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100
the author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is...
Who is Washington Irving?
100
The climatic moment of "Story of an Hour"
What is when the husband returns and the wife dies when she sees him?
100
The setting of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
What is Sleepy Hollow, America, late 1700s or early 1800s?
100
The man who holds a ball at this house and dies at the end of the night.
Who is Prince Prospero?
100
A theme
What is the point, moral, or idea of a story?
200
The author of "The Masque of the Red Death" is...
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
200
Dee tells Mama she does not understand their heritage and leaves.
What is the falling action?
200
The setting of "Everyday Use"
What is 60s or 70s in Georgia at the Johnson's house
200
A tall, lanky man with a big nose and green eyes. He is in love with the daughter of a wealthy man and teaches school.
Who is Ichabod Crane?
200
A theme of "Story of an Hour"
What is freedom, confinement, death/mortality, communication, time?
300
The author of "The Monkey's Paw" is...
Who is W.W. Jacobs?
300
The wife comes down and tells the guest that her husband and sons will be home shortly, which is why the window is open.
What is the rising action?
300
The setting for "The Monkey's Paw"
What is Laburnam Villa, early 1900s, White's house
300
Her husband dies, but she takes the news very well because she now knows she is free.
Who is Louise Mallard?
300
Allegory
What is an idea in a story or the entire story that stands for a larger idea, usually political, but isn't always.
400
The author of "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" is...
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
400
The resolution of "A Small, Good Thing"
What is the wife, the baker, and the husband resolve their conflict and talk until the morning?
400
The setting for "The Masque of the Red Death"
What is in a castellated abbey, on a dark, dreary night, outside of the U.S.
400
Suffers from nervous problems, so he goes to a house refereed to him by his sister.
Who is Framptom Nuttell?
400
An example of allegory in "The Masque of the Red Death"
What is the 7 rooms representing the 7 stages of life?
500
The author of "A Small, Good Thing" is...
Who is Raymond Carver?
500
The Exposition of "The Masque of the Red Death"
What is the reader is introduced to the main characters and the main character and his guests lock themselves in the ballroom?
500
The setting of "How Much Land Does a Man Need"
What is Native tribal land in Russia, before the late 1800s?
500
A peasant farmer who desires land, but dies trying to get as much land as he can.
Who is Pahom?
500
Irony in "The Monkey's Paw"
What is in order to get what you want bad things must happen to you or your family (i.e. to get money, son dies)