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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon
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1
Charlie's first moral dilemma involves:
Whether or not to kiss Alice
Gimpy stealing from Mr. Donner
Whether or not to sleep with Fay
Frank Carp dealing drugs from the bakery
2
Charlie resents Dr. Guarino for being a con artist.
False
True
3
Where does Charlie end up at the completion of the novel?
Rose's house
Donner's Bakery
Beekman College
Warren h\Home
4
Professor Nemur is a dynamic character:
False
True
5
What is one way Fay is a
negative
influence on Charlie?
He stops going to church
She gets Charlie high
She paints him in the nude
He develops a drinking problem
6
"
He stands there frightened...a squeezing pressure inside him and a sense of panic
..." is an example of:
First person narration
Second person narration
Third person narration
Limited omniscient narration
7
How would you best describe Mr. Donner?
A con artist
Rose's abusive boyfriend
Bullies Charlie
A man of his word
8
What is Algernon's escaping from his cage a
symbol
of?
Charlie's past
Friendship
Charlie's independence
The inevitability of death
9
Why is this moral dilemma difficult for Charlie to deal with?
Charlie has no real evidence
Gimpy is crippled
He has never developed the tools to do so
Mr. Donner fired Charlie so he is resentful
10
How would you best describe Burt Selden?
A friendly graduate student
A neurologist
A love interest
A bully
11
How would you best describe Matt Gordon?
Incredibly stubborn
Hostile
An abusive parent
A pushover
12
How would you best describe Rose Gordon?
Living in denial
A loving mother
A thief
A hard working housewife
13
What adjective best describes Charlie's reunion with his father?
unresolved
inspirational
satisfying
violent
14
Charlie's struggle to consummate his relationship with Alice is an example of which
theme
?
The scientific method
Bullying
Persistence of the past
Mistreatment of intellectual disabilities
15
When does Charlie first experience shame?
Remembering playing hide-and-seek as a child
Seeing someone naked for the first time
When he soils himself at the cocktail party
Getting drunk with his co-workers
16
The following image is connected to:
allusion
allegory
metaphor
simile
17
What do
windows
symbolize/represent in the novel?
Charlie's past
New ways of seeing
Charlie's fragile state of mind
The emotional distance that Charlie feels from others
18
Who does the following image represent?
Rose
Alice
Charlie
Fay
19
Who does the following image most connect to?
Norma
Rose
Matt
Charlie
20
Which of the following is NOT connected to the setting of the story?
Beekman College
Chicago
New York City
Jail
21
Throughout the novel, Alice Kinnian is most representative of ___.
family disfunction
emotional damage
scientific curiousity
human kindness
22
How would you best describe an allegory?
A story within a story
A comparison of two unlike things
A surprise ending
A reference to something historical/religious
23
The Algernon-Gordon Effect means:
The whole experiment was a scam
His intelligence will decrease as fast as it increased
His intelligence will never really go away
Eventually, Charlie will turn into a mouse
24
How does Charlie upset Alice near the end of the novel?
He asks her to marry him
He shows up to her class by mistake.
He calls her 'Fay'
He messes himself in front of her
25
How would you best describe Dr. Nemur?
Arrogant and career-obsessed
A true friend to Charlie
Selfless and caring
Interested in Charlie's emotional development
26
Who says it:
I hate school! I hate it! I’ll stop studying, and I’ll be a dummy like him.
Norma
Matt
Joe Carp
Rose
27
Charlie's teacher at Beekman College is:
Alice Kinnian
Fay Smith
Harold Nemur
Miss Strauss
28
Charlie Gordon is the __________ of the novel.
Protagonist
Allusion
Theme
Antagonist
29
Which of the following is a
motif
in the novel:
flashbacks
trees
mirrors
barbers
30
What is the first sign of 'intelligence' Charlie demonstrates after his surgery?
Learning several new languages
Solving complex math problems
Questioning the purpose of the TV he must watch at night
Falling in love with Alice
31
'
Dr. Strauss says i should rite down what i think
..
" is an example of:
First person narration
Third person narration
Limited omniscient narration
Third person omniscient narration
32
Why does Rose threaten to attack Charlie with a knife?
She was actually trying to attack Matt
Charlie tried to hurt Norma as a baby
Rose sees Charlie as a sexual threat to Norma
Charlie soiled himself on the floor
33
The author of Flowers for Algernon is:
Devin Cook
Diane Kasey
David King
Daniel Keyes
34
A
repeating idea/object
with symbolic significance is called a:
motif
allusion
symbol
metaphor
35
What memory is triggered during Charlie's flight to Chicago?
His mother coming after him with a knife
'Treatments' with Dr. Guarino
Matt leaving Rose for good
Charlie's first school dance
