fanny fern quiz Flashcards
In response to her husband’s shiftlessness, Mrs. Skiddy does the following:
Leaves him to care for their baby
Mr Ellet does not support his widowed daughter because:
He believes he will go to the poorhouse, even though he is financially well off
After the death of their first-born child, Ruth and her husband Harry:
Move away from their country home
The novel Ruth Hall was published during a period of American literary history that the influential critic F. O. Matthiessen named:
The American Renaissance
Ruth’s brother, Hyacinth, holds a prominent position as:
A magazine editor
The structure and style of Ruth Hall primarily shows the influence of:
Popular newspaper columns
One of the first forms of professional employment Ruth fails to secure after her husband’s death is:
Teaching school
When Ruth moves into a cheap boarding house in a run-down neighborhood after her husband’s death, she notices this kind of dwelling nearby:
A house of prostitution
Old Mrs. Hall is frustrated to discover that her new daughter-in-law, Ruth, is actually:
A doting wife and caring mother who has excellent taste
Mary Leon is a character who represents:
A woman who has become nothing but one of her husband’s possessions
