ethan frome test Flashcards

1
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Takes care of the sick Frome

A

Zeena

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2
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Goes to the post office everyday

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-Ethan

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3
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Has a romantic interest in Mattie

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-Ethan

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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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-Jotham

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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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-Narrator

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8
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Is symbolic for the pickle dish

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-Ethan

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9
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Was left penniless by her father

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-Mattie

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10
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Is very ill and visits numerous doctors

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-Zeena

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11
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Took Zeena to the train station

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-Jotham

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12
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Tries to repair the pickle dish before Zenna returns

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-Ethan

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13
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Refuses to give Ethan an advance

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-Andrew Hale

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14
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Helps Mattie move her trunk

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-Ethan

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15
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Wants Mattie to leave

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-Zeena

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16
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Becomes fascinated with Frome

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-Narrator

17
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Lies about getting paid in advance for work

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-Ethan

18
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Was forced to stay overnight at the Frome Farm

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-Mattie

19
Q

Quit college for family reasons

A

-Ethan

20
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Refuses to abandon Zeena

A

-Ethan

21
Q

List 5 of the 7 major themes-

A

Passion, Determinism/Naturalism, Land/People, Isolation, poverty, Lost Potential, and loss and transience

22
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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 because 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 destitute and must rely on her cousin’s family for financial support.

23
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How does Zenna foreshadow Mattie?

A

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

24
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Give an example of the Environment’s power over man from the novel.

A

Horse falls
Sleet makes work slow
Ethan is powerless to do anything about the weather

25
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Give two examples of how Ethan is the pickle dish.

A

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

26
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How is the foreshadowing revealed in chapter 9?

A

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

27
Q

How is Chapter 10 Mattie’s chapter?

A

Ethan needs her now
Zeena needs her now
Mattie no longer poses a threat

28
Q

The novel’s setting

A

Starkfield

29
Q

How is the story framed?

A

Anonymous narrator

30
Q

What is an extension of Starkfield?

A

Frome farm

31
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What does the glue represent?

A

Ethan doesn’t have control over environment

32
Q

Which character is associated with honor?

A

Ethan

33
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Ethan’s relationship with Zeena

A

He owes her

34
Q

The cat and the mouse

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Mattie and Ethan

35
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The cat and the rocking chair

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Guilt

36
Q

The red pickle dish

A

Ethan

37
Q

The sled ride

A

Free will

38
Q

The dilapidated kitchen

A

Poverty

39
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Choose 1 of the 7 major themes of the novel and explain how it is developed throughout the novel

A

Poverty is a reoccurring theme in Ethan Frome. The reason why Zeena came to the Frome farm was because of Ethan’s sick mother. Due to his mother being sick, he was in poverty. Then, when Mattie comes she’s in poverty from her father. Because Ethan didn’t go to college when he should’ve, he’s been in poverty ever since. Poverty seems to run throughout the farm.