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Antagonist

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a person who opposes another person

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Aside

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to the side, away from others or one's thoughts

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Character

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someone's personality; set of qualities shared by many people

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Comedy

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literary work written in a comic style or treating a comic theme

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Dialogue

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the words said by characters in a story

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Elegy

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sad poem or song, usually for someone who is dead

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Fiction

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written stories about people and events that are not real

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Flashback

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part of a story or movie that describes or shows something in the past

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Foreshadowing

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to give a suggestion of something that has not happened yet

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Genre

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a particular type or category of literature or art

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Irony

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the use of words that mean the opposite of what you think; a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what is expected

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Melodrama

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drama in which many events happen and the characters have very strong or exaggerated emotions

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Metaphor

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word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar

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Monologue

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long speech given by a character in a story, movie, play, or by a performer that prevents anyone else from talking

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Mood

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a predominant emotion

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Motivation

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the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something

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Narrator

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one who tells a story

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Novel

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a long written story usually about imaginary characters and events

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Omniscient narrator

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the voice in which a story is written that is outside the story and that knows everything about the characters and events in the story

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Plot

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series of events that form the story in a novel

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Point of view

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position or perspective from which something is considered, told, or evaluated

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Protagonist

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the main character in a novel, play, or movie; important person who is involved in a competition, conflict, or cause

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Realism

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style of literature that shows or describes the people and things as they are in real life

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Satire

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a way of using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, or bad

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Scene

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part of a story in which a particular action or activity occurs without a break in time

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Setting

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the place and conditions in which something happens or exists

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Simile

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a phrase that uses the words "like" or "as" to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar

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Stream of consciousness

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the continuous unedited chronological flow of consciousness experience through the mind

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Theme

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the main subject that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing

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Soliloquy

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a long, usually serious speech that a character in a play makes to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts

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What is modernism?

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self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and prose

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Who was August Comte?

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French philosopher

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August Comte was the founder of what?

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positivism

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Who was Karl Marx?

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German philosopher; founded Marxism

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What did Karl Marx write?

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The Communist Manifesto

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Who was Friedrich Nietzsche?

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German philosopher who's main focus was on individual and their function in society

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What was Friedrich Nietzsche's famous quote?

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"God is dead."

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What is an Ubermensch?

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super human being who refused to be bound by social norms

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Who was the founder of psychoanalysis?

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Sigmund Freud

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What did Carl Jung believe?

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collective unconscious links us together

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What is existentialism?

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question all meaningful existence in the world

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What is "post-modernism"?

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there is no absolute truth whatsoever

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Who wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?

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T.S. Eliot

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When and where was T.S. Eliot born?

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September 26, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri

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What college did T.S. Eliot attend?

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Harvard

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Where did T.S. Eliot move in 1915?

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London, England

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What was T.S. Eliot's first major poem?

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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

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Which poem is considered to be T.S. Eliot's masterpiece?

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The Waste Land

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What prize did T.S. Eliot win in 1948?

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Nobel Prize for Literature

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What was the goal of "imagism"?

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to present a clear physical image phrased in everyday language

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When did T.S. Eliot become a member of the Angelican Church?

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1927

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Which play did T.S. Eliot write that centers around the death of English St. Thomas a' Becket?

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Murder in the Cathedral

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In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," carefully read the epigraph at the beginning. How does this tie into what the poet is trying to say?

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"Prufrock" might not be a poem about good people, but about bad ones pretending to be good. The setting of the poem is a kind of hell. Also, Prufrock is going to tell us things because he thinks we won't have a chance to repeat them to other people.

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" to what does the speaker compare the evening?

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a patient etherized upon a table

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," to what does the speaker compare the streets?

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a tedious argument

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," for what "will there be time"?

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everything

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In lines 73 and 74 of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what does Prufrock say he should have been?

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a pair of ragged claws

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In lines 110-120 of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," how does he describe himself?

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not Prince Hamlet

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In lines 126-128 of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," whom does he say he has seen?

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the grim reaper

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what has he measured out his life with?

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coffee spoons

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what is the allusion in line 82?

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when Salome obtained the head of John the Baptist

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," who do the women who "come and go" talk of?

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Michelangelo

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what doe sit mean to be "etherised upon a table"? Why does he begin the poem in this way?

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can hear and understand but is paralyzed

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," who is the "you and I" in the first line?

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two lovers

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In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what does Prufrock say that he has head singing at the end of the poem?

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mermaids

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Where and when was Albert Camus born?

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November 7, 1913 in Mondavi, Algeria

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What type of jobs did Albert Camus have?

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journalist and essayist; founded a collective theater

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Be familiar with Camus's novels. Which novel was the most famous?

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The Stranger

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What "party" did Camus once join?

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communist

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What price did Camus win?

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Nobel Prize

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What happened on January 4, 1960?

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Camus died in a car accident

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In "The Guest," Where was Daru from?

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Algeria

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In "The Guest," what is hidden in Daru's drawer?

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a gun

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In "The Guest," what is Daru's profession?

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Schoolmaster

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What does the term "gendarme" mean?

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police officer

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In "The Guest," what is the gendarme's name?

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Balducci

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In "The Guest," what kind of weapon did the prisoner use on his victim? Who was his victim?

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a billhook; his cousin

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In "The Guest," where is Balducci taking the Arab?

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to Daru

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In "The Guest," what is the job Daru is given?

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to take the Arab to Tinguit

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In "The Guest," what were the words written on the chalkboard at the end?

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You handed over our brother. You will pay for this.

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What does the word "cheche" mean?

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scarf

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In "The Guest," the schoolmaster pointed the Arab to the east towards Tinguit with a package. What did the schoolmaster say he would find?

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Tinguit

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In "The Guest," does the Arab run away?

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no

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In "The Guest," where is Balducci headed?

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back to El Ameur

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In "The Guest," how much money did Daru hand the Arab?

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a thousand francs

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In "The Guest," who freed the Arab's hands and gave him a glass of tea?

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Daru

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In "The Guest," how did Daru generally sleep?

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naked

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In the beginning of "The Guest," what were the four rives in France that were on the chalkboard in four different colored chalks?

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The Seine, Loire, Rhone, and Gironde

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In "The Guest," who did the prisoner kill and why?

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his cousin; a family squabble over grain

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In "The Guest," how does Daru help his students?

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gives them wheat

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In "The Guest," what is the dilemma that causes the two men to make a slow progress to the schoolhouse?

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heavy snow

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Where and what day was Leslie Marmon Silko born?

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Albuquerque, New Mexico; March 5th 1948

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What tribe did Silko belong to?

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Laguna Pueblo

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In her writing, Silko alternates between which two styles?

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poetry and prose

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What is Silko's "masterwork"?

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Ceremony

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"Yellow Woman" is a part of which story collection?

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The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians

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What is Silko's primary concern as an artist?

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establish a modern view on Native American tradition

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In "Yellow Woman," what color was the blanket that the "Yellow Woman" and her lover were lying on?

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red

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In "Yellow Woman," what type of carcass was hanging from the pine tree?

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beef/cow

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In "Yellow Woman," what does Silva do for a living?

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steals

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In "Yellow Woman," what kind of gun does Silva have?

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.30-30

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In "Yellow Woman," what is YW's husband's name? What does Silva say that he is?

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Al ka'tsina (mountain spirit)

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In "Yellow Woman," who told the YW stories?

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her grandfather

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In "Yellow Woman," what did Coyote do to Badger?

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trapped him in a prarie dog hole

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What is a kachina?

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an ancestral spirit

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In "Yellow Woman," who lives in the Marquez?

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Mexicans

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In "Yellow Woman," what was the last thing that Silva did before they started down the steep trail?

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grabs rifle from corner

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In "Yellow Woman," what language could Silva speak?

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Pueblo

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In "Yellow Woman," what type of horse was the white man riding?

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big gray

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In "Yellow Woman," why does Silva want to go to Marquez?

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to sell meat

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In "Yellow Woman, what does YW do after Silva tells her to leave?

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turn her horse around

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In "Yellow Woman," how many gun shots did YW hear?

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four

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In "Yellow Woman," YW accuses Silva of being from which tribe?

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Navajo

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When and where was Sandra Cisneros born?

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December 20th, 1954 in Chicago

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What did Sandra Cisneros found?

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Alfredo Cisneros Del Moral Foundation; Macondo Foundation

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In "The House on Mango Street," what is the narrators name? What does her name mean? Whom was she named after?

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Esperanza; english-hope, spanish-sadness, waiting, a muddy color; her great-grandmother

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In "The House on Mango Street," who are the members of the narrator's family?

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Mama, Papa, Carlos, Kiki, Nenny, and herself

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In "The House on Mango Street," what is the specific number address of the house at Mango Street?

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4006

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In "The House on Mango Street," what is Nenny's real name?

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Magdalena

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In "The House on Mango Street," how long is Cathy going to be living at Mango Street?

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until next Tuesday

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In "The House on Mango Street," how much money does Tito want for his bicycle?

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5 more dollars, 15 total

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In "The House on Mango Street," where was Lucy born?

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Texas

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In "The House on Mango Street," what is Meme Ortiz's real name? How many names does his dog have?

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Juan; 2, one in English and one in Spanish

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In "The House on Mango Street," whose cousin had stolen yellow Cadillac?

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Louie's

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In "The House on Mango Street," what lessons about life did Marin teach the kids?

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how Davey the Baby's sister got pregnant; what cream is best for taking off mustache hair; if you count the white flecks on your fingernails you can know how many boys are thinking of you; what matters is for boys to see you and you to see them

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In "The House on Mango Street," what is the name of the uncle who dances with Esperanza at her cousin's baptism?

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Uncle Nacho

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In "The House on Mango Street," what is the name of the young girl who studies at the university and who has a deceased mother and a father whom she is afraid of?

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Alice

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In "The House on Mango Street," who is the young boy who sees God in the clouds?

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Darius

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In "The House on Mango Street," who is the sick aunt that Esperanza and her friends mimic while playing charades?

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Aunt Lupe

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In "The House on Mango Street," what cartoon are the kids watching while Esperanza is at the witch woman's house?

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Bugs Bunny

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In "The House on Mango Street," who was Marin's boyfriend that was involved in a hit-and-run accident?

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Geraldo

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In "The House on Mango Street," is Earl married?

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yes

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In "The House on Mango Street," Who is the girl that has an abusive father and who gets married before she is in the eighth grade to a marshmallow salesman?

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Sally

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In "The House on Mango Street," What does "Mamacita's" baby learn while watching a Pepsi commercial?

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English

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In "The House on Mango Street," while at a funeral, whose aunts make a prediction that Esperanza will be "special" and "go very far" in life?

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Lucy and Rachel's

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