LITR221 Quizzes 1 - 4LITR221 Quizzes 1 - 4

Quiz 1 – Weeks 1 & 2

1.What, above all, does the speaker admire about the oak in “I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing”?
   

2.In “A Noiseless Patient Spider,” to what does the speaker compare the spider’s launching of filament?
B. his soul’s spiritual quest

3.In the excerpt from “Roughing It,” why does the bull climb a tree?
A. to attack the storyteller

4.In “How to Tell a Story,” what to Twain is the difference between a humorous story and a comic story and a witty story.
D. all of the above

5.In “The Passing of Grandison,” why does Dick Owens try to help Grandison escape?

6.Why doesn’t Grandison take advantage of the opportunity Dick offered him?
A. he is plotting to escape with his whole family

7.In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” what does the husband of the narrator forbid her to do?
B. write

8.What is Mrs. Slade secret which she reveals to Mrs. Ansley?
A. that she forged a love letter to Mrs. Ansley when they were young women

9.In “Roman Fever,” what best describes the relationship, through the years, of Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade?


10.What is John’s reaction (in "The Yellow Wallpaper") at the end of the story when he enters his wife’s room?