Setting
Characters
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100
What war is recent in the lives of the town of Jefferson?
What is the Civil War?
100
Miss Emily says this quote when confronted by the Board of Aldermen.
What is "I have no taxes in Jefferson"?
100
This substance is picked up by Emily at the pharmacist.
What is arsenic?
100
At the end of the story, this is found on Miss Emily's bed.
What is the dead body of her suitor?
100
This substance is sprinkled around Miss Emily's house to remove the putrid odor emanating from it.
What is lime?
200
Her house is described as (starts with an N)
Neglected
200
What would we call the Board of Aldermen in our town?
City Council
200
What point of view is this story told in?
3rd person
200
The author of this story is
William Faulkner
200
What is an "old maid"?
A woman who never married.
300
Time of story
1870's++++
300
Servant's name
Tobe
300
How does the preacher react when he visits Miss Emily?
He leaves and never goes back
300
What are two of the themes that Faulkner discusses in
prejudice, slavery, social issues, mental illness
300
Emily buys this for Homer
a toilet set and a sleeping shirt
400
What is the state in which the story is set?
Mississippi
400
Who actually hands the poison to Emily?
The druggist's servant
400
How is the upstairs room set up?
Like a tomb and a bridal suite.
400
Describe Miss Emily's eyes.
Like coal in dough
400
Why did Emily's servant leave after Emily died?
He didn't want to be blamed for the murder.
500
In this year, Colonel Sartoris remitted Miss Emily's taxes.
What is 1894?
500
This is the name of Emily's suitor, and he is from.....
What is Homer Baron?
500
It is through this point-of-view that the story is told.
What is third person limited? (Bonus points if someone says through a townsperson specifically.)
500
This is found on the indentation next to Emily's suitor's dead body.
What is a lock of Emily's iron-gray hair?
500
This characteristic of Emily is highly emphasized in the scene between her and the Board of Aldermen. (Think traits like stubbornness, envy, etc.)
What is pride (or proudness)?
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