This famous author was born in Missouri and was once a river boat pilot
Who is Mark Twain?
100
This literary movement seeks to depict the gritty experiences of real life through fiction.
What is realism?
100
This is the lieutenant's fate in "An Episode of War"
What is his arm is amputated?
100
A rambling is told about this "notorious" animal from Calaveras County.
What is a jumping frog?
100
This term refers to a character who is meant to represent a stereotype or specific character trait.
What is a stock character?
200
This author is known for a famous story about the Old West
Who is Bret Harte?
200
One belief of this movement is that forces greater than humans control the natural world.
What is naturalism?
200
The words "four score and seven years ago" appeared in which famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln?
What is The Gettysburg Address?
200
All of the poems in Spoon River anthology are narrated by people from Spoon River. What do all of these people have in common?
What is they are dead?
200
Mark Twain would consider "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" to be a work of _____, which differs from a comic story.
What is humor?
300
This author never fought in the Civil War, but wrote a famous novel about the Civil War called The Red Badge of Courage.
Who is Stephen Crane?
300
This movement sought to portray the atmosphere and culture of particular areas in the U.S.
What is regionalism?
300
The excerpt from "My Bondage, My Freedom" explains Frederick Douglass's experiences in learning this:
What is how to read?
300
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard has this condition helps to explain the ending of "The Story of an Hour"
What is a heart condition?
300
It is _____ that Mrs. Mallard dies in "The Story of an Hour", when it is originally believed that her husband is dead.
What is ironic?
400
This author was born in St. Louis, later moved to New Orleans, and wrote a controversial novel known as The Awakening?
Who is Kate Chopin?
400
This is a form of realism which attempts to portray the inner workings of a character's mind.
What is psychological realism?
400
The Civil War was the first war that could be viewed by citizens through ___________, which was a recent innovation at the time.
What is photography?
400
What is the fate of John Oakhurst in "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"?
What is he shoots himself through the heart?
400
The man in "To Build a Fire" has been warned not to travel alone in weather that is 50 degrees below zero. This is detail _____ the man's eventual death.
What is foreshadows?
500
This poet created a fictitious town known as Spoon River as the setting for his volume of poetry.
Who is Edgar Lee Masters?
500
This term is used to identify speech patterns and different pronunciations of words in the English language. It is often used with regionalism.
What is dialect?
500
General Robert E. Lee chose to fight for the Confederacy because of this reason.
What is he could not fight against his home state (Virginia)?
500
Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote a poem to praise this famous abolitionist
Who is Frederick Douglass?
500
The "jumping frog" part of "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" could be called the interior story. The _____ story is actually about an unnamed narrator searching for the Reverend Leonidas Smiley.