Early Life
Literary Themes
Lit Techniques
No Country For Old Men
The Passenger
100

Where was McCarthy born?

What is Providence, Rhode Island
100

What is the most common theme among all of McCarthy's books?

What is Mortality

100

What literary movement was McCarthy apart of?

What is Contemporary

100

Who wrote No Country For Old Men?

Who is Cormac McCarthy

100

Which character dies that Bobby feels guilty about?

Who is Alicia Western

200

What University did McCarthy attend before leaving?

What is the University of Tennessee

200

What common Cormac McCarthy theme is represented by the dead puppy in the sack in A Drowning Incident?

What is Death/Violence

200

Who is McCarthy most inspired by?

Who is William Faulkner

200

What is the name of Moss' wife?

Who is Carla Jean

200

Which job does Bobby Western have at the start of the novel? What does he search?

What is a salvage diver and a plane crash

300

Which of McCarthy's wives was 30 years younger than him?

What is his third wife, Jennifer Winkley

300

What is the theme represented by the Anton and Bell contrast in No Country?

What is Good vs Evil

300

What form of punctuation does McCarthy ignore often?

What is Quotation Marks

300

What state does the story take place in?

What is Texas

300

What did Bobby's father work on?

What is the atomic bomb

400

Who was McCarthy's second wife?

Who is Anne DeLisle

400

What theme is represented by Bobby's relationship with Alicia as well as his father's legacy?

What is Guilt

400

What sub genre focuses on the darker aspects of the American South?

What is Southern Gothic

400

What side does the coin land on when Carla Jean calls it?

What is Tails

400

What is the name of the hallucination that haunts Alicia?

What is The Kid
500

What are the names of McCarthy's sons?

Who are Cullen and John

500

How many themes were listed on the themes slide?

What is 5

500

What does McCarthy often write about with sharp detail and imagery?

What is nature/the environment

500

What reason does Bell think he's still alive?

What is because they have no respect for him

500

Which character provides a different perspective on womanhood?

Who is Debussy