Vocabulary
An entrance room
Knitting and reading French literature.
What is one word to describe the siblings' daily life?
Boring. Quotidian. Routine. Complacent. Etc.
What is one characteristic of Magical Realism?
Supernatural or magical events happen. Characters react as if they were natural occurrences. Realistic settings. Political or social symbology.
What is the name of Romeo Montague's hot-headed friend who dies at the hands of Tybalt?
Mercutio
What is an example of an area that you would prefer to be spacious.
A Bathroom. Your bedroom. Etc.
How do the siblings afford to live in their house and continue their hobbies?
They had a significant sum coming in from the farms they owned.
What is the source of the sounds that force the siblings into the front of the house.
How was Magical Realism displayed in A House Taken Over?
The characters' nonchalant reaction to possibly supernatural or magical phenomena.
This Irish-born explorer's expedition across the Antarctic failed abysmally. He and several other crewmates were forced to sail a lifeboat 100's of miles to save the rest of is crew.
Ernest Shackleton
If Mr. Foley got an absolutely terrible haircut, would it be best to leave your opinions unvoiced?
Probably.
What is the most significant thing left behind after the siblings abandon their house?
15,000 Pesos
What is Irene's reaction to discovering part of their house was taken over?
She looked back at the narrator with tired eyes, and asked "You're sure"? She quickly returns to her knitting.
What is one similarity between Gothic Horror and Magical Realism?
Supernatural Occurrences. Challenging Rationality.
What is the Capitol of China?
Beijing
What does the word recessed mean?
What happened to the siblings' respective romantic interests?
Irene rejects two suitors and the Narrator's love interest, Maria Esther, died.
What does the phrase, "You can live without thinking" mean in the context of the short story?
The siblings refuse to confront the more negative sides of their minds and busy themselves with their routine instead of challenging themselves.
Which continent is most associated with Magical Realism?
South America
What is the Capital of China?
C
Which of these Presidents could be considered obscure?
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore
What was the brother doing when the first intrusion began?
What does the dust represent in House Taken Over?
The futility and pointlessness of the siblings' existence. The dust accrues and is cleaned and then accrues again and again.
Name one other work that could be categorized as Magical Realism.
100 years of Solitude. Love in the Time of Cholera. The Metamorphosis. Etc.
Solve for x:
(x+10)2 / 2 = 72
X =2 or x = -22