3rd 9wks
11th American Literature
Make –up
Summative Evaluation 3rd 9wks
R. Moore
Name: _____________________________
Date: ______________________________
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING BY SELECTING THE LETTER THAT BEST
ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
1. The literary movement in which writers wrote realistic detailed
studies of everyday life which were inspired by their own local region
is called
a. Naturalism
b. Transcendentalism
c. Regionalism
2. This group of writers wrote about the social, economical and
environmental forces that shape people’s lives. They also were also
influenced by scientists like Charles Darwin.
a. Naturalism
b. Transcendentalism
c. Realism
3. Which historical event below is often used to mark the beginning of
Realism in literature?
a. World War I
b. The American Revolution
c. The Civil War
4. Realist tried to
a. Stress the importance of individuality
b. Portray life as it actually is
c. Stress the importance of God in one’s life
5. ____ was influenced by Charles Darwin
a. Realist
b. Regionalist
c. Naturalist
6. Which of the following literary periods held the philosophy
characters had no choice and their lives were governed by external
and internal forces beyond their control?
a. Realist
b. Regionalist
c. Naturalist
7. Which of the following was a Regionalist?
a. Freddrick Douglass
b. Nathaniel Hawthorne
c. Mark Twain
8. Colloquial/Vernacular language is
a. Informal speech that people use in everyday language
b. Language used by highly intelligent writers
c. Formal speech use for writing
9. Nature as an indifferent force to man is a belief of
a. Naturalist
b. Regionalist
c. Both a and b
10. Major themes of regionalism dealt with
a. Man vs Nature
b. Man vs Man
c. Urban ways vs Old-fashioned rural values
11. Regionalism wrote stories about ___ that focused on
characters,____, etc of a particular region.
a. Nature, divine soul
b. Local color, dialect
c. Reason, intellect
12. Which group wrote about ill-educated / lower class characters?
a. Realist
b. Regionalist
c. Naturalist
13. This group uses characters that are often stereotypes with personality
traits central to the region.
a. Realist
b. Regionalist
c. Naturalist
14. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Naturalism?
a. All forms of being are spiritually united.
b. Nature is indifferent to the fate of mankind.
c. Man is subject to forces outside of his control.
d. Survival of the fittest.
15. This story is an example of Regionalism for all of the following reasons except
e. It has local color
f. It contains dialect.
g. It contains realistic, well-developed characters
h. It contains stereo-typed characters
16. Which of the following in an example of local color from the story?
a. the mention of a flume
b. the camp meetings
c. dog fights and frog jumping contests
d. all of the above
17. When Jim Smiley starts talking, the tone switches from
a. formal to informal
b. serious to sentimental
c. humorous to serious
d. informal to formal
18. Simon Wheeler views his stories as
a. funny
b. ridiculous
c. serious
d. sad
19. In “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”, the first speaker goes to
Simon Wheeler because he is asked to
a. record the chronicles of Jim Smiley
b. learn where he can buy a good frog
c. find a Reverend Leonidas W. Smiley
d. find a guide to help him find gold
20.
Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” was set in
a. California
b. Yukon
c. Antartica
21.
The prevalent feelings and sights in the beginning of the selection are
1. Cheerful & Bright
2. Gloomy & Gray
3. Both a & b
22.
Indian ice walker Which of the following events in the selection describes
the ultimate/ final outcome of the man’s struggle against the frigid
weather?
a. He builds a fire to dry his wet feet, then continues his trek.
b. He runs all the way to the camp, even though his feet are
frozen.
c. He stops running, falls asleep, and freezes to death
23.
Naturalism, as reflected in “To Build a Fire,” holds that
a. Human beings are subject to forces beyond their control.
b. Close observation of nature requires a scientific approach.
c. Animals and human beings can learn to respect each other.