WorksheetsUnit 4: Modernism
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Lost Generation?
a)
Americans who were in the war
b)
Americans disillusioned with the American Dream
c)
A generation who did not have a GPS
d)
A group of writers who wrote imagistically.
2.
Who was one of the leading authors of the Harlem Renaissance movement?
a)
Ezra Pound
b)
Ernest Hemingway
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Robert Frost
3.
What is this an example of...
"Susie seashells sells seashells by the seashell shore."
"Susie seashells sells seashells by the seashell shore."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Allusion
4.
What are the Dates of Modernism?
a)
1800-1910
b)
1900-1910
c)
1910-1940
d)
1950-1970
5.
Illegalization of alcohol in America
a)
Prohibition
b)
The Great Depression
c)
The Jazz Age
d)
Lost Generation
6.
What event ultimately led to the Great Depression of the 1930's?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Imagism Movement
c)
Stock Market Crash
d)
Jazz Age
7.
The flowering and acceptance of African American art in America was known as...
a)
Modernism
b)
Lost Generation
c)
Renaissance
d)
Harlem Renaissance
8.
"Snap!" "Crackle!" "POP!"
These words are an example of what specific literary term?
These words are an example of what specific literary term?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion
d)
Onomatopeia
9.
"Make it NEW" was the motto of what specific literary movement?
a)
Lost Generation
b)
Imagism
c)
Modernism
d)
Harlem Renaissance
10.
Who was the founder of the Imagism movement?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
Ezra Pound
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Ernest Hemingway
11.
What does "disillusioned" mean?
a)
disappointed
b)
Cautious
c)
apathetic
d)
melancholy
12.
Which Modernist author was a news reporter for one of his first jobs?
a)
Robert Frost
b)
Ernest Hemingway
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Ezra Pound
13.
Which amendment gave the women the right to vote?
a)
14th
b)
18th
c)
19th
d)
21st
14.
Why does Gatsby ultimately have all of his elaborate parties?
a)
To meet all of the rich and famous people of New York
b)
To drink and have fun
c)
To brag about all of his accomplishments
d)
To find Daisy
15.
Gatsby ultimately wants to __________ the past.
a)
Destroy
b)
Relive
c)
Escape
d)
Repeat
16.
Who is Tom having an affair with?
a)
Daisy
b)
Jordan
c)
Myrtle
d)
Catherine
17.
Modernist poetry where images are presented without commentary and appeal to the five senses is...
a)
Imagery
b)
Imagism
c)
Lost Generation Poetry
d)
Harlem Renaissance Poetry
18.
The Idea or "feeling" that you get when you hear a word---
a)
Denotation
b)
Connotation
c)
Allusion
d)
Simile
19.
Which of the following words has the strongest NEGATIVE connotation
a)
Skinny
b)
Bony
c)
Thin
d)
Slender
20.
Who was driving the car that hit Myrtle?
a)
Gatsby
b)
Tom
c)
Daisy
d)
JOrdan
21.
What was Gatsby's real name?
a)
James Gatz
b)
John Gatz
c)
Jim Gatz
d)
Jack Gatz
22.
What did Ernest Hemingway want to communicate about World War I through many of his pieces?
a)
War should not be romanticized
b)
Everyone should go to war
c)
War was necessary
d)
War is not as bad as people say
23.
What was Myrtle's husband's name?
a)
Tom Buchanan
b)
Gatsby
c)
Meyer Wolfsheim
d)
George Wilson
24.
Which EGG did Gatsby live in?
a)
East Egg
b)
West Egg
25.
What do the "eyes of TJ Eckleburg" represent?
a)
A doctor of the Valley of the Ashes
b)
God looking down on American society
c)
The government
d)
Just a guy named "TJ"
26.
“The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain.”
This quote is an example of what literary device?
This quote is an example of what literary device?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Allusion
d)
Alliteration
27.
“There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those intricate machines.”
What specific literary device is used above?
What specific literary device is used above?
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Allusion
28.
How long had it been since Gatsby and Daisy had seen each other after they met?
a)
2 years
b)
5 years
c)
10 years
d)
4 years
29.
Who killed Gatsby?
a)
Tom Buchanah
b)
Myrtle Wilson
c)
George Wilson
d)
Jordan Baker
30.
F. Scott Fitzgerald referred to the 1920's as the "Greatest, Gaudiest Spree in History"-
What did this mean?
What did this mean?
a)
People were bootleggers
b)
America had lost the American dream
c)
People were spending money on superficial things
d)
People wore gaudy outfits
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