Realism/ Kate Chopin Review

True or False

Realism was a literary movement that sought to portray ordinary life as real people live it

• TRUE

• FALSE

How did the Realism movement feel about Transcendentalism and Romanticism?

• They embraced it

• they wanted to learn more about it

• they wanted to replace it/reject it

• They were confused by it but liked it anyway

True or false

Realism writers saw themselves as being in revolt against Romanticism

• TRUE

• FALSE

What war had the greatest influence on the Realism period?

• The Cold War

• WWI

• WWII

• The Civil War

What were the housing conditions like for many common people during this time?

• Middle class/ decent living

• Rich and luxury style living

• Poor, over crowded, unsanitary

• none of the above

What did Americans begin to "Idealize"?

• Progress/ the self-made man

• the rich upper class

• The American dream

• poor living

True or False

Writers sought to twist the occurrences in real life and weren't interested in the ways communities functioned, they wanted to create fantasies

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False

There was a rise of the MASS circulation of magazines and news paper, people started to feed into consumer culture

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who was the primary audience of fiction at this time?

• women

• children

• old people

• working men

Which story best represents the motif of oppression in marriage?

• Story of an Hour

• Desiree's Baby

• A Pair of Silk Stockings