My Antonia Book IV/V Quiz

In Book IV, what does Jim's initial inability to forgive Ántonia reveal about his character?

Jim is still immature and fails to see her as a physical being with flaws.

Book IV is entitled _________________.

The Pioneer Woman's Story

Why is it significant that Kim finds a photograph of Ántonia's baby at the photo studio in town?

Antonia is proud of her child and not afraid to show her to the world.

How does Jim characterize Larry Donovan?

He tells women he is under appreciated, and it is implied that he left Ántonia behind because he felt superior to her.

Why does Jim want to speak with the Widow Steavens about Ántonia instead of visiting her and asking?

Jim is disappointed in Antonia and feels she has wasted her life on a man like Donovan.

How do Jim's observations about the land bring one of the novel's larger themes to completion?

Jim observes that the land has undergone a "beautiful and harmonious" transformation, stating that all the human effort that had been put into it was now reaching fruition.

What is ironic about Mrs. Steavens's comparison of Lena and Ántonia in Book IV?

Despite her assessment of the girls, both of them have turned out to be good people despite their mistakes.

What can we infer about Ántonia's work ethic while she is pregnant?

She continues to work very hard each day

In Chapter One of Book V, Jim learns that Tiny's warnings about Ántonia were__________________________.

Unfounded

In Chapter One of Book V, Jim joins Ántonia's _________________________ in his narration.

children with the fruit cave, orchard, and grape arbor

In Chapter Two, Book V, we learn that Cuzak's situation is similar to Mr. Shimerda's in all of the following ways EXCEPT _____________.

They both strongly desired to come to America by their own accord.

What is ironic about the Cutter story?

Most all of the inheritance money had to pay lawyers fees after Cutter died anyway.

Cuzak came to Nebraska to visit his cousin ___________.

Jelinek

When Ántonia's son Ambrosch asks, "I don't know what makes you so nice to us boys," Jim responds by saying________.

"Oh, yes you do!"

This is the last sentence of the novel: "Whatever we had missed, we possessed together the precious, the incommunicable _____________."

Past