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Clark "Hills Like White Elephants"
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Symbolism means:
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
the use of symbols to make symbols
the use of turkeys to make symbols
the use of symbols to make signs
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The green side of the railroad tracks is symbolic of what?
Keeping the baby
life
fertility
all of the answers
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Motif means (2 possible answers):
the motive for doing something
the vehicle for theme
the vehicle for symbolism
repeating items in a literary work that have meaning
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The hills are symbolic of:
turkeys
the unborn child
the ups & down in their relationship
elephants
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Setting is
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the time in which the story is read
the time and place of thestory
the time in which the story is written
6
How did Hemingway die?
overdose of sleeping pills
airplane crash
train crash
shotgun to the face
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Conflict is
the main"struggle"of the reader
the main"struggle"of narrator
the main"struggle"of opposing forces
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The vocabulary in the beginning of the short story is
poetic
advanced and complex
academic
ordinary
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Inference is
things not said or written
things not said or written directly, implicitly.
things not said or written directly in a personal way.
things said or written directly
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The exposition introduces
important characters to the readers
the main theme to the audience
important background information to the audience
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The Iceberg Theory is
a complex and thorough explanation of literature
is a minimalistic style, focusing on surface elements
is cold literature written with no feelings
is a minimalistic style, focusing on the real meaning
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The theme is
Is what the setting and plot are about
Is the main idea in the plot
Is what you get when you retell the story
The central idea. What the text is about on a deeper level?
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The barren side of the railroad tracks are symbolic of what?
death
the end of life
abortion
all of the answers
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A static character is
a stereotype
round and vivid
very dynamic
very complex
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Hemingway's style is
is minimalistic
Poetic
filled with adjectives
consists of many incomplete sentences
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When we talk about being omniscient we usually describe
the main character
the setting
the narrator
the theme
17
Writing that the "operation will simply be “…let the air in..." is an example of
a simile
a metaphor
a complex saying
an omniscient point of view
18
Which of the following is a motif from "HLWE"?
hills
drinks
cars
luggage
19
The train tracks are symbolic of:
their difficult decision
traveling
vacation
going separate ways
20
The short story was published in
August 1927
November 1974
September 1827
Mai 1994
21
Jig is symbolic of what?
all of the answers
getting jiggy with it
dancing around
being used, a tool
22
What do the labels on the luggage say about their relationship?
romantic and committed to each other
sleep in separate rooms
travel like jet-setters w/o the jet
try new things together
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Plot is
the main theme of the story
the series of events or what happens in thestory
the way people talk in a story
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Hemingway lived
From 1799 to 1861
From 1927 to 1994
From 1899 to 1961
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Why did Hemingway commit suicide?
He felt like he had lived every adventure life had to offer
He missed his 1st wife who even though he had 3 other wives
He didn't win another Pulitzer or Nobel Prize for writing
He felt like he had nothing left to contribute as a writer
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Symbolism of a white elephant:
unwanted and useless
fertility & growth
all of the answers
something to be avoided
