Which of these is true of "In Cold Blood"?

It's definitely not all factual.

TRIVIA: Capote didn't go to Kansas to investigate the Clutter murders alone. Who went with him to assist?

Harper Lee (author of To Kill a Mockingbird)

What do Lowell Lee Wells and Perry Smith have in common (besides Death Row)?

They both claim to feel no remorse for their crimes.

What is most likely the reason Capote switches from longer sentences to shorter ones once the murder is committed?

It connects with a tone shift from relaxed to more frantic.

Who discovered that the Clutters were dead?

Susan Kidwell, a friend of Nancy's

Capoted uses, particularly early on, polysyllabic (aka "big") words. What is the rhetorical impact of this?

It helps him to appeal to ethos: smart, knowledgeable people use big words

What was the motive for the Cutter murders?

money: it was believed there was a safe in the house with lots of it

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1
Which of these is true of "In Cold Blood"?
The book omits the existence of the fifth Clutter child, Margaret.
It was published only six months after the murderers were convicted.
Capote invented the rhetorical device of "syllogism" in this book.
It's definitely not all factual.
2
An easy one: after the murders, to where did Perry and Dick flee?
Cuba
Belize
Canada
Mexico
3
Which of these is the primary point of view in which Capote's book is presented?
First person, limited
First person, omniscient
Second person, focused
Third person, omniscient
4
What literary device is at play in such a situation?
Dramatic Intercession
Rhetorical Balance
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
5
Let's do a series of quick reading recall questions: When were the Clutters killed?
April, 1960
November, 1959
March, 1968
May, 1949
6
TRIVIA: Capote didn't go to Kansas to investigate the Clutter murders alone. Who went with him to assist?
Reporter, Kevin Holloway
FBI leader, J. Edgar Hoover
Actor, Ronald Reagan
Harper Lee (author of To Kill a Mockingbird)
7
What do Lowell Lee Wells and Perry Smith have in common (besides Death Row)?
They both came from abuse homes in rural Alabama.
They both claim to feel no remorse for their crimes.
They both battled with Schizophrenia.
They both came to Kansas originally looking for honest work.
8
What is most likely the reason Capote switches from longer sentences to shorter ones once the murder is committed?
It allows Capote to draw the reader in.
It creates a sense of understanding rather than being so wordy.
It stops the reader from wondering what happened.
It connects with a tone shift from relaxed to more frantic.
9
Who discovered that the Clutters were dead?
Susan Kidwell, a friend of Nancy's
Pastor, Marshall Wilson Hanks
Bobby Rupp, Nancy's boyfriend
Wayne Greeley, a farm worker
10
Capoted uses, particularly early on, polysyllabic (aka "big") words. What is the rhetorical impact of this?
It allows Capote to relate to the educated Clutters more than the murderers
It creates a mood of mystery
It helps him to appeal to ethos: smart, knowledgeable people use big words
It helps him establish his fundamental point about education
11
What was the motive for the Cutter murders?
revenge: Herb Clutter once fired a friend of Perry Smith's
money: it was believed there was a safe in the house with lots of it
rebellion: the murderers were sick of Capitalism and everyone associated
fame: Dick Hickock was furious no one took his art seriously
12
Why does Perry claim, in Chapter 4, that he killed all of the Clutters and Dick was not at all responsible?
To confuse the jury
To comfort Dick's mother
To help Bobby Rupp
To show Dick that he's in love with him
13
Who was cell mates with Willie-Jay? (ya know, he also kinda was maybe in love with him, too...)
Dick Hickock
Alvin Dewey
Herb Clutter
Perry Smith

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Questions 13

Answers

1
Which of these is true of "In Cold Blood"?
The book omits the existence of the fifth Clutter child, Margaret.
It was published only six months after the murderers were convicted.
Capote invented the rhetorical device of "syllogism" in this book.
It's definitely not all factual.
2
An easy one: after the murders, to where did Perry and Dick flee?
Cuba
Belize
Canada
Mexico
3
Which of these is the primary point of view in which Capote's book is presented?
First person, limited
First person, omniscient
Second person, focused
Third person, omniscient
4
What literary device is at play in such a situation?
Dramatic Intercession
Rhetorical Balance
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
5
Let's do a series of quick reading recall questions: When were the Clutters killed?
April, 1960
November, 1959
March, 1968
May, 1949
6
TRIVIA: Capote didn't go to Kansas to investigate the Clutter murders alone. Who went with him to assist?
Reporter, Kevin Holloway
FBI leader, J. Edgar Hoover
Actor, Ronald Reagan
Harper Lee (author of To Kill a Mockingbird)
7
What do Lowell Lee Wells and Perry Smith have in common (besides Death Row)?
They both came from abuse homes in rural Alabama.
They both claim to feel no remorse for their crimes.
They both battled with Schizophrenia.
They both came to Kansas originally looking for honest work.
8
What is most likely the reason Capote switches from longer sentences to shorter ones once the murder is committed?
It allows Capote to draw the reader in.
It creates a sense of understanding rather than being so wordy.
It stops the reader from wondering what happened.
It connects with a tone shift from relaxed to more frantic.
9
Who discovered that the Clutters were dead?
Susan Kidwell, a friend of Nancy's
Pastor, Marshall Wilson Hanks
Bobby Rupp, Nancy's boyfriend
Wayne Greeley, a farm worker
10
Capoted uses, particularly early on, polysyllabic (aka "big") words. What is the rhetorical impact of this?
It allows Capote to relate to the educated Clutters more than the murderers
It creates a mood of mystery
It helps him to appeal to ethos: smart, knowledgeable people use big words
It helps him establish his fundamental point about education
11
What was the motive for the Cutter murders?
revenge: Herb Clutter once fired a friend of Perry Smith's
money: it was believed there was a safe in the house with lots of it
rebellion: the murderers were sick of Capitalism and everyone associated
fame: Dick Hickock was furious no one took his art seriously
12
Why does Perry claim, in Chapter 4, that he killed all of the Clutters and Dick was not at all responsible?
To confuse the jury
To comfort Dick's mother
To help Bobby Rupp
To show Dick that he's in love with him
13
Who was cell mates with Willie-Jay? (ya know, he also kinda was maybe in love with him, too...)
Dick Hickock
Alvin Dewey
Herb Clutter
Perry Smith