Literature of the Modern Age Review

When did women get the right to vote?

the first American poet to speak at a presidential inauguration

WWI was called -

leader of the Harlem Renaissance

What ended the Roaring 20s and started the Great Depression?

American poet and pedetrician

expat creator of Imagism

Which of the following describes the period from 1914 to 1945?

What event brought America into WWII?

American poet who also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln

African American poet who believed art transcended race

What prompted America to enter WWI?

Two wars and a depression led to a new literary movement called Modernism; its purpose was to -

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

What act led to bootlegging and organized crime?

writer who credits 5 famous writers with her education

writer who tried to capture life in the deep South

expat writer of "The Wasteland"

What literary movement included poetry that used clear, concrete images?

American writer injured serving as WWI ambulance driver

writer whose place in literary history was restored by Alice Walker

wrote about life during the Great Depression and the celebration of the human spirit

Which of the following titles does NOT apply to this time period?

used his hometown to create a fictional literary place

writer of The Great Gatsby

To where did most expatriots move?

What narrative technique developed as a result of modern psychology?