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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote the story “The Sculptor’s Funeral”?

Cather

Glaspell

Hurston

Faulkner

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did Willa Cather graduate college from?

University of Virginia

University of Nebraska

Notre Dame University

University of Illinois

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did Willa Cather not include in her vision of the United States?

The Upper Class

European Immigrants

Californians

Native Americans and African Americans

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the townspeople looking at in the quote, “The townspeople drew back enough to make room for it and then formed a close semicircle about it looking curiously at the palm-leaf which lay across the black cover.” (700)?

A covered car parked in the alley

The maids gown laying on the porch

Harvey Merricks coffin

A dead animal in the road

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The quote, “[She] used to whale him with a rawhide in the barn for lettin' the cows git foundered in the cornfield when he was drivin' 'em home from pasture.” (706), is describing Harvey’s mother.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements about William Faulkner is true?

Faulkner's writing success allowed him to avoid working in other industries, such as Hollywood screenwriting.

Faulkner refined the Southern Gothic genre and often wrote about the decline of Southern aristocracy.

Faulkner's family gained wealth after the Civil War, allowing him to travel extensively in Europe.

Faulkner completed his high school education before pursuing a career in writing.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

[He] . . . remitted her taxes . . .” (998). Who is “He” and what play did this come from?

Colonel Sartoris, A Rose for Emily

Harvey Maverick, The Sculptor’s Funeral

Otis Slemons, The Gilded Six Bits

Colonel Sartoris, The Sculptor's Funeral

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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