Which author was influenced by his or her experiences of Creole and Cajun culture?

Which of the following is true of the reconstruction that occurred in the United States following the Civil War?

What phrase was used to refer to the issues related to women’s education, participation in the workforce, and the social influence of women on important societal issues? 

Which of the following is often found in Naturalist literature?

Naturalists thought realists focused too narrowly on the middle and professional classes; they thought more focus should be placed upon people that were poor and/or marginalized in some way.

“The Open Boat” is based on which of the following?

Some noteworthy realist authors chose to focus their literary relism on the interior psychological states of their fictional characters.

Industrialization was a central part of The Gilded Age.

This author was a cynic who was called “the wickedest man in San Francisco” because of the harsh critiques he wrote as a journalist. Many think he was killed in Mexico during the war.

Match the quotes to their authors.