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Unit 7
Realism, Naturalism & Regionalism
In "Return of a Private,"Garland includes the following passage: "Hide a grow on agin', dollars'll come hard. It's goin' be mighty hot skirmishin' to find a dollar these days." The language used by the man in this passage is an example of _________ | dialect |
In "Return of a Private," when Edward Smith praises his wife's biscuits, he is really praising | his wife |
Because "Return of a Private"' depicts the debilitating effects of the Civil War on Private Edward Smith's personal health and on the well-being of his family, Garland's story is correctly classified as | realism |
By delivering the famous "I Will Fight No More Forever" speech rather than continuing to battle federal troops, Chief Joseph demonstrated | true leadership and concern for his people. |
One line in "I will Fight No More Forever" reads, "Hear me, my Chiefs, I am tired: my heart is sick and sad." This line captures the tone of the work, which can be described as | resigned |
When Zitkala-Sa resists having her hair cut at her new school in "The School Days of an Indian Girl," the teachers react with brute force and violence. This episode illustrates ___________ | how little respect and understanding the teachers have for Native American traditions and beliefs. |
The incident with the turnips in "The School Days of an Indian Girl" shows that Zitkala-Sa ____________ | will defiantly resist those who attempt to control her |
Though she does well in public speaking contests at college, Zitkala-Sa still feels as though she is __________. | an outsider in the world of white people |
When Zitkala-Sa returns to live on the South Dakota reservation in the summer, she realizes ____________ | she is caught between two worlds and not entirely at home in either one |
Both "I Will Fight No More Forever" and "The School Days of an Indian Girl" help readers to understand the ways in which ___________ | Native American groups, cultures, and traditions were weakened and destroyed in the nineteenth century |
In Stephen Crane's "A Man Said to the Universe," the universe responds to the man's assertion of his own existence with ____________ | indifference |
The differing views of the sea held by the maiden and the sailor in "To the Maiden" are a result of _________ | the different experiences that each has had with the sea |