Regionalism Test

Question 1

What region did they write for?

Sherwood Anderson

Answer 1

Mid-western

Question 2

What region did they write for?

Sinclair Lewis

Answer 2

Mid-western

Question 3

What region did they write for?

James Thurber

Answer 3

Mid-Western

Question 4

What region did they write for?

Willa Cather

Answer 4

Western

Question 5

What region did they write for?

Bret Harte

Answer 5

Western

Question 6

What region did they write for?

Gertrude Simmons Bonnie

Answer 6

Great Plains

Question 7

What region did they write for? Harper Lee

Answer 7

Southern

Question 8

What region did they write for?

Kate Chopin

Answer 8

Southern

Question 9

What region did they write for?

Edith Wharton

Answer 9

New England

Question 10

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Answer 10

New England

Question 11

Born and raised in Jackson MS

Answer 11

Eudora Welty

Question 12

Had an eyeball injury as a child

Answer 12

James Thurber

Question 13

Born in savannah GA

Answer 13

Flannery O’ Conner

Question 14

Won Nobel Prize in 1962

Answer 14

John Steinbeck

Question 15

Part of the southern renaissance

Answer 15

Eudora Welty

Question 16

Writer, reporter, humorist, cartoonist

Answer 16

James Thurber

Question 17

Became a widow at 32

Answer 17

Kate Chopin

Question 18

Writing contained hypocrisy

Answer 18

Flannery O Conner

Question 19

Father died in a railroad accident

Answer 19

Kate Chopin

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Bret Harte

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Eudora Welty

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Flannery O Conner

Question 23

Worked as a messenger for Wells Fargo

Answer 23

Bret Harte

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Bret Harte

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Kate Chopin

Question 26

Characters seem monstrous

Answer 26

Flannery O Conner

Question 27

Wrote A Yellow Dog

Answer 27

Bret Harte

Question 28

Critics thought his work was too sentimental

Answer 28

Bret Harte

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Willa Cather

Question 30

Lived in New York and Nebraska

Answer 30

Willa Cather

Question 31

Robert Frost famous work

Answer 31

“The Gift Outright”

Question 32

Harriet Beecher Stowe famous work

Answer 32

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 33

Edith Wharton famous work

Answer 33

Ethan Frome

Question 34

William Faulkner famous work

Answer 34

As I Lay Dying

Question 35

Kate Chopin famous work

Answer 35

The Awakening ``` “The Story of an Hour” “The Storm” “Desiree’s Baby” “A Pair of Silk Stockings” “A Respectable Woman” ```

Question 36

Harper Lee famous work

Answer 36

To Kill a Mockingbird

Question 37

Flannery O Conner famous work

Answer 37

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” “The Life you Save may be Your Own” Wise Beard

Question 38

Eudora welty famous work

Answer 38

“A Worn Path” "Death of a Traveling Salesman" “A Curtain of Green” Delta Wedding

Question 39

James Thurber famous work

Answer 39

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

Question 40

Sherwood Anderson famous work

Answer 40

“Hands”

Question 41

Mark Twain famous work

Answer 41

Life on the Mississippi

Question 42

John Steinbeck famous work

Answer 42

Of Mice and Men The Pearl Grapes of Wrath

Question 43

Bret Harte famous work

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Willa Cather famous work

Answer 44

“A Wagner Matinee” | O Pioneers!

Question 45

wrote "Death of a Traveling Salesman"

Answer 45

Eudora Welty

Question 46

wrote O Pioneers!

Answer 46

Willa Cather

Question 47

wrote Grapes of Wrath

Answer 47

John Steinbeck

Question 48

wrote "A Good Man is Hard to Find"

Answer 48

Flannery O Conner

Question 49

setting of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"

Answer 49

the south, Alabama; 1950's

Question 50

Who is Mr. Shiftlet and what does he do?

Answer 50

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

Question 51

A Worn Path basics

Answer 51

- 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

Question 52

Name New England authors

Answer 52

Robert Frost, Edith Wharton, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 53

Name Southern authors

Answer 53

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

Question 54

Name Western authors

Answer 54

Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Bret Harte, Willa Cather

Question 55

Great Plains author

Answer 55

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

Question 56

Great Plains author

Answer 56

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin

Question 57

Bret Harte style

Answer 57

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

Question 58

Common regionalism characters

Answer 58

- 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

Question 59

What did Bret Harte invent?

Answer 59

Stereotypical western character

Question 60

3 Bret Harte characters

Answer 60

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