views
d- all of the above
20-............................is marked by a strong and intentional break with tradition. This break includes a strong reaction against established religious, political and social views.
a- Harlem Renaissance
b- Romanticism
c- Realism
d- Modernism