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Regionalism Test Flashcards

1
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What region did they write for?

Sherwood Anderson

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Mid-western

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2
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What region did they write for?

Sinclair Lewis

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Mid-western

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3
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What region did they write for?

James Thurber

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Mid-Western

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4
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What region did they write for?

Willa Cather

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Western

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5
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What region did they write for?

Bret Harte

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Western

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6
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What region did they write for?

Gertrude Simmons Bonnie

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Great Plains

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7
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What region did they write for? Harper Lee

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Southern

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8
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What region did they write for?

Kate Chopin

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Southern

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9
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What region did they write for?

Edith Wharton

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New England

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10
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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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New England

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11
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Born and raised in Jackson MS

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Eudora Welty

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12
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Had an eyeball injury as a child

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James Thurber

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13
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Born in savannah GA

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Flannery O’ Conner

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14
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Won Nobel Prize in 1962

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John Steinbeck

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15
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Part of the southern renaissance

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Eudora Welty

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16
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Writer, reporter, humorist, cartoonist

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James Thurber

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17
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Became a widow at 32

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Kate Chopin

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18
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Writing contained hypocrisy

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Flannery O Conner

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19
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Father died in a railroad accident

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Kate Chopin

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20
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Publishes first work at 11, but his family didn’t like it

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Bret Harte

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21
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Awarded the national institute of arts and letters gold medal for fiction in 1972

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Eudora Welty

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22
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A devout Christian who dealt with concepts of a man’s fall from grace

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Flannery O Conner

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23
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Worked as a messenger for Wells Fargo

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Bret Harte

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24
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Settings and plot often center around stories of mining camps and towns

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Bret Harte

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25
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Wrote about feelings specifically the feelings of women and their desire for independence

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Kate Chopin

26
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Characters seem monstrous

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Flannery O Conner

27
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Wrote A Yellow Dog

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Bret Harte

28
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Critics thought his work was too sentimental

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Bret Harte

29
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Received the gold medal of the national institute American academy of arts and letters for her body of work

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Willa Cather

30
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Lived in New York and Nebraska

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Willa Cather

31
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Robert Frost famous work

A

“The Gift Outright”

32
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Harriet Beecher Stowe famous work

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

33
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Edith Wharton famous work

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Ethan Frome

34
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William Faulkner famous work

A

As I Lay Dying

35
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Kate Chopin famous work

A

The Awakening

“The Story of an Hour”
“The Storm”
“Desiree’s Baby”
“A Pair of Silk Stockings”
“A Respectable Woman”
36
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Harper Lee famous work

A

To Kill a Mockingbird

37
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Flannery O Conner famous work

A

“A Good Man is Hard to Find”

“The Life you Save may be Your Own”
Wise Beard

38
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Eudora welty famous work

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“A Worn Path”
“Death of a Traveling Salesman”

“A Curtain of Green”
Delta Wedding

39
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James Thurber famous work

A

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

40
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Sherwood Anderson famous work

A

“Hands”

41
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Mark Twain famous work

A

Life on the Mississippi

42
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John Steinbeck famous work

A

Of Mice and Men
The Pearl
Grapes of Wrath

43
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Bret Harte famous work

A

“The Outcasts of Poker Flat”

“A Lonely Ride”
“A Yellow Dog”
“The Luck of Roaring Camp”
“The Mermaid of Lighthouse Point”

44
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Willa Cather famous work

A

“A Wagner Matinee”

O Pioneers!

45
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wrote “Death of a Traveling Salesman”

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Eudora Welty

46
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wrote O Pioneers!

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Willa Cather

47
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wrote Grapes of Wrath

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John Steinbeck

48
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wrote “A Good Man is Hard to Find”

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Flannery O Conner

49
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setting of “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”

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the south, Alabama; 1950’s

50
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Who is Mr. Shiftlet and what does he do?

A

he is a carpenter; he goes to Mrs. Crater to fix her house/fence in exchange for a place to sleep and food; he fixes the car and ends up marrying Mrs. Crater’s daughter but leaves her will traveling on their honeymoon

51
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A Worn Path basics

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  • setting is December 1930’s in Natchez MS
  • story involves an elderly woman who periodically goes along a worn path to the city
  • on her journey she exhibits humor, determination, courage, resourcefulness, and unselfishness
  • Phoenix is a mythical Egyptian bird that never dies. It rises from its own ashes after consuming itself in flames
  • her character is revealed to the reader through her words and actions
  • the first paragraph focuses on Phoenix’s age
52
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Name New England authors

A

Robert Frost, Edith Wharton, Harriet Beecher Stowe

53
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Name Southern authors

A

Harper Lee, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, Flannery O Connor, Eudora Welty

54
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Name Western authors

A

Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Bret Harte, Willa Cather

55
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Great Plains author

A

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

56
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Great Plains author

A

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

57
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Bret Harte style

A

he is considered a local color writing
his setting and plot often center around the story’s mining camps and towns
his characters were often eccentric
his plots were considered by most to be most whimsical

58
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Common regionalism characters

A
  • tend to be of the district or region rather than the individual; characters may become character types; sometimes quaint or stereotypical
  • are marked by their adherence to the old ways by dialect and personality traits particular to the region
59
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What did Bret Harte invent?

A

Stereotypical western character

60
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3 Bret Harte characters

A

John Oakhurst: the protagonist, professional gambler, believes in luck and fate
The Duchess: forced out of poker flat, treats piney woods with great care, dies holding her
Mother Shipton:
prostitute forced out of poker flat, Starves to death to make sure that piney woods doesn’t

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