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170 Cards in this Set
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Gene returns to Devon?
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To relive his past
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The summer enrollment at Devon is around?
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200
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The greater conflict in the story?
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WW II
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Story takes place in?
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New Hampshire
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Maginot Line?
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A line of defense built by France
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Younger boys remind the teachers of?
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Peace
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Super Suicide Society meets?
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Every night
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Finny creates a game called?
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Blitzball
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Finny thinks up activities to keep Gene from studying because he?
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Thinks other things are more fun than studying
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Finny loves sports because?
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To him it seems that everyone wins
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After a day at the beach, Finny and Gene spend the night sleeping?
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On sand
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Gene could not stand to hear about Finny's fall because?
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Nobody suspected him
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One evening instead of going to dinner Gene decided to?
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Wear Finny's clothes
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Dr. Stanpole said that?
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Sports were finished for Finny
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When Gene visits Finny, he realizes that?
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Finny has suspected that Gene shook the limb.
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When Gene visits Finny in Boston, he has the feeling that Finny?
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Is a house-bound invalid
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The lie that Gene tells to make Finny feel better is that?
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Gene will not live by the school rules.
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The point Gene got from the first Chapel service was that?
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If one breaks the rules, they break him.
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Gene picks a fight when Quackenbush calls him?
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A maimed person
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When Finny phones Gene, he is concerned that?
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Gene might have a new roommate.
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Down in the Butt Room Gene feels?
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Guilty because of Brinker's accusation
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Instead of helping the boys shovel snow, Leper goes to?
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Look for a beaver dam
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Seeing the troop again, Gene thinks these soldiers are?
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Heroic men
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Brinker tries to convince Gene to?
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Enlist
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The nickname Finny gives Brinker is?
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The Yellow Peril
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Gene detects that Finny feels some bitterness when he says?
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"I've suffered"
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Finny says Gene will train for?
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the 1944 Olympics
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Gene finds pleasure in running when?
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He gets his second win.
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Devon's first recruit to World War II is?
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Leper
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The one image of the recruit that Gene remembers is?
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His white stocking cap bobbing behind him.
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The day of the carnival is?
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Gray and gloomy
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The torch to open the games is?
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A copy of Homer's Iliad.
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Finny's choreography of peace is?
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A one-legged dance on the table
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Brinker's contribution to the prizes is?
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Some money from the Headmaster's Discretionary Benevolent Fund.
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The most cautiously guarded treasure is?
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Several jugs of very hard cider
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The carnival ends when Gene?
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Gets a telegram from Leper
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The setting of the story can best be described as?
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1862; northern Alabama; a railroad bridg
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Part I principally concerns itself with?
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Careful preparations for a man's hanging.
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What does Farquhar notice about the marksman who was shooting at him?
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The marksman had gray eyes.
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While Farquhar is underwater, he thinks that he is going to die, but?
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His hands seem to work independently of his will and free themselves.
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Farquhar is being executed because he?
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Is a captured, would-be saboteur.
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How much time passes in the story?
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A few minutes.
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Bierce uses the omniscient point of view to?
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Show Farquhar's innermost thoughts from Farquhar's own viewpoint.
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What is Twain's theory of humanity?
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People descended from animals.
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To give his theory credence, Twain claims that?
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He drew his conclusions from his own experiments.
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Twain concludes that English earls are cruel because they?
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Kill animals for fun rather than for food.
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You can infer from this example of the earl and the ananconda that Twain?
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Was not a supporter of hunting for sport
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What examples does Twain NOT cite to make his point about humanity?
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Americans have hanged their neighbors.
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According to Twain, human beings are inferior to animals in all of the following ways, except?
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Animals cannot show love, while humans can.
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The tone of Twain's essay is best described as?
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Light
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Twain's last example in the essay demonstrates that?
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People are foolish and intolerent of those who are different.
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When Twain says, "Man is the Animal that Blushes...or has occasion to," he means that?
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Man has reason to be ashamed.
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Twain says that of all the animals, man alone is?
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Cruel
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Twain satirizes all of the following human foibles except?
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Love
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In Twain's example of people refusing to be seen undressed in public, Twain is satirizing?
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False modesty
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What is ironic about Twain's assertion that humans are the "Reasoning Animal"?
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Our actions show that we are irrational and unreasoning.
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Twain wrote his satire "The Lowest Animal" mainly to?
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Force people to reexamine their attitudes and behavior.
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At first, Mrs. Sommers thinks that she will spend her $15 on?
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Clothing for her children
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At the beginning of the story, Mrs. Sommers is characterized as a?
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Dutiful, caring parent.
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What can you infer about Mrs. Sommers's past?
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She had more money and lived a more gracious life.
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How do the silk stockings affect Mrs. Sommers?
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When she touches them, she wants more things.
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You can conclude from the events in this story that?
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Silk stockings were an expensive luxury
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Mrs. Sommers also allows herself the luxury of a?
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Meal at a nice restaurant and a play
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Mrs. Sommers's new items make her feel?
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Self-confident.
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At the matinee, Mrs. Sommmers?
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Very much enjoys the performance.
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Richard Cory has all of the following qualities except?
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Happiness
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The narrator of "Richard Cory" is?
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A person in the town
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Richard Cory's eventual fate?
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Comes as a surprise to the townspeople
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The final mystery of Richard Cory's life concerns?
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What unspeakable sadness he kept hidden.
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Miniver Cheevy BEST loves?
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Thinking of glorious civilizations from the past
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Miniver Cheevy can BEST be characterized as the type of person who?
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Feels that he is out of place and misunderstood.
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The irony of Miniver Cheevy's story is that he?
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Dreams of great deeds while failing to act.
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To comfort himself, Miniver Cheevy?
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Relies on alcohol.
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Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy are similar in that they both have?
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Secret miseries.
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The words Thebes, Camelot, and Priam in "Miniver Cheevy"?
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Connote the glory and glamour of the distant past.
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Robinson describes the "medieval grace/ Of iron clothing" to?
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Create an ironic tone.
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imperially
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royally
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arrayed
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clothed
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assailed
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attacked
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vagrant
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homeless
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renown
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fame
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In this poem, the speaker recalls how she first met her husband?
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When they were children
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The couple became separated when the husband?
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Left home on business
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In her loneliness the speaker finds it painful even to watch?
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A pair of butterflies
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What growth does the wife describe in the letter?
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Her growing love for her husband
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What is the main emotion the speaker expresses in the poem?
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Longing for the beloved from whom she is separated.
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In this poem, the line "Like a skein of loose silk" describes?
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How the woman walks.
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The woman's main problem seems to be that she is?
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Bored
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Where is the woman?
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Kensington Gardens
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The woman's fragility is contrasted with?
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The vigor of a group of poor children.
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What does the woman fear?
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Interacting with others
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Which of the following statements best reflects Prufrock's view of himself?
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I am unable to take risks.
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Prufrock seems to be a man who has?
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Avoided opportunities for change
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The epigraph to the poem can be found?
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Before the first line.
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When the speaker compares the evening to "a patient etherized upon the table," he is emphasizing the?
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Lifelessness of the night
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What musical device does Eliot use in the following excerpt from this poem: "Before the taking of a toast and tea."
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Alliteration
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Prufrock thinks of the frolicking mermaids as creatures who?
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Live in a world of freedom and beauty.
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When the speaker says he is "pinned and wriggling on the wall," what image does he create?
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The image of an insect
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Which of the following best states the theme of "Soldier's Home"?
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Wartime combat can be so devastating that it changes one completely.
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Krebs can best be described as a person who?
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Has lost his goals and the energy to pursue them.
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When he returns home, Krebs finds that he?
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Must lie to be listened to.
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Krebs has returned home too late to?
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Receive an elaborate welcome from his hometown.
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Kreb's sister Helen seems to?
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Need his love and approval
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Kreb's father finally agrees that Krebs?
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May take the car out from time to time
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After the conversation with his mother, Krebs decides to go away because he?
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Wants to avoid any kind of conflict.
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What does Krebs seem to need most when he returns home from the war?
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Solitude and understanding
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What is a protagonist?
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The main character, the one who initiates the story's action.
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How is an antihero different from a hero?
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The antihero is a nonheroic protagonist.
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What traits mark Krebs as an antihero rather than a hero?
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He is disillusioned and has lost a sense of purpose.
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Which detail of his past is Krebs most nostalgic about?
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Being in Europe
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exaggeration
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overstatement
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consequences
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results of an action
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atrocity
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horrible; brutal
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alliances
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close associations for mutual benefit
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intrigue
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scheming
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Dexter Green can best be described as?
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Ambitious and full of desire
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Which of the following word pairs describes Judy Jones?
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Confident and condescending
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Dexter quits his job as a caddy when he?
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Is told to caddy for the young girl Judy Jones.
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Dexter wants most to?
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Have the best things in life
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On Dexter's return to the golf course as a golfer, what do his actions suggest about his feelings?
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He is uncomfortable with his new, privileged position.
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Dexter becomes successful in the business of?
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Laundry
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Dexter becomes engaged to?
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Irene Scheerer
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Dexter probably becomes engaged to this individual because of his?
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Desire for stability
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What happens to Dexter and Judy engagement?
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Judy breaks off the engagement.
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At the end of the story, tears stream down Dexter's face because?
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He is mourning the loss of a dream or ideal
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At the end of the story, Devlin tells Dexter that?
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Judy's husband does not treat her well.
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What is Dexter's motivation for pursuing Judy?
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He sees her as a symbol of "the best."
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Which of the following expressions describes a paradox?
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Affordable luxuries
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malicious
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nasty
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mirth
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joy
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ludicrous
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ridiculous
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divergence
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difference
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reserve
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restraint
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At the beginning of "The Feather Pillow," what gives the young bride "hot and cold shivers"?
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Her honeymoon
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During a typical day, Alicia?
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Waits for Jordan to return from work
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Alicia first becomes ill with?
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The flu
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The doctors?
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Are unable to find out what is wrong with Alicia.
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In the depths of her illness, Alicia imagines she sees?
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An anthropoid, or humanlike creature.
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What causes Alicia's death?
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A horrible little creature
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What does the feather pillow have to do with Alicia's death?
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In the feathers lives a parasite that sucks Alicia's blood.
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The tale of Alicia and the pillow most closely resembles?
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Legends about earwigs that burrow into people's brains.
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inert
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motionless
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inexplicable
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unable to be explained
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furtive
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stealthy; hidden
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diminutive
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tiny
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subsided
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lessened
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Phoenix Jackson's goal for her journey is to?
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Get medicine for her grandson's throat.
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In this story, Natchez is a?
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City
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The incidents with the thorn bush and the scarecrow indicate that Phoenix?
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Has trouble seeing.
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According to Eudora Welty, what questions do students ask most frequently about "A Worn Path"?
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"Is Phoenix Jackson's grandson really dead?"
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The theme of a story is?
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An important idea or insight evoked by the story.
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Which of the following statements expresses a theme?
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Life can be compared to an eventful journey.
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The main theme of "A Worn Path" can best be expressed as?
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Strong devotion helps people continue on a difficult journey.
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One theme of this story can best be compared to a particular archetype of the journey, which might be characterized as a?
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Long trail with obstacles and challenges.
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What phrase best describes Granny's life?
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Long years of hard work on a homestead.
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The title "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" reflects an event from Granny's past. A title reflecting Granny's present would be?
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"The Death of Granny Weatherall"
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The story is told from the point of view of?
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Ellen Weatherall
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When Granny sees Hapsy coming into the room, others around her perceive that?
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Granny's daughter Lydia is entering the room
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Granny has a desire to find George because she wants?
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Him to know that she had a fine life without him.
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When Granny feels her feet being tickled, it is because?
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The priest is anointing her feet with oil in the last rites.
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Granny views Dr. Harry as if he were?
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A mere boy.
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Porter uses the stream-of-consciousness technique to?
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Allow the reader to get inside Granny's head.
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jilted
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rejected
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tactful
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skilled in saying the right thing
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nimbus
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halo
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disputed
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contested
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vanity
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excessive pride
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clammy
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damp
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dwindled
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diminished
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plague
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annoy
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