Wheeler is an amusing character, and his manner of delivery is humorous.
What is the framework story technique and how it is effective for Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaverous County?"
100
Example of realism and regionalism
What is "The Outcasts of Poker Flat?"
100
the outcasts of Poker Flat
What is a gambler, a drunkard/suspected thief, and two women?
100
A federal scout
What is how Farquhar learns that the Union Army is repairing the railroad at Owl Creek Bridge?
200
Name the work -- A man who engraved epitaphs on tombstones.
What is Edgar Lee Masters' "Richard Bone?"
200
Simon Wheeler's story is clearly a ridiculous one.
What is how does Simon Wheeler's seriousness contribute to the humor of Twain's "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?"
200
Realism
What is literature in which the writer portrays reality?
200
so Piney Woods might survive
What is why Mother Shipton saves her rations and starves herself in "The Outcasts of Poker Flat?"
200
Best example of naturalism
What is "To Build a Fire?"
300
Name the work - War, in reality, is not a glorious thing, although it is often portrayed that way.
What is "War Is Kind?"
300
Point of View
What is the most important literary technique in Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?"
300
"But later, as I lived among the people here, I knew how near to the life/Were the epitaphs that were ordered for/them as they died."
What is "Richard Bone?"
300
Naturalism
What is a belief that man is at the mercy of the brutal forces of nature?
300
Man sees nature as a solvable problem; dog relies on instinct to respond to nature.
What is the way the man and dog differ in their relationships with nature?
400
Name the work - "Yet preachers and judges advise the raising of souls/Where there is no sunlight, but only twilight,/No warmth, but only dampness and cold--"
What is "Mrs. Charles Bliss?"
400
The man is a symbol of the human desire to control nature?
What is the reason the man in Jack London's "To Build a Fire" is not named?
400
Mr. Oakhurst
What is "Outcasts of Poker Flat?"
400
Regionalism
What is literature which has local color by using dialect and description?
400
Hands are numb
What is the reason the man can't rebuild the fire in "To Build a Fire?"
500
Poem based on the author's relative
What is "Lucinda Matlock?"
500
Three types of conflicts
What is man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature?
500
A man who thinks suicide is a way to get over the pain of losing his love.
What is Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Luke Havergal?"
500
Plot of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
What is a Southern civilian thinks he is escaping while being executed by hanging?
500
Appreciate your God-given life.
What is the message in Masters' poem, "Lucinda Matlock?"