Realism

Seeing man as neither bad or good was a Realists trait.

• False

• True

Class is not important to the realist writer.

• False

• True

The Realists tone may be

• comic.

• bitter.

• religious.

• hopeful.

The setting in Realist writings was usually

• familiar to the writer

• unfamiliar to the writer

• far away places

• in  Europe

The literary era of realism began during/after which major event in U.S. history?

• World War I

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Civil War

• Manifest destiny

Unlike previous literary movements, Realists believed putting their characters/stories in ________________ situations was better.

• ordinary

• imaginary

• nature related

• city related

American realism focuses on ALL of the following EXCEPT

• stories from the Civil War

• oppression

• an escape to nature

• the hardships of inequality

The American Realism movement covered the years

• before the Revolutionary War

• after the Civil War

• before the Civil War

• after the Revolutionary War

Characters in Realist writing were

• extraordinary people

• ordinary people

• known citizens

• famous people

The focus of American Realism is...

• to write with verisimilitude.

• to use satire to make a change in politics.

• to tell the story of royalty.

• to bore readers with real-life accounts of the day.