Modern Movement Test Flashcards

1
Q

Most famous expatriate

A

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway

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2
Q

Attended Harvard but quit after 2 years

A

John Steinbeck

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3
Q

First American to win the Nobel Prize

A

Sinclair Lewis

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4
Q

Wrote “Birches”

A

Robert Frost

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5
Q

Married Zelda

A

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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6
Q

Decided to be a writer at 14

A

John Steinbeck

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7
Q

Coined the term “The Jazz Age”

A

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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8
Q

Wrote Of Mice and Men

A

John Steinbeck

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9
Q

Believed poetry should be complex and difficult

A

T.S. Eliot

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10
Q

Famous for writing about laborers and the depression

A

John Steinbeck

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11
Q

The most important poem of the century and who wrote it?

A

T.S. Elliot, entitled “The Wasteland”

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12
Q

Who was heavily influenced by the psychological field?

A

William Faulkner

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13
Q

What lit term means the natural flow of the characters thoughts?

A

Stream of consciousness

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14
Q

Harlem renaissance was a movement in ________ where _______ began to create their own literary renaissance in ________(date)

A

Harlem, New York where African American in 1921

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15
Q

Poetry movement that is dominant

A

Dramatic Monologue-Imaginism

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16
Q

What is Fitzgerald known for capturing?

A

The gaiety and emptiness of the roaring 20s in his writing

17
Q

What Fitzgerald’s masterpiece was?

A

The Great Gatsby

18
Q

T.S. Elliot won _____ in ______(year)

A

Nobel Prize in 1948

19
Q

The early 20th century is often referred to as _______.

A

Age of Elliot

20
Q

A movement in art and literature that began in Europe in the 1920s that wanted to replace realism

A

Surrealism

21
Q

major content concepts of the modern movement

A

Content of Modernism and Genre/style

22
Q

2 authors that earned awards during this movement

A

T.S. Eliot and John Steinbeck

23
Q

In Winter Dream, Judy says “I’m more beautiful than anyone else. Why can’t I be happy?” What is the significance of this quote?

A

Judy illustrates the jazz age here. She feels entitled and perfect,yet so empty

24
Q

What are the 4 types of conflicts?

A

Society
Man
Nature
Himself

25
Q

Divergence

A

Variance; difference

26
Q

Elation

A

Celebration

27
Q

Ludicrous

A

Laughable; absurd

28
Q

Malicious

A

Intentionally hurtful

29
Q

Mirth

A

Joyfulness

30
Q

Petulance

A

Irritability; impatience

31
Q

Perturbation

A

Feeling of alarm

32
Q

Plaintive

A

Expressing suffering

33
Q

Reserve

A

Self-restrain

34
Q

Turbulence

A

Irregular behavior