"A Rose for Emily" by Faulkner Story questions

The simile “like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough” is a comparison of coal to

• the angry city officials

• Emily's favorite painting

• a dessert with raisins

• Miss Emily's eyes

To influence the development of her character, Emily’s father —

• drives off suitors and prevents her from marrying

• refuses to allow her to use the family name

• forces her to work in the family business

• forgets to leave anything to her in his will

The town described in the story represents a(an)

• idealized view of Southern society

• unnecessary backdrop of the action

• distraction from more important things

• crucial part of the story's plot

Emily's house is considered to be an "eyesore among eyesores" because

• it is the most beautiful home in the town

• the townspeople want to burn it

• it is rotting away and has not been taken care of

• was newly painted

“Only a man of Colonel Sartoris' generation and thought could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed it.” This piece of text suggests that women of the 19th century were

• perceived to be strong and intelligent

• perceived to be weak and unintelligent

• respected and held in high regard

• dominant in the workforce

The author uses the following piece of text, “So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell,” to illustrate the literary element of

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• foreshadowing

“She had some kin in Alabama; but years ago her father had fallen out with them over the estate of old lady Wyatt…” What would be a common synonym for the word kin as it seen here it the text?

• family

• townspeople

• alderman

• colonel

Faulkner writes in a realistic fiction genre under the class of _____________. The writing of this particular style contains characters and ideas that are not normal, strange, weird, dark, and at times senseless.

• comedy

• absurdity

• horror

• drama

William Faulkner uses a specific style when he writes. He uses long sentences that go on and on from one thought to the next. This style is called:

• grammar

• run-on writing

• stream of consciousness

• diction

“...behind jalousies closed upon the sun of Sunday afternoon as the thin, swift clop-clop-clop of the matched team passed…” As presented in this piece of text, clop-clop-clop is an example of the literary element _________________________ where words are like sounds.

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• simile

• metaphor