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American English
Romanticism, Modernism, African American Literature
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Raven's response to all of the speaker's questions | nevermore |
| What is the effect of the repetition of the raven's response | reinforces the speaker's obsession with his grief |
| Why does Dr. Heidegger invite his friends to his chamber? | to help him with a new experiment |
| What describes the Raven? | gloomy, ominous, dark |
| What do Dr. Heidegger's friends resolve to do at the end of the story? | find the fountain of youth |
| What warning does Dr. Heidegger give his friends? | use their experience to pass wisdom to young people |
| What are Lucynell's disabilities | deaf and blind |
| Why do the three main characters go to town together? | for a wedding |
| when things do not happen as expected | situational irony |
| when the reader knows something the characters do not | dramatic irony |
| Why does Homer disappear? | Miss Emily poisoned him |
| Why does Miss Emily commit murder | She feels wronged by homer |
| How did Emily's father treat young men who wanted to date her? | chased them away |
| allegory | a piece of writing with two layers of meaning where the characters, objects, and events stand for ideas or qualities |
| What is the allegorical meaning of the prince? | wealthy people who ignore reality |
| In "The Yellow Wallpaper" what treatment has been prescribed to the narrator? | resting |
| In the third stanza of "because I could not stop for death" the carriage passes the school, the field, and the setting son. What does it symbolize? | childhood, maturity, death |
| In "After great pain, a formal feeling comes," what is Dickinson describing? | the feelings of people who are mourning |
| In "Hope is a thing with feathers," as what does Dickinson picture hope? | a bird |
| How does Mrs. Mallard react to the news that her husband is dead? | cries but looks forward to the future |
| in "we wear the mask" who is the speaker? | an african american |
| at the end of "the yellow wall-paper" what is the narrator doing? | crawling |
| in the beginning of "the story of an hour" what news does Mrs. Mallard receive? | her husband is dead |
| in "I, Too" how does the speaker expect to move from the kitchen to the table? | through inner strength and beauty |
| In "how it feels to be colored me" what kind of community was eatonville florida? | black community |
| what type of song does the singer in the "weary blues" sing? | blues |
| What was the "sea of change" Zora suffered at the age of 13? | she was no longer surrounded by others like her |
| In "the end of something," how has Hortons Bay changed over the past 10 years | it is deserted |
| What is the final scene in the end of something? | by a campfire |
| in "mirror," what is the mirror's attitude towards the woman? | it is indifferent |
| What did George to do Granny? | jilted her |
| What creatures will not sing to Prufrock? | mermaids |
| Which of her daughters does Granny want to see most? | Hapsy |
| What social class does Morrison associate with the novel? | middle class |
| In "out, out" what is the setting and time of day of the poem? | New England farm at sunsset |
| What are the two levels on which Morrison wants her stores to work? | as print and oral literature |
| What art form reflected African American life in the past? | music |
| What is ironic about "the ballad of birmingham"? | the child goes to church to avoid harm |
| how does the ending affect the story "an occurrence at owl creek bridge?" | allows reader to make sense of clues |
| According to the gettysburg address, to what proposition is the nation dedicated? | all men are created equal |
| What do the conflicts between Douglass and Covey reveal about slavery's effects on both slaves and masters? | it makes masters become monsters and slaves desperate |
| What does Farquhar do after he falls through the bridge? | he imagines escaping |
| What does freedom mean to Frederick Douglass? | having choices |
| What does the garment in "Free Labor" symbolize | antislavery |
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