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Review: Literary Focus & New Colossus

Authored by Kristi O'Bannon

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7th Grade

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Review: Literary Focus & New Colossus
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

Writers of the realist tradition mainly sought to .

tell spooky ghost stories
champion industrialization
reject traditional narrative structures
truthfully reflect experiences

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

Naturalists most closely believed that .

writers were too frail
external forces were the biggest factors in a person’s life
the Civil War permanently changed life in the United States
the struggle for equal rights was part of the American story

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

Realism and naturalism were unique from each other mainly because .

realist writers wrote journalism depicting the African American experience, whereas naturalist authors wrote only fiction
realism was influenced by naturalism, but naturalists rejected the principles of realism
naturalism specifically took a scientific or rational approach
realist writers feared naturalist writers were going too far

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

Which passage best supports the correct answer to the previous question?

“Writers also worked to record the struggles faced by African Americans after the Civil War. Segregationist laws passed in the South stripped away freedoms earned during Reconstruction.”
"American writers and artists left behind the optimism of Romanticism and Transcendentalism. They started to take a more practical view of the world around them.”
“They took a logical and objective look at the way that people’s lives unfolded. They believed that big forces determined the direction of a person’s life, and often questioned the idea of free will.”
“Journalists, meanwhile, began to use their work to raise awareness and try to inspire change. These writers who wrote social commentary exposing social injustices in American institutions were called ‘muckrakers.’”

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Muckrakers most closely believed that .

honest reporting could expose social injustice and inspire change
depicting life in a realistic way made a character more believable
the power of vulnerability could transform people’s lives
that violence was sometimes necessary to protest corruption

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the correct answer to the previous question?

“Sinclair wrote The Jungle (1905) about the unfair labor practices and unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry. In addition, photojournalists Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine exposed the harsh realities of factory and tenement life.”
“Journalists, meanwhile, began to use their work to raise awareness and try to inspire change. These writers who wrote social commentary exposing social injustices in American institutions were called ‘muckrakers.’”
“Much of the working class lived and worked in unhealthy or unsafe conditions.”
“Based in New York City, McClure’s published both literary and political works on the issues of the day. At one point, he magazine circulated almost 400,000 copies per month. This helped spread muckrakers’ messages to a broad public audience.”

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30 sec • Ungraded

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