Who are the “men without skin”?

White men that haunt Beloved’s thoughts

What role does Mrs. Grose play in Turn of the Screw?

She is a confidante to the governess

What does Ofglen tell Offred when they are looking at the prayer machines?

That Ofglen is part of a group of subversives

A place in town where bodies of executed dissidents are displayed

What is the pact between Jensen and Strunk?

If one gets badly injured, the other will make sure he dies

Why, primarily, does Jody insult Janie’s appearance?

To deflect attention from his own deteriorating appearance

What prevents Baby Suggs from sensing schoolteacher’s approach?

Lack of cooperation from the black community

What does the broken unicorn symbolize?

The shattering of Laura’s illusions and her encounter with reality

How does Henry James create ambiguity about the ghosts' existence in the novella?

By using the governess’s possibly unreliable narration

In Turn of the Screw, what is significant about the governess’s attraction to her employer?

It influences her decision-making and reliability

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1
What does the Commander ask Offred to do when he calls her into his study?
Play Scrabble
Strip and dance for him
Tell him about her family
Have kinky sex
2
When multiple, often incompatible, meanings of a literary work are communicated
parallelism
ambiguity
paradox
Allusion
3
The author of The Glass Menagerie is
JD Salinger
Tennesse Williams
F Scott Fitzgerald
Arthur Miller
4
The use of words that combine sharp, harsh, hissing or unmelodious sounds
euphony
cacophony
denotation
motivation
5
What does Janie do while visiting Jody on his deathbed?
She forgives him for the way that he treated her.
She sleeps with him one last time.
She mercilessly berates him.
She remains silent.
6
Who are the “men without skin”?
White men that haunt Beloved’s thoughts
Male slaves who have lost claim over their manhood
Sethe’s dead ancestors
Traumatized ex-slaves who have numbed themselves to all pain
7
For what implied reason does Jody buy Matt’s mule?
To impress the town
To make Janie happy
To scam Matt Bonner
To get a cheap meal
8
What role does Mrs. Grose play in Turn of the Screw?
She is a confidante to the governess
She is a ghostly figure
She tries to seduce the master
She serves as the antagonist
9
What is Jimmy Cross’s rank?
Lieutenant
Colonel
Medic
Private
10
According to Tom, where does he spend most of his nights?
At smoky jazz joints
At the movies
At his best girl’s house
At the offices of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
11
How does Serena plan to get Offred pregnant?
By artificial insemination
By having her sleep with a doctor
By having her sleep with Nick
She doesn’t
12
Writing that accurately portrays a native speech pattern
parallelism
denotation
dialect
diction
13
What does Ofglen tell Offred when they are looking at the prayer machines?
That Ofglen is part of a group of subversives
That she is going to hell
That they need to escape
That they should try to kill the Commander
14
An implied, indirect or explicit reference to something in history or in previous literature
Allegory
allusion
parallelism
ambiguity
15
Which character is not a Christ figure
A dead baby ghost
A lieutenant
An oppressed woman
A suicidal boy
16
Who commits suicide?
Janine
Moira
Ofwarren
Ofglen
17
The author of Their Eyes Were Watching God is
JD Salinger
Toni Morrison
Margaret Atwood
Zora Neale Hurston
18
What is the Wall?
A structure built along the border between Canada and Gilead
A fence around the Commander’s house to keep Offred in
A famous structure in China
A place in town where bodies of executed dissidents are displayed
19
An idea or feeling that a word invokes
paradox
diction
denotation
connotation
20
Which work is told in stream of consciousness
The Things They Carried
Catcher in the Rye
The Glass Menagerie
The Handmaid’s Tale
21
What is the title of the man with whom Offred must have sex?
The Patriarch
The Captain
The Harem Master
The Commander
22
The elevator operator at the Edmont offers to get Holden
Alcohol
Theater Tickets
Movie tickets
A prostitute
23
What is the pact between Jensen and Strunk?
They will play a trick on Azar when he is on night watch
If one gets badly injured, the other will make sure he dies
They will each try to kill a Vietnamese soldier
They will never allow a woman to come between them.
24
A recurring subject, theme, idea or symbol
allusion
allegory
motif
motivation
25
Why, primarily, does Jody insult Janie’s appearance?
To punish Janie for her infidelity
To appease his jealousy by making men think that Janie is unattractive
To make Janie laugh
To deflect attention from his own deteriorating appearance
26
What is the name of the club where the Commander takes Offred?
Jezebel’s
Feels on Wheels
The Carnival
All Flesh
27
The author of The Handmaid’s Tale is
Zora Neale Hurston
Toni Morrison
Margaret Atwood
JD Salinger
28
A character whose behavior and values contrast with the main character's
parallelism
persona
paradox
foil
29
What prevents Baby Suggs from sensing schoolteacher’s approach?
Her rejection of religion
Fatigue from the previous night’s party
Lack of cooperation from the black community
A sudden loss of hearing and sight
30
How many assignments without bearing a child can a Handmaid get before she is sent to the colonies?
2
4
3
1
31
Who does Offred see at the club?
Aunt Lydia
Her daughter
Her mother
Moira
32
The structure of a sentence
denotation
syntax
parallelism
epigraph
33
What is Beloved doing when Sethe first sees her?
Walking home from the carnival with Denver
Swimming in a stream
Sleeping near the steps of 124
Trembling in the woodshed
34
What is the outcome of the fight between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk over Jensen’s missing jackknife?
Jensen breaks Strunk’s nose
Jimmy Cross breaks up the fight
Strunk blows Jensen’s leg off
Strunk gives back Jensen’s jackknife
35
What does the broken unicorn symbolize?
Amanda’s lost youth
The shattering of Laura’s illusions and her encounter with reality
Jim’s success
Tom’s broken dreams
36
Term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact.
paradox
metafiction
allusion
motif
37
How does Henry James create ambiguity about the ghosts' existence in the novella?
By using the governess’s possibly unreliable narration
By never allowing the children to speak about the ghosts
By providing clear evidence of their existence
By describing physical evidence of the ghosts
38
The term applied to those works generally accepted as the great ones
canon
motif
diction
metafiction
39
The novel that utilizes the idea of a dystopia is
Death of a Salesman
Catcher in the Rye
Beloved
The Handmaid’s Tale
40
The repetition of sentence structure
diction
Paradox
connotation
parallelism
41
What is across the alley from the Wingfields’ apartment?
A speakeasy
A church
A dance hall
A library
42
What does Jody, out of jealousy, force Janie to do?
Wear a veil over her face
Never talk to another man
Tie her hair up in head-rags
Stay at home every weekend
43
Generally accepted meaning of a word
denotation
diction
connotation
motivation
44
What is signaled by the return of Here Boy?
Beloved's departure
The failure of Reconstruction
Baby Suggs’s presence
Halle’s death
45
The pear tree scene in Their Eyes Were Watching God could symbolize:
Her initial dreams and aspirations being planted
Foreshadowing her quest for power
Janie's sexual awakening
Representing the conflict between nature and culture
46
Who tells Sethe that her scars resemble a chokecherry tree?
Paul D
Beloved
Baby Suggs
Amy Denver
47
In Turn of the Screw, what is significant about the governess’s attraction to her employer?
It leads to her resignation
It influences her decision-making and reliability
It has no impact on the story
It is the main romantic subplot
48
The “character” the writer assumes for the purpose of the work.
parallelism
paradox
persona
foil
49
Dialect was used heavily in which work?
Their Eyes were Watching God
Catcher in the Rye
The Turn of the Screw
The Handmaid’s Tale
50
An author’s choice of words
diction
dialect
denotation
motivation
51
Where does The Handmaid’s Tale take place?
Savannah, Georgia
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Los Angeles, CA
Moscow
52
The “why” behind the characters’ behaviors
hubris
motivation
Ambiguity
metafiction
53
What do Offred and the other Handmaids call the detention center where they were kept?
The Red Center
The Gymnase
The concentration camp
The Center
54
Where does The Glass Menagerie take place?
Cleveland
St. Louis
Mississippi
New York City
55
Who runs the Tip Top Lodge?
Tim O’Brien
Norman Bowker
Jimmy Cross
Elroy Berdahl
56
Trees was a prominent motif in which work
Catcher in the Rye
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Things they Carried
Beloved
57
Who tells the story of “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”?
Tim O’Brien
Rat Kiley
Mark Fossie
Mitchell Sanders
58
Holden wonders about the fate of which animals in Central Park?
The ducks in the lagoon
The feral dogs roaming the Nature Preserve
The goats in the Children’s Zoo
The squirrels in the Sheep Meadow
59
At the beginning of the play, where is Laura supposedly attending classes?
At a high school
At a business college
At a language school
At a dance academy
60
Holden's negative experiences at Pencey Prep could represent:
His struggles with academic performance
His alienation from peers and authority figures
The flaws and hypocrisy of the elite education system
His disillusionment with societal institutions
61
The author of Beloved is
Zora Neale Hurston
Toni Morrison
Margaret Atwood
JD Salinger
62
1. The author of Catcher in the Rye is
F Scott Fitzgerald
Holden Caulfield
JD Salinger
Tim O’Brien
63
What does Holden buy for Phoebe?
A record titled “Little Shirley Beans”
An autographed photograph of Robert Donat
A pair of yellow shoes
A book titled Out of Africa
64
Why do all the shops in Gilead have pictures instead of written signs?
Pictures are cheaper to produce
The entire society is illiterate
Blacks in Gilead are not allowed to read
Women in Gilead are not allowed to read
65
When the novel begins, Holden is
Riding a carousel in Central Park
Taking a train to New York
Watching a football game
Recuperating in some sort of psychiatric institution
66
How does Margaret Atwood use flashbacks in The Handmaid’s Tale?
To provide comic relief
To reveal Offred’s past & contrast her former life w/ her present situation
To confuse the reader
To give scientific explanations
67
Who saves Denver’s life in the woodshed?
Howard and Buglar
Beloved
Stamp Paid
The Thirty-Mile Woman
68
The Glass Menagerie is a “memory play.” From which character’s memory is it drawn?
Amanda’s
Tom’s
Mr. Wingfield’s
Laura’s
69
How does O’Brien’s storytelling in the novel challenge the traditional war narrative?
focusing on the mundane and personal aspects of war rather than the heroic
By only showing victorious battles
By avoiding any negative aspects of war
By using purely historical facts
70
Holden nostalgically remembers the way Jane Gallagher used to
Ride her bike
Write stories
Talk about the Museum of Natural History
Play checkers
71
What reason does Jody give for excluding Janie from the mule’s funeral?
Because she needs to save her energy for working in the store
he is afraid that she is too weak to handle the sight of the dead mule
Because she had said that she didn’t want to go
Because such a “common” gathering is unfit for the mayor’s wife
72
What did Serena Joy do before the new society was formed?
She was a noted feminist author and activist
She was a gospel singer and an advocate of “traditional values”
She was the president’s wife
She was a prostitute
73
When the novel begins, Janie is
A middle-aged woman returning to Eatonville alone
A young girl living with her grandmother
About to marry Logan Killicks
Arriving in Eatonville for the first time with her new husband
74
A story in which the meaning of the characters & events is used to symbolize a deeper meaning
Allegory
paradox
metafiction
allusion
75
What role does Denver play in the resolution of Beloved?
She remains passive and uninvolved
She leaves the family and never returns
She betrays Sethe
becomes active in seeking help for her family, leading to collective heal
76
Holden leaves Mr. Antolini’s apartment because
He feels sick.
Mr. Antolini throws him out.
He thinks Mr. Antolini made a pass at him.
Mr. Antolini passes out drunk.
77
Who helps Sethe find safety after she escapes from Sweet Home?
Paul D, Paul F, and Paul A
Amy, Stamp Paid, and Ella
Amy, Janey, and Lady Jones
Paul D, Stamp Paid, and Halle
78
What is the significance of the fire escape in The Glass Menagerie?
It is a place for social gatherings
It signifies Amanda's hopes
It represents a means of physical exercise
It symbolizes a path to freedom and escape from confinement
79
For whom did Tom’s father work?
A canned goods business
The telephone company
The Department of the Interior
A glue manufacturer
80
The author of The Things They Carried is
JD Salinger
F Scott Fitzgerald
Tim O’Brien
Arthur Miller
81
Who drowns?
Linda
Azar
Kiowa
Marianne
82
At the end of “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong,” what is Mary Anne Bell wearing?
A necklace of tongues
The skin of a Vietnamese casualty
An army helmet
A flak jacket
83
What is a Salvaging?
A wedding
A prayer meeting
A fishing expedition
A mass execution
84
Why did O’Brien’s relationship with Linda end?
She ran off into the wilderness, never to be heard from again
She left him for another man
He had to leave for Vietnam
She died
85
What do the townspeople think as Jody grows sicker?
That his years of fast living have finally caught up to him
That Janie is cheating on him
That Janie is poisoning him
That God is punishing him for his sins
86
The author of Turn of the Screw is
JD Salinger
F Scott Fitzgerald
Tim O’Brien
Henry James
87
Janie’s grandfather was
A wealthy black landowner
a school teacher who raped Nanny
unknown
A slave-owner who raped Nanny
88
A situation or a statement that seems to contradict itself, but on closer inspection, does not
Paradox
allusion
motivation
ambiguity
89
The acoustic effect produced by words so formed or combined as to please the ear
ambiguity
cacophony
euphony
diction
90
The character, ethos or personality of a text
connotation
persona
denotation
voice
91
How did the founders of the Republic of Gilead first clamp down on women’s rights?
By executing all divorced women
By cutting off women’s bank accounts and firing them from their jobs
By banning marriage and turning women into property
making it illegal to raise daughters & taking female children to camps
92
Why is the town suspicious of Janie’s relationship with Tea Cake?
Because Tea Cake is really Logan Killicks in disguise
Because Tea Cake is too common for the mayor’s widow
Because Tea Cake is secretly working for Dr. Evil
Because Tea Cake has a criminal past
93
College English was
All of the above ☺
The best class in the entire world
The most mind blowing class in the entire world
The coolest class in the entire world
94
A brief quotation which appears at the beginning of a literary work.
epigraph
paradox
prologue
epilogue
95
What is the significance of the title "The Glass Menagerie"?
It signifies Jim’s career
It highlights Amanda’s economic status
It symbolizes Laura’s world of fragile illusions and delicate beauty
It refers to Tom’s aspirations
96
An idea or feeling that a word invokes
paradox
denotation
connotation
diction
97
What is the primary theme of Their Eyes Were Watching God?
The inevitability of death
The search for self-identity and empowerment
The importance of education
Wealth and power

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