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WorksheetsCivil War and Southern Literature
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In what year did Harper Brothers publish Bonner’s unconventional Reconstruction novel, "Like unto Like"?
1878
1865
1888
1939
Who was Katharine Sherwood Bonner, and where was she born?
A poet born in New Orleans, Louisiana
A novelist born in Jackson, Mississippi
A writer born in Holly Springs, Mississippi
A journalist born in Gainesville, Mississippi
Who was the first Southerner appointed to the Supreme Court since the Civil War?
Lucius Q. C. Lamar II
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
James Longstreet
Pearl Rivers
Who was Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II?
A Confederate soldier, American politician, diplomat, and jurist
A famous novelist from Mississippi
The first African American senator from Mississippi
A Union general during the Civil War
Which of the following best describes the type of writing that brought Sherwood Bonner notoriety?
Scientific articles
Satiric poetry
Travel guides
Historical fiction
What controversy did Claiborne become involved in after his 1842 federal appointment?
Investigation of land claims by Choctaw Indians
The Mexican War
The Knights of Temperance
Railroad construction disputes
Who was Ida Bell Wells and where was she born?
A civil rights advocate born in Holly Springs, Mississippi
A novelist born in Paynes, Mississippi
A journalist born in Memphis, Tennessee
A poet born in Huntsville, Alabama
What is characteristic of Faulkner’s imagined world of Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha County?
It is based on real events in New York
It is characterized by frequent recurrences of the same characters, places, and themes
It is a science fiction setting
It is set in the future
What injuries did Falkner receive during the Mexican War?
Wounds in his left foot and hand
A head injury
A broken arm
Loss of eyesight
Which secret society did Lamar defend as part of the Southern way of life?
Ku Klux Klan
Freemasons
Knights of Columbus
Odd Fellows
How did Falkner die?
He was shot and killed by Richard Thurmond on the Ripley town square
He died of natural causes at home
He was killed in the Mexican War
He drowned in the Mississippi River
How did Eliza Poitevent influence animal welfare in New Orleans?
By founding an animal shelter
By writing editorials and influencing the founding of a chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
By organizing animal rights protests
By donating money to animal hospitals
After Eliza Poitevent took charge of content at the Daily Picayune, what was the outcome for the newspaper by 1887?
It was shut down due to financial losses.
It was debt-free and turning a profit.
It merged with another newspaper.
It became a weekly magazine.
What was the financial state of the Daily Picayune when Eliza Poitevent’s husband died in 1876?
It was debt-free and profitable.
It was eighty thousand dollars in debt and faced two hundred thousand dollars in lawsuits.
It was newly established and had no financial records.
It was the most profitable paper in the South.
What was the pen name used by Katharine Sherwood Bonner?
Mary Wilson
Eliza Jane
Sherwood Bonner
Nature’s Dumb Nobility
In what year did the Senate confirm Lamar’s nomination to the Supreme Court?
1888
1865
1893
1870
What type of novel did Longstreet write in 1864 that never achieved the fame of his early humorous fiction?
A moralistic novel
A science fiction novel
A detective novel
A romance novel
What is the central conflict in Faulkner’s novel "As I Lay Dying" (1930)?
The struggle for civil rights
The Bundren family’s journey to bury their matriarch
The life of a sharecropper
The adventures of a soldier
Explain the significance of Ida Wells-Barnett’s refusal to move from her train seat in the context of civil rights history.
It was an early act of resistance against segregation, predating Rosa Parks by decades.
It marked the end of the Civil War.
It led to the publication of her first novel.
It resulted in the formation of the NAACP.
What is the title of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet’s major work of southwestern humor?
Georgia Scenes
Master William Mitten
Nineteenth Century Essays
The Southern Way
