Short Stories

Question 1

Edgar Allen Poe

Answer 1

The Cask of Amontillado

Question 2

Kurt Vonnegut

Answer 2

Harrison Bergeron

Question 3

Jack Finney

Answer 3

Contents of a Dead Man’s Pockets

Question 4

WW Jacobs

Answer 4

The Monkey’s Paw

Question 5

Carl Stephenson

Answer 5

Leiningen Versus The Ants

Question 6

Edith Wharton

Answer 6

Roman Fever

Question 7

Shirley Jackson

Answer 7

The Lottery

Question 8

Maurice Walsh

Answer 8

The Quiet Man

Question 9

John Updike

Answer 9

A&P

Question 10

where and when does the cask of amontillado take place

Answer 10

during carnival, in Italy, 1300s

Question 11

where is montresor when he’s telling the story

Answer 11

on his deathbed- its his last confession

Question 12

is montresor respected

Answer 12

no - not by his servants or Fortunato (why he kills him)

Question 13

who is jealous of who in amontillado

Answer 13

montresor is jealous of fortunato, who is a free mason

Question 14

where are people buried in amontillado

Answer 14

catacombs bc of many deaths bc of plague

Question 15

what does fortunato do when he figures out hes being killed

Answer 15

he starts to scream for help and scares montresor

Question 16

who built catacombs

Answer 16

the rich

Question 17

what kind of society is harrison bergeron

Answer 17

distopia(opposite of utopia)

Question 18

what is the introduction of a story

Answer 18

setting, 2 main characters (protagonist and antagonist), conflict

Question 19

what is climax of harrison bergeron

Answer 19

when the lady shoots harrison and the ballerina with him

Question 20

what is the resolution of harrison bergeron

Answer 20

when hazel is crying bc harrison died but then she can’t remember why she’s crying

Question 21

what does satire rely on

Answer 21

exaggeration

Question 22

why is there so much detail in dead mans pockets

Answer 22

to build suspense

Question 23

why do they do the lottery

Answer 23

its a fertility sacrifice (fertile in the harvest and children) before the harvest

Question 24

when and where was lottery publish

Answer 24

1948 in The New Yorker

Question 25

did people like the lottery when they read it in the magazine

Answer 25

no

Question 26

why does tessie's husband tell her to shut up when she complains

Answer 26

men are in charge of everything in a patriarchy, which is why they follow blind traditions

Question 27

what is the big black box symbolic of

Answer 27

coffin

Question 28

what is the purpose of the lottery

Answer 28

to question our traditions

Question 29

who is mr gravess

Answer 29

postmaster

Question 30

who is mr summer

Answer 30

he works in coal industry, he keeps the box in post office bc of gov't sanction

Question 31

what were the wishes in monkeys paw

Answer 31

200 pounds son to be alive son to be dead again

Question 32

why did they wish their son dead again

Answer 32

they were afraid of what he would look, smell, or be like since he was dead for 12 days

Question 33

where is the paw from

Answer 33

india

Question 34

who comes to the white's house w the paw

Answer 34

sergeant major morris comes bc theyre friends and he came to tell about india

Question 35

who put a spell on the paw

Answer 35

an indian fakir (witch doctor)

Question 36

what are the conflicts in leiningen

Answer 36

man vs nature - leiningen vs ants | man vs self - leiningen almost gave up and had to choose life or plantation on the run back from the weir

Question 37

where is leiningen

Answer 37

coffee plantation in brazil

Question 38

is leiningen native to brazil

Answer 38

no, he calls gas petrol which is english | he's been in brazil for at least 3 years bc it took him that long to get the plantation the way he liked it

Question 39

climax of leiningen

Answer 39

decision to run through ants to the weir

Question 40

family trees in roman fever

Answer 40

mrs slade and delphin slade have daughter barbara | mrs ainsley and delphin slade have daughter jenny

Question 41

what is the role of power btw slade and ainsley

Answer 41

mrs slade thinks she's more than she actually is and has the power in the beginning but mrs ainsley has it at the end

Question 42

what is roman fever about

Answer 42

power and social class

Question 43

why did the ainsleys get married fast

Answer 43

she was pregnant and that was bad if you weren't married in the 1920's

Question 44

who had roman fever in the story

Answer 44

mrs ainsleys mother or aunt i forget pretended to have roman fever and disappeared for 9 months so no one knew she was pregnant

Question 45

climax of roman fever

Answer 45

when mrs ainsley says she responded to the letter

Question 46

who wrote the letter to mrs ainsley at the colosseum

Answer 46

mrs slade - she didnt have the foresight that mrs ainsley might respond

Question 47

why is mrs slade jealous of mrs ainsley

Answer 47

mrs ainsley had jenny who was great and mr slade

Question 48

why did americans lose interest in europe

Answer 48

after WWII bc everything was destroyed

Question 49

where is john updike from

Answer 49

reading, pa

Question 50

when does a&p take place

Answer 50

1960's

Question 51

in ap, when was he telling the story

Answer 51

26 when looking back telling the story from when he was 19

Question 52

why does sammy quit

Answer 52

he wants to go to the beach w the girls and have sex w all three bc hes sexist but they're gone

Question 53

what kind of story is ap

Answer 53

cominf of age

Question 54

where were the girls going

Answer 54

cocktail party - why they got herring snacks

Question 55

what are the sheep

Answer 55

the townspeople - the girls come and create chaos bc it's change and people dont want change

Question 56

what political party is the town

Answer 56

conservative - know bc of layout of the town

Question 57

conservative vs.

Answer 57

change, not liberal

Question 58

was there a sign saying the girl were badly dressed

Answer 58

no, it's the 1960s so its just expected

Question 59

sammy is sick of

Answer 59

the same thing every single day

Question 60

grandmas saying

Answer 60

fiddle-de-doo - sammy uses this to drop f bomb on lengel

Question 61

antagonist of ap

Answer 61

society, represented by the manager

Question 62

besides man vs. society, a&p is

Answer 62

youth vs. traditional