Unit+7+Test+Review

American Literature Unit 7 Test Review = = This test has 65 multiple-choice questions.

=Questions 1-8 deal with Modernism in general (see notes and unit introduction).=

=Questions 9-11 deal with Pound and his imagist poems= =Questions 12-18 deal with “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”= Questions 19-21 deal with Williams and his imagist poems Questions 22-25 deal with Gertrude Stein and a poem of hers Questions 26-30 deal with Sandburg and two of his poems Questions 31-33 deal with Millay and “Recuerdo” Questions 34-35 deal with Langston Hughes Question 36 deals with e e cummings Question 37 deals with “since feeling is first” Questions 38-40 deal with “r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r” Questions 41-42 deal with “next to of course god america i” Questions 43-46 deal with “anyone lived in a pretty how town” Questions 47-48 deal with “rain or hail” =Questions 49-51 deal with Robert Frost= Questions 51-54 deal with “Mending Wall” Questions 55-60 deal with “Provide Provide” Questions 61-65 deal with Hemingway, “In Another Country” and “Indian Camp”

There is an extra-credit section that is different from any we’ve had before. It will involve short answers and short essays dealing with a work of literature you’ve never seen before. There are two selections, and you may write about both, but I’d rather you do a good job on one than rush through both.

Modernism 1910-1930

“Make it New” – break from old rules/traditions

Lost Generation – expatriates

Confusion & Despair

loss of faith in everything

government

society

religion

relationships

communication

medical profession

(everything except the individual)

Detached Narration/Characters

Influence of Psychology

Stream of Consciousness

Fragmentary

Reader Participates in Creating Meaning/Emotion

Imagism 1910-1918

Subcategory of Modernism

Short poems without extra words: words are not used

decoratively

Conveys a visual image without extra words

Poets are “painting” with words

Any plot is through the image, not words

Any emotion is through the image, not words

Any theme is through the image, not words

Absolute precision in conveying an individual image

Central, radically unique metaphor

American Literature Unit 7 Test Example Questions

1. This unit covers the time period: a. 1901-1950 b. 1910-1930

c. 1865-1890 d. the entire 20th century e. 1874-1900

2. The modernist movement sought to a. break with more traditional literary ideas and methods b. express a profound love of nature c. reflect the characteristics of a specific region of the country d. express idealism, patriotism and optimism e. support political causes

3. Pound’s “Erat Hora” is about a. a rat b. the end of a relationship c. modern art

d. a trip on a boat

e. the Greek gods and goddesses

Let us go through certain half-deserted streets The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells

4. This passage reveals the idea that: a. the food in restaurants tastes like sawdust b. society is in a state of decay c. this is an imagist poem d. world war two was devastating e. Prufrock is attracted to a woman

5. e.e. cumming's poem "r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r" is about: a. nothing; he's experimenting with sound b. the way words can be jumbled c. the chaos and confusion of World War one d. the reorganization of society e. the motion of an insect

one day anyone died I guess (and noone stooped to kiss his face) busy folk buried them side by side little by little and was by was

6. What does this passage reveal about people's reaction to the couple's deaths? a. they were concerned enough to give them a decent burial b. they were too busy to care c. they appreciated love enough to bury them next to each other d. they barely noticed the deaths e. b and d

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.

7. What is the "something" that doesn't love a wall? a. Robert Frost b. the speaker c. hunters

d. the neighbor e. nature/God

8. Hemingway’s “Indian Camp” shows what kind of problems? a. Poverty b. loss of culture c. sexism/racism

d. lack of communication

e. all of the above

9. In this story, the rowboats, oars and ax may stand for: a. the attempts of whites to live like Indians b. the attempts of Indians to live like whites c. the loss of a people’s traditional culture d. b and c e. none of the above

10.What does the doctor describe as “unimportant”? a. the bill for his services b. the woman’s screams c. the difference between an oar and a paddle

d. his son’s education e. the Indian’s suicide

11. What does Nick think at the very end of this story? a. that he wants to be a doctor b. that he hopes his mom never has another baby c. that he loves his dad a lot d. that he will die someday e. none of the above