Owl Creek Bridge

Which of the following is an example of simile from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

• "the strokes of the water spiders' legs, like oars which had lifted their boat"

• "The sound of a clear, high voice in a monotonous singsong now rang out behind him and came across the water,"

• "He dug his fingers into the sand, threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it."

• "A strange roseate light shone through the spaces among their trunks and the wind made in their branches the music of Aeolian harps"

What is the main function of the flashback in this story?

• to describe the effects of the war on women and children

• to provide insight into the treacherous nature of the Union soldiers

• to generate sympathy for the Southern cause

• to explain why Peyton Farquhar is being hanged

Which of the following excerpts from the story provides a clue that certain events occur in Peyton Farquhar's imagination rather than in reality?

• "… he had frequented camps enough to know the dread significance of that deliberate, drawling, aspirated chant …"

• "Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water smartly within a few inches of his head, spattering his face with spray."

• "He noted the prismatic colors in all the dewdrops upon a million blades of grass."

• "At last he found a road which led him in what he knew to be the right direction."

   

Which of the following excerpts shows a limited third-person point of view?

• "Peyton Farquhar was a well-to-do planter, of an old and highly respected Alabama family."

• "The company faced the bridge, staring stonily, motionless."

• "The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream."

• "The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord."

What motivated Peyton Farquhar to go to Owl Creek Bridge?

• devotion to the Southern cause

• an immediate need to protect his plantation

• curiosity about what the soldier told him

• to make a deal with the Union soldiers

How can you infer that Peyton Farquar is planning to destroy the bridge?

• He has a wife and children to protect, and doesn't like the Union army.

• He keeps asking questions about the bridge and wants to help the South.

• He is very into firea and watching things burn.

• The Union soldier told his commanding officer about Farquar.

Ambrose Bierce wrote “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” using third person limited point of veiw. All of the following are reasons he would have made this choice EXCEPT

• This technique allows the surprise ending to work.

• this POV allows the reader to make inferences about the Federal Scout's motivations.

• the reader must be limited to Farquhar’s knowledge and perceptions, or the story would    

  end quickly

• If it were written in any other way, we wouldn't have known the main character's thoughts

Which statement correctly uses a vocabulary word.

• Ambrose Bierce wrote "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" from a perspective that was not his own: a rich slave owner from the south.

• In the story, the ticking of the watch did not recurrence more than once.

• When Peyton Farquar was being hanged, the captain put an encircle around his head, in the form of a rope.

• The final scene in the story, congests with Peyton Farquar dying.

What activity opens the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

• A southern spy is put on trial.

• A man is going to be hanged.

• Union soldiers are fixing a bridge.

• Troops are laying railroad tracks.

What is the main function of the flashback in the story?

• to describe the effects of war on men and women

• to show insight into treacherous  behavior of Union soldiers

• to generate sympathy for the Southern cause

• to explain why Farquhar is being hanged