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Semester 1 Exam Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the word to the following definition:

Language that appeals to the senses.

a)

Imagery

b)

Irony

c)

Tone

d)

Diction

2.

Match the word to the following definition:

The choice of words and expressions in writing.

a)

Imagery

b)

Irony

c)

Tone

d)

Diction

3.

Match the word to the following definition:

Cultural identity passed through generations.

a)

Heritage

b)

Modernism

c)

Stream of conscioussness

d)

Expatriate

4.

Match the word to the following definition:

A literary movement reacting to WW1 disillusionment.

a)

Heritage

b)

Modernism

c)

Stream of conscioussness

d)

Expatriate

5.

Match the word to the following definition:

A narrative style that attempts to capture the flow of thoughts and feelings.

a)

Heritage

b)

Modernism

c)

Stream of conscioussness

d)

Expatriate

6.

Match the word to the following definition:

A writer living abroad, often by choice.

a)

Heritage

b)

Modernism

c)

Stream of conscioussness

d)

Expatriate

7.

Match the word to the following definition:

The condition of being isolated or estranged from others.

a)

Alienation

b)

Modernism

c)

Mass Culture

d)

Expatriate

8.

Match the word to the following definition:

Large-scale cultural trends shaped by media and mass production.

a)

Alienation

b)

Modernism

c)

Mass Culture

d)

Expatriate

9.

Match the word to the following definition:

A contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs.

a)

Imagery

b)

Irony

c)

Tone

d)

Diction

10.

Match the word to the following definition:

The general attitude or emotional coloring of a text.

a)

Imagery

b)

Irony

c)

Tone

d)

Diction

11.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

For many Americans, the war signaled an end to _____________ and ushered in an era

marked by hedonism, political corruption, and ruthless business practices.

a)

idealism

b)
  1. Roaring Twenties

c)
  1. 19th Amendment

d)

Prohibition

12.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

The 1920s, with its booming economy, became known as the _____________________.

a)

idealism

b)
  1. Roaring Twenties

c)
  1. 19th Amendment

d)

Prohibition

13.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

In 1920, the passage of the _______________________ finally gave women the right to vote.

a)

idealism

b)
  1. Roaring Twenties

c)
  1. 19th Amendment

d)

Prohibition

14.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

This period also saw the passage of ___________________ (1920– 1933), in which alcohol

was made illegal.

a)

idealism

b)
  1. Roaring Twenties

c)
  1. 19th Amendment

d)

Prohibition

15.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

The good times came to a dramatic end when the stock market crashed in October 1929,

plunging the nation into ___________________________.

a)

the Great Depression

b)

mass media

c)
  1. stream of consciousness

d)

Modernism

16.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

The 1920s was the first decade to be significantly shaped by_______________________.

a)

the Great Depression

b)

mass media

c)
  1. stream of consciousness

d)

Modernism

17.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

A literary technique called _________________________________ developed from

the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, who proposed that unconscious forces drive human

beings and that the key to understanding behavior lay in this deeper realm of the mind.

a)

the Great Depression

b)

mass media

c)
  1. stream of consciousness

d)

Modernism

18.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

___________________ arose as a direct response to the social and intellectual forces

shaping the 20th century.

a)

the Great Depression

b)

mass media

c)
  1. stream of consciousness

d)

Modernism

19.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

A kind of poetry called __________________ arose, it sought to re-create an image—not

comment on it, not interpret it, but just present it.

a)

imagism

b)
  1. The Great Migration

c)
  1. 19th Amendment

d)

Prohibition

20.

Fill in the blank with one of the choice below:

Beginning in 1916, millions of black farmers and sharecroppers moved to the urban North in

search of opportunity and freedom from oppression and racial hostility in what came to be known

as ______________________________.

a)

imagism

b)
  1. The Great Migration

c)
  1. 19th Amendment

d)

Prohibition