Quiz 1- A Story Of An Hour And Tarzan Flashcards

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The setting of the story

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It has just finished raining in the spring, the birds are chirping, the trees are quivering. There were also people outside who were happy

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Ms. Mallard does not react the same way that other woman will do. How does she react?

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Most women will not accept the reality. Ms. Mallard cries violently for a few minutes and then stops suddenly.

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Ms. Mallard looks out the west window if her bedroom. Why is this important?

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The west represented the future. Ms. Mallard sees her future with freedom.

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Mrs. Mallard’s looks?

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Mrs. Mallard is a fair woman, meaning she was naturally beautiful. She is also very wealthy. She has a lined face, or stressed face. She has been repressing her strength and personality.

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Her reaction to her husband’s death is

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Dull eyes/Zoned out expression

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She gets “something” from the

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Scenery, which symbolizes new life

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This realization is very frightening. Why?

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She is now a widow has has no one to support her.

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She reacts with shortness of breath, from the excitement. What is a symptom of?

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A heart attack

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How does she react with this realization?

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With excitement and fear

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What is her realization?

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FREEDOM

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What are also signs of her heart condition?

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Blood feels warm and races through her body.

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Why does thinking this thought is good or bad trivial to Mrs. Mallard

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Nothing can change the situation

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What was Mr. Mallard like?

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Very kind and tender to her. He works for a living. He always looks at her with love.

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Why is she is sad that Mr. Mallard is gone? Why is she happy that he is gone?

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She is sad that he is gone because Mr. Mallard is a good individual. She is happy that the marriage is over. She can become an individual , because her identity was based on her marriage.

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Why does she need to repress herself?

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Change is scary.

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What is blind persistence?

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Working consistently without a purpose

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What was Mr. Mallard doing to her!

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Bending her will

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Mrs. Mallard’s blind persistence is

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Gone

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Caring about her husband’s will suppressed

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Her own

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She does not assert her will.

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She bends it

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Now she can feel that she can make

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Her own decisions

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What is the most important virtue to Mrs. Mallard?

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Freedom

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She probably got married because that

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Was expected of her

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Mrs. Mallard is a very

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Reserved person. She spends her time repressing herself.

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The fact that she wanted to live long after her husband died is

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Ironic

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“Joy that kills”-

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This is want the doctor thinks. She was too emotional. Physical reaction of her happiness over her freedom.

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What is the author’s point of “A story of an hour”

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Women should be valued and give freedom to have control over their happiness

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Tarzan uses his what to fine Jane?

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His brain and his knowledge of the jungle. Has advanced sight, hearing, and smell

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Tarzan is by definition a

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Superhuman

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Thermos comes to the conclusion that

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Jane is Tarzan’s woman

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The climax is

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Terkoz’s death

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Resolution is

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Tarzan saves Jane and she reacts to being saved

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Terkoz is classified as a

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Brute, a character that we are not supposed to have sympathy for

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What does primeval man mean?

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Two things. It could mean the first stage of development of a human. Or that Tarzan is the superior race. He has the best of both worlds.

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What does Terkoz represent

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Tarzan’s animal side

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What does primordial ape mean

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First order

Ape came first, but man is superior

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Terkoz also represents

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Nurture, specifically Tarzan’s

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Jane is a

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Fair skin, wealthy woman

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She is also a very strong woman because

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She did not faint while she was taken away. She was clear-minded (had no freak outs).

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Esmeralda is

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A maid. She is also a weaker woman, as she fainted when Jane was taken away. She is also of Eastern European descen