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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 (A)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main theme of the story?

<p>Violence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the Glanton gang set up their robbing operation?

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

Who first adapted Blood Meridian into a screenplay?

<p>Steve Tesich (B)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was considering adapting Blood Meridian in 2011?

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

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

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

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

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

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

<p>1974 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the writing style of McCarthy in Blood Meridian?

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

What has Blood Meridian been called by some critics?

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

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

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

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

<p>Disturbing (C)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Theodicy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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