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1
Which story made a claim about female empowerment?
Trifles
The Boarded Window
The Chaser
Masque of the Red Death
2
The love potion is the most valuable thing the old man sells.
True
False
3
Which was a symbol of the time we have left?
The fire
The masked figure
The black room
The chime of the clock
4
Which is the second room?
White
Violet
Green
Purple
5
Which is NOT one of the five major elements of a short story?
Setting
Resolution
Theme
Character
6
In order for the red rose to grow, the nightingale must...
Stain it with her blood
Sing as the sun rises
Sing by moonlight
Serenade the oak tree
7
Which story is an allegory?
Masque of the Red Death
Trifles
The Boarded Window
The Chaser
8
What evidence does not lead the reader to believe that the wife was not dead?
Her blood is flowing
The ear of the panther is in her mouth
The window is boarded
Her ties were broken
9
Which is not a symbol from one of the stories we read?
Bird cage
Panther's ear
Fire
Rose
10
Which story did not have an animal at the heart of it?
The Chaser
The Boarded Window
Trifles
The Rose & The Nightingale
11
How has Mr. Wright died?
He was poisoned
He was shot in his sleep
He was strangled by a rope
His neck was broken by the hands of his wife
12
Where is Minnie Wright?
She has killed herself
The jail
Upstairs in the rocking chair
At a neighbor's house
13
What is the county attorney mostly looking for?
nothing - he has all he needs
evidence
a body
motive
14
Murlock is in what state at the time of the story?
Colorado
Ohio
Kansas
Montana
15
Mrs. Peters is the wife of...
The man who dies
The county attorney
The sherrif
The neighboring farmer
16
As Murlock is sleeping, he hears something that wakes him. What?
soft footsteps on the floor
all of these
a thump
a heavy struggle
17
Murlock returns from hunting to find his wife is ill. He does not go get help and tries to care for her himself. Why?
He is not well liked by the townspeople
There is no doctor around
Murlock is certain he can nurse her back to health
She asks him not to
18
What does the bird symbolize?
Minnie Wright
Death
Strength
Loss of hope
19
Which story's title references alcohol?
The Chaser
Trifles
20
______________ people usually come in for the love potion
Young
Frightened
Wealthy
Old
21
The mysterious guest arrives...
all of these
dressed like a corpse
at midnight
seemingly out of nowhere
22
Alan does not pick up on the old man's...
theory that he will eventually kill Diana
hint that he should buy the life cleaner
warning that love is fake
23
"_______ is a great price to pay for a red rose..."
Death
Tragedy
Gold
Love
24
The rooms of the abbey probably represent...
Seven inner powers
The stages of life
Nothing - Poe was weird
Our road to death
25
In "The Rose and the Nightingale," the bird assumes the student is truly in love.
False
True
26
Which was not a symptom of the Red Death?
upset stomach
pains
bleeding
dizziness
27
What does this picture represent?
Character development
Plot development
A slide at the park
Types of conflict
28
What was the Red Death's "avatar?"
Pain
Death
Blood
Masks
29
Which story was written vastly different from the others?
The Boarded Window
Trifles
The Rose & the Nightengale
Masque of the Red Death
30
What do all five stories have in common?
All center around a death.
All are written as traditional stories.
All were written by men.
All are told in first person.
31
How does the narrator know about Murlock's window?
Murlock is his grandfather
He heard it from his grandfather
He knew Murlock personally
He heard it as a rumor
32
Prince Prospero was everything except
Excentric
Concerned
Secluded
Happy
33
Which of the other inhabitants of the garden, tells the nightingale how to make a rose?
Green lizard
Butterfly
Rose tree
Oak Tree
34
What was the name of Murlock's wife?
Ethel
Martha
It is unknown
June
35
Which story has an unreliable narrator?
The Boarded Window
The Masque of the Red Death
The Rose & The Nightingale
The Chaser
