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American Literature Exam 4
Virginia Woolf, Snows of Kilamanjaro, Rose for Emily, Good Country People, Battle Royal
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
11/11/2012

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What evidence suggests that Ms. Emily was sleeping with a corpse?
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Hair on a pillow
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What happens when Ms. Emily's father dies?
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She refuses to let them take away the body
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Who probably moved Ms. Emily's body to the moldy bed downstairs?
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Her Servant
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What happens to Ms. Emily's Manservant?
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He disappears after the townspeople come to her house
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Who narrates Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily?"
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We're never told; the everyman?
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What are we told at the beginning of the story is the only concern that women of the town have for Emily?
Definition
To see the inside of her house
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What is "noblesse oblige"?
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The Obligations of the upper class to the lower class
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What does snow symbolize in "The Snows of Kilimanjaro?
Definition
Death, purity, and spirtuality
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What is the likely source that Hemingway used for the leopard in the epigraph at the beginning of "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"?
Definition
Dante
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What does the leopard in the epigraph to The Snows of kilimanjaro probably represent?
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Fraud
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what caused the wound that kills Harry in "the snows of kilimajarobla"
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A thorn
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What is harry's biggest regret?
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That he didn't write enough
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how is death represented in the snows of kilimanblabla?
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As a hyena, bicycle cops, buzzards
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Where is the airplane headed with Harry in it near the end of The snows of kiliminjiri
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To the top of Kilimanjaro
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Sunday morning represents what? (virginia woolf)
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Salvation, God
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Who is afraid of taking responsibility? (VW)
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Everybody in the play
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What line did Albee take from a Tennessee Williams play?
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Streetcar Named Desire - "Flores Para Los Muerto" - Flowers for the dead
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What does Catharsis Mean?
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rising tension then a trough of resolution
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Who throws a bone back in the frige?
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Martha
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Catharsis is what?
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Release of Tension
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Who is "daddy"? in Virginia Woolf
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President of Georges school, Martha's Father.
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What does Martha yell just as George opens the door for nick and honey?
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Screw You
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Why doesn't Nick and Honey leave?
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Because it is best for Nick to stay to get what he wants

Later is because of self preservation, he is learning something.
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What is nicks profession?
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He is a Genetic Biologist
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What is the deal with George and Martha's son?
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He doesn't exist
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In The Invisible Man, what is in the briefcase?
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A Scholarship
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Why does it upset people when that girl gets all naked and shit?
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Because it is inappropriate for them to look at her naked and it could get them killed.
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What's the deal with the rug they get their money from in The Invisible Man?
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It is hooked up to an electric current, someone also gets thrown onto it.
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In the invisible man, who did he get that speech about the ships from?
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From a Booker T. Washington speech.
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What is gradualism, in regards to The Invisible Man
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Things like equality cannot be changed all at once, instead of sudden change, we should accept a gradual change - Booker T Washington
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What is the problem with Gradualism?
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It gives the ruling caste the opportunity to extend things further.
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When there is a ship at the mouth of the amazon river, what are they told to lower down into the water to keep from dying of thirst?
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A bucket for water, the water they are on is mostly freshwater and drinkable
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What is the thematic center of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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Taking Responsibility; Illusion V. Reality; Dark side of marriage; Inability to love
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What is the ironic identification on George and Martha washington in virginia woolf?
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They represent the ultimate first generation marriage, they also represent sincerity and truth
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What is the play's timeline? What does it signify? (VW)
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from 1am to dawn, sunday morning is salvation, church and stuff
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What does the title "Who's afraid of virginia woolf?" mean?
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Self Determination, Take control of ones future
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What is the structural configuration of the play Who's afraid of ..."
Definition
Build up and release, Catharsis
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Where does the tension in Who's afraid come from?
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Establishing what the roles in the relationship are.

-Martha is the boss
-George is overpower, which is a step above martha
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Why does Nick and Honey stay the entire evening?
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Nick is an opportunist and is a ladder climber, he feels it is in his best interest to stay
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How does martha's father contribute to georges impotence?
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He stops the publication of Georges novel; He emasculates George.
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Why does George find pleasure when Nick fights back?
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He see's himself in him, he is helping him see the situation for what it is
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What department does Nick teach in?
Definition
Biology, BTW George hates Eugenics
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What is georges academic Specialty?
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History - Signifies looking to the past to understand present.
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What are the games that they play in the play Virginia Woolf?
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-Hump the Hostess
-Humiliate the Host
-Bring up Baby
-Get the Guests
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What is a "Houseboy" in the context of Virginia Woolf?
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Someone who can't seal the deal sexually.
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Why doesn't George light Martha's cigarette?
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He cares about her enough not to serve her?
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What is Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgis Night)?
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A German/Dutch holiday, which witches are revealed to the world 6 months before Halloween
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What doesn Honey's dad do?
Definition
Radio Evangelist
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What is Honey's father compared to?
Definition
A Church Mouse
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Why is Act III called "excorcism?
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The son is revealed to be fictional, he is "killed off"; It represents lies and illusion being purged
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What is the theme in "A Rose for Emily"
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The Old South, Repression, South lost gentility
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How did the men view emily in the openin paragraph of Rose for Emily? What about women?
Definition
Fallen Monument; Object of curiosity
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What is the ultimate realization for the story Rose for Emily
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Town is partly responsible for her actions because they objectified her
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What did Emily's house represent?
Definition
Herself, Antebellum south
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What do eldermen do about the smell of Emily's house?
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Sneak around and spray QuickLime
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What inspired the story "Snows of Kilimanjaro"?
Definition
A rich woman offered to pay hemingway for a safari for them, he said no, but he wrote the story as a "what woulda happened"
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Who is Hemingway referring to when he speaks of "Julian"?
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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In The Invisible man, why is he invisible?
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He is invisible to white culture, he is used and ignored by society
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What does the invisible man's grand dad say on his deathbed?
Definition
Act like an object
Meekness is a dangerous activity
Revealed himself as a traitor and spy
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How does the narrator end up at the battle royal?
Definition
For writing a speech/essay
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What is the speech/essay about in Battle royal?
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Humility is the essence of progress, social responsibility vs. social equality
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Who wins the battle in Battle Royal?
Definition
Tatlock
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What does the battle in Battle Royal represent?
Definition
Black culture fighting to get ahead
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