Poems
Literary Terms
The Pit and Pendulum, By the Waters of Babylon
Like the Sun, The Possibility of Evil
A Marriage Proposal, The Doll's House
100
"The Lake" was written by this famous American author.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
100
The point of view in which a character is all-knowing
What is omniscient point of view?
100
In "By the Waters of Bablyon," John and his father are both this.
What are priests?
100
In "Like the Sun," Sekhar vows to do this for one day.
What is tell the absolute truth?
100
In "A Marriage Proposal," this character (Lomov, Tschubukov, or Natalia) is extremely nervous.
Who is Lomov?
200
The message of this poem is that it is important to tell the truth, but it should not be told so directly.
What is "Tell all the truth, but tell it slant"?
200
The reason behind a character's actions
What is motivation?
200
In "The Pit and the Pendulum," a painting of Time is holding this object that is intended to kill the narrator.
What is a pendulum?
200
In "The Possibility of Evil," this character writes anonymous letters.
Who is Miss Strangeworth?
200
In "The Doll's House," this sister invites the Kelveys to see the doll house.
Who is Kezia?
300
In this poem, the speaker recalls a time when his father removed a splinter from his hand.
What is "The Gift"?
300
Qualities that a character possesses
What are character traits?
300
In "The Pit and the Pendulum," the narrator discovers this when he attempts to walk across his cell.
What is a pit?
300
In "Like the Sun," Sekhar offends these two people.
Who are Sekhar's wife and the headmaster?
300
In "A Marriage Proposal," Lomov visits Tschubukov because he wants to do this.
What is propose to Natalia?
400
In this poem, the speaker is not grateful for all that his father does until he reaches adulthood.
What is "Those Winter Sundays"?
400
A complex, well-developed character
What is a round character?
400
"The Pit and the Pendulum" was set in Toledo, Spain during this event.
What is the Spanish Inquisition?
400
In "The Possibility of Evil," the townspeople get revenge on Miss Strangeworth by destroying these.
What are roses?
400
In "The Doll's House," these girls are ridiculed by their classmates for being in a different social class.
Who are the Kelveys?
500
In "The Lake," the speaker feels that the lake is both terrifying and this.
What is comforting?
500
The way a writer creates and develops a character's personalities
What is characterization?
500
In "The Waters of Babylon," we learn that the city of the gods was once this city.
What is New York City?
500
In "The Possibility of Evil," this woman worries that her baby might be slow.
Who is Helen Crane?
500
"A Marriage Proposal" is a farce that makes fun of this group of people?
What is the Russian gentry?
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