Come to Terms
The equipment needed for a particular activity.
What is paraphenalia?
She gets stoned.
Who is Tessie Hutchinson?
The yearly ritual is performed so that the farmers in the village will yield a good ______________.
What is harvest, crop (of corn).
Fill in the blank: One of the themes of the story is to not blindly follow_______________.
What is tradition?
Fill in the blank: "Lottery in June ______ be heavy soon.
What is corn?
Hints or clues of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
He conducts the lottery.
Who is Mr. Summers?
The lottery takes place during this season.
What is summer?
The black dot on the paper represents this.
What is Death?
Tessie Hutchinson is late to the Lottery for this reason.
What is that she forgot what day it was?
An imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.
What is dystopia?
This family name means "of the crucifixion."
What is Delacroix?
If available, this individual draws for the household.
What is the man of the household - the husband - the father.
This character symbolizes the power of a tradition like the lottery.
Who is Old Man Warner?
Two of the three other activities that Mr. Summers runs.
What are square dances, teen club and the Halloween program?
The Allies tried the Nazis in these trials after World War II.
What are the Nuremberg Trials?
Arguably, the luckiest man in town - he's managed to avoid getting his name picked more times than anyone else.
Who is Old Man Warner?
The lottery takes place here once a year at this location.
What is the town square?
The fact that the people do not understand why the name Delacroix is pronounced Dellacroy implies that they have a lack of ________________________.
What is sophistication?
Milgram's teacher/learner experiment was actually testing what aspect of human nature?
What is the inclination toward obedience to authority?
When a group does not have a lot of contact beyond that within their own society, they could be described as being__________________.
What is provincial (or parochial)?
Tessie Hutchinson's "beloved" eldest daughter.
Who is Eva?
Tessie getting stoned is the ________________ of the story in terms of plot elements.
What is the resolution/conclusion/denoument?
It is implied that this individual “won” the lottery the previous year.
Who is Mr. Watson?
The MOOD at the VERY BEGINNING of the story could be described as ___________________________ .
What is light, happy, upbeat, jovial….