Characters
Who are the two main characters in "House Taken Over"?
Who are Irene and the narrator?
What type of house do the siblings live in?
An old and spacious
What causes the siblings to abandon the house entirely?
What is the presence of "unknown entities" taking over the last part of the house?
Like silver sea urchins is an example of what kind of comparison
simile
What is the city that the story is set in?
What is Bueno Aires?
What is Irene’s favorite pastime?
What is knitting?
Which part of the house is first "taken over"? What kind of rooms are these? Necessary or Unnecessary ones?
What is the back section? Luxury rooms; unnecessary
How do the siblings secure their safety from the unknown forces?
What is by locking doors to isolate themselves from the taken-over areas?
like silver sea urchins; the repeated s sounds are an example of
alliteration
In what year was "House Taken Over" first published?
What is 1946?
How does the narrator spend most of his time?
What is reading?
How do the siblings react when a part of the house is "taken over"?
What is calmly moving to the other part of the house?
What detail suggests that the siblings might be imagining the intruders?
What is the lack of any direct description or evidence of the intruders?
The yarn was bouncing joyfully is an example of
Personification
Who wrote "House Taken Over"?
Who is Julio Cortázar?
What do the siblings depend on financially?
The farm
What do the locked doors in the house symbolize?
Oak Door: The military/government
What activity do the siblings abandon after the back section is taken over?
What is cleaning the house?
Words like spacious and unvoiced are examples of what
affixes (prefix or suffix)
What country is Cortázar from?
What is Argentina?
If the siblings died who would inherit the house and what would they do to it?
Cousins, would tear it down and sell the parts
What ultimately happens to the house?
Taken over by the unidentified force and the narrator throws the key down the drain.
How does the story end?
What is the siblings throwing away the house keys and leaving forever?
The type of writing where magical or supernatural elements appear in a realistic setting, as seen in “House Taken Over.”
What is Magical Realism?
What is one event that inspired the story
What is
- World War II /
- Latin American Revolution of 1943?