WorksheetsA Wagner Matinee Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
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Class
Date
1.
Willa Cather was born on a small farm in Winchester, ____________ and moved later to a farm near Red Cloud.
a)
New Mexico
b)
Arizona
c)
Nebraska
d)
Virginia
2.
The majority of Willa Cather's best known books were inspired by:
a)
Her love for classical music and the arts
b)
Cosmopolitan life, especially in New York City
c)
Prairie life
3.
Why does Aunt Georgiana travel to Boston?
a)
Her nephew Carter has invited her to a concert.
b)
A relative has left her an inheritance.
c)
Her husband Howard has died and she moves back to Boston.
4.
When Clark was a boy, he learned the following subjects from Aunt Georgina.
a)
Latin
b)
Shakespeare
c)
Music and piano
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
5.
"The most striking thing about her physiognomy, however, was an incessant twitching of the mouth and eyebrows, a form of nervous disorder resulting from isolation and monotony, and from frequent physical suffering." This passage an example of:
a)
Indirect characterization
b)
Direct Characterization
c)
Hyperbole
6.
"Poor old hands! They were stretched and pulled and twisted into mere tentacles to hold, and lift, and knead with". This passage is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Hyperbole
7.
She was a pious woman; she had the consolation of religion; and to her at least her martyrdom was not wholly sordid. Once when I had been doggedly beating out some passages from an old score of “Euryanthe” I had found among her music books, she came up to me and, putting her hands over my eyes, gently drew my head back upon her shoulder, saying tremulously, “Don’t love it so well, Clark, or it may be taken from you. Oh! dear boy, pray that whatever your sacrifice be it is not that.” What does this passage reveal about Aunt Georgiana's strength of character?
a)
Despite her sacrifices, she finds strength and consolation in her faith.
b)
Despite her suffering, she finds strength and consolation in music.
c)
None of the above
8.
In the end of the short story, Aunt Georgina starts sobbing when she realizes that she needs to go back to her small farming life and tells her nephew that she doesn't want to go back.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
What was Clark's first feeling about being in public with his aunt?
a)
He is happy because he gets to show off his glamourous aunt.
b)
He is sad because he misses her so much.
c)
He is embarrassed because she looks like a small town person.
d)
Answer not provided
10.
Which of the following terms means the opposite of gaunt
a)
emaciated
b)
somber
c)
plump
d)
cheerful
11.
What is a synonym for somnambulant
a)
comatose
b)
dormant
c)
aroused
d)
aware
12.
Who is the main narrator of the story?
a)
Aunt Georgiana
b)
Clark
c)
Never mentioned
13.
What word matches the definition?: a performance in a theater or a showing of a movie that takes place in the daytime
a)
Matinée
b)
Frontier
c)
Nostalgia
d)
None of the above
14.
What word matches the definition?: a longing or wistful aection for the past, typically a period or place with happy personal associations.
a)
Matinée
b)
Frontier
c)
Nostalgia
d)
None of the above
15.
What caused Aunt Georgiana to cry?
a)
Clark's kindness
b)
The sounds of the music
c)
She found a 100 dollars
d)
She lost the expensive necklace
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