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WorksheetsPaul's Case
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote Paul's Case?
a)
John Cheever
b)
Willa Cather
c)
Marshall Peters
d)
The Brothers Grimm
2.
How did Paul keep his father from fetching him from New York?
a)
He hopped on a moving train to escape.
b)
He kills himself.
c)
He sells all he has and gets a ticket to London.
d)
He stays at his friend's house in NYC.
3.
How does Paul lose his job as an usher?
a)
He slaps a teacher.
b)
He backtalks to his teachers.
c)
He insults his father.
d)
He threatens someone in the audience.
4.
What is Paul's last emotion at the end of the story?
a)
Joy.
b)
Regret.
c)
Anger.
d)
Ambivalence.
5.
Why does Paul sneak into his basement after staying late for a concert in Pittsburgh?
a)
He did not want to be scolded by his dad.
b)
He dreaded to see his dreary room.
c)
He wanted a thrill.
d)
He lost his key in the concert hall.
6.
Who does Paul spend a night with in NYC?
a)
A famous concert musician.
b)
A German tourist.
c)
A college student.
d)
The police.
7.
How does Paul get the money to spend in NYC?
a)
He uses the money he earned as an usher.
b)
He takes his father's wallet.
c)
He goes on a bank robbing rampage.
d)
He steals a firm's deposit.
8.
Why does Paul despise his teachers?
a)
They assign a huge amount of work at the end of the marking period.
b)
He feels suffocated and bored at school.
c)
He is often blamed for unrelated problems.
d)
They all hate music.
9.
Which best symbolizes death?
a)
The buried carnation blossom.
b)
Bleak, boring Cordelia Street.
c)
Carnegie Hall.
d)
Paul's father arriving in New York.
10.
How does Paul try to prove he finds his peers trivial?
a)
He speaks in third-person.
b)
He insults anyone who speaks to him.
c)
He brags about his connections and makes up plans.
d)
He refuses to speak to any of them.
11.
How does Paul find out his father is arriving to NYC?
a)
He reads it in the papers.
b)
He is unable to withdraw more money after being locked out by the bank.
c)
His father contacts the hotel where Paul is.
d)
The hotel staff try to stop and question him.
12.
"The carnations in his coat were drooping with cold..." is an example of what?
a)
Personification
b)
Understatement
c)
Alliteration
d)
Paradox
13.
What is the best physical description for Paul?
a)
Average height and build.
b)
Tall and thin.
c)
Athletic but short.
d)
Pale and overweight.
14.
What do the people at the stock company think of Paul?
a)
He is disobedient but eager.
b)
He is foolish and a bad case.
c)
He is hard-working and friendly.
d)
He is lazy and cruel.
15.
What punishment would Paul have faced is he went back to Pittsburgh?
a)
Only whatever his father doled out.
b)
Criminal charges for theft.
c)
Expulsion from school.
d)
Large fines.
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