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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was Stephan crane born/died | 1871-1900 |
| What "heroic" task does Collins want to preform? | Collins wants to run across the field to the well to get him and his friends some water rather then staying in hiding |
| What does Collins do when the wounded officer ask for water? | Collins ran off, came back, splashed water on his face, then ran off again |
| How much water in the bucket does Collins drink? Why? | None |
| What do you think was Collins motive for his daring act? In what sense might the mystery in the title of the story refer to Collins motivation? | His motive was him being thirsty, the mystery is was he really thirst enough to run out of hiding and risk getting killed rather then staying |
| why was collins rank important | it made him seems as a coward since he was just a private |
| what is ironic that happens at the end | the captain spells the water |
| Explain why the refrain "do not weep. / war is kind" is an example of verbal irony. | This is an example of verbal irony because it is saying that you shouldn't cry because war is kind but really war isn't kind. |
| How are the images of war presented in the second second and forth stanzas different from the image of war presented in the rest of the poem? | Stanzas two and four does not end in don't weep war is kind and it doesn't glorify war. |
| How would you characterize the overall tone of the poem? | Bitterly ironic |
| why did the main in to build a fire not follow the old mans advice | he was new to snow and was to anxious to |
| list four events of foreshadowing in to build a fire | the suffering of the man, how he was new to the land and commonly made mistakes, his struggle in Klondike, and finally the future clumsiness of the man |
| how is the dog and man different | the dog was driven by instinct and the man was driven by ignorance |
| kate chopin birth and death date | 1851-1904 |
| what are creoles | people of french or Spanish descent who are born in the borders of the gulf of mexico |
| Chopins theme was what? | controversial matter the repression of women in Victorian america |
| What does Mrs. Sommers plan to do with the money? | buy clothes and etc. for her children |
| What does Mrs. Sommers end up doing with the money ? | she spends it on herself |
| what do you think is Mrs. Sommers motivation to buy all thing things she does ? | she hasn't shopped for herself in a while and it brings back memory's of better times |
| what does the serpent symbolize? | it represent the temptation inside of her |
| what report does Richard bring to Josephine and Mrs mallard | that her husband has died |
| What emotions does Mrs. Mallard feel | sadness and freeness at the same time |
| how and why did Mrs. Mallard die? | she dyed to a heart attack due the shock of seeing her husband alive |
| Mark Twain birth and death date | 1835- 1910 |
| what was Mark Twain's original name? | Samuel Langhorne Clemens |
| How old was Twain when his father died | twelve |
| What do we hope to learn about Simon Wheeler but instead learn about? | we learn about Jim Smiley's betting acts |
| what was Smileys favorite activity | gambling |
| which frog wins the jumping contest | the opponents |
| what is the frame story | The mans is trying to learn about Leonidas smiley but instead learns about Jim smiley |
| describe Simon wheeleres tone | comedic and serious at times |
| the reference in the first sentence of the address refers to what? | declaration to Independence |
| what does "fathers" refer to | our ancestors |
| the second sentence of the address is a statement whose central idea can be restated in which of the following questions | do quarrelsome nations long survive |
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