Quiz 6

In "A White Heron", which of the following is NOT true about Sylvia?

• She has always lived in a rural area.

• She loves the woods and its creatures.

• She often plays alone in the nearby woods.

• She performs chores on her grandmother's farm.

• Sylvia appears to have a crush on the hunter

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In "A White Heron", why does Sylvia consider helping the young man?

• She is charmed by his attention and wants to please him.

• She enjoys helping people.

• It is part of her religion.

• Her family owes the young man a large debt.

• She knows the heron is a nuisance to her family's farm

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In "A White Heron", what is the main reason Sylvia climbs the tree?

• To see the whole world.

• To find the White Heron's nest.

• to feel the wind on her face.

• To hide from the young man.

• She enjoys climbing trees, there really isn't a greater reason.

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In "A White Heron". after making her final decision, how does Sylvia feel?

• Defiant and proud

• A little regretful

• Horrified and ashamed

• Innocent and resolved

• Happy and relaxed

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In "A White Heron", why does the young man want the heron?

• to capture is for a zoo.

• to tag it and release it.

• to kill it and preserve it for study.

• to sell it to a collector.

• to kill it and eat it for survival

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In "The Yellow Wallpaper", which character thinks that rest will not help the narrator?

• Jenny

• John

• the narrator

• Everyone thinks she needs rest.

• Sylvia

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In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the narrator's husband...

• beats her

• hates her

• drinks excessively

• has died

• reads her bedtime stories and calls her a "little goose"

"The Yellow Wallpaper"- this story is ironic because...

• We know information that the characters in this play lack.

• Sarcasm is used to express the opposite of the literal meaning of the text.

• Actions are having the opposite effect than what is intended.

• The overall mood is happy and you'd expect ti to be sad.

• We (the readers) know the narrator is actually dead and telling the story from beyond the grave

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In "The Yellow Wallpaper" the speaker most desires,

• a luxurious, well-furnished room

• the opportunity to write

• congenial company

• freedom to follow her own desires

• her ex-boyfriend to come back and save her from a loveless marriage

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Who wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892)?

• Virginia Woolf

• Silas Weir Mitchell

• Charlotte Perkins Gilman

• Hattie Strong

• Kate Chopin

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