American
(NEMCC) Lit 2 Unit III Test
|Latest 2025/2026
Exam Update|Questions
Complete With
Solutions|Graded A+
Certified Pass
The First Wave of the Southern Renaissance invigorated literature in the South,
rejecting the false veneer of Southern culture and probing the reality of life in the
region. - ANSWERS-True
One of the most prolific writers of the Southern Renaissance, who won the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1949, was ___________. - ANSWERS-William Faulkner
A common motif during the First Wave of the Southern Renaissance includes
___________. - ANSWERS-racial inequality
Choose the best word to describe Southern Gothic literature. - ANSWERS-macabre
The sub-genre of Southern literature called the Southern grotesque deals
specifically with ___________ and ___________. - ANSWERS-extreme violence
and deviance
Mississippi native William Faulkner is the most important figure in the Southern
Renaissance. - ANSWERS-True
Faulkner's fictional setting is called - ANSWERS-Yoknapatawpha
Many of Faulkner's novels relied on multiple narrators, which was common in
Modernism. - ANSWERS-True
Which words does NOT describe Faulkner's style of storytelling? - ANSWERS-
romantic
The following is an example of ____________.
, "WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men
through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly
out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-
servant--a combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten years."
"A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner - ANSWERS-metaphor
The following is an example of ____________.
"It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with
cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the
seventies, set on what had once been our most select street."
"A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner - ANSWERS-imagery
What does the grey hair found on the pillow next to Homer's corpse suggest? -
ANSWERS-Emily poisoned Homer years ago and slept with his corpse.
What makes the neighbors curious about the going-ons in Emily's house? -
ANSWERS-the putrid smell
Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi. - ANSWERS-True
Welty's writing focuses on themes revolving around problems of the post-
Reconstruction South. - ANSWERS-True
Welty's "A Worn Path" is an example of a hero's journey. A hero's journey involves
- ANSWERS-a hero that is changed by story's end
Why must Phoenix make the long trip to town? - ANSWERS-get medicine for her
(NEMCC) Lit 2 Unit III Test
|Latest 2025/2026
Exam Update|Questions
Complete With
Solutions|Graded A+
Certified Pass
The First Wave of the Southern Renaissance invigorated literature in the South,
rejecting the false veneer of Southern culture and probing the reality of life in the
region. - ANSWERS-True
One of the most prolific writers of the Southern Renaissance, who won the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1949, was ___________. - ANSWERS-William Faulkner
A common motif during the First Wave of the Southern Renaissance includes
___________. - ANSWERS-racial inequality
Choose the best word to describe Southern Gothic literature. - ANSWERS-macabre
The sub-genre of Southern literature called the Southern grotesque deals
specifically with ___________ and ___________. - ANSWERS-extreme violence
and deviance
Mississippi native William Faulkner is the most important figure in the Southern
Renaissance. - ANSWERS-True
Faulkner's fictional setting is called - ANSWERS-Yoknapatawpha
Many of Faulkner's novels relied on multiple narrators, which was common in
Modernism. - ANSWERS-True
Which words does NOT describe Faulkner's style of storytelling? - ANSWERS-
romantic
The following is an example of ____________.
, "WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men
through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly
out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-
servant--a combined gardener and cook--had seen in at least ten years."
"A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner - ANSWERS-metaphor
The following is an example of ____________.
"It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated with
cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the
seventies, set on what had once been our most select street."
"A Rose for Emily" William Faulkner - ANSWERS-imagery
What does the grey hair found on the pillow next to Homer's corpse suggest? -
ANSWERS-Emily poisoned Homer years ago and slept with his corpse.
What makes the neighbors curious about the going-ons in Emily's house? -
ANSWERS-the putrid smell
Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi. - ANSWERS-True
Welty's writing focuses on themes revolving around problems of the post-
Reconstruction South. - ANSWERS-True
Welty's "A Worn Path" is an example of a hero's journey. A hero's journey involves
- ANSWERS-a hero that is changed by story's end
Why must Phoenix make the long trip to town? - ANSWERS-get medicine for her
