Comm A Finals Review

  The Modernism time period covers literature written from:

•   1890-1915

• 1900-1930

•   1914-1945

• 1950-1975

Which of the following were the major social and/or political events that affected American writers in the first half of the twentieth century?

• the roaring 20s

• the great depression

• the new deal

• world war 1

• world war 2

What type of narrative is "The Turtle"?

• allegory

•     fable

•   historical fiction

•   biography

What is Steinbeck’s central theme regarding life in “The Turtle”?

• the hugeness of the desert will cause many obstacles

•      the effects of humans on animals

• determined struggle is the best response to the obstacles and hostilities of life

• the importance of rest during times of adversity

   The line "He knew that Irene would be no more than a curtain spread behind him" is an example of which literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

How does Dexter become disillusioned by the end of “Winter Dreams?”

• He thinks he could have made Judy happy now that he is wealthy.

• Judy had promised to marry him, but now she never can.

•    He worries that Judy's husband is a cruel man.

• Judy no longer exists as his dream of perfection for him to possess.

 

Which of the following is a theme of “Winter Dreams”?

• Life without dreams is unfulfilling.

•   Physical beauty is unimportant.

•   Dreams can be disappointing.

• Living for love is all that is important.

an establishment for the medical treatment of people who have a chronic illness.

• morbid

• sanatarium

• mundane

• prohibition

  _______________ started in 1919 and put a lot of taverns out of business.

• prohibition

• the new deal

• sanitarium

• insomniac

characterized by an unusual interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

• santiarium

• insomniac

• prohibition

• morbid