American LIT EOC General Review 2

“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. By an unexpected impulse, she threw off the scarlet letter, and with it all the gloom it had ever caused her. The burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit. O exquisite relief! She had returned to the wild, free beauty of her womanhood.”

Which literary movement best represents this passage?

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Modernism

• Naturalism

“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. By an unexpected impulse, she threw off the scarlet letter, and with it all the gloom it had ever caused her. The burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit. O exquisite relief! She had returned to the wild, free beauty of her womanhood.”

Which element of Romanticism is most evident in the passage?

• Emphasis on scientific reasoning

• Rejection of all emotion

• Celebration of individual emotion and natural freedom

• Focus on industrial society

“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. By an unexpected impulse, she threw off the scarlet letter, and with it all the gloom it had ever caused her. The burden of shame and anguish departed from her spirit. O exquisite relief! She had returned to the wild, free beauty of her womanhood.”

How does this excerpt reflect the characteristics of Dark Romanticism?

• It describes rational responses to adversity.

• It reveals the inherent evil and guilt associated with human emotion.

• It focuses on logical moral decision-making.

• It praises religious authority and social conformity.

“All right, then, I’ll go to hell”—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts, and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming.”

This passage reflects the Realism movement through:

• The use of poetic language and symbolism

• Its honest dialogue, regional dialect, an relatable moral conflict

• Its fantastical and supernatural elements

• Its praise of upper-class society

“All right, then, I’ll go to hell”—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts, and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming.”

How does Huck's decision in this moment reflect a key theme of Realist literature?

• The glorification of youth

• The celebration of nobility

• The complexity of moral choices in real life

• The dominance of fate over human will

Which of the following authors is most closely associated with the Transcendentalist movement?

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Langston Hughes

• Mark Twain

Which literary movement emphasized disillusionment, fragmentation, and the loss of faith in traditional values, particularly after World War I?

• Romanticism

• The Enlightenment

• Realism

• Modernism

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Which of the following best characterizes the Harlem Renaissance?

• A movement focused on frontier life and rural survival
  
  

• A literary and artistic explosion centered in African-American culture during the 1920s
  
  

• A backlash against Romantic ideals

• A movement that criticized industrialism and technology

Choose the best way to revise the underlined portion of each sentence:

Although the poet uses vivid imagery, the meaning behind the poem were difficult to interpret.

• the meaning behind the poem were difficult

• the meanings behind the poem were difficult

• the meaning behind the poem was difficult

• the meaning behind the poems were difficult

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CCSS.RI.8.2

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The novel explores themes of identify, isolation, and redemption, which it does so through a complex first-person narrator.

• which it does so through

• by using

• which uses

• doing so through

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