WorksheetsMODERNISM: Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and O'Connor
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 26mins
What is the name of the era in which Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner wrote?
The Lost Generation
The Jazz Generation
The Lost Boys
The Age of Innocence
Which of the following is NOT an element of Modernism?
Sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the American dream
Emphasis on experimentation of style
Interest in psychology and the workings of the individual mind
A reliance on tradition
Which of the following is NOT a theme in Hemingway's "Soldier's Home"?
The horrors of war
The loss of faith of American youth
That sometimes war is justified
Lack of societal concern for returning soldiers
Style of writing where the character's thoughts are allowed to flow
Dramatic monologue
Stream of consciousness
Free association
Modernism
Krebs is an example of what?
Antihero
Bildungsroman
Doppelganger
Hero
Why doesn't Dexter reach his winter dreams?
His dreams were already in the past
He does reach his winter dreams
His idea of Judy Jones was unrealistic
Judy Jones does not care
Which is NOT an element of The American Dream
That through hard work anyone can succeed
Self reliance
That not everyone is equal
Success is available to everyone
"It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street. But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood; only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps..." What do you think this description of the Miss Emily's house symbolizes? Choose the best answer.
The moral decay of Miss Emily
The decay of the old Southern way of life
The collective guilt of slavery
Nothing
"She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue." Note how Faulkner describes Miss Emily. What do you think her description symbolizes?
Her madness
Death
Her representation of a way of life that is decayed and dying
All of the above
What do you think is the importance of the rose in the title of the story? Choose the best answer.
The rose in the title symbolizes death
The rose in the title symbolizes Emily's love for Homer Barron
The rose symbolizes both Emily's love for Homer Barron and death, and the focus in the story of love and tragedy
A rose is just a rose
What do you think the thing is that is gone when Dexter says, "Long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thins will not come back no more." Choose the best answer.
His winter dreams
Irene
Judy Jones
His youth
F. Scott Fitzgerald is seen as the leading voice of what age?
The Diamond Age
Modernism
The Age of Innocence
The Jazz Age
Which color was not used as a symbol in "The Life You Save Maybe Your Own"?
Brown
Grey
Green
Mauve
"The Life You Save Maybe Your Own" is an example of what genre?
Southern Horror
Southern Romance
Southern Gothic
Southern Revival
Lucynell (the daughter) might been seen as an example of what in the story?
The redeemer
A demon
Sin
Nothing
