Exam-Midterm Flashcards

1
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Herman Melville

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Anti-Transcendentalism

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2
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Dealt with the question of evil

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Anti-Transcendentalism

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3
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Believed the truths of existence are elusive

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Anti-Transcendentalism

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4
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Characters are more important than the plot

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American Realism

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5
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Concentration was on the middle class

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American Realism

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6
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Henry James

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American Realism

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7
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Mark Twain

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American Realism

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8
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Fireside Poets

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Transcendentalism

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9
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Emerson

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Transcendentalism

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10
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Believed nature was a doorway to a mystical world

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Transcendentalism

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11
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Was derived from immanuel kant

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Transcendentalism

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12
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Transparent eyeball

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Transcendentalism

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13
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Determinism

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Naturalism

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14
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Things happen to people like puppets

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Naturalism

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15
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Heavily influenced by Darwin

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Naturalism

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16
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Developed out of realism

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Naturalism

17
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Nature is indifferent

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Naturalism

18
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Dark and uncaring

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Anti-transcendentalism

19
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Deals with raw and unpleasant experiences

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Naturalism

20
Q

Known for Portrait of the Lady

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Henry James

21
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Changed the spelling of his last name to avoid guilt

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

22
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Who wrote The Open Boat

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Stephen Crane

23
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Endorsed grape juice

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Jack London

24
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Wrote a thousand words a day

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Jack London

25
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Who is credited with establishing naturalism

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Stephen Crane

26
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Wrote the Red Badge of Courage

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Stephen Crane

27
Q

Who wrote Ethan Frome

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Edith Wharton

28
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Cited for bravery 15 times during the Civil War

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Ambrose Bierce

29
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Banished in Mexico in 1913

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Ambrose Bierce

30
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Wrote Moby Dick

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Herman Melville

31
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Avid abolitionist

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Ralph Emerson

32
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Famous quote “to be great is to be misunderstood”

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Emerson

33
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Jailed because he wouldn’t pay taxes

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Thoreau

34
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Wrote Walden

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Thoreau

35
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Follower of Emerson

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Thoreau

36
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Wrote Billy Budd

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Herman Melville

37
Q

Wrote The Scarlet Letter

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

38
Q

Who was Samuel Clemens

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Mark Twain

39
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Died at 28

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Stephen Crane