The increased regional nature of American fiction in the 1800s was caused by all of the following EXCEPT
Answer(s): E
Increased regionalism in American fiction was not caused by a lack of good transportation. In fact, American fiction became more regionally distinct despite improvements in transportation.
The fictional village of Starkfield, setting of Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome, is located in which state?
Answer(s): C
Ethan Frome is set in the village of Starkfield, in western Massachusetts.
Which of the following was a political radical who argued for women’s rights and against capitalism?
Emma Goldman was a Russian Jewish émigré who viewed the capitalist system as the source of oppression of all people, especially women.
Which author associated manhood and maturity with nonconformity?
In Self-Reliance, Emerson argues that individuals must answer to the truth they discover in their own hearts rather then blindly following the expectations of society. For Emerson, nonconformity is the sign of true moral maturity.
All of the following wrote of heroes wandering the open roads of America EXCEPT
Answer(s): B
Each of the authors listed wrote about lonely travelers of America’s open roads and wilderness except for Henry James, who focused instead on the moral and intellectual life of more settled Americans.
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