Honors American Literature Final ?s

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What years encompass the era of American Realism

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1865-1918

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How would you characterize the typical characters of realist fiction

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-normal,everyday people
-not faced with moral dillemmas, more with horrible situational problems

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How is the language of realist fiction different from that of romantic fiction

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-romantic fiction has formal, gramatically correct language even in dialogue
-realistic fiction has language more familar with the common folk
-dialogue would be used by characters in those situations

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How is the typical Romantic narrator different from the typical realist narrator

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the typical romantic narrator knows the entire story and explains the characters emotions
-realist narrator is in 1st person(a character in story) and explains the situation but not emotions

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In what context does organized religion often appear in Realist fiction

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in satire, not in a serious manner, critized

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T/F ethnic and racial topics rarely appear in realist literature

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F

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Nature is portrayed as indifferent to human conditionin realism

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T

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The realist protagonist is rarely if ever placed in a position of ethical crisis

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F

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The changing role of Women in society was sometimes a subject of realism

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T

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Realism places emphasis on transcendental spirituality over physical existence

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F

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Realism deals with characters in everyday situations

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T

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Naturalism and Impressionism aret two related movements that evolved alongside realism

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T

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Realism often addressed the regional differences of the expanding American nations

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T

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Twain and Hawthorne are two famous writers of the realist tradition

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F

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Stories based on the Civil War were common in Realist literature

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T

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T/F The realism movement was the most dramatic period of literature transformation the U.S has ever seen

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T

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Trancendentalism-based on the notion that

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physical facts were based on more important spiritual facts

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T/F romantisicm wrote tales or skectches

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T

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Most notable romantic sketch is

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Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle

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T/F organized religion and direct allusion to god are praised in realism

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F

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What are the 5 types of satire

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exaggeration
parody
generalization
inconrguity
inversion/reversal

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define: exagggeration

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give an impression that makes it seem greater or larger than it really is

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parody

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humerous exagerrated imitation

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generalization

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apply something to all cases

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incongruity

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out of place, absurd

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inversion, reversal

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reversal of normal order, the roles people play

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What are some of Huck's grammatical tendencies in Huck Finn

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Double Negatives
Misplaced Pronouns
Wrong Tense
No subject verb agreement
Mispronunciation
Doubled Verbs and adjectives

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Ex of Double Negative

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Mr. Whiskers dont want no flea collar

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Ex of Misplaced Pronouns

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Mr. Whiskers he loves his cats treat

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Ex. of Wrong Tense

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I was so happy when Mr. Whiskers come here from the Pet Shop

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Ex. of no subject verb agreement

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Mr. Whiskers were having a nightmare last night

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Ex. of Mispronounciation

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Mr Whiskers favorite bible story is Moses and the Bullrushers

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Doubled Verbs and adjectives

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Mr. Whiskers he pranced and purred

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define: Antihero

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a protagonist who lacks traditional heroic virtues and noble qualities and is sometimes inept, cowardly,stupid, or dishonest, yet sensitive

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The name of Mark Twain's hometown is

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Hannibal

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Huck knows Pap has returned to St. Petersburg when he sees

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his footprints

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Jim uses a____________ to tell the future

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hairball

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A___________ is a humorous, exagerrated imitation.

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parody

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While Huck, the king, and the duke are engagedat the Wilks house, Jim stays on the raft dressed as

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an arab gypsy

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The character in the book who feels self-pity, hates learning, and is racist is

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Pap

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Huck and Jim miss the City of

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Cairo

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In the beginning of the story Huck gives his money to ___________

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Judge Thatcher

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Huck tells Jim the story of King ___________, who is considered the wisest man that ever lived

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Soloman

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Paul Laurence Dumbar wrote "sympathy" in which he proffesses to know why the ___________ sings

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caged bird

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According to Frederick Douglass, contrary to what many Northerners might think, slaves sing spirtuals in order to express

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sadness

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The real Wilks brothers claim that ____ is tattoed on their dead brothers chest

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P.B.W

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_________ is a harmless, loudmouth drunk who is shot in the middle of the street

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Boggs

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In class we determined that Twain satirizes the defense of family honor in the episode involving

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The Grangerford-Shepardson feud

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The king makes $87.75 at the Pokeville camp meeting by pretending to be a(n)

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ex pirate

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At the end of the novel, Huck shares his plans to head out west saying "Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and ______________ me, and I can't stand it. I been there before

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civilize

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In class, we discussed why this slavery story set in the pre Civil War South would hold particular meaning for a post war audience. What reasons did we discuss for this being true.

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It would show how to treat former slaves

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What are the 6 Steps of Morality

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0.Pre-Moral
1.Simple Authority
2.Self Interest
3. Good/Nice Kid approval
4. Law and order
5. Social Contract
6. Ethnical Principle

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What is Pre Moral

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no sense of morality

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What is simple authority

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fear of punishment

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What is self Interest

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Whats in it for me

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What is Good/Nice Kid approval

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Social Approval

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Law and Order

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Majority rule do your duty

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Social Contract

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Greatest good for greatest # of people

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Ethnical principle

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rights and dignity of the individual

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Herman Melville was born on __,___,_____ in __________

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8,1,1819

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a bout with _____________ left him with permaneantly weakened eye sight

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scarlet fever

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The fictionalized narratove _________ was Melville's most popular during his lifetime

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Typee

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Melville's farm was called

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Arrowhead

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When Melville was 12, his father became

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bankrupt and insane

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Melville attended

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Albnany Classical School

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What is a modifier

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a word or phrase that describes something else

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What is the message of Father Mapple's sermon

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to obey god we must obey ourselves

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Ishmael does not want to sail on a ship from New Bedford; instead he prefers one from

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Nantucket

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The landlord of the Spouter Inn is rather ominously named

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Peter Coffin

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Upon entering the Spouter-Inn, Ishmael sees a painting depicting

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a whale wrecking a ship

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Ishmael prefers to go to sea as a sailor instead of a passenger because he

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-likes taking orders
-getting paid
-the exercise

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on the night Ishmael arrives at the Spouter Inn, Queequeg is out selling

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human heads

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Before getting into Bed, Queequeg prays to a

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wooden baby

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Queequeg's tomahawk doubles as a ________

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pipe

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Moby Dick opens with the famous line

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"Call me Ishmael"

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How does show himself to be similar to his biblical counterpart

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The biblical Ishmael does not like or get along with his family, and Ishmael does not get along with his peers or town saying sailing was his "replacement for pistol and ball"

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Why does Ishamel describe Queequeg as a creature in transition state

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becuase he is trying to get civilized but is not quite

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What role does fate play in the story

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fate compells Ishmael to sale,
Ahab believes it is his fate to kill Moby Dick

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A_________-Spout refers to the spout of a whale that dissappears once boats are lowered for him

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Spirit

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__________ is said to walk between life and death

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Ahab

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______________ is the hair turbaned leader of Ahab's secret crew

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Fedallah

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Ahab only stops for gams with

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boats know something about Moby Dick

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Of all the men in the whaleboat, the ________________ is said to be the one who makes or breaks the success of the voyage

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harpooner

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Stubb criticizes Fleece for the way he has cooked the

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steak

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The ______________ rests upon the crotch of the whale boat

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harpoon

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While tied to the side of the boat, the dead whale is eaten by swarms of __________

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Sharks