Their Eyes Were Watching God (1-6) Review

Question 1

Reflect on the quote below; in chapter five of Their Eyes Were Watching God, who is the narrator?

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Omniscient Narrator

Question 2

What does this say about Joe's character?

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He's jealous

Question 3

When Janie dismisses herself after the argument between her and Logan, what does she find?

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Joe Starks

Question 4

The town where Joe carries Janie is connected with ___

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Zora Neale Hurston

Question 5

Who was Janie's daddy?

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A teacher from her mother's school

Question 6

One can easily infer that the piece of excerpt below is an example of ....

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3rd person point of view

Question 7

Literary device?

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Allusion

Question 8

View image below for question.

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She perseveres through life’s sufferings

Question 9

Janie speaks out to the menfolk and Joe reprimands her

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Man vs Society

Question 10

LD?...her pugnacious breasts trying to bore holes in her shirt...

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personification

Question 11

What happened not long after the desired wish surrounding the quote below?

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Janie kisses Johnny Taylor

Question 12

Who says,“Even wid dem overhalls on, you shows yo’ womanhood.”?

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Pheoby Watson; Janie Crawford

Question 13

What is the setting of the story where Janie references her childhood?

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Western Florida

Question 14

Janie questions herself about her undisclosed, saved up feelings

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Man vs Self

Question 15

“Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone." -- LD?

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Simile

Question 16

Characterization type?

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Direct

Question 17

LD? ...and unraveling in the wind like a plume...

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simile

Question 18

Janie and Logan get into an argument because she refuses to....

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Shovel Manure

Question 19

Janie's Character?

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Nonchalant

Question 20

"...Ah'm a cracked plate." --LD?

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Metaphor

Question 21

"Dawn and doom was in the branches." -- LD?

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Personification

Question 22

Which of the following jobs was NOT held by Joe Starks?

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Preacher

Question 23

“They don’t know if life is a mess of corn-meal dumplings, and if love is a bed-quilt!” -- LD?

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Metaphor

Question 24

Prior to making the statement below, what had occurred?

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Nanny slaps Janie

Question 25

Imagery: a literary device using details to activate one or more of the senses; often uses other literary devices too

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True

Question 26

Based on Matt’s reaction to the money and the condition of his mule, what might one infer about his character?

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jovial

Question 27

“Aw, aw! Ah’m colored!” -- Why was it said?

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She saw a picture of herself with white children

Question 28

...firm buttocks like she had grape fruits in her hip pockets...great rope of black hair swinging to her waist...WHO?

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Janie Crawford

Question 29

"Mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech-makin' . . . She's uh woman and her place is in de home" --Who said it?

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Joe Starks

Question 30

Select the characteristics below that reference Nanny when she says, "...Ah'm a cracked plate."

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Fragile, Elderly

Question 31

Who are the sitters on page 1?

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gossipers

Question 32

1. After Nanny dies, Logan Killicks stops pampering Janie. What’s the 1st thing the reader sees Logan have Janie do?

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Cut potatoes

Question 33

Define "temerity" as used in the quote below

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Audacity

Question 34

What transpired this turn of events in Janie’s mother’s life?

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She was raped

Question 35

Why did Janie say this?

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She did not want to marry the man who Nanny had chosen for her

Question 36

Janie’s frustration for making change at the store & reading everyone’s handwriting at the post office transpired

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because she had no notable education

Question 37

Who says it?

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Janie

Question 38

ID the LD: Words walking without masters...

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personification

Question 39

Meaning? "Even wid dem overhalls on, you shows yo’ womanhood.”

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You certainly look young and voluptuous even in overalls

Question 40

...his dreams mocked to death by Time...(ID the literary device)

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personification

Question 41

What night-time conversation commenced between Janie and Logan preluding the argument in the morning?

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conversation about Janie’s possible departure

Question 42

What does the following quote imply?

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He aims to have Janie help plow the second mule

Question 43

When Janie dismisses herself after the argument between her and Logan, what does she seek?

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Change

Question 44

Identify the Literary device: Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board...

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metaphor`

Question 45

Joe Starks slaps Janie

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Man vs Man

Question 46

Janie reconsiders her blossoming marriage with Joe

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Man vs Fate

Question 47

What conflict arises in chapter five?

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Joe and the people of Eatonville

Question 48

Which of the following is direct characterization?

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He was a seal brown color

Question 49

"Mah wife don't know nothin' 'bout no speech-makin' . . . She's uh woman and her place is in de home" -- Event stated?

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welcome of Joe Starks as mayor of Eatonville

Question 50

What event transpires in chapter five as Mr. Bogle sings the tune below?

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Lamplighting of Eatonville

Question 51

What can one infer about the person referenced in the quote below? (More than one possible answer)

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He's wealthy, He's confident

Question 52

“They don’t know if life is a mess of corn-meal dumplings, and if love is a bed-quilt!” - LD?

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metaphor

Question 53

What is the underlying theme of the story?

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Self-identity

Question 54

Define resignation

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Quit

Question 55

Based on the information provided in the quote above, one can infer all of the following about Logan Killicks EXCEPT

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Janie loves him

Question 56

Prior to the saying the quote below, Janie wished that she were a _________.

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A pear tree

Question 57

What happened to Janie's mother?

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She became an alcoholic and prostitute

Question 58

What happens to men's wishes?

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Some men get their dreams but others' dreams are always out of reach

Question 59

Who said,“Aw, aw! Ah’m colored!”?

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Janie

Question 60

Literary Device Below?

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Metaphor

Question 61

Who raised Janie?

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Her grandmother Nanny

Question 62

What odd act did Joe Starks commit to please Janie?

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Buys Matt's mule

Question 63

Joe's Character?

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Undervalued

Question 64

“Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone."Meaning?

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She underwent delightful and sorrowful events in life but survived them all, She was old and ready to be knocked down like an archaic oak tree

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