General Knowledge
The two major global events Porter weaves into Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
What is WWI? What is the Spanish Flu Epidemic?
The narrator of Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
What is a third-person omniscient narrator AND Miranda?
**Omniscient is used 85% of the time, first-person is used about 15% of the time when Miranda is dreaming*
Who is James?
A group of people with a shared identity, including living in a particular geographic area, having some level of social interaction, sharing a sense of belonging.
What is a community?
_____ is the way in which an author writes and/or tells a story.
What is style?
The subgenres we identified for Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
What is romance? What is military fiction?
The inspiration for the title of Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
What is an old spiritual?
A motif we identified for "The Sky is Grey."
What is motherhood, or...responsibility, resilience, family, grace, pride, community, change, racism, masculinity, health, (or another one from the board).
The opportunity for everyone to attain his or her full health potential.
What is health equity?
The central idea or message of a story (this is never a one-word response).
What is a literary theme?
The subgenre we identified for "The Sky of Grey."
What is contemporary fiction?
The way the soldier in the hospital reacts when Miranda gives him a gift.
What is hostile (unfriendly, bitter, etc.)?
The way Octavia responds to the older woman (Helena) who offers her and James hospitality.
What is uncomfortable (reluctant, etc.)?
The systemic and unjust distributions of social, economic, and environmental conditions needed for health.
What are health inequities?
The recurring idea or structure that develops a theme.
What is a motif?
The primary genre we identified for Pale Horse, Pale Rider.
What is historical fiction?
Name two of the physical or non-physical characteristics we described Miranda as having during the lecture.
What is paranoid or...outspoken, overthinker, overworked, neurotic, romantic, or descriptive?
Name two of the places where Octavia tells James to "look ahead" and "mind his own business" so that they do not draw racist attention to themselves.
What is the school? What is the cafe/restaurant?
Name two of the communities in "The Sky is Grey" that we identified during discussion.
What is the town? What is the family? What is race?
Name two of the important pieces that together make up a writer's style.
What is tone, diction (word choice), grammar, or descriptive techniques?
Throughout history, people have assigned ________ significations to health and illness.
What is moral?
(The belief is that healthy people = morally "good" and ill people = morally "bad.")
Name two of the physical or non-physical characteristics we described Adam as having during the lecture.
What is overly optimistic or...hardy, brave, foolish, naive, or caring?
The young educated boy does this in the dentist's office waiting room after the preacher punches him in the face.
What is 'turns the other cheek' so the preacher can hit him again?
Life-enhancing resources, such as food supply, housing, economic and social relationships, transportation, education and health care, whose distribution across populations effectively determines length and quality of life.
What are the social determinants of health?
In a lecture, one of the words we used to define Porter's style.
What is diffused, or... journalistic, incoherent (during dreams).