on being a cripple
the birthmark
poems/short works
frankenstein
in the theatre
100

What themes are explored in On being a cripple? (3 answers)

 the loss of vitality, activism, traditional roles of marriage and motherhood

100

who is the author "of the birthmark?"

Nathaniel Hawthrone

100

“The sick wife” written by ______ was her last poem before dying from _______.

Jane Kenyon, Leukemia

100

What is the creature’s response to reading about his own creation?

disgust/horror

100

who is the author of "in the theatre?" 

Dannie Abse 

200

What was the main assumption of the passage?


That disabled people are helpless

200

How does Alymer see the birthmark?

a visible mark of earthly imperfection

200

In "an ode to a nightingale," how does the speaker describe reality? (2 answers)

aging and sorrowing

200

Why is Victor so certain that Justine is innocent?

He is certain that the creature killed William

200

In the short work "In The Theatre," what is the story about? and as the surgery drags on what do the attendants began to think about?

an operation gone wrong 

their fatigue

300

 What illness does Nancy Mairs suffer from?

Multiple Sclerosis (MS):

causes problems with vision, balance, muscle control, and basic functions

(definition to help :) 

300

What character trait do Frankenstein and Alymer’s quest share?

Like Frankenstein’s, Aylmer’s quest is hubristic

300

What is the poem "what the doctor said" about? 

a simple poem about a conversation between a man and a doctor who was just diagnosed with cancer 

300

When the cottagers are hungry, the younger ones often do something for the older one that the creature finds moving. What do they do for the older one?

They give him food and keep none for himself

300

What action is done and immediately after the patient dies?  

 a voice cries out 

400

What year did Nancy Mairs die?

2016

400

what is her birthmark shaped like?

a small red birthmark of a tiny hand on the left cheek

400

What is the setting in "the sick wife?" 

(2 answers)

(hint: scrimmage question)

a busy parking lot and outside of the hospital 

400

In what country was the Villa Diodati, where Frankenstein got its start, located in?

Switzerland

400

what does the omniscient speaker envoke? 

the mystery of consciousness and human life 

500

What does Mairs say that people with her illness do to doctors? Why?

Treat them badly and are bitter because the illness is incurable

500

what is the theme of this story? 

the two most powerful are obsession and conflict between nature and science

this examines the obsession of human perfection

500

What does the poem “Health” revolve around what fantasy? 

a utopia characterized by the abandonment from the desire to live forever. acceptance of death and suffering as part of humanity 

500

Victor compares his plight to the person in the poem beginning “Like one who, on a lonely road…” What poet, familiar to Mary Shelley, is the author of the poem?

Coleridge

500

What is the first stanza about? 

second stanza? 

third stanza? 

fourth stanza?

stanza 1: contrast thought and action ending in the visceral image of a surgeon rooting around the brain 

stanza 2: attention to time and focus on sensory imagine, contrasting events and thoughts

stanza 3: introducing a voice of the brain/and or soul 

stanza 4: voice dies off leaving a silence that's compared to the soul