Shorter Selections
2 Part Questions
1. Who is the author of "The River" ?
2. She was one of the most famous writers that combines American Souther settings with grotesque themes. What is the name of this theme?
1. Flannery O'Connor
2. Southern Gothic
Who is the main character (the protagonist) of Sea Wolf?
Humphrey Van Weyden
What does the Ghost represent?
(Symbolism)
Represents a life of hardship
(robs the men on board from their freedom)
What is London's possible father's name?
William Chaney
What was the Age of Discovery for literature?
An era focused on exploration, colonization, and adventures on the sea.
2 part questions
1. What is the name of the work created by John Cheever?
2. Where does this book take place (the setting)?
1. "The Swimmer"
2. The setting takes place in a wealthy suburban neighborhood in New York's Westchester County.
Captain Wolf Larsen was written in criticism of . . .
(London disagreed with this person's philosophy)
Nietzsche
Give an example that shows how the crew members in the Ghost trusts Van Weyden even after witnessing who were part of the mutiny
(Chapter 15)
After Van Weyden vows to keep his mouth shut, the mutineers agree that he’s alright and trusts him.
What is the name of the female author who worked with Jack London
Anna Strunsky
Where does New York 2140 take place in, and what's the problem in that place?
Takes place in a future where New York City has been ravaged by rising sea levels.
1. After what purchase did the Mississippi Delta attract thousands of American farmers who traveled west and plant the land?
2. Where did the idiom, "sold down the river," come from?
1. Louisiana Purchase
2. It came from the common practice of selling enslaved people from the Upper South to the Deep South by way of Mississippi.
1. Which character exemplifies class struggle?
2. Who is Wolf Larsen's brother?
1. Mugridge (the cook)
2. Death Larsen
Who are the characters that represent that goodness does not always win against the face of evil?
When did Jack London die and at what age?
1916; at the age of 40
How is water considered a feminine symbol
Life originates from water: Birth
Name the title of this poem:
For all their loafing on the levee,
Unperturbedly spendthrift of time,
Greeting the big boat swinging in the curve
"Do it, Mister Pilot! Do, it, Big Boy!"
Beneath their dark laughter
Roaring like a flood roars, swung into a spillwater
"Children of the Mississippi"
- How you know?
= levee + spillwater -> key terms
In what ship was Van Weyden first aboard on?
The Martinez
Who influenced the development of the character, Wolf Larsen?
(inspiration for the antagonist of the story)
Alexander McLean
Where would Jack London oftenly go to during his time at Berkley?
Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland
Captain Blood: His Odyssey is an example of what century?
Twentieth Century
What are sharecroppers?
Farmers who could not afford their own supplies and therefore had to pay the landowner in a share of their crops
What do Van Weyden and Maud Brewster name the island?
The Endeavor Island
What is the primary setting of the Sea Wolf?
(more geographical)
North Pacific Ocean
Which president had to interfere to bring London back to the United States after he was arrested in Japan and Korea?
President Theodore Roosevelt
The popularity of water narratives in the nineteenth century gave birth to a new genre of literature
(List 2 names)
Possible Answers
1. Nautical Fiction
2. Naval
3. Sea
4. Maritime Fiction