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Who is the author of the novel Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West?

  • Mark Twain
  • John Steinbeck
  • Cormac McCarthy (correct)
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Where is the novel set?

  • London
  • New York City
  • American frontier (correct)
  • Paris
  • Who is the main antagonist in the novel?

  • Glanton gang
  • The kid
  • Random House
  • Judge Holden (correct)
  • Who is the leader of the Glanton gang?

    <p>Holden</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fate of the kid at the end of the story?

    <p>It is left unstated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main theme of the story?

    <p>Violence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the Glanton gang set up their robbing operation?

    <p>Yuma, Arizona</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who first adapted Blood Meridian into a screenplay?

    <p>Steve Tesich</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why have attempts to create a motion picture adaptation of Blood Meridian failed?

    <p>Challenges with film standards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was considering adapting Blood Meridian in 2011?

    <p>James Franco</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is set to direct the upcoming adaptation of Blood Meridian?

    <p>John Hillcoat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which author praised Blood Meridian as one of the 20th century's finest novels?

    <p>Harold Bloom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what year did McCarthy move from Tennessee to El Paso, Texas?

    <p>1974</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the writing style of McCarthy in Blood Meridian?

    <p>Simple declarative sentences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has Blood Meridian been called by some critics?

    <p>The Great American Novel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who praised Blood Meridian as one of the best 20th century American novels?

    <p>Harold Bloom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Caryn James, what was the novel's violence to modern readers?

    <p>Disturbing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Billy J. Stratton argue that the brutality in Blood Meridian challenges?

    <p>The conventional narrative of the Old West</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which religious concept is central to Blood Meridian according to Douglas Canfield?

    <p>Theodicy</p> Signup and view all the answers

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