Duplicate of American Literary Periods

Question 1

Which type of writing became more widely read during American Realism?

Accepted Answer

Novels

Question 2

Which American lit period took place during American colonialism?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 3

Themes: Post WW II, Irony, No Absolute Truth, Minimalism, Idealism, Relativism, & Skepticism

Accepted Answer

Post-Modernism

Question 4

Which period includes writers that were disappointed after World War I?

Accepted Answer

Modernism

Question 5

Which lit. period began in the 50s in California, centering around bohemian art & "free spirit"

Accepted Answer

Beat

Question 6

William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Wheatley

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 7

Which themes are often found in Puritan writing?

Accepted Answer

religion & colonialism

Question 8

Transcendentalism is part of which American literary period?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 9

Which American lit period produced essays about how God can be found in nature?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 10

Johnathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was written during which lit period?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 11

Which lit period stressed that we can find truth through emotion and inner feelings?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism

Question 12

In which American lit period is The Scarlet Letter set?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 13

Which American lit period consisted of primarily journals, sermons, and letters?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism

Question 14

Which American lit period consisted of primarily political documents, speeches, and letters?

Accepted Answer

Rationalism/Revolutionary

Question 15

Twain's Huck Finn uses dialect to discuss social issues. During which period was it written?

Accepted Answer

Realism

Question 16

In Gatsby, a man is disillusioned about the American Dream. During which period was it written?

Accepted Answer

Modernism

Question 17

Which two American lit periods occurred BEFORE the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism, Romanticism, Rationalism

Question 18

Which is the correct order of American Literary Periods?

Accepted Answer

Puritanism, Rationalism, Romanticism, Realism

Question 19

Samuel Beckett, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, Joseph Heller

Accepted Answer

Post-Modern

Question 20

Which literary period occurred around the same time period as the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Realism

Question 21

In which American lit period are the authors generally unknown?

Accepted Answer

Native American

Question 22

Which would NOT be a major theme of American Literature?

Accepted Answer

Idealistic Dictatorship

Question 23

Which lit period stressed the notion of presenting life as it really is v. an idealistic view?

Accepted Answer

realism

Question 24

Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Greenleaf Whittier

Accepted Answer

Fireside Poets

Question 25

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism

Question 26

Which themes are often found in writing from the Transcendentalism period?

Accepted Answer

individualism & man's intuition

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