TEWWG Ch 18

The sentence "A thousand dollars a throw in Madison Square Garden wouldn't have gotten any more breathless suspense" (Hurston 158) is intended to emphasize

• the size of the crowd drawn to watch Tea Cake and Motor Boat play dice.

• the high stakes of the game of dice that Tea Cake and Motor Boat are playing.

• the number of people congregated to watch the storm.

• the high stakes of the impending hurricane.

• how enthralled the crowd was by watching Tea Cake and Motor Boat play dice.

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The title of the novel comes from a scene during the hurricane in which the narrator says, "They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God" (Hurston 160). What is the implication of this quote?

• God is punishing the people with the hurricane.

• The people are very religious, and their dependence on God precluded their escaping the hurricane.

• Only God has the power to control the outcome of the hurricane or the fate of the people.

• God can only be found in times of darkness.

• Janie and her friends have a close connection to God, and they know that God will guide them to safety.

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What is the purpose of the personification in the following sentence?

"The sea was walking the earth with a heavy heel" (Hurston 162).

• This personification provides contrast to the more subtle and understated description of the hurricane earlier in this chapter.

• This personification provides contrast to the rest of the book because it discusses nature in destructive terms rather than constructive terms.

• This personification serves to lessen the intensity of the ominous nature of the hurricane.

• This personification emphasizes the enormity and power of the wind and water blowing in the hurricane bearing down on the Everglades.

• This personification emphasizes the inevitability of Janie and Tea Cake's being swept out to sea.

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"Tea Cake split the water like an otter" (Hurston 166). This simile comparing Tea Cake to an otter is meant to emphasize

• how small Tea Cake seems in comparison to the cow and the dog.

• the awkwardness with which Tea Cake enters the water

• the skill and speed Tea Cake exhibits in swimming to Janie.

• Tea Cake's deep connection to nature.

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What literary device is used in the following description of the hurricane's aftermath?

"It was the next day by the sun and the clock with they reached Palm Beach. It was years later by their bodies. Winters and winters of hardship and suffering" (Hurston 166).

• metonymy

• hyperbole

• chiasmus

• apostrophe

• personification

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What are the signs that bad weather is coming?

• The air is still

• The animals begin to flee

• The Indians migrate to higher ground

• All of other options.

After they get caught in the storm, what is Janie's response to Tea Cake?

• She curses him out
• She is thankful that she is with him
• She wishes she had never married him
• She cries

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What did the people in the Everglades say was God's preferred instrument?

• mouth harp (harmonica)

• ukulele

• flute

• guitar (box)

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What literary term is used in the following: "The lake was coming. It had trampled on most of its supporting wall and lowered its front by spreading. But it came muttering and grumbling onward like a tired mammoth just the same" (163).

• metaphor and hyperbole

• symbolism and motif

• literal language and alliteration

• simile and personification

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Who is this quote talking about? "The time was past for asking white folks what to look for through that door. Six eyes were questioning God" (159).

• Stew Beef, Tea Cake, and Motor Boat

• Tea Cake, Big John de Conquer, and Muck-Boy

• Tea Cake, Motor Boat, and Muck Boy

• Tea Cake, Janie, and Motor Boat

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