Voices of Modernism (1920s to 1940s) Test
Read the following passage from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway. "It was cold in the fall in Milan and the dark came very early. Then the electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows. There was much game hanging outside the shops, and the snow powdered in the fur of the foxes and the wind blew their tails." Which part of the passage is the best example of imagery?
"...the snow powdered in the fur of the foxes..."
Match the author with the description. A. Ernest Hemingway B. John Steinbeck C. Robert Frost D. Langston Hughes
*John Steinbeck:* Summers spent in Pacific Grove, California, influenced the symbolism in his literature. *Robert Frost:* His poetry includes simple, direct language. Many of his poems are dramatic monologues written in free verse that are about life on New England farms. *Ernest Hemingway:* The mood and tone of his literature was largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in World War I. *Langston Hughes:* His poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms that give his primarily African American characters distinctive voices.
Struggling to its feet, the newborn deer wobbled in the grass next to its mother. Which word does the participial phrase modify?
Deer.
In Ernest Hemingway's short story "In Another Country," why does the narrator see himself as different from the other wounded soldiers who visit the hospital?
He believes the wounded soldiers are heroic and he is not.
Identify the *underlined* portion of the following sentence. *Jacob had to buy a new cell phone* after dropping his old one in the pool.
Independent clause.
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence below. Making coffee may not be as easy as you think.
Making coffee.
Decide whether the sentence below contains a misplaced and/or dangling modifier or no error. They spotted a pod of killer whales driving along the ocean highway.
Misplaced.
Match the meaning with the correct prefix. *A.* ambi- *B.* ex- *C.* re- *D.* sym-
Out of, from: *B* On both sides: *A* Same: *D* Again, back: *C*
Identify the definition of renaissance.
Rebirth.
Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Seeing the massive shark, the divers swam quickly to the surface and scrambled into the boat.
Seeing the massive shark.
Read the following passage from "Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "I'm delighted," Marion said vehemently. "Now at least you can go into a store without their assuming you're a millionaire." What does the word vehemently indicate about Marion's tone?
She spoke forcefully.
Identify the *underlined* portion of the following sentence. Cross-country skiing is one of the best cardiovascular activities *that you can do.*
Subordinate clause.
The pitcher, cradling the baseball in his mitt, sized up the young batter at the plate. Which of the following statements about the sentence is true?
The sentence needs commas because the participial phrase is nonessential.
In Ralph Ellison's "The Black Ball," why does the narrator of the story lie to Mr. Berry when he asks why the man was there?
To protect the man and himself.
Recall that a participle is a verb form that is used as an adjective. A participial phrase is a participle with its modifiers and complements used as an adjective. Identify the present participle in the sentence. The winning team received a trophy after a game.
Winning.
Which conflict had a major influence on modernist writers?
World War I
Match the literary term with its correct definition. When objects, persons, or objects in a story are used as symbols...
allegory.
Match the literary term with its correct definition. A clever statement that communicates a truth...
aphorism.
Match the literary term with its correct definition. An author's word choice...
diction.
Read the following passage from "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck. ... The reader can infer from this passage that men in Elisa's time and place...
enjoyed more freedom than women.
The Harlem renaissance was the result of African Americans moving north to...
escape segregation.
An example of irony in "Mending Wall" is when the speaker of the poem...
helps fix the wall even though he does not think a wall is necessary.
Match the literary term with its correct definition. When a story begins in the middle of the action...
in medias res.
Match the literary term with its correct definition. A direct comparison that does not use the words like, as, or than...
metaphor.
The narrator in Langston Hughes's short story "Why, You Reckon?" agrees to rob a white person because he...
needs money to buy something to eat.
Read the following passage from "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck. "I'm off my general road, ma'am," he said. "Does this dirt road cut over across the river to the Los Angeles highway?" Elisa stood up and shoved the thick scissors in her apron pocket. "Well, yes, it does, but it winds around and then fords the river. I don't think your team could pull through the sand." He replied with some asperity: "It might surprise you what them beasts can pull through." The fact that the man replied to Elisa with asperity shows that Elisa's comment about his horses...
offended him.
Read the following passage from "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck. ... Elisa reveals a challenging attitude in the manner in which she...
raises her lip and shows her teeth.
In the title of the story "Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Babylon is a metaphor for...
the life of wealth and excess that Charlie once led in Paris.
