Basics
Analysis
Who Said It?
Literary Elements
Miscellaneous
100
This is the author of Beloved.
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
"Saturday Girl"
What is a prostitute?
100
"In the beginning I could see her I could not help her because the clouds were in the way in the beginning I could see her the shining in her ears"
Who is Beloved?
100
The style of writing presented in chapter 20, in which Sethes thoughts are presented uninterrupted.
What is Stream of Consciousness?
100
$900
What is Paul D's monetary worth?
200
This is the state in which Sweet Home resides.
What is Kentucky?
200
Analyze and explain: "They must have found Paul A and if a whiteman finds you it means you are surely lost."
This is a paradox: for a slave to be found by a whiteman ensures the loss of life. Paul A is assumed dead by Paul D.
200
"The first thing I heard after not hearing anything was the sound of her crawling up the stairs."
Who is Denver?
200
"...if I hadn't killed her she would have died and that is something I could not bear to happen to her."
What is paradox?
200
Fingernail Scratches
What are the three scratches on Beloved's forehead?
300
This is the genre of Beloved.
Magical Historical Realism ***You must say ALL THREE WORDS.
300
Explain the use of juxtaposition in chapter 23. Why are there no indications of who says what?
The three disparate voices become more unified through the lack of speech tags. They have all suffered loneliness, and now they can all find atonement in their unification.
300
"She ain't crazy. She love those children. She was trying to out-hurt the hurter."
Who is Stamp Paid?
300
"She come back to me, my daughter, and she is mine."
What is Allusion? "I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine." --Bible; Song of Solomon
300
The number of times Paul D asks, "Why?" at the close of Part II.
What is 5?
400
Explain the diction choices of "rememory" and "disremember."
Rememory: that memories are always active in mind Disremember: to intentionally forget or suppress a thought
400
Turn to page 258. Explain the use of literary elements.
Repetition and Syntax are both used with the diction choice of "But." The telegraphic nature of the sentence adds finality. The repetition reinforces how many aspects of the plan went awry, which is indicative of the plan's failure.
400
"If you can't count they can cheat you. If you can't read they can beat you."
Who is Halle?
400
Chapter 20: Beloved, she my daughter. Chapter 21: Beloved is my sister. Chapter 22: I am Beloved, and she is mine.
What is Parallelism?
400
Stamp Paid visits Paul D in order to say these two things.
What are an apology and to tell him that he was there and understood when Sethe tried to kill her children.
500
These are the people to whom this novel is dedicated.
Who are "Sixty million and more."
500
What is the irony inherent in this passage: "Stamp made small circles in the palm of his left hand with two fingers of his right. 'You got to choose,' he said. 'Choose anyone. They let you be if you want em to. My house. Ella. Willie Pike. None of us got much, but all of us got room for one more."
Stamp Paid is encouraging Paul D to become a member of the community, when he is the cause and perpetrator of Sethe's isolation.
500
"There's laws against what he done: letting n*ggers hire out their own time to buy themselves. He even let em have guns! And you think he mated them n*ggers to get him some more? Hell no! He planned for them to marry! if that don't beat all!"
Who are the other plantation owners in Sweet Home?
500
Explain the metaphor, "the men without skin."
White men do not have dark skin, so in Beloved's interpretation, they do not have skin at all.
500
Explain the significance of "Seven-O!"
Six-O's girlfriend, The Thirty-Mile Woman, was able to escape slavery while carrying his son in her womb; the next of kin after six is seven.
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