Jack London
Edgar Allan Poe
Frederick Douglass
Stephen Crane
Bret Harte/Ambrose Bierce
100
This nameless person offers advice early in the story that is recalled repeatedly from then on
Who is the old-timer on Sulfur Creek
100
Name one of Poe's literary works
What is "The Tell Tale Heart" or "Berenice"
100
Covey experiences this emotion when Douglass returns from his visit to Thomas
What is anger
100
Fred Collins is shocked to think of himself as this
What is a hero
100
How much time actually elapses between the opening and closing lines of Part III of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?
What is a few seconds
200
What does not listening to the man at sulfur creek reflect about the cheechako?
What is his arrogance
200
Name the disease Egeus was suffering from
What is monomania
200
Douglass states "They told a tale of woe," "with bitterest anguish". To what was he referring?
What is the slave songs
200
In which story does the protagonist take a dare
What is "A Mystery of Heroism"
200
In "The Outcasts of Poker Flat", this character saves her rations for Piney
Who is Mother Shipton
300
The husky in contrast to the man represents what literary device?
What is foil
300
Name the disease Berenice suffers from
What is epileptic seizures
300
Sandy advises Douglass to carry a root in his pocket that will make it impossible for any white man to _____ him. This root is called a ___________
What is whip; talisman
300
How do the men react to Collins's return with the bucket?
What is they cheer
300
When Farquhar hears his watch ticking with an exaggerated intensity, the narrator is using which type of point of view?
What is third-person limited
400
Nature doesn't discriminate can be described as the ________ of which of Jack London's works?
What is theme; "To Build a Fire"
400
What are some of the things that Egaeus mentions he would sometimes obsess about for hours?
What is: typography of a book, shadow on the floor, the flame of a lamp, the embers of a fire, or the perfume of a flower.
400
It was evident from the treatment of the slaves that the plantation managers did not care about human needs, only about the slaves' __________
What is productivity
400
A man said to the universe, "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me a sense of ___________"
What is obligation
400
The narrator in which story states: "Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him." Under what circumstances?
What is "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"; just before the hanging Peyton Farquhar
500
When the fire the man has built under the spruce tree is extinguished, he realizes __________
What is: he may just have been given a death sentence
500
The narrator, in his paranoia, confuses the ticking of the clock with what?
What is the beating of the heart
500
What is Douglas implicitly comparing slavery with when he refers to "the bloody arm of slavery"?
What is: the word arm personifies slavery as a cruel taskmaster who inflicts death, wounds, or pain (the word bloody)
500
Fred Collins is ________ to his previous notion that heroes are supposed to be grand, glorious, and superhuman, not ordinary people with faults like himself.
What is disillusioned
500
Who struck a streak of bad luck and handed in his checks? Which story and how did he do it?
Who is John Oakhurst; "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"; shot himself
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