WorksheetsRealism and Regionalism Test Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is a movement in which art and literature tried to authentically depict everyday life in comprehensive detail?
Naturalism
Realism
Regionalism
Romanticism
Which short story has a feminist author? There could be more than one answer.
"Story of an Hour"
"The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
"Desiree's Baby"
The Gettysburg Address
In the Jungle what conditions were the employees of the meat processing factory working in?
The employees worked in ignorance of the horrible conditions in the rest of the industry.
The employees worked in poor conditions due to their own inability to keep themselves and their workspace clean.
The employees worked with spoiled meat, but did not understand that these practices are hazards.
The employees worked in squalid conditions that management cared nothing about, and did not even have facilities to wash their hands.
How is the ending of "Story of an Hour" ironic?
What are the elements of humor that Mark Twain used in "The Jumping Frog?"
Exaggeration
Wheeler's manner of speech (dialect)
Comical Characters
Absurd Situations
How does the phrase “the used every part of the pig to the squeal” contribute to the central idea of The Jungle?
This phrase refers to the meatpacking industry’s use of spoiled meat parts and non-meat parts, supporting the central idea of the industry's corrupt and unsanitary nature.
This phrase refers to the meatpacking industry’s use of the entire animal, supporting the central idea of American ingenuity.
This phrase refers to the meatpacking industry’s mistreatment of it’s employees, supporting the central idea of worker’s rights.
This phrase refers to the meatpacking industry's terrible treatment of livestock, supporting the central idea of animal cruelty.
Which writers used dialect in their writing at the same time?
Mark Twain
Upton Sinclair
Abraham Lincoln
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Which major event was a factor in American writers switching from Romanticism to Realism?
The Great Depression
The industrial revolution
The Revolutionary war
The Civil War
___________ and __________allowed people to observe more real-life events, which influenced the Realism writing movement.
radio and books
newspapers and photography
radio and newspapers
photography and books
Which of the following authors was part of the Realism movement?
Ray Bradbury
John Grisham
Ambrose Bierce
Peyton Farquhar
Which of these is a characteristic of Realism?
It focused on the writer’s emotions
It was concerned with ethical issues
It focused on freedom from rules
it focused on imagination
At which event did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address
The Civil War Announcement
Owl Creek Bridge
The Second Inaugural Address
The consecration of Gettysburg Cemetery
What is the general tone of the Gettysburg Address?
Celebratory: feeling or expressing happiness and pride
Reverent: feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.
Sarcastic: marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt
Humorous: the quality of being amusing or comic
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln says “...we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow - this ground.” What does he mean by this?
The men who fought and died in battle have consecrated it with their sacrifice
There were enemy soldiers also in the battlefield who did not deserve burial
The Emancipation Proclamation had been signed but the Civil War was not over
The South had already made the battlefield holy again with a priests blessing
What is the opening scene of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?
A man is about to be hung
A southern spy is being put on trial
Union soldiers are fixing railroad tracks
Confederate Soldiers are guarding a railroad bridge
According to the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," what is the occupation of Peyton Farquhar?
Confederate Soldier
Author
Union Soldier
Planter
Fill in the words that make this statement true. Peyton Farquhar was ultimately ____________________ because he ____________________
hung, destroyed Owl Creek Bridge
Safely returned to his wife, betrayed the Confederate cause
hung, assassinated Abraham Lincoln
hung, tampered with the railroad bridges
Which of the following was a criticism of dialect?
It was mostly white authors writing in black dialect
It was ruining formal literature
It was too hard to read
All of these were criticisms of Dialect writing
Two writers who used dialect in their writing are ___________ and ___________:
Kate Chopin and Ambrose Bierce
Abraham Lincoln and Kate Chopin
Mark Twain and Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar and Kate Chopin
The tone of Twain's story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is
serious and pensive
humorous and irreverent
reverent and pensive
sad and serious
According to the short story "The Story of an Hour," is Mrs. Mallard happy to receive the news of her husbands death?
Yes, she wants to start a new relationship
The text is not clear about how she feels
She is so upset she contemplates suicide
She is not "happy" he has died but after the shock wears off she imagines greater freedom for herself
What is Mrs. Mallard looking forward to about being a widow?
Not having to interact with her mother-in-law
Vacations with her lover
Days of her own without anyone to answer to
Spending time with Desiree's Baby
Which is the best summary of the theme of "The Story of an Hour?"
Women living in the 19th century avoided divorce
Grief can cause death from a broken heart
Marriage is hard but worth enduring
Female self-discovery and self-identity
According to the story "Desiree's Baby," what does Desiree do when Armand shuns her?
Marries his brother and moves to Paris
Drinks a poison elixir to kill herself and the baby
She goes back to live with her mother, leaving her baby behind
She leaves Armand's home, taking her baby with her
What is the ironic element of the ending to "Desiree's Baby?"
Mrs. Mallard dies of "joy that kills"
The father of Desiree's baby was actually Negrillon, the slave
Armand rejected Desiree and his baby for being part black, not knowing he was the one who was racially mixed
Mrs Mallard and Desiree are the same character by Kate Chopin
