Dark Roots anthology

Question 1

The harsh, onomatopoeic sounds, as Billy's boots "cracked on the black ice" symbolises ...

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the way the landscape can be unforgiving and cruel

Question 2

In 'Sea Burial', Lillies are a metaphor for

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grief, pain and hardship

Question 3

The title of the story 'Habit' is a...

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Pun

Question 4

In 'Sea Burial' the freshia is a metaphor for

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artifice

Question 5

Cate Kennedy is...

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Australian

Question 6

'Habit' contains many ____________ to the garment the protagonist wears.

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Allusions

Question 7

Cate's characters are often...

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are good people doing bad things., Vigilantes

Question 8

Dark Roots is an ________________ of short stories.

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Anthology

Question 9

'Sea Burial' reveals Alan's wife's hedonsitic lifestyle through:

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her play money, fresh freesias, leather divan, nails done, glossy magazines

Question 10

Literary technique: "when we rip the skin off and it comes away like a glove"

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graphic imagery, simile and onomatopoeia, metaphor, all of the above

Question 11

Kennedy often uses __________to provide background information to her characters.

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Flashback

Question 12

In "Cold Snap", the woman's fake duck is a symbol of her

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lack of authenticity

Question 13

The use of the Virgin Mary statue to hide the cocaine in 'Habit' is an example of

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dramatic irony

Question 14

Alan on the stand in his 'thousand dollar suit' is juxtaposed with

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his face florid and uneasy, and visably wincing

Question 15

Billy reflects "For everything poisonous there's something nearby to cure it" which alludes to

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The woman is poisonous and nature got rid of her

Question 16

Cate likes to write about...

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How things get worse

Question 17

'Revenge is a dish best served cold' is an example of...

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An idiom

Question 18

An idiom is...

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A common phrase or expression

Question 19

Showing, not telling, is also known as...

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Inference

Question 20

When an author hints at later events...

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Foreshadowing

Question 21

The personification of the trees in 'Cold Snap' serves to:

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Depict mother nature as numinous, depict the power of the trees, and Billy's connection to them

Question 22

Habit, Cold Snap and The Testosterone Club are all written in...

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First person

Question 23

When an author creates a tone of impending doom...

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Foreboding

Question 24

'banking on' and 'mashed the grass' are examples of...

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idioms

Dark Roots anthology

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Dark Roots anthology

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