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| On greeting his aunt, Clark, in "A Wagon Matinee," is struck by how | shabby she looks and how exhausted she seems. |
| Which sentence best describes Clark's view of his Uncle Howard? | He is unable to give Georgiana a comfortable life. |
| How is Gerogiana a victim of circumstance? | She fell in love with Howard, married him, and moved to an isolated farm. |
| When Clark was a boy, Georgianna warned him not to | love something too much, or it may be taken from you. |
| When the horns played in the Tannbauser, Georgiana clutches Clark's sleeves and he realizes | how silent the plains are. |
| Why does Georgiana cry during the concert? | She remembers how important music is to her. |
| Clark sympathizes with his aunt because | long ago she shared her love of music with him. |
| In his imaginary experience of circus life, the boy in "His Father's Earth" sees himself as | taking care of the circus workers. |
| The boy's vision enables him to | have a deeper understanding of what home is. |
| The vision of exciting travel contrasts with | an image of returning home eagerly. |
| The birdsong represents | the boy's spiritual awakening. |
| What is unrealistic about the boy's imaginings? | building homes |
| The father reacts to the boy's homecoming with | joy and acceptance. |
| When he returns home, he realizes everything except | his father has had the same experiences that he has had. |
| The descriptions of food convey | a sense of personal nourshment and fulfillment. |
| In "Design," the overall imagery suggests that | evil may masquerade as innocence. |
| The gold in "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a symbol of | fleeting beauty and perfection. |
| In "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep," one reason people look at the ocean rather than at the land may be because they are | intrigued by mystery |
| In "Death of the Hired Man," one can infer that Silas hopes to maintain dignity because he | claims to have come down to do some tasks. |
| Why does Frost use blank verse in "The Death of the Hired Man"? | to make the dialogue sound natural |
| In "Bells for John White's Daughter," Ransom seeks to convey the | contrast between a still corpse and an active child. |
| The speaker remembers John Whiteside's daughter mostly for her | mischievous ways. |
| In her coffin, John Whiteside's daughter seems to be in a "brown study," which is | a seriousness unlike the lively way she acted in life. |
| In "Shine, Perishing Republic," Jeffers views America as | a thickening, decaying, and rotting empire |
| Jeffers seems to feel that his children | can escape destruction by opting for a rural life. |
| What is one thing that the narrator in "Shine, Perishing Republic" has lost? | admiration for American society |
| In "Winter Dreams," Dexter Green can best be described as | ambitious and full of desires |
| What is Dexter's eventual attitude about Judy Jones' flirtation with men? | Dexter does not condemn Judy for flirting with men. |
| What happens to Dexter and Judy's engagement? | Judy breaks off the engagement. |
| At the end of the story, Devlin tells Dexter that | Judy and her husband divorced. |
| Judy | confident and condescending |
| What shows that Dexter is spellbound by Judy? | He gets back together with Judy in spite of his engagement. |
| On Dexter's return to the golf course as a golfer, what do his actions show about his feelings? | He is uncomfortable with his newly privileged position. |
| What is Dexter's motiviation for pursuing Judy? | He perceives her as being a symbol of "the best." |
| What is Judy's possible motivation for asking Denny to marry her? | She had a quarrel with Irene and wants revenge. |
| In "The Leader of the People," which of the following statements about Jody's father is not true? | He will not allow Jody to kill mice despite Jody's constant pleading. |
| At the end of Steinbeck's story, Grandfather says that if he had not been the leader of the people | another person would have been the leader. |
| According to Grandfather, some men hated the ocean because in the past the | ocean prevented them from continuing westward. |
| What does Jody think of Grandfather's stories? | Jody thinks they are thrilling. |
| Which of the following statements best describes the climax of the story? | Jody's mother says that the stories might be all that Grandfather has left. |
| Which of the following conflicts in the story is also its theme? | reality vs. dreams |
| In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," what describes Mrs. Mitty? | She constantly tells Walter what to do. |
| When Water imagines that he is on the witness stand, he | proudly admits that he could have killed Gregory with his left hand. |
| setting | the time and location in which a story takes place |
| theme | main idea of the story |
| omniscient narrator | narrator that knows all details of a story |
| Thomas Wolfe | 1900-1938 |
| Wolfe | the most autobiographical of all American writers |
| Wolfe | his fiction actually chronicles the events of his Southern upbringing and his later life in New York and Europe |
| description | a form of writing that uses sensory language to create images and to convey moods or emotions |
| sonnets | Frost's Design is one of the finest English sonnets |
| dialogue | conversation between characters |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| parody | a work that makes fun of another work by limiting some aspect of its style or content |
| Thurber's longtime associate on the New Yorker | E B White |
| Walter imagines that he fixes the anesthetizer machine in the operating room using | a fountain pen |
| In all of his fantasies, Walter imagines that he is | a man who shows control in difficult situations |
| When Walter is questioned about the gun, his attitude can best be described as | arrogant and fearless |
| The use of cause and effect in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is unusual because | the effects are wild fantasies and the causes are mundane |
| On her journey, Phoenix in "The Worn Path" encounters | a hunter and his dog |
| The incidents with the thorn bush and the scare crow indicate that Phoenix | has trouble seeing |
| Throughout her journey, Phoenix | is determined to keep going |
| How is Phoenix able to remember the way to the doctor's office? | She is able to find her way with the help of a large black dog |
| When Phoenix arrives at the doctor's office, what does the attendant think? | She supposes that Phoenix is a "charity case." |
| Phoenix is going to use her two nickels to buy | a new cane |
| Phoenix imagines that she sees | a buzzard in a cornfield |
| The main theme of "A Worn Path" can best be described as | strong devotion can help people continue on a difficult journey |
| The main theme of the story can best be compared to | a long trail with obstacles and challenges |
| Richard Cory | Edwin Arlington Robinson |
| Miniver Cheevy | Edwin Arlington Robinson |
| Soldier's Home | Ernest Hemingway |
| "Richard Cory" contains strong visual images of | life in a small New England town |
| The irony of Miniver Cheevy's story is that he | dreams of great deeds while failing to act |
| theme of "Soldier's Home" | wartime combat is so devastating that it changes one completely |
| dramatic monologue | a poem in which a character speaks directly to one or more listeners |
| The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | T. S. Eliot |
| The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock | Time is a recurring theme |
| Shiflet's dissatisfaction with his marriage ceremony is probably a result of the fact that | he only married the younger Lucynell in order to get the car |
| The Life You Save May Be Your Own | Flannery O'Connor |
| In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what is his view of himself? | I am unable to take risks |
| Prufrock thinks of the frolicking mermaids as creatures who | lure him toward death and destruction |
| Prufrock seems to be a man who has | avoided opportunities for change |
| the majority of allusions that Eliot makes in the poem are | scientific |
