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On which of the following authors was Sherwood Anderson a major influence?
a)Goethe
b)Fitzgerald
c)Dos Passos
d)Faulkner
e)Philip Roth - d) Faulkner
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The prefatory story of the volume describes the following state:
a)pathetic
b)the grotesque
c)the comic
d)the tragic
e)the solitary - b)the grotesque
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The protagonist of the prefatory story is a
a) prisoner
b.a young carpenter
c.a teenage girl
d. a nurse
e.an old writer
f. a hotel keeper - e. an old writer
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Like Dubliners, Winesburg, Ohio, is an early example of which genre?
a. picaresque
b. adventure tale
c. synchronic collection
d. day book
e. gothic - c. synchronic collection
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Winesburg, Ohio manages at the same time to incorporate elements of which novelistic genre?
a. the picaresque
b. the synchronic collection
c. bildungsroman
d. epic
e. novel of manners - c. bildungsroman
- From what did Wing Biddlebaum take his new last name?
- A box at the train station
- What was Wing's former name?
- Adolph Myers
- Why did Wing get run out of Pennsylvania?
- Fathers of his students were after him b/c they believe he molested their children. In actuallity, Wing was only rubbing their shoulders to help them "dream".
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Wing shows a great talent for encouraging students to
a. draw
b. speak
c. write
d. dream
e. study - d. dream
- To whom does Wing unburden in Winesburg?
- George Willard
- What is Wing's occupation in Winesburg?
- Fieldhand/berry picker
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Which of the following technologies were crucial in exposing Winesburg to external influences?
a. telegraph
b. automobile
c. railroad
d. radio
e. newspaper
f. b&c
g. c&d
h. b&e
i. c&e
- i. c&e
- What narrative ploy does Anderson use "Mother" to convey a sense of stasis or stagnancy?
- 3rd person direct
- During her youth, Elizabeth Willard had paraded around Winesburg with what two groups of out-of-towners?
- business men, theater people
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While planning to kill her husband, Elizabeth retrieved a box of:
a.poison
b. theatrical
c. ammunition
d. photographs
e. cleaning materials - b. theatrical materials
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She thinks of herself as what kind of animal?
a. tigress
b. bear
c. deer
d. bat
e. elephant - a. tigress
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In "Mother," George tells his mother he wants to go
a. to journalism school
b. away
c. into the army
d. to work
e. to Helen White's house - b. away
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Elizabeth prays that her son not be
a.defeated
b.evil
c.smart and successful
d.ambitious
e.married
f.a&d
g.b&d
h.a&c
i.c&d - h. a&c
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Dr. Parcival frequently talks to George because he wants to
a. persuade the boy
b. learn about the boy
c. annoy the boy
d. seduce the boy
e. bully the boy - a. persuade the boy
- Parcival believes the town will hang him. For what?
- He didn't help the girl that died from being thrown from the horse buggie. All of the other doctors tried to help when they were called.
- Parcival has an idea for a book which he hopes George will write: everyone in the world is ____________.
- Christ and should be crucified.
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Ned Curry went away to Cleveland to get a job in what field?
a.law
b.medicine
c.business
d.journalism
e.engineering - d.journalism
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Before he left, he told Alice
a.goodbye and good luck
b.we will have to stick together
c. come with me
d. get lost
e.I'll send money - b. we will have to stick together
- Where is Alice employed after Ned leaves?
- at the goods store
- Did Alice think of herself as Ned's wife? Y/N?
- Yes
- Did Alice imagine she would become rich? Y/N
- Yes
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What did Alice come to fear?
a.moving to the city
b.meeting people
c.losing her money
d.losing her religion
e.never finding happiness - e.never finding happiness
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What kind of adventure does Alice have?
a. a trip to Cleveland
b. takes a lover
c. murders Ned
d. runs around naked
e. commits suicide - d. runs around naked
- After her adventure, Alice began to face bravely what fact?
- That she will end up alone
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Wash Williams, the protagonist of "Respectability," takes a dim view of
a.nature
b.women
c.work
d.progress
e.journalism - b.women
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The narrator introduces Wash by comparing him to a
a.ram
b.moose
c.eagle
d.wolf
e.monkey
f.dinosaur - e.monkey
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In "The Thinker," we discover that the newspaper George worked on had one policy:
a.report all the news that's fit to print
b.take stories from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer
c.make up stories
d.mention as many names of vi - d.mention as many names of the village inhabitants as possible
- The protagonist of "The Thinker," Seth Richmond, and George Willard are competing suitors for whose affection?
- Helen White
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In "The Strength of God," Reverend Hartman spies on a woman from
a.the street
b.the bell tower
c.his house
d.the library
e.his porch
f.the steeple - b. the bell tower
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What first strikes him about the woman is that she is
a.naked
b.smoking
c.beautiful
d.sleeping
e.arguing - b.smoking
- How does seeing the woman affect Hartman's sermons?
- He now has renewed passion and faith.
- What physical act of Hartman's is evidence of the "strength of God" working through him, according to Hartman?
- punching through the stained glass window
- What season is it when Hartman makes his disclosure?
- winter
- What is the name and occupation of the woman he spies upon?
- Kate Swift, teacher
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In the following story, we discover that this woman has been undergoing a trial of her own:
a.she fears death
b.she mours a lost love
c.she lusts after a younger man
d.she lusts after Reverend Hartman
e.she feels imprisoned - c.she lusts after a younger man
- Who does she rush out into the cold to see?
- George Willard
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As Elizabeth Willard nears her death, she gives an account of her life to
a.George Willard
b.Tom Willard
c. Dr. Parcival
d.Seth Richmond
e.Helen White
f.Dr. Reefy
g.Wing - f. Dr. Reefy
- As she tells her story, she seems to change. Give a one-sentence discription of the nature of her transformation.
- The beauty and youth that used to be hidden inside of her has finally been released.
- Who comes to maturity over the course of the collection?
- George Willard
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What word best describes the nature of desire in Winesburg, Ohio?
a.focused
b.objectified
c.intense
d.commodified
e.indeterminate - e.indeterminate
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Anderson greatly influenced American modernism in demonstrating the importance of
a.philosophy
b.style
c.social criticism
d.a sense of place
e. celebrity - d. a sense of place
- What does Kate Swift have in common with Wing Biddlebaum?
- they are both teachers
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Reverend Hartman ultimately proclaims the women he spies upon
a. a sinner
b. dead
c. a whore
d. a saint
e. a danger
f. an instrument of God - f. an instrument of God
- Enoch Robinson leaves Winesburg at the age of 21 for ________, where he lives for the next 15 years.
- New York City
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Enoch was a
a. artist
b. lawyer
c. poet
d. journalist
e. insurance salesman
f. doctor - a. artist
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Enoch fills his room with _________ for company.
a. gypsies
b. fantasy figures
c. ghosts
d. adopted children - b. fantasy figures
- In "An Untold Lie," Hal Winters has a problem. What is it?
- (no answer)
- Why does Ray set out running to find Hal?
- To tell him not to marry Nell
- What event triggers George's decision to leave Winesburg?
- His mother's death
- What does Elizabeth's father offer her to refuse Tom Willard's proposal?
- $800
- What becomes of the item offered?
- She puts it in the wall behind her bed
- In "Sophistication," Helen White returns to Winesburg from ___________.
- college in Cleveland
- What town event does she attend?
- the fair
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In "Sophistication," George and Helen conceive a great ______________ for one another.
a.lover
b.respect.
c.desire
d.need
e.hatred - b.respect
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At the end of the story, they have taken hold of the thing that makes possible _______ in the modern world.
a. lover
b. mature life
c. tolerable existence
d. sanity
e. happy life
f. success - b. mature life
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As George leaves Winesburg, his mind was carried away by a growing passion for
a. dreams
b. success
c. diligence
d. travel
e. urban life
f. fame
g. observation - a. dreams
- When George looks out the train window, he realizes that something has disappeared from view. What is it?
- Winesburg