am lit final

The first fact we learn about Mrs. Mallard is?

About her heart condition

What bad news does Mr. Richards give Mrs. Mallard?

Her husband has been killed in an accident

Mrs. Mallard's initial reaction is?

Crying with wild abandonment

Josephine tries to get Mrs. Mallard to allow her to enter the room most likely because...?

She fears Mrs. Mallard will harm herself

Through dramatic irony in "The Story of an Hour", the reader knows...?

Mrs. Mallard is excited by the thought of a long life without her husband

Mrs. Mallard dies at the end of the story when?

She sees her living husband

The emotions the reader might be expected to feel toward Emily include?

Pity & horror

The last time the townspeople see Homer Barron alive, he is...?

Entering Emily's house

The strand of gray hair at the end of the story signifies that...?

Emily has apparently lain beside the skeleton

How does Colonel Sartoris influence Emily?

He makes her feel as if she is above the law

What does Emily's father do to influence the development of her character?

He drives off suitors & prevents her from marrying

Which of Homer Barron's actions have the greates effect on the development of Emily's character?

He enrages her by rejecting her

The social environment described in "A Rose for Emily" is...?

A reflection of the indifference to one's neighbors

The author uses what type of narrator to tell "A Rose for Emily"?

1st person plural

The town's alderman, by refusing to make Emily deal with the smell around her property & doing it themselves, teach Emily that...?

She is above the law

Who asks the question that gets the reader thinking in "Ambush"?

His 9 year old daughter

What haunts the author in "Ambush"?

His victim's face & smile

What kind of ambush is the platoon set up in?

Linear

The author lies to his daughter because...?

He does not think she is old enough to understand the truth

How many "ambush-like" events occur in the reading?

3

The MOST bothersome thing about the author's experience in "Ambush" seems to be...?

He was not in a kill or be killed situation

The best definition of the word crucible as it applies to the play is...?

A severe test or trial

In the Overture, Salem is described as all the following EXCEPT a...?

Prosperous village

Before the action of the play beings, Betty Parris & her friends....?

Have been caught dancing in the woods

Which of the following statements best describes Tituba?

She is a slave from Barbados who is devoted to Betty

Who is Reverend Parris's niece?

Abigail Williams

What does Abigail Williams believe about her dismissal from the Proctor's service?

John Proctor did not fire her, but Elizabeth did

What is Ann Putnam's greatest grief?

Seven of her children died in infancy

Why is revered John Hale summoned?

He is an expert on witchcraft & can help Salem

Miller gives us valuable information about Abigail's character when he says in the stage direction that she...?

Has a great capacity for lying

Betty is likely to be in the trancelike state because...?

She fears punishment for being caught dancing in the woods

A possible motivation for later accusations of witchcraft is suggested by all of the following EXCEPT...?

Hale' statement that Betty is a witch

When Abigail threatens Betty, Abigail is motivated by her...?

Fear of the villagers knowing everything they did in the woods

Abigail accuses Goody Good & Goody Osburn of witchcraft because...?

She can persuade Mrs. Putnam & not be punished

Giles Corey says that his wife has been reading strange books because he...?

Wants to ask about something he thinks is important

Marry Warren...?

Claims that she is an official of the court trying witches

When he comes in from planting, what suggestion does John Proctor make to his wife concerning the house...?

He suggests she bring in some flowers

Elizabeth is afraid that her husband...?

Is still interested in Abigail Williams

The people who have been accused of being witches by the court may save themselves from hanging by...?

Confessing to being witches

What reason does John Proctor give Reverend Hale for his absence from church?

He does not think Reverend Parris is godly

Hale comes to Proctor's house...?

To ask the Proctors some questions

Which commandment does John forget when Hale asks him to recite the 10 commandments?

Thou shalt not commit adultery

What is Hale's advice to the Proctors as he prepares to leave their house?

He tell them to go to church & baptize their youngest child

What is unusual about the doll Mary Warren makes for Elizabeth?

It has a needle stuck in its stomach

As Elizabeth is led away to jail, what does John demand of Mary Warren?

That she inform the court that Abigail is lying

On of the chief conflicts established in Act II is between...?

John & Elizabeth Proctor

Marshal Herrick is shamefaced when he appears at the Proctor's house he....?

Comes to take away Elizabeth

Mary Warren's motivation for joining the girls in their accusations of witchcraft is...?

That she is a lonely girl who craves friends & attention

Elizabeth says that Abigail accuses her of being a witch because Abigail...?

Wants to get rid of Elizabeth so she can have John

When John Proctor appears at the General Court with evidence that the accusations are frauds,...?

Ezekiel Cheever says that John plows on Sundays

What is the deal Danforth tries to make with John Proctor?

If he will drop the charges, Danforth will not try Elizabeth for a year

Who begins to have doubts about the rightness of witch trials?

Reverend John Hale

Who is the richest man in the village who can afford to buy the land forfeited by George Jacobs if Jacobs hangs as a witch?

Thomas Putnam

What does Judge Hawthorne ask Mary Warren to do in the court that she cannot do?

Faint

What does Abigail Williams do as soon as Danforth begins to question her?

She threatens Danforth

What secret does John Proctor reveal to prove the girls are lying?

He says Abigail seeks vengeance

What does John tell the court about his wife?

She will not lie

How do the girls in the courtroom terrorize Mary Warren?

They repeat everything she says

Parris's concerns about the depositions presented suggest all of the following EXCEPT that he...?

Wants to see justice done

Abigail triumphs for all the following reasons EXCEPT...?

John denounces the trials

Danforth does not want to find out the girls' accusations are false because he...?

Will be blamed for the deaths of innocent people

Elizabeth's motivation for lying about John's affair with Abigail is that...?

She loves John & wants to protect him

What news does Reverend Parris give the court?

Mercy Lewis & Abigail Williams have stolen Parris's money & disappeared

Which two men urge Deputy Governor Danforth to postpone the witch trials because a rebellion in town seems possible?

John Hale & Reverend Parris

What does John Hale urge Elizabeth Proctor to do?

Persuade her husband to confess to witchcraft

How does Giles Corey die?

He is not hanged but instead is crushed with stones

John tells Elizabeth that he has not confessed to witchcraft because...?

He does not want to confess a lie to contemptible people

Elizabeth blames herself for...?

John's affair with Abigail

Elizabeth tells John that she "kept a cold house". Keeping a "cold house" means that she...?

Was not a loving or proper wife

What does John want from Elizabeth?

Her approval for his confession to witchcraft

What is the one thing John cannot do?

Sign his name to a lie

In his confession John admits to...?

Seeing the devil

When John goes to the gallows & Elizabeth says her husband has his "goodness now," she means that...?

By tearing up his confession, he feels he has regained his honor

Why does Elizabeth refuse to influence John's decision whether to confess?

She feels he must face his own conscience & make his own decision

Which of the following is a strong motivation for John to tear up his confession?

His fear of eternal damnation is he sears a lie

A possible motivation for later accusations of witchcraft is suggested by...?

\-Proctor's disapproval of Reverend Parris

\-Putnam's land dispute with Giles Corey

\-Abigail's interest in John Proctor

The accused can save themselves from the noose by...?

Confessing to being witches & accusing others of witchcraft

Proctor explains his absence from church by claiming...?

He does not think Reverend Parris is godly, Parrus rarely mentions god in his sermons, & his wife has been frequently ill

Which of the following are examples of Puritan beliefs regarding the witches?

Witches cannot recite the Lord's Prayer & witches can send their spirits from their bodies to commit crimes

Attempts to depict life accurately without idealizing or romanticizing it

Realism

Concentrates on contemporary life & on the middle & lower class lives

Realism

Favors simple, everyday diction

Realism

Discards artificial plots in favor of themes centering on contemporary life

Realism

An extension of realism claiming to portray life exactly as it is

Naturalism

Relies heavily on psychology & sociology

Naturalism

Strongly influenced by Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest

Naturalism

Believes that human behavior is determined by heredity & environment

Naturalism

Believes that humans are subject to laws of nature beyond human control

Naturalism

Emphasizes bold experimentation in style & form, reflecting the fragmentation of society

Modernism

Rejects traditional themes & subjects

Modernism

Provides a sense of disillusionments & loss of faith in the American Dream

Modernism

Rejects the ideal of hero as infallible in favor of a hero who is flawed & disillusioned but shows grace under pressure

Modernism

Interested in the inner workings of the human mind, sometimes expressed by new narrative techniques such as stream of consciousness

Modernism

The \______ rains had so \________ the ground over which we passed that it actually squished & gurgled in protest...........

Unremitting.......saturated

In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, twenty-nine travelers from various \_______ of society set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. At night the \______ of travelers......

Echelons......coterie

Though the official is \______ to have been in cahoots with the swindlers, so far no substantive has been brought forward to prove \_________.

Alleged......collusion

At the June 1961 summit meetings in Vienna, President JFK met with his Soviet \______, Nikita Khrushchev, in an effort to deal with sources of friction between the two superpowers & \_________ international......

Counterpart.......allay

The speed with which Kaiser issued, then \________, then reissued orders during the crisis was indicative of his essentially weak & \_______ personality.

Countermanded......vacillating

Only a thoroughgoing \________ would enjoy castigating other people's behavior in such unremittingly harsh & \____________ language

Misanthrope.......vituperative

The horribly \______ furnishings sent the shocked homeowner into a \_______ of anger.

Garish.....paroxysm