WorksheetsAmerican Gothic Reivew 2022
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
What caused the smell around Emily's house?
a dead animal
the trash piled outside and around the home
Emily's dead body
Homer's rotting corpse
Which line below best tells the reader that the Grierson name was of a southern aristocratic status?
"We really must do something about it judge. I'd be the last one in the world to bother Miss Emily, but we've got to do something."
"But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood: only Miss Emily's house was left."
"Not that miss Emily would have accepted charity."
But there were still others, older people, who siad that even grief could not cause a real lady to forget noblesse oblige.
Define macabre
a quiet hissing noise
disturbing or horrifying image depicting death or dead bodies
to tell or give information
a group of people with common interests
The image of the gray hair on the pillow is significant because -
It proves that Miss Emily was getting old.
It reveals the gruesome act Emily has committed.
It shows that Emily is losing her hair due to the stress in her life.
It draws the reader closer to the mystery of Miss Emily’s servant.
Emily's father could best be described as which of the following?
loving and caring
controlling, selfish
aloof and disengaged from Emily
lonely and isolated
What did the townspeople think Miss Emily was going to do with the poison?
kill rats
kill herself
kill her servant, Tobe
kill her cousins
Why did the townspeople think that Emily and Homer had gotten married?
He proposed to her at a town meeting.
She bought him a nightshirt and a toiletry set.
He moved in with her.
She moved away to be with him.
Where does the story take place?
Boston, Massachusettes, 1850
Washington D.C., present day
Atlanta, Georgia, 1775
Jefferson, Mississippi, early 1900s
What do the town members finally do about "the smell"?
They cleaned her house.
Judge Stevens made her move out.
The sprinkled lime around yard.
Tobe, her servant, stopped killing rats in the yard.
What is the name of Miss Emily's love interest?
Homer Simpson
Homer Illiad
Homer Barron
Homer Odyssey
Tom Walker might best be described as
having been beaten down by bad luck
basically kind but misunderstood
crafty but very lazy
stingy and cruel but courageous
Tom Walker’s wife is best described as
very generous and much loved by her neighbors
kind toward her husband, but cruel to others
yearning for companionship
a fierce shrew, always nagging and yelling
In this story the woods are used to symbolize —
evil
goodness
isolation
greed
What does Irving use to symbolize hypocrisy and hidden evil?
The devil’s deal with Tom
Mrs. Walker’s heart and liver, wrapped in the checked apron
The flourishing trees that are rotten to the core
The Walkers’ silver teapots and spoons
What enabled you to predict that the figure that appears to Tom in the forest is the devil?
He appears when Tom kicks the skull.
He has large red eyes.
He has a hoarse, growling voice.
Tom is instantly frightened.
How does Tom die?
The people he has cheated rise up against him.
He falls off his horse and gets trampled.
The devil is tricked by his own words.
He is killed by Native Americans.
Tom’s wife decides to go into the forest because she —
wants to escape from Tom’s unkindness
decides to make her own deal with the devil
gets lost on her way to the market
wants to pick some herbs and wild mushrooms for their meager meal
“The Devil and Tom Walker” is based on the archetype of a person who —
is unhappy in marriage
lives in New England
sells his soul to the devil
hunts for treasure
What did the wife take with her to make a deal with The Devil?
Money
Ornaments and Silverware
Food
According to Tom, to whom do the lands on which he stopped to rest belong?
Himself
Deacon Peabody
Black Woodsman
Tom's wife
What did Tom find when he stopped to rest on the trunk of a fallen hemlock?
A cloven skull with an Indian tomahawk
A black man
Trees with names engraved on them
An evil spirit
The "sharp, distinct, metallic percussion like the stroke of a blacksmith's hammer" that Farquhar hears is
the work of a blacksmith down the road
a drummer keeping time for military drills
the ticking of his watch
the sound of his blood thumping in his ears
Mrs. Farquhar happily serves the soldier a drink of water because she
believes that he must be from the South
hopes he will give news from the front
appreciates his respectful bow to her husband
hopes he will help Farquhar burn the bridge
Because the story's structure is out of chronological order, you wonder until the end
whether the bridge burned
how long Farquhar was a prisoner
whether Farquhar is really dead
which shot killed Farquhar
Why are the spectators on and near the bridge silent?
Everyone is shocked by Farquhar's kindly expression.
Silence and stillness are a show of respect for death.
The deputy sheriff has ordered everyone to be silent.
Everyone is thinking about Farquhar's wife and children.
You can assume from the details in section II that Farquhar is being hanged in section I for
pretending to be a Union soldier
spying for the Confederate Army
attempting to capture the Federal scout
trying to burn Owl Creek Bridge
You realize at the end of the story that the feeling of fullness and congestion Farquhar experiences in his head early in the story is from
him strangling to death
the water he accidentally swallows
his long fall into the river
the collar of his frock coat
Amontillado is a type of...
Armadillo
Cask
Pipe
Wine
What is the setting of The Cask of Amontillado?
Fortunato's family catacombs in Italy near a local carnival.
Montressor's family catacombs in Italy during Carnival.
An underground tunnel near Cape Canaveral.
Montressor's Carnival near Fortunato's family catacombs.
Why is the Carnival season a good time to carry out his plan?
It's a time of wild crazniess
People wear costumes
Many people drink in excess
All of the above
Why does Montresor repeatedly warn Fortunato about the bad air in the vaults?
He is concerned about his health
He wants to make sure Fortunato doesn't suspect his motives
He wants Fortunato to leave him alone
He wants Fortunato to get Luchesi
What is the strangest object in Dr. Heidegger's study according to the narrator?
the mirror
a small round table, as black as ebony
a large book of magic
a beautiful cut glass vase
After they fight, consequently knocking over the vase of liquid, what do the four people in the experiment decide to do?
Decide to stay as they are, because being young was too dangerous.
Decide to go to Spain to find the Fountain of Youth.
Decide to go to Florida to find the Fountain of Youth.
Stay old, because they cannot physically make the journey to find the Fountain of Youth.
When the men find themselves young again, what do they begin to fight over?
Politics
Yo mama jokes
Where to go to find more of the liquid
The Widow Wycherly
Hawthorne builds suspense by
misrepresenting each character's background
not explaining that Dr. Heidegger does many strange experiments
not revealing at first why Dr. Heidegger has called his friends together
withholding information about Dr. Heidegger's wife
What is it called when there is a Lady in trouble that needs to be saved normally by a man?
Romanticism
Damsel in distress
Pathetic fallacy
Where is a gothic story usually set?
A lovely sunny beach
A dark, isolated, wrecked building
Gothic fiction has a strong feeling of FOREBODING, but what is this?
A feeling that everything is about to change
A feeling that something good will happen
A feeling that something bad will happen
What would you LEAST expect to find in Gothic fiction?
Castles
Happy endings
Curses
Which of the following would be an example of imagery in Gothic Literature?
"The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled…We had passed long walls of piled skeleton"
"I loved the old man. He had never wronged me."
"I really knew little of my friend"
"Such, I have long known, is the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis."
Which of the following is NOT an element of Gothic Literature?
Dark and Gloomy Mood
Old and Decayed Setting
Supernatural Entity
Humorous Dialogue
The weather in gothic literature usually consists of...
rain, clouds, fog, or snow
some sunshine and big, puffy clouds
sunshine and warm temperatures
Hail
What best describes Gothic Literature?
style of writing that is characterised by elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements
style of writing that is characterised by elements of love and happiness, as well as consequences
death
suffering
