This is the war that was going on during this story.
What is the Vietnam War.
100
This is the person who wrote his memoir.
Who is Primo Levi.
100
This is the number of seniors who graduated this year.
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100
This is who wrote this.
Who is MLK Jr.
100
These are the years that Contemporary Literature is categorized under?
What is 1940- Present.
200
This is the number of American soldiers who died during the war of this time.
What is approximately 58,000.
200
Which war did this happen in?
What is World War II.
200
This is what Great Gatsby really had a LOT of.
What is imagery, symbolism.
200
These are the laws that the people were trying to overturn.
What is the Jim Crow Laws
200
This is the war that took place at the "start" of the contemporary literature era.
What is World War II.
300
This is the problems the young man was facing when he got back from war.
What is PTSD; stress, anger, isolation, etc.
300
This is how Primo Levi wrote this story, the tone he wrote in.
What is detached, objective and unbiased.
300
American Literature is influenced DIRECTLY by what?
What are events in history.
300
This is the type of protest that people wanted to do for their equal rights.
What is peaceful protest.
300
This war came next after WWII.
What is the Cold War.
400
Henry and Lyman bought the red car for this reason.
Answers may vary,
400
This is the camp where he was at (the author) and where it was located.
What is Auschwitz and Poland.
400
This is why people write literature.
What is to make a change, have an impact on the people, inform others, entertain...
400
This is what the African Americans wanted via protesting.
What is equality, freedom. Ability to reach the American Dream.
400
This was the most recent war that contemporary literature reflected.
What is The Vietnam War.
500
This is the reason why it's important to write literature about wars.
The answers may vary.
500
This is how they chose who lived and who died.
This is why it was ridiculous and absurd.
What is had them run and motioned to the left or right.
This was absurd because they didn't look long enough to assess them properly and made many "mistakes".
500
James Gatsby did this in order to get Daisy.
What is became what she wanted to be; the ideal man and the dream of what he thought she would want.
500
This is why it is important to read about this particular time in history.
Answers may vary.
500
This was a movement during the 50's and had a huge impact on what it meant to be an American.