1. Blast From The Past Symbolism Modernism The Roaring ‘20s Character
Eleanor M. Savko
Blast From
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Symbolism
Modernism
11/14/2018
The Roaring
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2. This writer was known as the “Father of Transcendentalism”

3. Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?

4. Name two ways that Realism differed from Romanticism

5. Common men as heroes. Vernacular/slang in language
Common men as heroes. Vernacular/slang in language. Not all happy endings. Focus on contemporary settings and speech.

6. This writer was famous for his “gothic” and often scary short stories (and was part of Romanticism)

7. Who is Edgar Allen Poe?

8. Transcendentalists believed that ____ is the gateway to the spiritual world…

9. What is Nature?

10. This is the real name of Mark Twain

11. What is Samuel Clemens

12. This color is associated with Gatsby more than any other in the novel.

13. What is Blue?

14. The eyes of this man stand for the judgmental eyes of God.

15. Who is Dr. T.J. Eckelburg?

16. In the final chapters of Gatsby, the weather becomes ----.

17. What is Hotter and hotter?

18. This symbol is used in “Gatsby” to represent the extravagance and danger of modern technology.

19. What is The Automobile?

20. The Valley of Ashes was inspired by this famous poem by T.S. Eliot

21. What is “The Waste Land”?

22. This Modernist writer is known for his short, no-nonsense sentences.

23. Who is Ernest Hemingway?

24. This literary technique, a hallmark of Modernism, lets you into the subjective mind of a character.

25. What is Stream-of-Consciousness?

26. This is the name given by Gertrude Stein to Fitzgerald and his compatriots.

27. What is the “Lost Generation”?

28. The name of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s equally famous wife…

29. Who is Zelda Sayres (then Fitzgerald)?

30. Like Fitzgerald, this Modernist painter had an obsession with time – which he often represented with melting clocks.

31. Who is Salvador Dali?

32. These men were known for making and selling illegal alcohol during Prohibition.

33. What are Bootleggers?

34. Some women of the 1920s wore their hair short, rejected traditions, and were known by this name

35. What is the “flapper”?

36. This new invention allowed for mass-communication for the first time.

37. What is the Radio?

38. This Hollywood actor was known for his silent comedies/satires and playing a character known as “The Tramp.”

39. Who was Charlie Chaplin?

40. The over-purchase of stocks and over-purchase of consumer goods on “credit,” with money people didn’t have, led to this major event in 1929 (be specific).

41. What is The Stock Market Crash (known as Black Tuesday)?

42. Daisy and Tom recently returned from a trip to this European city (just like the actual Fitzgeralds), which was the center of “expat” culture

43. What is Paris?

44. Jordan Baker allegedly cheated at her professional sport by doing this.

45. What is moving her ball during a golf tournament?

46. Nick Carraway was from this state, which he returned to after growing sick of New York’s upper class.

47. What is Minnesota?

48. This character lived at Gatsby’s mansion and called Nick at the end of the book to ask for his shoes back.

49. Who is “Klipspringer”?

50. This is the girl’s name (or nickname) in Hemingway’s famous story, “Hills Like White Elephants.”

51. Who is “Jig”?