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Ethan Frome Test Flashcards

1
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Takes care of the sick Frome

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Mattie

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2
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Goes to the post office everyday

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Ethan Frome

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3
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Has a romantic interest in Mattie

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Ethan Frome

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4
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Falls in love with a married man

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Mattie

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5
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Refuses to stay for dinner at the Fromes

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Johtham Powell

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6
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Sells her piano

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Mattie

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7
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Shares his copy of “Popular Mechanics”

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The Narrator

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8
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Is symbolic for the pickle dish

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Ethan Frome

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9
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Tries to repair the pickle dish before Zenna returns

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Ethan Frome

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10
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Refuses to give Ethan an advance

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Andrew Hale

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11
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Helps Mattie move her trunk

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Ethan Frome

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12
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Wants Mattie to leave

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Zeena

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13
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Becomes fascinated with Frome

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The Narrator

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14
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Lies about getting paid in advance for work

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Ethan Frome

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15
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Was forced to stay overnight at the Frome Farm

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The Narrator

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16
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Quit college for family reasons

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Ethan Frome

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17
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Refuses to abandon Zeena

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Ethan Frome

18
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List 5 of the 7 major themes

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Poverty 
Isolation 
Lost Potential 
Determinism 
Repressed Passion
19
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Tell how each of the 3 main characters are trapped in poverty.

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Ethan cannot leave the farm he has no education due to his family’s poverty
Zeena is too ill to provide for herself and Ethan is not heartless enough to leave her
Mattie is penniless and must rely on her cousin’s family for financial support

20
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How does Zenna foreshadow Matie?

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Zeena was once a vibrant and lively young woman. She is no longer due to the harsh life on the Frome farm.Mattie’s actions are parallel Zeena’s from the night before

21
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Give an example of the Environment’s power over man from the novel.

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Sleet makes work slow

22
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Give two examples of how Ethan is the pickle dish.

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Zeena possesses Ethan;she clings to him

When Zeena verbally attacks Mattie it’s hard to tell if she is speaking about the dish or about Ethan

23
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How is the foreshadowing revealed in chapter 9?

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The reader already knew that Ethan had a terrible accident and that he lived through it

24
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How is Chapter 10 Zenna’s chapter?

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Zeena is in complete control, Ethan needs her now, Mattie no longer poses a threat. All is stable and fixed; just like Zeena wants it to be

25
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How the story is framed

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By an anonymous first-person narrator

26
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What is an extension of Starkfield?

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Frome (think old Ethan)
Zeena-turns from a lively vibrant woman to a sickly hypochondriac
Ethan’s Mom-Slowly goes insane

27
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What does the glue represent?

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Frustrations and Unfulfilled Plans

28
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The novel’s setting

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Starkfield

29
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What does the glue represent?

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Frustrations and Unfulfilled Plans

30
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Which character is associated with honor?

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Ethan

31
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Ethan’s relationship with Zeena

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He owes her

32
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Determinism in EF

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Marriage

33
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Naturalism in EF

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The Sled Ride-Free will and fate

34
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Naturalism in EF

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The Sled Ride-Free will and fate

35
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The cat and the mouse

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Mattie and Ethan

36
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The cat and the rocking chair

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Guilt

37
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The red pickle dish

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Ethan Frome

38
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The sled ride

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Free will

39
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The dilapidated kitchen

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Poverty

40
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Choose one of the 7 major themes of the novel and explain how it is developed throughout the novel.

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Poverty. Poverty is big in this story. All 3 characters are trapped with poverty in some way. Ethan cannot leave the farm because he has no education because of his parents health. Zeena is too ill to provide for herself and Ethan is not heartless enough to leave her.Mattie is penniless and must rely on her cousin’s family for financial support. Regarding the poverty of Zeena, she refuses to use her pickle dish. The reason she gets so fussy over her possession with the dish is because of poverty. At the end of the story poverty has become a soul destroyer, Ethan is forced into happiness over and over, and Mattie is too crippled to leave the farm. Poverty over takes these characters life’s little by little.

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