1. "Modern life seemed radically different from traditional life -- more scientific, faster, more technological, and more mechanized." (Outline of American Literature) How did the literary and artistic world react to these changes? 2. What were the effects of the Depression that hit the U. S. in the 1930s?

3. Even with these changes, and expression of pessimism in literature, what does Sinclair Lewis believe is the fate of anyone who writes about the contradictory nature of America?

4. What elements from literature continued? What element was new? (PAL)

5. What is the chief characteristic of the individual in modern novels?

6. What does alienation of the individual lead to?

7. What themes appear in literature of modernism?

8. What tragedy did characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels portray?

9. What is Fitzgerald's most well known novel, The Great Gatsby, about?

10. Describe Fitzgerald's writing style in 2-3 words.

11. What does Sinclair Lewis criticize in Main Street?

12. Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?