quiz 3 Flashcards
conventy
Tentatively:
hesitantly “how one goes about a delicate or dangerous situation
Triumphantly
great happiness or joy at victory or achievement
Eiderdown
a quilt filled with duck feathers(dovet)
Crescendo
the loudest point reached in an increasing sound.
Horizon:
the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet
Extinguished
cause(a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine
Terrace
a relatively level paved or planted area adjoining a building
Cellar:
: a room below ground level, typically for shelter and storing
Affronted:often to offend or insult somones values
Unabated
without any reduction in intensity
Charles Darwin:
He was the one who started the theory of evolution
Menin Gate:
A war memorial for ypes
What is the theme of the novel so far?
War causes pain, hardship and destruction.
Who was Jeremy’s father?
She didn’t know because she slept with alot of soldiers and she just tells Jeremy he died in war.
Why does Maeve believe that the soldiers she spent time with did not love her?
Because they were more afraid to die in war
What is assumed by most men about Maeve?
a way to get there minds of off the war.
For a moment, Maeve wishes she had know Jeremy’s father. Why?
She would marry him and he would have taken care of jeremy
Why does Maeve want to go home?
To get to Jeremy, and get her belongings, especially a coat. And see what’s rest of her house
How do we know that Harriet has feelings for Jeremy?
She has deep intimate feelings for him, “she misses the feeling of his body”
“The leaves have turned black on the trees. The limbs are twisted and full of clothes, caught like strange birds in the upper branches” What has caused this painful sight?
The bombing and ash.
Explain what had happened to the woman referred to on pages 102-3.
She was very injured, her legs were broken and she was dying
Who are Agnes and Richard? (105-6)
meave next door neighbors, she hid with them and evacuated with them.
What does Harriet believe reading to be, after she encounters the fact that the library has been bombed? (109)
Reading helped her get away from reality.
On their way to her home, Harriet notices that a cat sits on the windowsill of each house. What conclusion does she come to? (111)
“She sees that the cats are relaxed and are sitting in their place like sentinels.” Unlike dogs who are always with their owners and are probably looking for them now.
Why does Harriet feel that the town of Ypres should not have been rebuilt? (112)
To remember the history that took place, and remember the memorial.
How does Jeremy discover that Harriet was married? (115)
He finds a photograph
Who is Abigail?
Abigail is Harriet’s cat that she took in earlier in the story. (she didn’t like cats but found sanctuary in her because she was the only thing left”
Who is Amos? (118)
A donkey, and meave took a liking to him because she thought Jeremy would like it, comical relief.
What has possibly happened to Wendell Mumby? 120
She thought he died because the building collapsed
Jeremy and Maeve live here?
Mayfield street
- Harriet is about 44, so how old is Jeremy? (125)
Half her age 44/2=22
Describe Jeremy’s room.
A boys room, childish
Why do you think Jeremy left the house after he and Harriet spent the night together?
She was ashamed and self aware of the reality he was in.
