Daily Doubles!
About the Book
Miscellaneous
About the Author
Context
100
Wide Sargasso Sea is a ______ to Jane Eyre.
What is a prequel?
100
She was a wedding present to Annette from her husband; practices obeah
Who is Christophine
100
In the story, what is someone called who is born from indigenous and English decent?
What is a creole?
100
Where was Jean Rhys born?
Roseau, Domenica
100
What was the original capital of Jamaica?
Spanish Town
200
What are the main similarities between Jane Eyre and Antoinette?
They both endure poverty, friendlessness, and the isolation of boarding school
200
Commits suicide in the beginning of the book because he did not receive compensation from the Emancipation Act.
Who is Mr. Luttrell?
200
What had a huge impact on the working and middle class in Jamaica?
What is the Great Depression?
200
What was the name of the aunt that Jean went to live with?
Aunt Clarice
200
What was the name of one of the most famous Jamaican slave revolts?
Tacky Revolt
300
What act banned slavery (include the date)?
What is Emancipation Act of 1833
300
What color dress does Antoinette want to wear in Part III of Wide Sargasso Sea?
What is red
300
What was the first Spanish settlement in Jamaica in the 1500s?
What is Seville?
300
Who was the influential writer that Rhys had an affair with?
Ford Maddox Ford
300
Name the two political parties that were formed as a result of Jamaica gaining their independence?
The People's National Party and Jamaica Labor Party
400
Where is the Sargasso Sea?
Atlantic Ocean between Europe and Caribbean.
400
Where did Antoinette and Edward Rochester spend their honeymoon?
What is the Windward Islands near Massacre
400
According to Antoinette, why does Richard Mason not recognize her?
She's not wearing her red dress
400
What were the ethnicities of Jean Rhys' mother and father?
Her father was Welsh and her mother was Dominican Creole
400
What year was the Jamaican Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1834
500
What does the title Wide Sargasso Sea represent?
It is an image of the no man's land between people and cultures
500
What is the name of Annette's parrot that dies in the fire at Coulibri?
Coco
500
What does Antoinette's red dress represent?
Antoinette's past
500
What was Jean Rhys' full name?
Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams
500
What was the name of the indentured servent who escaped slavery?
Maroons
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