American LIT EOC General Review 2

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Which literary movement best represents the passage: "She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. By an unexpected impulse, she threw off the scarlet letter, and with it all the gloom it had ever caused her. The burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit. O exquisite relief! She had returned to the wild, free beauty of her womanhood."

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Romanticism

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Which element of Romanticism is most evident in the passage: “She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. By an unexpected impulse, she threw off the scarlet letter, and with it all the gloom it had ever caused her. The burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit. O exquisite relief! She had returned to the wild, free beauty of her womanhood.”?

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Celebration of individual emotion and natural freedom

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How does the excerpt reflect the characteristics of Dark Romanticism? "She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. By an unexpected impulse, she threw off the scarlet letter, and with it all the gloom it had ever caused her. The burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit. O exquisite relief! She had returned to the wild, free beauty of her womanhood."

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It reveals the inherent evil and guilt associated with human emotion.

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How does the passage reflect the Realism movement?

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Its honest dialogue, regional dialect, and relatable moral conflict.

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How does Huck's decision in this moment reflect a key theme of Realist literature? "All right, then, I’ll go to hell"—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts, and awful words, but they were said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming.

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The complexity of moral choices in real life.

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Which author is most closely associated with the Transcendentalist movement?

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Which literary movement emphasized disillusionment, fragmentation, and the loss of faith in traditional values, particularly after World War I?

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Modernism

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What best characterizes the Harlem Renaissance?

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A literary and artistic explosion centered in African-American culture during the 1920s.

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Revise the underlined portion: Although the poet uses vivid imagery, the meaning behind the poem were difficult to interpret.

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the meaning behind the poem was difficult

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How does the novel explore themes of identity, isolation, and redemption?

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By using a complex first-person narrator.