BJU American Literature Ch 8

Question 1

Newman's sole aim in life had been to...

Accepted Answer

make money

Question 2

An emphasis on man’s isolation in the universe as well as his inability to control his fate in light of natural forces

Accepted Answer

naturalism

Question 3

In the beginning of "Law of Life", which of Koskoosh's senses remain acute?

Accepted Answer

sound

Question 4

When trying to decide whether to turn Jim over to Miss Watson, does Huck agree or disagree with society/

Accepted Answer

disagree

Question 5

According to the correspondent in Crane's "The Open Boat", nature seems....

Accepted Answer

indifferent

Question 6

Newman cannot marry the one he loves because...

Accepted Answer

her family does not approve

Question 7

What theme of naturalism does Crane's "A man said to the universe" illustrate most clearly?

Accepted Answer

cosmic chill

Question 8

An artful deviation from literal speech or normal word order

Accepted Answer

figurative language

Question 9

Who does Editha say "meant it to be war"?

Accepted Answer

God

Question 10

Exploring in detail the complex relationships between characters

Accepted Answer

psychological realism

Question 11

What tone did naturalism bring to American literature?

Accepted Answer

pessimistic

Question 12

The belief that the universe, or cosmos, is a chaotic place in which man’s survival is accidental

Accepted Answer

cosmic chill

Question 13

A character that changes as the story progresses

Accepted Answer

dynamic character

Question 14

What wrote a utopian novel satirizing America's industrialization?

Accepted Answer

William Dean Howells

Question 15

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shows Mark Twain’s own acceptance of God through the character of Huck Finn.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

What author made the colloquial speech of the frontier into an artistic form?

Accepted Answer

Twain

Question 17

Which is not a theme of Darwinism

Accepted Answer

All knowledge comes from nature

Question 18

Chapter 1 of The American begins in what city?

Accepted Answer

Paris

Question 19

A character with whom the reader identifies or for whom he has favorable feelings

Accepted Answer

sympathetic character

Question 20

Corrective ridicule in literature, or a work that is designed to correct an evil by means of ridicule

Accepted Answer

satire

Question 21

In "Law of Life", what animal does Koskoosh compare himself to in his death?

Accepted Answer

moose

Question 22

According to Koskoosh, what are nature's task and law?

Accepted Answer

To perpetuate is its task and death is its law

Question 23

Which author is specifically known for embodying the middle-class spirit?

Accepted Answer

William Dean Howells

Question 24

The attempt to reflect life truthfully in subject matter and depiction

Accepted Answer

realism

Question 25

A character that remains essentially the same throughout the story

Accepted Answer

static character

Question 26

Giving human or animal characteristics and attributes to something that is inanimate

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 27

Huck manages to escape Pap by all of the following except?

Accepted Answer

burning the cabin

Question 28

Why is Huck upset about helping Jim?

Accepted Answer

he thinks its wrong

Question 29

During what war is Editha set?

Accepted Answer

Spanish-American War

Question 30

In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is a well-known son of a socially prominent man.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

Realism and naturalism were a reaction to what literary movement?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 32

Which of the following is not considered a "master of realism"?

Accepted Answer

Jack London

Question 33

In Huck Finn, Huck is...

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 34

In “Editha,” William Dean Howells presents two views of war and argues for one.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

Which character from "The Open Boat" ironically did not survive the experience?

Accepted Answer

the oiler

Question 36

Which author is not reputed as a master of realism?

Accepted Answer

Jack London

Question 37

Henry James is the acknowledged nineteenth-century master of psychological realism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

An object that, while existing on the literal level, stands for a meaning beyond its literal existence

Accepted Answer

symbol

Question 39

The theme of "God fashioned the ship of the world carefully" could be...

Accepted Answer

God created world and then indifferently abandoned it

Question 40

Twain uses Huck's naivete to satirize what?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 41

William Dean Howells wrote the first American novel to treat a businessman favorably.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 42

How does George's attitude change about war?

Accepted Answer

his opinion changes to be in favor of war and is excited to fight

Question 43

A character with whom the reader cannot identify or for whom he has strong feelings of dislike

Accepted Answer

unsympathetic character

Question 44

How do Editha and George change their perspectives of war?

Accepted Answer

Editha does not change but George does

BJU American Literature Ch 8

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BJU American Literature Ch 8

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