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57 Cards in this Set
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What is a bildungsroman?
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A coming of age story.
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What is a bhalonam?
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The good name- ie. What Bengalis sign, write on school work, bank statements etc.
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Define "typology" and explain how it functions in both Puritan society and Mary Rowlandson's narrative?
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in Christian theology, the interpretation of some characters and stories in the Old Testament as allegories foreshadowing the New Testament
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Where did Maggie grow up (what is the name of her neighborhood) and what is significant about it? -
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NYC's Bowery
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Name three of Benjy's African American primary caretakers. -
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Dilsey, Lester, TP
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Identify 3 different familial relationships (husband/wife, parents/children, etc) between slaves in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and explain how they were disrupted by the system. -
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Eliza and George, Tom and Chloe, Eliza and Harry
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In Baldwin's "Go Tell It on the Mountain," who is rebuked in front of the church for "the evil that lived in the flesh?"
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Elisha and Ella Mae
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In the "Sound and the Fury," what are the scents associated with Caddy?
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trees and leaves
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Describe some aspects of the "Gilded Age." In which novel does it feature prominently?
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refers to major growth in population in the U.S. and wasteful displays of wealth and excessive opulence of America's upper-class during the post-Civil War and post-Reconstruction era, from the 1870s to 1900—House of Mirth
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Whose funeral is taking place when Caddy climbs the tree in The Sound and the Fury?
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Damuddy's
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what are some differences between Gogol and Maxine's parents which Gogol seems to find refreshing and comforting?
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her parents enjoy hiking, cooking with fresh basil from the garden, don't worry about the number of dishes they serve for dinner, relax at dinner parties having discussions rather than hectically running around loud and disorderly
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What are the names of the two ships in Benito Cereno?
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San Dominick and Bachelor's Delight
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Whats the name of the street that Gogol grows up on in 'The Namesake'?
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Pemberton Road
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Name three of the different foods Rowlandson talks about in her captivity narrative.
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Bear meat, horse liver, ground nuts, Indian corn
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Where is the title "House of Mirth" taken from? -
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Ecclesiastes- heart of wise in house of mourning, heart of fools in house of mirth
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Who challenged Stowe to write a book like 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'? --
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her husband?
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How does Moushumi know the man that she has an affair with?
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she met him on a bus to a Wash, DC protest and later finds his resume at her work
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In what novel is the idea of the 'cult of domesticity' evident?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What are some of the clues Delano misses that something is wrong with the ship in Benito Cereno?
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Slaves with hatchets, Benito's relationship with Babo, Benito's strange demeanor, Spaniards doing menial tasks with slaves, slave cuts Spaniard's head without punishment, large knot
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What are some of the key words repeated in Faulkner that tie the novel together?
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Caddy, water, trees, flowers
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What facts about James Baldwin makes his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain semi-autobiographical?
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he be gay, found God at 14, oppressing father
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In what year was Gogol Ganguli born in The Namesake
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1968
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How is the "old economic model," one based on exchange, changing in the late 18th and early 19th century, as seen in The House of Mirth?
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-it is becoming an economy of speculation, coming to more fluctuation, rather than knowing exactly what you are spending your money on, you make decisions based on a prediction about the future
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List one way that the word "rock" is used in Baldwin's Go Tell It On the Mountain.
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to refer to Gabriel
- the church "rocked" at one point, referring to the powerful things that occurred there |
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What lie does Lily tell Simon Rosedale at the beginning of the novel?
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--That she had been in the Benedick to see the dressmaker
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How do Moushimi and Gogol meet?
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Ashima convinces Gogol to call her, they meet at a bar(?
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What does Grace Stepney say set off Mrs. Penniston's sickness when she is talking to Lily?
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Lily's going away with the Trenor's.
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What was the phrase posted on the bow of the San Dominic in Benito Cereno? How was this phrase integrated into the plot line with respect to Babo (personally) and the entire San Dominic?
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--- follow your leader
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What are Moushumi's two majors at Brown?-
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Chemistry and French Literature
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What is the name of the country estate Lily visits in the opening chapters of The House of Mirth?
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bellomont
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What does John do with the birthday money given to him by Elizabeth in Go Tell It? -
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movie
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Which character actually is the last of the Mohicans?
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chingachgook
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What are three names given to the white protagonist of Cooper's novel? -
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Hawkeye, Natty Bumppo, Long Rifle
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What was the inscription in the book Gogol received from his father? --
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“The man who gave you his name, from the man who gave you yours.”
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Name three novels in which crucial knowledge is contained in letters/documents and revealed (or not!) at the end of the work? --
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House of Mirth, Go Tell It on the Mountain, Benito Cereno
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Which work contains a chapter following the actions of a "painted cohort?
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- Last of the Mohicans
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Whose sermon touches Dilsey so much when she takes Benjy to church on Easter?
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reverend shegog
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Name three of Tom's masters in UTC:
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Simon Legree, Mr Shelby, Haley, St. Clare
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In what year do the events of Benito Cereno take place?
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1799 - this is the year a huge slave revolt was planned in hopes of taking the Governor of VA hostage to gain equal rights
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What does Babo use to wipe Don Benito's face after shaving him?
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spanish flag
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Which authours we read this semester were awarded the Nobel Prize?
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faulkner
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what comfort object is Benjy holding in the final scene of The Sound and the Fury?
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a broken flower
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What are 3 differences between Cooper's novel and the film version?
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Duncan wants to marry Alice in book and Cora in movie, David Gamut not in movie, Hawkeye doesn't like (white)girls in the book
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The younger Jason Compson employs a moderately complicated method stealing money from Quentin. Who does he have to fool, and how does he do it?
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-he convinces Mrs Compson that she is burning checks from Caddy then tricks her into signing the real things which he spends as he has Power of Attorney over her finances
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The Last of the Mohicans was part of what series of novels?
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-The Leatherstocking Tales
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Faulkner's title was influenced by which of Shakespeare's plays?
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-Macbeth
- It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. |
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Explain how the character of Elisha functions in the text and the significance of his character to John.
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-he is both John's religious role model and choir boy love interest
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Why is Benjy castrated?
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for chasing some girls he thinks might be Caddy
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Why does Gogol's father name him Gogol?
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When he was trapped in a train wreck, the rescuers saw the pages of Nikolai Gogol's the OVERCOAT and rescued him. Ashima's g-mother's letter with the names is lost in the mail, so at the last minute they put Gogol on the birth certificate.
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What does Gogol change his name to?
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Nikhil
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Name at least two novels we have read that take place over a short period of time, and in which the characters do not age significantly (flashbacks do not count)
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Go Tell It on the Mountain -1 day; The Sound and the Fury-Easter Weekend
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Name at least two novels we have read in which we see follow the main characters throughout most or all of their lives.
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The Namesake, House of Mirth
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What are two things Quentin is obessed with throughout his section of the novel?
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TIME AND CADDY'S VIRGINITY
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Where does Gogol initially meet Ruth?
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on a train ride home
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What is the difference between external and internal narratory?
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-external (outside story, aware that he/she is telling the story, offers insights to different characters)
-internal (narrator is inside the story and aware that he/she is telling it from internal point of view) |
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What literay genre did Faulkner introduce us to in The Sound and The Fury?
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- The Sound and the Fury is most definitely a modernist novel in the sense that Faulkner focuses on a nihilistic attitude toward the world in general and how people behave towards one another. The normal narrative conventions are abandoned, leaving much to the reader to decipher on their own, a typical approach by modernist poets and writers. He uses stream of consciousness as a narrative technique disregarding chronology, normal sentence structure, and multiple narrators.
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What does Benjy's pasture become when it is sold?
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golf course
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