HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
What topic is environmental literature MOST likely to explore?
the cultural significance of landscapes across societies
Which mechanism of critique do both utopian and dystopian environmental narratives use?
irony
Which book award did Solar Storms win?
Colorado Book Award for Fiction
How old is Angel at the start of the Solar Storms?
seventeen
Why does a young Angel return to her mother in the prologue of Solar Storms?
The county rules to return her.
Early environmental texts in the United States can be traced back to the
Transcendentalist movement
Which work is NOT an example of a dystopia?
The Dispossessed
Which event inspired Solar Storms?
James Bay Project
Why does Dora-Rouge travel north with Angel in Solar Storms?
to return to her homeland
Why does Agnes kill a bear in Solar Storms?
to free it from its misery
Early environmental texts in England were MOST closely linked to the
Romantic period
In the early 1800s, many artists and writers were disappointed in the English government’s
treatment of lower classes
The James Bay Project constructed a dam on
La Grande River
In Solar Storms, what does Angel see in her dreams?
plants and medicine
When Frenchie asks about her scars, Angel
breaks a mirror
Why did the Sumerian King attack nature in The Epic of Gilgamesh?
to assuage his fear of death
What did key Romantic era poets believe was the purpose of poetry?
to inspire people to enact justice
The James Bay Project did NOT
contaminate local water sources
Who is romantically involved with Tommy in Solar Storms?
Angel
What is a “manitou” in Anishinaabe cosmology?
spirit
Environmental dystopias MOST often include
post-apocalyptic imagery
Which of the following poets is NOT associated with the Romantic era?
Edmund Spenser
What kind of story is a Bildungsroman?
coming-of-age narrative
Whose mourning feast does the prologue of Solar Storms describe?
Angel’s
Where does Bush find a newborn Angel after she is lost?
in a tree