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Worksheetsamerican realism
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
A literary battle raged between realists and
a)
rationalists
b)
naturalists
c)
puritans
d)
romantics
2.
American realists built their plots and characters around
a)
legends.
b)
ordinary life.
c)
mysteries.
d)
the supernatural.
3.
At its basic level, realism was grounded in
a)
religion.
b)
rational thought.
c)
human thinking.
d)
the faithful reporting of everyday life.
4.
Class is not important to the realist writer.
a)
False
b)
True
5.
Realism emphasizes...
a)
representing things as they actually are
b)
contemplating what could be
c)
learning lessons from the past
6.
American realism focuses on ALL of the following EXCEPT
a)
stories from the Civil War
b)
oppression
c)
an escape to nature
d)
the hardships of inequality
7.
The American Realism movement covered the years
a)
before the Revolutionary War
b)
after the Civil War
c)
before the Civil War
d)
after the Revolutionary War
8.
The movement before the American Realism is known as the
a)
Romanticism
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Puritan Era
d)
Modernism
9.
The setting in Realist writings was usually
a)
familiar to the writer
b)
unfamiliar to the writer
c)
far away places
d)
in Europe
10.
Characters in Realist writing were
a)
extraordinary people
b)
ordinary people
c)
known citizens
d)
famous people
11.
Why was the frontier shrinking?
a)
Population shift from East to West
b)
Fewer roaming buffalo
c)
Danger of Indians was gone
d)
Scarlet Fever caused major deaths
12.
The literary era of realism began during/after which major event in U.S. history?
a)
World War I
b)
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
c)
Civil War
d)
Manifest destiny
13.
Unlike previous literary movements, Realists believed putting their characters/stories in ________________ situations was better.
a)
ordinary
b)
imaginary
c)
nature related
d)
city related
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