Quotes
Literary Terms
Reading
Vocabulary I
Vocanulary II
100
"Come help me move dis manure pile befo' de sun gits hot. You don't take a bit of interest in dis place. 'Taint no use in foolin'round in dat kitchen all day long."
Who is Logan Killicks?
100
What literary device is being used in the phrase: "...mocked to death by Time"?
What is personification?
100
What did motorboat stay in the abandoned house?
What is he wanted to sleep?
100
Which word means expanded or widened? a) dilated b) dilapidated c) brazen d) sodden
What is a) dialated?
100
Which word describes someone who holds you against your will? a) menial b) usurper c) confidants d) predecessor
What is b) usurper?
200
"Put me down easy, Janie, Ah'm a cracked plate."
Who is Nanny?
200
What type of conflict is Janie's view of marriage and the reality of marriage? a) external conflict b) man versus man c) internal conflict d) man versus society
What is internal conflict?
200
Which of the following is not something Joe did when he got to town? a) he bought the town's first automobile. b) he paid cash for 200 acres of land. c) he opened a store and a post office. He bought the town's first street lamp. d) he organized the men to build a road and a drainage ditch.
What is he organized the men to build a road and a drainage ditch?
200
Which word means brash; bold? a) mien b) brazen c) malice d) tangible
What is b) brazen?
200
whole : complete :: hole : a) abyss b) revelation c) resurrection d) sodden
What is a) abyss?
300
"Ah told you in de very first beginnin' dat Ah aimed tuh be uh big voice. You oughta be glad, 'cause dat makes uh big woman outa you."
Who is Joe Starks?
300
Which of the following elements of African-American folklore is NOT found in the novel? a) bragging contests b) a family history quilt c) storytelling d) talking animals
What is a family history quilt?
300
What did Janie discover about love? a) she discovered she was not capable of love. b) she discovered she did not like being in love. c) she discovered that her initial thoughts about love were correct. d) she discovered that marriage did not make love
What is she discovered that marriage did not make love?
300
Which word is the opposite of important; powerful; highly-regarded? a) menial b) ostentatious c) brazen d) brute
What is a) menial?
300
forgive : excuse :: resolved: a) reconciled b) denounced c) snubbed d) insinuated
What is a) reconciled?
400
"Janie, Ah hope God may kill me, if Ah'm lyin'. Nobody else on earth kin hold uh candle tuh you, baby. You got de keys to de kingdom."
Who is Teacake?
400
What literary devide is being used in the phrase: "Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered..."?
What is simile?
400
Which of the following is not one of the main concerns that Janie had about getting into a relationship with Tea Cake? a) he was about twelve years younger than she was. b) he didn't look like he had much money. c) she wasn't sure his intentions were serious or honorable. d) she had not been a widow long enough to start another relationship
What is he didn't look like he had much money?
400
Which word means hatred or contempt for? a) revelation b) disillusion c) brazen d) scorn
What is d) scorn?
400
Which word describes people who wander, without a home or place of their own? a) transients b) fodder c) scimitars d) seraphs
What is a) transients?
500
"Ah knowed you wasn't going tuh lissen tuh me. You changes everything but nothin' don't change you-not even death."
Who is Janie?
500
What does the pear tree symbolize?
What is Janie's sexual identity?
500
What discovery did Janie make about herself when she was very young?
What is that she was black?
500
Which word is the opposite of comfortable; painless? a) dilated b) languid c) excruciating d) pugnacious
What is c) excruciating?
500
Which word is the opposite of neat; tidy; orderly? a) discomfiture b) percale c) fractious d) dishevelment
What is d) dishevelment?
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