What Did the Writers John Cheever and John Keats Have

question 54

Multiple Choice

What did the writers John Cheever and John Keats have in common?

• A) They both were African American writers who helped promote racial inclusiveness through their work.
• B) They both focused on celebrating the prosperity of the 1950s United States and the benefits shared by mass society.
• C) They both directed their attention to portraying life abroad during the 1950s, which helped influence similar developments in the United States.
• D) They both were Beats poets whose primary focus was highlighting social inequalities and promoting feminism and selfless activism.
• E) They both treated the upper-middle-class suburbs and the culture of comfortable conformity of the 1950s as literary targets.

---

Definitions:

Social Class

A division of society based on social and economic status, often categorized into groups such as lower, middle, and upper class.

Group Dynamics

The study of behaviors, psychological processes, and interactions that occur within a group.

Simmel

Georg Simmel, a German sociologist and philosopher who explored the dynamics of social relationships and the nature of society.

Dyad

A social group consisting of two persons, the simplest form of human social interaction.