Realism Unit – Flashcards
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" After she escapes, Linda does not enter her grandmother's house because—
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She does not want to upset her grandmother and bring her harm
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" Instead of going to her grandma for help, Linda decides to—
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Ask her friend Sally for help
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" As she leaves her children, Linda—
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Kisses them and prays for them
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" From her actions toward her children, you can conclude that Linda—
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Loves her children very much
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" To get Linda back, Mr. Flint promises all of the following options except—
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Granting Linda's brother William his freedom
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" As explained in his account, Linda hides at her friend's house for about—
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A week
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" To force Linda out of hiding, Flint—
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Puts her children in jail
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" Harriet Jacobs probably chose to call Dr. James Norcom "Mr. Flint" to suggest that—
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His character is hard and inflexible
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" Harriet Jacobs most likely changed the names of her characters to—
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Protect her relatives against retribution and revenge
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" Which of the following mottoes would Linda be most likely to adopt?
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"Never give up"
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" The primary conflict in this story were all caused by—
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The system of slavery
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" All of the following situations are external conflicts in this narrative except Jacob's—
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Anguish over leaving her children
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" One indicator of an internal conflict that Jacobs faced is her—
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Guilt over leaving her children in jail
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" One internal conflict that Jacobs finds most difficult to resolve is her—
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Decision to involve her friends and family in her escape
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" This story is set in Alabama during—
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The Civil War (1864)
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Peyton Farquhar is best described as a—
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Thirty-five- year old planter
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Peyton Farquhar—
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Is tricked by a scout from the opposition
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Early in the story, what interrupts Farquhar's thoughts about his wife and children?
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The arrival of more troops
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" While Farquhar is underwater, he thinks that he is going to die, but—
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His hands seem to work independently of his will and free themselves
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" After the board is kicked out from under him, Farquhar experiences—
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An intense sharpening of his senses
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" After Farquhar appears to have escaped from the gunfire while in the river, he—
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Lands on a bank and runs through the woods
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" How much time passes in the story?
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A few minutes
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" What actually happens in the story?
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Farquhar dies by hanging
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" In part, this story illustrates—
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Our deep attachment to life
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Bierce plays with time in all of the following ways except by—
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Flashing forward to tell you what will happen to Farquhar ten years later
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" The narrator calls on Simon Wheeler to—
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Find out about a friend's childhood friend, Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Why does the narrator listen to Simon Wheeler's long story?
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Simon and the narrator are old friends, so the narrator doesn't want to be rude
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Jim Smiley's horse wins races by—
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barreling past the other horses, after having a head start
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Andrew Jackson, the bull pup, wins the fight by—
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Holding his opponent's hind leg until the other dog collapses
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" The bull pup finally loses a fight when he—
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Is pitted against a dog that doesn't have hind legs
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Is the stranger as innocent as he appears?
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No, because he tricks Smiley
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" How does the frog lose the race?
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The stranger fills him with lead pellets, so the frog is too heavy to hop
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Simon Wheeler is best described as--
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Long-winded and unintentionally funny
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" Jim Smiley is best described as a -
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Gullible gambler
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" The story ends when—
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Wheeler starts telling another story, and the narrator leaves
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"The Lowest Animal" What is Twain's theory of humanity?
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People descended from animals
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"The Lowest Animal" To give his theory credence, Twain claims that—
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He drew his conclusions from his own experiments
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"The Lowest Animal" Twain concludes that English earls are cruel because they—
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Kill animals for fun rather than for food
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"The Lowest Animal" You can infer from the example of the earl and the anaconda that Twain—
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Was not a supporter of hunting for a sport
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"The Lowest Animal" What examples does Twain not cite to make his point that humanity is cruel?
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Americans have hanged their neighbors
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"The Lowest Animal" According to Twain, human beings are inferior to animals in all of the following ways except—
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Animals cannot show love, while humans can
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"The Lowest Animal" The tone of Twain's essay is best described as—
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Bitter
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"The Lowest Animal" Twain's last example demonstrates that—
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People are foolish and intolerant
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"The Lowest Animal" When Twain says, "Man is the Animal that Blushes...or has occasion to," he means that—
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Man has reason to be ashamed
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"The Lowest Animal" Twain says that of all the animals, man alone is—
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Cruel
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"The Lowest Animal" What is ironic about Twain's assertion that humans are the "Reasoning Animal"?
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Our actions show that we are irrational and unreasoning
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"The Lowest Animal" Twain wrote this piece mainly to—
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Force people to reexamine their attitudes and behavior
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"The Story of an Hour" What did Mrs. Mallard believed happened to Mr. Mallard?
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He died in a train accident
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"The Story of an Hour" At first, how does Mrs. Mallard respond to the news of her husband?
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She cried
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"The Story of an Hour" What problem did Mrs. Mallard have?
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Heart trouble
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"The Story of an Hour" An unexpected twist at the end of a story is called?
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Irony
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"The Story of an Hour" What is the best theme for the story?
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Don't live for anyone except yourself
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The fact that the room used to be a nursery suggests
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The narrator is suffering from postpartum depression
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The wallpaper represents
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The way she is trapped by forces she can't understand
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When the narrator has become "free" from the wallpaper at the end of the story, her tone becomes
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more confident
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The way John addresses the narrator emphasizes
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how patronizing he is
