CLEP American Lit - Modernism/Contemporary Period

The book Song of Solomon is known for the use of this literary device:

the Grapes of Wrath is considered to be an American :

"The Walls Do Not Fall" and "The Flowering of the Road" were written by H.D. These initials refer to:

Writers like Gwendolyn Brooks and James Baldwin were the literary arm of the Black Power Movement known as:

One of the main themes this writer from Salinas Valley, California was social justice–specifically in regard to migrants

Though best known for the play, Trifles, Susan Glaspell won the Pulitzer for this play about Emily Dickinson:

This Contemporary writer was known for their photography and their writing:

Who wrote "Mending Wall?"

"I shall grow old...I shall grow old.../I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled." Comes from this T.S. Eliot poem

This Miller play about the Salem Trials mirrored his own experience before the House Un-AmericanActivities Commission

The poem "Mending Wall" explores neighbor relations but not whether it is good or bad. This literary tension is called:

The meter of this poem matches what popular ballroom dance?

All of the following are poets known for their work after World War II EXCEPT

Theodore Roethke's poem "The Waking" follows this poetic form:

Who wrote "Mending Wall?"

Which of these writers was not part of "The Lost Generation"?

This most famous poem by Allen Ginsberg utilizes the poetic form referred to as "open verse".

This short story included allusions to the Old Testament narrative involving Jacob and Rachel:

A. personal history of deception, violence, and loneliness played out in this autobiographic work by Tennessee Williams

"I, too dislike it. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it," What does "it" represent?

Carl Sandburg is famous for writing about Chicago as well as the biography of this president:

By knowing the poet (Sandburg) and the poem, the words "harbor and city" probably refers to:

Which of these is NOT considered a long, subjective poem

Which of the following poets is NOT considered a confessional poet?

Yoknapatawpha County appears in the works of

What is the name of the literary journal that was founded by Harriet Monroe in 1912 ?

The poem "Disillusionment of Ten O'clock" was written by:

Which of these is NOT a fundamental of confessional writing?

Writers & poets such as Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and T.S. Eliot who moved to Europe to live and write are referred to as..

Ernest Hemingway wrote the following novels except:

Novels such as The Portrait of a Lady and Daisy Miller were written by:

What is symbolized by “the valley of ashes” in Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gastby?

Ezra Pound's "A Station of the Metro" is an example of what poetic form that used clear language and precise images?

Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour," Mrs. Mallard dying of heart disease-"of joy that kills" is an example of:

Like Bellow's character, Augie March, this genre of fiction explores the adventures of a lower class citizen:

The Modernist Period was in

What New York neighborhood became the center of African-American culture during the 1920s?

The poem "We Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks is an example of this literary device:

Saul Bellow recognized himself as all of these but WHICH?

According to Archibald MacLeish's modernist poem "Ars Poetic," "A poem should not mean, /but ...."

Which of the following novels had an African American as it's antagonist?

Which Harlem Renaissance poet's "I, Too, Sing America" is a response to Whitman's "I Hear America Singing"?

This writer of novels, short stories, and essays preached in a church in Harlem at the age of 14:

All of the following were writers in the Black Arts movement except who?

Writers and poets, such as Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and T.S. Eliot, who moved to Europe are referred to as

"The Fog" by Carl Sandburg is an example of:

Which of these poets was NOT considered a modernist?

This piece of art, chosen as a back tattoo in "Parker's Back," was meant to be a symbol for repentance in this story:

William Carlos Williams was not only a poet, but also a(n):

William Carlos Williams rejected imagism. This term means the object allows poet to see the world critically and clearl

This semi-autobiographical novel written by Sylvia Path was originally published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.

Which modernist poet is known for breaking poetic rules concerning: capitalization, line spacing, and punctuation?

What modernist commonly used traditional forms to explore contemporary issues such as love and relationships?

What is the title of the previous poem and who is the author?

The following were all regional southern writers except WHO?

The "cut up method," though not invented by this writer, is most associated with:

all of the following writers are considered part of the Harlem Renaissance EXCEPT:

All of the following were written by Toni Morrison EXCEPT

What term is often associated with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Neal Cassady?

Which Eugene O’Neill play is an autobiographi- cal account of his Irish-American family?

Who wrote the following:

During this literary period, good literature became complex and preoccupied itself with its own meaning. Which era?

Eugene O’Nell's play, BoundEast for Cardiff was the first of his plays produced by this acting group started by Glaspell

Term refers to art that was bizarre, fantastic, or abnormal and symbolized being human in an inhumane world

What famous 20th Century poet titled his first poetry collection A Boy's Will after the Longfellow poem:

All of these writers are known to have used allusion in their writing except WHO:

William Faulkner,like James Joyce, uses this literary device which is focused on the mental-emotional life of characters

All of the following were written by James Baldwin except WHAT

This character is the first person narrator of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird?

Which of these is NOT a Theodore Roethke poem?