Answer one of the following questions clearly, directly, and completely. Be sure to quoteand analyze specific passages from the course readings to support your answer.Answers that do not include such support will receive no credit. You may useadditional sources to support your answer if you wish.
You should be able to answer the question in 500 words or so, but feel free to go longer.Make sure your answer reflects your best writing. Proofread before you submit your finaldraft on iLearn, and present your response in a series of well-developed paragraphs.Answers that consist of a single paragraph will receive no credit.

1. By calling himself a bohemian, what did Bret Harte signal about San Franciscosliterary scene during this time? Why do you think he identified with that internationaltrend? In your answer, consider the origins and spread of bohemianism in other literarycapitals, including New York City.
2. What role did San Francisco play in Mark Twains literary formation? In your answer,consider Twains journalism before his time in San Francisco as well as his literaryoutput during his stay here.
3. Why was Henry Georges What the Railroad Will Bring Us one of the most importantpieces ever published in the Overland Monthly magazine? What did George predictabout the effects of the transcontinental railroad, and how did that essay temper theoptimism that characterized much of the Bay Areas early history?
4. Briefly describe Plain Language for Truthful James and its immediate social context.What was Bret Hartes intention in writing the poem? How was it received, and why didhe regret writing it? 

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