MODERNISM: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and O'Connor

What is the name of the era in which Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner wrote?

• The Lost Generation

• The Jazz Generation

• The Lost Boys

• The Age of Innocence

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Which of the following is NOT an element of Modernism?

• Sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the American dream

• Emphasis on experimentation of style

• Interest in psychology and the workings of the individual mind

• A reliance on tradition

Which of the following is NOT a theme in Hemingway's "Soldier's Home"?

• The horrors of war

• The loss of faith of American youth

• That sometimes war is justified

• Lack of societal concern for returning soldiers

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Style of writing where the character's thoughts are allowed to flow

• Dramatic monologue

• Stream of consciousness

• Free association

• Modernism

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Krebs is an example of what?

• Antihero

• Bildungsroman

• Doppelganger

• Hero

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Why doesn't Dexter reach his winter dreams?

• His dreams were already in the past

• He does reach his winter dreams

• His idea of Judy Jones was unrealistic

• Judy Jones does not care

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Which is NOT an element of The American Dream

• That through hard work anyone can succeed

• Self reliance

• That not everyone is equal

• Success is available to everyone

"It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps..." What do you think this description of the Miss Emily's house symbolizes? Choose the best answer.

• The moral decay of Miss Emily

• The decay of the old Southern way of life

• The collective guilt of slavery

• Nothing

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"She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue." Note how Faulkner describes Miss Emily. What do you think her description symbolizes?

• Her madness

• Death

• Her representation of a way of life that is decayed and dying

• All of the above

What do you think is the importance of the rose in the title of the story? Choose the best answer.

• The rose in the title symbolizes death

• The rose in the title symbolizes Emily's love for Homer Barron

• The rose symbolizes both Emily's love for Homer Barron and death, and the focus in the story of love and tragedy

• A rose is just a rose

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