WorksheetsSouthern writers
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 25mins
Explain the term - antebellum South.
(a)
Explain the myth of the Southern belle.
(a)
Which statements describe the Southern Renaissance:
The 1920s-1930s literature movement
major writers: W. Faulkner, Katherine Anne Porter, Tennessee Williams, Robert Penn Warren
major writers: W. Faulkner, Katherine Anne Portier, Tennessee Williams, Robert Penn Warrener
no more glorification of the heroism of the Confederate army
no more romanticizing the Southern idyllic antebellum culture
Which themes are typical for the Southern Renaissance?
troubled history
social hierarchy
racial tensions
poetic descriptions of nature
the clash btw values of Old South and New South
Which texts were written by William Faulkner?
'Soldiers' Pay'
'As I Lay Dying'
'Sanctuary'
'Intruder in the Dust'
'Night in August'
Which texts were written by William Faulkner?
'Sartoris'
'The Reivers'
'The Hunters'
'Light in August'
Which Faulkner text's feature is an experiment with 3 different narrators?
'Sartoris'
'The Reivers'
'The Sound and the Fury'
'Light in August'
Which Faulkner's text was published as an episodic novel made of rewritten, previously published stories?
'Sartoris'
'Go Down, Moses'
'The Sound and the Fury'
'Light in August'
'The Portable Faulkner' is...
a collection of stories and episodes from Faulkner's novels edited by Malcolm Cowley
a collection of stories and episodes from Faulkner's novels edited by Faulkner
a collection of stories and episodes from Faulkner's novels edited by Malcolm Cowlick
a collection of poems inspired by Faulkner's works written by Malcolm Cowley
A setting of "Absalom, Absalom!" which was made of by Faulkner who drew its map is called?
Yoknapatawpha County
Yoknapatapha County
Joknapatapha County
Yoknapataha County
It is a description of which family in Faulkner's novel:
"once-aristocratic slaveholders before the Civil War; the name of the family is also a name of family plantation located 4 miles north of Jefferson"?
Sartoris
Compson
Snopes
McCaslin
It is a description of which family in Faulkner's novel:
"they belong to white "trash"; planters decline in wealth and prestige in the decades after the Civil War allowed them to climb up the social hierarchy ladder"?
Sartoris
Compson
Snopes
McCaslin
It is a description of which family in Faulkner's novel:
"a once prominent family in Jefferson who in the 20th c. began to fall upon hard times; Faulkner traced their genealogy from 1699 to 1945"?
Sartoris
Compson
Snopes
McCaslin
Which family is the main hero of Faulkner's 'The Unvanquished'?
Sartoris
Compson
Snopes
McCaslin
Which family is the main hero of Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury?
Sartoris
Compson
Snopes
McCaslin
The Faulkner's Snopes trilogy consists of:
'The Hamlet'
'The Town'
'The Mansion'
'The Sharecrop'
The features of Faulkner's style are:
the rich vocabulary
frequently complicated narrative technique
stream of consciousness
complex sentence structure
different perspectives and voices (modernism)
What we can find in Faulkner's works:
Gothic romance
comedy
historical chronicle
tragedy
Which of the statements is true about Robert Penn Warren?
founder of New Criticism
belonged to the formalist movement
wrote 'All the King's Men'
was a literary critic
wrote 'All the Men's King'
Flannery O'Connor ...
was a man
was a Roman Catholic
wrote stories criticising human vanity with a surprise ending
wrote 'Wise Blood'
wrote 'Wise Peacock'
Carson McCullers' 'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter' is about:
loneliness
egocentrism
bullying
the character of a meatman who cannot confess his problems to anybody commits suicide
the character of a meatman who cannot confess his problems to anybody kills a lady bc of the frustration
Choose true information about 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
it was written by Harper Lee
it was written by Flannery O'Connor
the narrator is a tomboy girl brought up by her father-lawyer who defends a black boy who is accused of rape
it shows the racism viewed from the perspective of a white child
the narrator is a tomboy girl brought up by her father-lawyer who accuses a black boy of raping a white woman
Who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
Flannery O'Connor
Carson McCullers
Harper Lee
Robert Penn Warren
Truman Capote
What facts about Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' are true?
a non-fiction novel based on the true-crime story
The murderer killed the family of four who lived on an isolated farm to rob them
The murderer killed the farmer who lived on an isolated farm to rob him
this novel prevented Capote from writing more texts
William Styron wrote about:
the rebellion of black slaves in 1841, criticising slavery and racism in 'The Confessions of Nat Turner'
the black journalist life, criticising racism in 'The Confessions of Nat Turner'
a Polish woman who experiences holocaust and sacrifices one of her children in 'Sophie's Choice'
a Polish woman who experiences holocaust and sacrifices herself for her children in 'Sophie's Choice'
The theme of Cormac McCarthy's 'No Country for Old Men' and 'The Road' are:
inhuman behaviours and cruelty
dystopia
wild Westerns life
political changes
Choose features of Tennessee Williams plays.
Southern setting
one character is too fragile for the circumstances
usually, she cannot deal with the reality
psychological plays
political plays
Which of Tennessee Williams' plays is described by this statement:
an autobiographical play about a family of four; Thomas died; Laura - an unmarried daughter who dates Thomas' friend; mother is a Southern girl focused on beauty?
'The Glass Menagerie'
'A Streetcar Named Desire'
'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
Which of Tennessee Williams' plays is described by this statement:
a play illustrating the conflict btw 2 characters with different values: a working-class man of Polish background - primitive vs alcoholic, liar and emotionally unstable woman?
'The Glass Menagerie'
'A Streetcar Named Desire'
'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
Which of Tennessee Williams' plays is described by this statement:
a play showing what occurs when a family goes through tragic and frustrating circumstances (dying father and troubled marriage of his son)?
'The Glass Menagerie'
'A Streetcar Named Desire'
'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
