8.02 Garland Reading Quiz_Realism

Question:

Answer: dialect

Question: In “The Return of a Private,” when Edward Smith praises his wife’s biscuits, he is really praising __________.

Answer: his wife

Question: Works such as Hamlin Garland’s “The Return of a Private” are classified as realism because they __________.

Answer: present readers with a faithful representation of people, places, and events that they can recognize and relate to

Question: Simon Wheeler tells the narrator of “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” that Jim Smiley would __________.

Answer: “bet on any thing”

Question: Which of the following details from “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is an example of Twain’s depiction of the American West as a place of irreverence and humor?

Answer: Jim Smiley names his dog and frog after two respected nineteenth-century politicians.