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AM. LIT FINAL
american lit final exam 10 th year, etc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Langston Hughes write? | "The Weary Blues" and "Harlem" |
| What did Zora Neale Hurston write? | "Dust Tracks On A Road" |
| What did Countee Cullen write? | "Tableau" and "Incident" |
| What did Carl Sandburg write? | "Chicago" |
| What did E.E. Cummings write? | "what if a much of a which of a wind" |
| What did William Carlos Williams write? | "The Red Wheelbarrow" |
| What did Earnest Hemingway write? | "Old Man and The Sea" |
| What did John Steinbeck write? | "Of Mice and Men" |
| What did Harper Lee write? | TKAM |
| What did Lorraine Hansberry write? | "Raisen In The Sun" |
| What did Elie Weisel write? | "Night" |
| What did James Thurber write? | "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| What did Eudora Welty write? | "A Worn Path" |
| What did Katherine Anne Porter write? | "The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall" |
| What did Willa Cather write? | "A Wagner Matinee" |
| What did Flannery O'Conner write? | "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" |
| What did Edgar Lee Masters write? | "Spoon River Anthology" |
| What did F. Scott Fitzgerald write? | "Winter Dreams" |
| What did William Falkner write? | "A Rose For Emily" |
| What did James Wolfe write? | "His Father's Earth" |
| In "Of Mice and Men", Lennie and George originally came from which town?" | Weeds |
| In "Of Mice and Men", Lennie is told that if in trouble he is supposed to run to where? | The spot in the woods by the river, where George and Lennie rest in the beginning chapters |
| In "Of Mice and Men", Lennie keeps what in his pocket and why? | A dead mouse because he likes the way it feels when he pets it |
| In "Of Mice and Men", George explains that Lennie almost died because of him by doing what? | He told Lennie to jump into the water and Lennie almost drowned |
| In "Of Mice and Men", Crooks gets his name by what? | his crooked spine |
| In "Of Mice and Men", Crooks is the only ____ man on the ranch. | black |
| In "Of Mice and Men", George and Lennie dream about owning what? | a farm |
| In "Of Mice and Men", George threatens to take away what priveledge of Lennies if he does something wrong? | the ability to tend the rabbits |
| In "Of Mice and Men", Slim's dog has puppies and promises one to whom? | Lennie |
| In "Of Mice and Men", when the puppy bit Lennie, how did he react? | he killed the puppy by hitting it on the head |
| In "Of Mice and Men", what personal information does Curley's wife reveal to Lennie? | That she wanted to be an actress and doesn't like Curley. She is also lonely |
| In "Of Mice and Men", Lennie accidently kills who is the barn and how does he do it? | Curleys wife- she let him pet her hair and he pulled to hard and she screamed, then Lennie accidently broke her neck |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", the old man has gone how many days without catching a fish? | 84 |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", the old man's hero is who and why? | Dimaggio- a baseball player for the Yankees who is Cuban and whose father loved to fish |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", the little boys name is what? | Manolin |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", the old man compares himself to what animal? | a turtle- webbed hands |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", Santiago wants the fish to jump why? | to fill the fishes sacks in the back of his head with air so that he can't go deep to die |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", what kind of fish does he catch? | a marlin |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", Santiago doesn't trust what? | his left hand |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", Santiago aimed the spear at what part of the fish? | the heart |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", why did the shark attack the fish? | the smell of the marlin's blood was in the water |
| In "Old Man and The Sea", after the shark attacked the fish, what did Santiago bring home to prove his catch? | a huge skeleton |
| In "A Worn Path", what is the name of the elder that travels through the forest? | Phoenix Jackson |
| In "A Worn Path", why does the woman travel? | To get medicine for her sick grandson |
| In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", Walter's wife contantly nags him, which causes him to what? | daydream a lot about things he would rather be doing |
| In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", in Walter's daydreams what does he see himself doing? | flying a hydroplane, fixing a complicated medical machine, being on trial for murder |
| In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", in Walter's one daydream, how does the court daydream conclude? | while his attorney tries to prove him innocent for murder, he valiently admits to the murder of Gregory Fitzhurst |
| Setting is used in which literary works? | "Wagner Matinee" and "Rose for Emily" |
| Plot is used in which literary works? | TAKM |
| Conflict is used in which literary works? | "Of Mice and Men" and "Raisen in The Sun" |
| Theme is used in which literary works? | "A Worn Path" |
| Metaphor is used in which literary works? | "Jiltling of Granny Weatherall" |
| Stream of Consciouseness is used in which literary works? | "Jiltling of Granny Weatherall" |
| Epitaph is used in which literary works? | "Spoon River Anthology" |
| Symbolism is used in which literary works? | TKAM, "Jilting of Granny Weatherall" |
| Antagonist is used in which literary works? | "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| Protagonist is used in which literary works? | "Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
| Denotation | the literal meaning of a word- ex. cool (cold) vs. cool (popular)--now the (cold) example would be the denotation |
| Conotation | the sarcastic/stupid meaning of a word- ex. cool (cold) vs. cool (popular)--now the (popular) example would be the conotation |
| Langston Hughes wrote in which literary time period? | Harlem Renaissance |
| Zora Neale Hurston wrote in which literary time period? | Harlem Renaissance |
| Claude McCay wrote in which literary time period? | Harlem Renaissance |
| Countee Cullen wrote in which literary time period? | Harlem Renaissance |
| Robert Frost wrote in which literary time period? | Poet from the Modern Period |
| Carl Sandburg wrote in which literary time period? | Poet from the Modern Period |
| E.E. Cummings wrote in which literary time period? | Poet from the Modern Period |
| William Carlos Williams wrote in which literary time period? | Poet from the Modern Period |
| Robert Frost was a ______poet. | traditional |
| Carl Sandburg wrote about where he lived such as ___________. | Chicago |
| E.E. Cummings ______ all of the rules. | broke |
| Earnest Hemingway invented what? | The Hemmingway Code---heroes, etc. |
| John Steinbeck wrote during the ___________. | Great Depression |
| Thomas Wolfe used extreme ____________. | description |
| James Thurber was known as the _________ _________ _________. | Great American Humorist |
| William Falukner wrote ____________. | Southern Gothic Tales |
| Willa Cather was from _________ and her story "Wagner Matinee" also has a character from there. | Nebraska |
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