Streetcar
We're All Cuckoo
Harlem
Authors
Lit Devices
100
The protagonist of the story
Who is Blanche DuBois
100
Narrator of the story
Who is Chief Bromden
100
The Harlem Renaissance began in this geographic location
What is the Northeastern United States or New York
100
This author is best known for poetic expression
Who is Langston Hughes
100
The literary device used in the title of Maya Angelou's story
What is metaphor (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
200
Blanche’s fear of death manifests itself in her fears of this
What is loss of beauty and death
200
The term “Acutes” in this story refers to these
Who are the curable patients
200
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement of this decade
What is the 1920's
200
This author wrote “A Streetcar Named Desire”
Who is Tennessee Williams
200
Eudora Welty’s story of the old woman making a journey on foot was told primarily using this literary device
What is imagery (class notes consisted of imagined mental pictures)
300
The style of the play could best be described as this
What is social realism
300
Chief has been a patient in the hospital for this length of time
What is 10 years
300
The definition of a Renaissance is literally this
What is a "rebirth"
300
This author wrote a biographical narrative about a courageous little girl
Who is Maya Angelou
300
A fundamental and universal idea explored in a literary work is known as this
What is a Theme
400
The reason Blanche gives for lying to herself and others
What is to make life appear as it should be rather than what it is
400
McMurphy arrives to the hospital after being here
What is a work farm
400
Many of the participants in this movements came from this geographic area
What is the Southern United States
400
The author’s inspiration for writing the novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”
What was injustice in an Oregon insane asylum
400
Objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts in a literary work
What are Symbols
500
The cause of the suicide of Blanche’s husband
What is Blanche’s disapproval of his homosexuality
500
The character who wanted McMurphy to join him in a rebellion
Who is Cheswick (against having cigarettes rationed)
500
Various art forms flourished during this time; among them were painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and this
What is new forms of Literature
500
The author who was persecuted for being a homosexual
Who was Tennessee Williams
500
McMurphy used a simile when he compare the therapy sessions as being like this
What is a "pecking party"
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