Google Classroom

Literary Movements

100

Which literary movement  has an emphasis on imagination and intuition?

Romanticism

200

This movement uses dialogue from different voices from around the country

Realism

300

This movement is highly experimental

Modernism

400

This movement focuses on nature as symbolism and spiritual.

Transcendentalism

500

This sub genre has characters at the mercy of forces outside their control

Dark/Gothic Romanticsim

Authors

100

This author wrote Walden.

Henry David Throeau

200

This author wrote The Masque of the Red Death.

Edgar Alan Poe

300

This author wrote The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

400

Which author wrote The Great Gatsby?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

500

This author wrote Huckleberry Finn.

Mark Twain

Literary Works

100

This book recounts living a solitary life in the woods in a self built cabin. 

Walden

200

This short story tells of a disease ridden community that locks themselves away.

The Masque of the Red Death

300

This play is about a murder investigation that highlights sexism. 

Trifles

400

This short story is about a woman who is not given proper care for her mental illness. 

The Yellow Wallpaper

500

This novel is about the roaring 20's and the American Dream. 

The Great Gatsby

Matching

100

This author wrote in the Transcendentalism movement

Henry David Thoreau

200

This author wrote in the modernism movement

F. Scott Fitzgerald. 

300

This author wrote in the Dark Romanticism movement

Edgar Alan Poe

400

These authors are representative of the beginning of the feminist literary movement. 

Susan Glaspell and Charlotte Perkins Gilman

500

This author represent the Realism movement. 

Mark Twain

Gatsby

100

  What is the primary symbolic significance of the Valley of Ashes?

It symbolizes the moral decay hidden beneath wealth and glamour.

200

  In The Great Gatsby, what does the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock primarily symbolize?

The hope and unattainability of the American Dream

300

  Which characters most clearly represents the careless behavior of the wealthy elite?

Tom and Daisy Buchanan

400

  Which literary device is most evident in the recurring eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?

Symbolism

500

  What is Fitzgerald’s overall critique of the American Dream in the novel?

The pursuit of wealth and status can corrupt moral values and lead to disillusionment.