Name _________________________ Date_______________ Class Period__________

Chapter 12 Test

Define the following key terms:

Tradition

Oral Narratives

Trickster Stories

Humor of the Old Southwest

Local Color

Dialect-Legend

Sense of Place

Stoicism

Yoknapatawpha County

Rowan Oak

What is Mississippi's claim to fame?

Name an author from Mississippi that has won a Pulitzer prize.

Who is the most famous playwright from Mississippi?

Who is the most famous author from Mississippi?

Choose one author from Mississippi. Describe them to the best of your ability.

Which style of writing do you think has impacted MS the most

If someone had never read "A Rose for Emily" how would you describe it briefly?

Interpret this quote in your own words.

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.- Richard

Wright
Name _________________________ Date_______________ Class Period__________

Chapter 12 Test

Instruction: Place the letter of the correct vocabulary word with correct definition.

A. Tradition F. Dialect K. Rowan Oak

B. Oral Narratives G. Legend

C. Trickster Stories H. Sense of Place

D. Humor of the old southwest I. Stoicism

E. Local Color J. Yoknapatawpha County

____ Indifference to pain and emotion

____ a style of American writing after 1880 that played upon the dialect, dress, mannerisms, and

topography of a regional community

____ myths in which animals appeared as human beings and were imposters or cheaters

____ a feeling of the land, community, and family that has a hold on Mississippi writers

____ the manner of speaking of the people in a particular location

____ nineteenth century frontier literature associated with the southwest

____ the customs of a particular culture

____ stories in MS before 1917 that define a tradition

____ stories handed down through the generations

____ a fictional county created by American author William Faulkner, inspired by Lafayette

County

____ also known William Faulkner's home

Directions: Answer the following questions

What is Mississippi's greatest claim to fame?

Name one author that has won a Pulitzer Prize.

Choose one author from Mississippi. List one thing that they wrote and where they are from.

Describe the end of "A Rose for Emily" in a few short sentences.

What do you believe this quote means?

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons. -Richard Wright
 Answer Key- Chapter 12 Test

Tradition- the customs of a particular culture

Oral Narratives- stories passed verbally

Trickster Stories-myths in which animals appeared as human beings and were

imposters/cheaters

Humor of the Old Southwest- a tradition of regional sketches and tales asked

in the old southwest

Local Color Tradition- a style in American writing after 1880 that played upon the

dialect, dress, mannerisms, and topography of a regional community

Dialect- the manner of speaking in a particular region. Ex: Southern Dialect, Midwestern

Dialect

Legends- stories handed down through generations

Yokapatawah County- a fictional country created by William Faulkner, based on

Lafayette County

Rowan Oak- William Faulkner's home in Oxford

Sense of place- a feeling of land, community, and family that has a hold on Mississippi

writers.

What is Mississippi's claim to fame? Literature

Name an author from Mississippi that has won a Pulitzer prize. William Faulkner,

Tennessee Williams, Richard Wright, or Eudora Welty.

Who is the most famous playwright from Mississippi? Tennessee Williams

 Who is the most famous author from Mississippi? William Faulkner

Choose one author from Mississippi. Describe them to the best of your ability. Opinion

based. Check for understanding and clarity.

Which style of writing do you think has impacted MS the most? Opinion based. Check

for understanding and clarity.

Describe the end of "A Rose for Emily" in a few short sentences. Opinion based. Check

for understanding and clarity.

What do you think this quote means? Opinion based. Check for understanding and

clarity.
 Alternate Chapter 12 Test Answer Key

1. I

2. E

3. C

4. H

5. F

6. D

7. A

8. B

9. G

10. J

11. K

What is Mississippi's greatest claim to fame? Literature

Name one author that has won a Pulitzer Prize. William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Richard

Wright, or Eudora Welty.

Choose one author from Mississippi. List one thing that they wrote and where they are from.

Check information in response.

Describe the end of "A Rose for Emily" in a few short sentences. Check for understanding.

What do you think this quote means? Check for understanding and effort.