Quiz 2: Realism and Naturalism 1865-1915

Question 1

Inherent within the theory of evolution is the notion that man is developing physically and morally into a sinful being.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Darwin theorized that man had descended from apes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

America experienced little change during the period between the Civil War and World War I.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Winterbourne thinks of Daisy as a pretty American flirt.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Mr. Auld encouraged his wife to teach Frederick Douglass to read the Bible.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Huck thinks he has to decide between telling Jim's owner where he is or going to hell.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Evol. caused many Christ, to draw lines betw. sci. and faith -- they believed that sci. denied the truths of Scripture

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Howells saw the value in writing about __________people and encouraged others to do so.

Accepted Answer

regular and ordinary

Question 9

Uncle Tom's Cabin has been one of the __________read novels of American literature.

Accepted Answer

most

Question 10

Editha personifies society and its traditionally held belief that fighting in a war brings a man honor.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Society experienced a moral revival after the Industrial Revolution began.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Twain spoke to the common people in their ___________ language.

Accepted Answer

common

Question 13

Howells was an extremely influential writer and _______________.

Accepted Answer

literary critic

Question 14

Before the Civil War, America was largely an agriculture-based nation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Henry James was the first American writer to set out to be a “ _____________."

Accepted Answer

literary master

Question 16

The Emancipation Proclamation declared every slave in areas not controlled by the Union army “ ____________free.”

Accepted Answer

forever

Question 17

James's work was instrumental in the development of American __________ technique.

Accepted Answer

narrative

Question 18

The North and the South were founded on two different economic and social systems.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

James emphasized the importance and use of a character's ____________.

Accepted Answer

point of view

Question 20

Daisy informs Winterbourne that she has always had a great deal of gentlemen's society.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Naturalism reflected the influence of Darwin's theories on society and culture.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Twain's use of colloquial language in his books displayed elements of __________.

Accepted Answer

Realism and Regionalism

Question 23

The distrust of traditional beliefs found in Twain's work marked it as the ____________of modern American literature.

Accepted Answer

beginning

Question 24

Both the North and the South believed that God was on their side.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

The Social Gospel focused on the winning of souls to reform America.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

The South depended heavily on slave labor.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Mrs. Gearson blames Editha for George's death, claiming that she “sent him” to war.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Choosing to go to heaven, Huck writes a letter to Miss Watson and sends it.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Realism replaced the Romantic movement in American literature.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Dwight L. Moody and Billy Sunday sought social change through personal moral reform.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

With his reading and _______abilities to aid him, Fredrick Douglass was encouraged in his quest for freedom

Accepted Answer

writing

Question 32

n the Gettys. Add. Linc resolved not to let the govt of the people, by the people, and for the people ___from the earth.

Accepted Answer

perish

Question 33

George is a thinking man who, at first news of the war, despises and abhors it.

Accepted Answer

True

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