The House of Mirth: Context Quiz: Quick Quiz

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What is the name for the period of extreme economic inequity during which The House of Mirth is set?

The Great Depression
The Gilded Age C. The Harlem Renaissance
Reconstruction
What city's upper crust does Wharton satirize in The House of Mirth?

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Chicago's

Savannah's
New York's
New Orleans's
What was Wharton's connection to upper-crust New York society?

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Her family

Her husband's family
Her cousin's family
She had no immediate connection
What established genre did Wharton attempt to put an American spin on with The House of Mirth?

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The Künstlerroman

The Bildungsroman
The Roman Ã clef
The Novel of manners
What intellectual movement influenced Wharton's particular take on the realist social novel?

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Surrealism

German idealism
Marxism
Darwinism
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The House of Mirth

Context Quiz

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What is the name for the period of extreme economic inequity during which The House of Mirth is set?

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Chicago's

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Her family

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The Künstlerroman

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Surrealism

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1 of 5 What is the name for the period of extreme economic inequity during which The House of Mirth is set?

2 of 5 Chicago's

3 of 5 Her family

4 of 5 The Künstlerroman

5 of 5 Surrealism

Popular pages: The House of Mirth

Character List CHARACTERS

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Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

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What is the name for the period of extreme economic inequity during which The House of Mirth is set?

2 of 5
Chicago's

3 of 5
Her family

4 of 5
The Künstlerroman

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Surrealism