Wide Sargasso Sea Quizzes

the narrator of part one of the novel grows up where in the Caribbean

Jamaica

the island where the narrator grows up is governed by which country?

Britain

who is the narrator in part one of the novel?

Antoinette Cosway

what has changed socially that makes the narrators family isolated form others at the start of the novel

all the slaves have been emancipated and Antoinette's family (wealthy white former slave owners) are hated because of it

three things that shape the narrators experiences as a child?

annette's withdrawal after discovering Pierre will never be well

annette's marriage to mr. mason

the fire at coulibri and pierre's death

who is Christophine/whats her relation to the narrator?

Christophine is a maid/nanny to Antoinette and is a surrogate mother figure

What event seems to give annette and antoinette a second chance

annette's marriage to mr. mason because they have a male figure in their lives again who can provide for them

what event reflects the status of women at the time and foreshadows the narrators future?

when coco the parrot is killed in the coulibri fire because mr. mason clipped his wings, foreshadows Antoinette's dark future because coco is trapped by a man and dies the fire which foreshadows how women are contained to the home in this time period and the future death of Antoinette

who is tia/why is her relationship to antoinette important?

tia is a young black girl who plays with Antoinette who knows things about Antoinette that Antoinette is unaware of like how poor she is. tia shows Antoinette racial realities

after the absence of her mother, where does Antoinette go to be raised until adulthood

she does to a convent school

what does Mr. Mason do that signals a change in attitude towards antoinette?

he prepares to pull Antoinette out of school to marry her off to an english friend, visits her more, takes a bigger interest in her, brings her presents

the narrator dreams about an enclsoed garden that looks foreign and a man with hatred in his face leads her up stone steps, what literary device is this dream?

foreshadowing because being in a foreign place with a man who hates her is antoinette's future

how does the narrator describe the dream (about the garden with the hatred man) to another character an why does this matter?

antoinette describes the dream as being in hell which is important because it shows that her own idea of hell is being in a foreign land with a man who hates her which is her future

who is the main narrator in part 2 of wide sargasso sea?

antoinette's husband

where is part 2 of wide sargasso sea set?

dominica/granbois

at the start of their marriage, how do antoinette and her husband describe the other person's homeland

alien and strange, dream-like

at the start of their honeymoon, antoinette's husband spends a lot of time by himself doing what?

bathing/swimming in pools

in daniel cosways first letter, what are three questions he suggests be asked of Richard Mason?

where is antoinette's mother/what happened to her?

what happened to pierre?

is antoinette giong to end up like her mother?

When Antoinette's husband visits daniel Cosaway, what does Daniel threaten?

to expose antoinette's family and spread rumors/lies unless he is paid

A servant and Antoinette get in to a physical fight, what two physical things does Antoinette do and why are they fighting in the first place?

slaps her, pulls her hair, fighting because Amélie insinuated Antoinette's husband was tired of her/their honeymoon

to whom does the narration briefly shift in part II

Antoinette

antoinette and her husband get in to a physical fight over a bottle of rum, how does she defend herself

by biting him and threatening him with a broken glass bottle

Antoinette's husband blames all of Antoinette's problems on what other character?

Christophine

Christophine blames all of antoinette's problems on what other character?

Her husband

what does Christophine say to Antoinette's husband that causes him to show jealousy and anger?

that Antoinette could/will find another man and be happy

Antoinette's husband draws a picture...what is it of and what literary device is being demonstrated?

its a picture of his house in England with Antoinette trapped in an upper story which is foreshadowing

antoinette's husband feels a sense of accomplishment when it comes to his conflict with Antoinette...why?

because he has hated her better/more than she him

Antoinette's husband requests what 3 things from his lawyers?

a rental property

servants who are discrete

separate living quarters

At the end of Part II, where are the main characters and what do they plan to do there?

in jamaica and antoinette's husband is going to get antoinette checked by a doctor before moving them to England