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3 Piece Suit - Picture Bride
Suit Vocab and Dickinson Poetry
Dickinson Poetry
Dickinson and Ambush
Ambush and Prime Time
100
Because of buying these items the narrator has to forgo luxuries and excess like eggs and butter
What is his shirt and tie?
100
The narrator looks wealthy so he feels obliged to do this.
What is pay for his friends drinks?
100
In "The Soul selects her own Society," the soul could best be described as a.fragile. b.indifferent. c.determined. d.compassionate.
What is c.determined.
100
In "Because I could not stop for Death," all of the following ride in the carriage EXCEPT a.life. c.the speaker. b.death. d.immortality.
What is a.life.
100
The narrator believes that his reason for killing the young man was a.unthinking fear. c.dedication to duty. b.irrational hatred. d.a tragic misunderstanding.
What is unthinking fear?
200
These people expected more money because they thought the narrator was wealthy.
What is the beggars?
200
Vocab - If you are affable you make people feel this way.
What is at ease.
200
In "The Soul selects her own Society," what is rejected and what is gained? a.all relationships are rejected and solitude is gained b.the bulk of society is rejected and one intimate relationship is gained c.solitude is rejected and a few intimate relationships are gained d.one intimate relationship is rejected and social interaction is gained
What is b.the bulk of society is rejected and one intimate relationship is gained
200
What is described in the fifth stanza of "Because I could not stop for Death"? a.Heaven c.the speaker's grave b.a place of worship d.the speaker's deathbed
What is c.the speaker's grave
200
The narrator's experience, as he describes it, could best be compared to a.a TV news report. c.a slow-motion video. b.a still photograph. d.an abstract painting.
What is a slow-motion video?
300
Picture Bride - The poem suggests that the grandfather chose his bride based mainly on her a.name. c.reputation. b.appearance. d.level of education.
What is appearance.
300
Which of the following increases in each of the first four stanzas of "If you were coming in the Fall"? a.the length of waiting time b.the speaker's patience c.the speaker's distress d.the speaker's love for the beloved
What is a.the length of waiting time
300
Much Madness is divinest Sense" could best be described as a defense of a.democracy. c.the freedom of speech. b.individuality. d.solitude, isolation, or seclusion.
What is b.individuality.
300
Which of the following best describes the effect of the slant of light on the speaker of "There's a certain Slant of light"? a.bitter c.humbling b.solemn d.reassuring
What is b.solemn
300
As the flashback begins, members of the narrator's platoon were a.off duty. c.in the middle of a battle. b.on the march. d.either asleep or on guard.
What is either asleep or on guard?
400
He keeps giving in to others' expectations of him.
What is the main source of the problems that plague the narrator in this story?
400
The speaker regards the partings referred to in "My life closed twice before its close" as all of the following EXCEPT a.final. c.comforting. b.forced. d.unwanted.
What is c.comforting.
400
Success is counted sweetest" indicates that, in general, people value most that which a.they cannot have. c.they have had but lost. b.they least understand. d.society places the greatest value on.
What is a.they cannot have.
400
Which of the following pairs of lines contains an example of slant rhyme? a.lines 2 and 4 of "This is my letter to the World" b.lines 5 and 7 of "This is my letter to the World" c.lines 2 and 4 of "There's a certain Slant of light" d.lines 13 and 15 of "There's a certain Slant of light"
What is d.lines 13 and 15 of "There's a certain Slant of light"
400
Kiowa offered all of the following justifications for the killing EXCEPT that a.the narrator's action saved the platoon. b.the young man would have died sometime anyway. c.the young man would have killed the narrator if given a chance. d.a soldier's duty, during war, is to kill the enemy.
What is the narrator's action saved the platoon?
500
The narrator buys these items becuase he feels pressured to do so.
What is buys new shirts and shoes.
500
The first line of "My life closed twice before its close" least probably refers to a.tragedies in the speaker's life. b.turning points in the speaker's life. c.disappointments in the speaker's life. d.instances in which illness or accident threatened the speaker's life.
What is d.instances in which illness or accident threatened the speaker's life.
500
In "I heard a Fly buzz when I died," the speaker loses awareness of life when a.the "King" enters. c.the "Eyes around" are wrung dry. b.the "Windows" fail. d.the "Keepsakes" are signed away.
What is b.the "Windows" fail.
500
The narrator throws the grenade toward the young man in order to a.kill him. c.make him disappear. b.frighten him. d.prove something to himself.
What is make him disappear?
500
Gates's mother dealt with racism in a clothing store by a.making jokes. c.demanding a policy change. b.rejecting the clothing. d.pretending to misunderstand.
What is rejecting the clothing?