Question

Match the letter of the author with his or her description. Not all letters will be used.

A. Emily Dickinson
B. Sarah Orne Jewett
C. Mark Twain
D. Ambrose Bierce
E. Kate Chopin
F. Charles Waddell Chesnutt

1. I was the first African-American writer of the Realist movement. (1 point)

Answer:________________________

2. Literary scholars suggest that the realistic dialect and humor used by my characters, in addition to the many proverbs I coined, helped America find its national voice. (1 point)
Answer: ______________________

3. The following passage exemplifies my writing style:

I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us—don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog! (1 point)


Answer: ___________________


4. The following passage exemplifies my writing style.

The fighting had been hard and continuous; that was attested by all the senses. The very taste of battle was in the air. All was now over; it remained only to succor the wounded and bury the dead; to "tidy up a bit," as the humorist of a burial squad put it. A good deal of "tidying up" was required. As far as one could see through the forests, among the splintered trees, lay wrecks of men and horses. Among them moved the stretcher-bearers, gathering and carrying away the few who showed signs of life. Most of the wounded had died of neglect while the right to minister to their wants was in dispute. (1 point)

Answer 1

1. The first African-American writer of the Realist movement was Charles Waddell Chestnut. He wrote about the lives of freed slaves after the Civil War and presented their lives and the problems they faced truthfully and realistically. The correct answer is F.

2. The characters Huck Finn and Jim appear in the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- which was written by Mark Twain. The correct answer is C.

3. This poem was written by Emily Dickinson. Her poetry was marked by short lines and the use of dashes. The correct answer is A.

4. Ambrose Bierce was known for writing about the horrors of the Civil War. This line comes from one of his short stories on the same subject. The correct answer is D.

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