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Unit 5 The Post-War Era
Unit 5 The Post-War Era
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1
Led to an increase in science and mathematics in education
All of the Above
The Space Race
The Great Migration
Great Depression
2
What do peacocks symbolize in O'Connor's stories?
None of the above
Christ
feathers
O'Connor's writing
3
Born in Boston,
The Colossus and Other Poems
was the only book she published during her lifetime,Awarded Pulitzer Prize
Sylvia Plath
O'Connor
John Hesey
Charles Dickens
4
Free verse
bringing typically taboo personal/emotional subjects into public literature
reveals character personality by telling the reader what a character's like
reveals the characters personality through the character’s words, thoughts
No rhyme or meter
5
The Cold War and Vietnam War pushed Americans into an "Age of Anxiety"
False
True
6
Mr. Shiftlet and Mrs. Crater appear to be good people who denounce the moral deterioration of the world
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
None of the above
The Wall
Hiroshima
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Reflects on ethical dilemmas induced by technological advances made in weaponry and resulting dehumanized attitudes
Hiroshima
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
The Wall
None of the above
8
definition of Indirect Characterization
reveals the characters personality by telling what a character is like
spiritual failings of the modern world through social misfits
reveals the characters personality through words, thoughts, or appearance
Peacocks- symbol of Christ
9
I Love Lucy and Father Knows Best are famous comedies that come out during the post-war era
True
False
10
Has a journalistic writing style that is simple and straightforward and is based on facts and evidence
Sylvia Plath
John Hersey
Phillis Wheatley
Flannery O'Connor
11
Their writing style explores intense feelings of despair and has an Intuitive feel for the power and rhythm of language
Flannery O'Connor
Sylvia Plath
Mrs. Crater
Edgar Allen Poe
12
Indirect Characterization- reveals the characters personality by telling the reader exactly what a character is like
True
False
13
Role of the American Author- Witness to history, Non-conformist rebel, Standard-bearer
True
False
14
Not everyone experienced the horror, fear, and anxiety surrounding the wars and use of atomic bombs
False
True
15
Using past events to enighten the present, continuing tradition of modernism and old forms and styles to tell stories
Literature with Social Purpose
All of the Above
Literature For Distraction
Literary Tradition
16
Sylvia Plath identified with eccentric characters and social misfits because of her illness
False
True
17
O'Connor's Writing Style
Reflects on the ethical dilemmas induced by technological advances- weapons
Profound moral sensibility combined with literary artistry
Identified with eccentric characters and social misfits because of illness
southern gothic writer, presents charcaters in an unsentimental way
18
Post-War Literature focuses on urban-city life to communicate themes of
uncertainty of adolescence
high class struggles
middle class struggles
None of the above
19
bringing typically “taboo” personal and emotional subjects into public literature
Mr. Shiftlet
Figurative language
Confessional Poetry
Free Verse
20
Born to American missionary parents, wrote Hiroshima and The Wall, foreign coorespondent journalist
Henry David Thoreau
John Hersey
Langston Hughes
Flannery O'Connor
21
The Grotesque- The bizarre or twisted charcters- visible or internal
False
True
22
counter-cultural movements increased new and unusual artistic accomplishments
prosperity
all of the above
rebellion
race
23
Catholic, studied creative writing, diagnosed with lupus, themes of alienation and the relationship between man and God
All of the above
Sylvia Plath
Flannery O'Connor
John Hersey
24
Idealistic demands for an end to war, progress on civil rights, and attention to education
The Space Race
None of the above
Age of Anxiety
Spirit of Revolution
25
Age of Anxiety
energized passions for justice and equality
all of the above
civil rights and equality for women
new fear and conflicting thoughts on nuclear warfare
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Emphasizes the dehumanizing horror of world war
world shock
The American Dream
Non fiction prose and poetry
prosperity
27
Launched the first earth orbiting satellite
None
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
28
The Golden Age of the 1950s began with the beginning of World War II
True
False
