What literary device is, "I am silver and exact. I have no expectations."
Personification
100
Which text takes place in a forest?
"The Road Not Taken"
100
What is the name of Emily's boyfriend?
Homer Barron
100
How did Emily kill her boyfriend?
Poisoned him with arsenic
100
Which text demonstrates the pressure women feel to look young and beautiful?
"Mirror"
200
"The Road Less Traveled" uses what literary device throughout the entire poem?
Metaphor (or extended metaphor)
200
Which text involves a large body of water?
"Mirror"
200
Which daughter has burn scars and is described as "homely"?
Maggie
200
Why did one of the daughters in "Everyday Use" change her name?
To erase her heritage
200
Which text demonstrates the price of over-protection?
"A Rose for Emily"
300
What literary device is, "like a terrible fish"?
Simile
300
Which text is set at a small home with a swept yard?
"Everyday Use"
300
Which daughter is pretty, educated, and stuck-up?
Dee
300
In addition to her boyfriend, what past did Emily have trouble letting go of?
The Old South
300
Which text demonstrates positive value of holding on to the past?
"Everyday Use"
400
When the mirror describes the opposite wall as "pink, with speckles," it is an example of which literary device?
Imagery
400
Which text takes place in a fictional town in Mississippi?
"A Rose for Emily"
400
Who is "big-boned" and strong as a man?
The mother in "Everyday Use"
400
What heirlooms cause the fight in "Everyday Use"?
Quilts
400
Which text demonstrates the error of holding on to the past?
"A Rose for Emily"
500
The body in "A Rose for Emily" and the quilts in "Everyday Use" are examples of what literary device?
Symbolism
500
Which text is set most recently?
"Everyday Use" (set at least in the late 60s)
"Mirror" was written in the late 50s or early 60s
Frost and Faulkner wrote their works 30 to 50 years earlier.
500
Who lied and told Emily she did not have to pay taxes because of a loan her father made?
Colonel Sartoris
500
Why was Emily's boyfriend not good enough for her?
He was a Yankee, a day-laborer, and probably homosexual
500
Which text demonstrates the value of being an individual and going your own way?