Spring 2013

Final Exam Review

Zora Neale Hurston“Dust Tracks on the Road” is an example of:• Autobiograpy

Zora described her personality as:• Bold and brazen

Zora caught the attention of the visiting white ladies with her:• Excellent reading skills

Zora Neale HurstonThe white ladies sent Zora:• Clothes and books

_____ were her favorite gift.• The books

Zora really liked stories about:• Mythology and bloody battles

Langston Hughes and Countee CullenHughes and Cullen were major poets of:• The Harlem Renaissance

Their poems focused on issues of:• Race and cultural identity

The ModernistsDue to the influence of two World Wars and a Great Depression, Modernists believed that the world was a place that was:• Spiritually barren, empty of meaning

T.S. Eliot and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” what does he dare not do?• Eat a peachOf what two things is he so afraid?• What other people think and DEATHIn what sad way has he measuredhis life?• In coffee-spoons

ImagistsImagists use ______ to create their poems.• “Word pictures”_____ and _____ were important American poets who were part of the Imagist movement.• Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams_____ was more important than quantity.• Quality

“A Rose for Emily”William Faulkner was known for his stream of consciousness writing, jumbled time sequences and his _____ sentences.• Page-longMiss Emily irritates the town by:• Not paying taxes• Strange smells from her house• Associating with a low-born Yankee

“A Rose for Emily”Shortly after Emily purchases _____ Homer Barron disappears.• ArsenicYears later, after her death, the community finds:• Homer’s body in an upstairs bedroomWhat is particularly gruesome is the fact that:• She slept with the rotting

body for years!

Alice Walker and “Everyday Use”

Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, _____:• GeorgiaShe was the daughter of ______:• SharecroppersAfter a terrible accident with a BB gun, she managed to become valedictorian, prom queen, and then attend _____ College• Spelman

Alice Walker and “Everyday Use”Dee/Wangero returns home to:• Take family artifacts such as quilts because

they’re now “cool” and valuableMaggie, her sister, loves the quilts because:• They represent familyMaggie is willing to give up the quilts because:• She never wins….Dee/Wangero always doesMama has a realization and decides that:• Maggie will take the quilts

F. Scott FitzgeraldFitzgerald’s father lost his business, but through his mother he was able to attend prep school. Even though he was the poor boy, he managed to win friends through his:• Writing abilitiesBeing a football star at Princeton was out of the question, but despite his writing success he was kicked out due to too much:• Partying

F. Scott FitzgeraldFitzgerald’s fiancée, Zelda, broke off the engagement when he landed a $35/week job in NYC. What did he do to win her back?• Wrote This Side of ParadiseWhen their partying lifestyle got out of control they moved to:• France, where it continuedFitzgerald wrote ____ there.• The Great Gatsby

F. Scott FitzgeraldAt age 28, Zelda was hospitalized after deciding to become a professional:• BallerinaShe was eventually diagnosed with:• Schizophrenia and institutionalized

“The Great Gatsby”

The story is set during which decade?• The Roaring Twenties_____ is the 1st person narrator.• Nick CarrawayHe is _____ cousin.• Daisy’s

“The Great Gatsby”Nick and Gatsby both live in:• West Egg, while Daisy lives in:• East EggDaisy’s husband Tom has a mistress____:• MyrtleThey have a secret apartment in ___ where she keeps the _____ Tom bought her on the street.• NYC/puppy

“The Great Gatsby”Gatsby said his money was from:• FamilyWolfsheim said he:• Made Gatsby what he wasWolfsheim had cufflinks made of:• Human teethWhat might we assume about Gatsby’s money?• Criminal enterprise

And the rest…

Vocabulary #1050 questions total=100 point Final Exam

Don’t be lazy like these cats!Study!!!!!!