Age Of Innocence Critics

Question 1

“The Age of Innocence focuses on New York society’s ___________” - Julia Greider

Answer 1

damaging pretension of innocence.

Question 2

“In the society of the novel, _____________” - Julia Greider

Answer 2

innocence is a woman’s foremost virtue

Question 3

“May Welland is the_________” - Susan Kirk

Answer 3

perfect embodiment of that child-raising principle

Question 4

“Archer and May’s marriage is___________” - Max Herzberg

Answer 4

bound by the tribal code of the elite

Question 5

“Form seems to explicitly deal only with __________________” - Julia Greider

Answer 5

outward appearances.

Question 6

“Change can only_____________” - Julia Greider

Answer 6

ever mean destruction.

Question 7

New York in the 1880s is a ———“ - Susan Van Kirk (form & societal duty)

Answer 7

Society of innocence

Question 8

“Wharton was often ————“ - Susan Van Kirk (importance of form)

Answer 8

Critical of the rigidity of the societal code

Question 9

“The women are —————“ - Carol Wershove (gender)

Answer 9

Little girls never permitted to grow up