Show:
Characters TGM
Symbolism TGM
Willa Cather
Ernest Hemingway
Variety
100
Amanda A. What character is nagging? B. What character is lighthearted?
A. What character is nagging?
100
This is a symbol for Laura. A. What is the glass unicorn? B. What are jonquils?
A. What is the glass unicorn?
100
This is where the action of "A Wagner Matinee" takes place. A. Where is Boston? B. Where is Aunt Georgiana's Nebraska farm?
A. Where is Boston?
100
How do the soldiers view the machines in "In Another Country"? A. optimistically B. pessimistically
A. optimistically
100
"The Glass Menagerie" is... A. a memory play b. a realist play
A. a memory play
200
This is Tom's definition of happiness. A. What is freedom? B. What is security?
A. What is freedom?
200
Symbol of need to flee reality
What is the fire escape?
200
This is the setting of "A Wagner Matinee" that offers more opportunity to develop intellect. A. Where is Boston? B. Where is Nebraska farm?
A. Where is Boston?
200
This is why the narrator believes he received a medal in "In Another Country" Because he is an American Because he risked death
Because he is an American
200
He is the narrator of "The Glass Menagerie"
Who is Tom?
300
This is a nickname Jim gives Laura that represents how she is different and fragile
What is Blue Roses?
300
Symbol of light Jim briefly brings into Laura's life. A. What is the candelabrum? B. What are jonquils?
A. What is the candelabrum?
300
This is the setting that offers more opportunity for owning a home and having a family in "A Wagner Matinee". A. Where is Boston? B. Where is Nebraska farm?
B. Where is Nebraska farm?
300
This is the character who had no time to distinguish himself and is befriended by the narrator
Who is "the boy"?
300
This is a school of literature that advocated breaking with the traditions of the past and incorporating experimental techniques to create works that accurately depicted the complexities of modern life. EX: Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is modernism?
400
This is the most ordinary character of the play.
Who is Jim?
400
This is a major theme of The Glass Menagerie reenforced by Mr. Wingfield's portrait and Tom's decision at the end of the play.
What is abandonment?
400
This is what Aunt Georgiana taught Clark to appreciate as a child. A. what is music? B. what is agriculture? C. what is country dressmaking?
What is music?
400
This is a character trait of "In Another Country"'s protagonist. A. What is fearlessness? B. What is doubt of courage?
A. What is fearlessness?
400
Type of character that was often used as protagonist in Modern fiction... A. who are larger-than-life heroes? B. Who are common men and women?
B. Who are common men and women?
500
This character is bigger in his absence.
Who is Mr. Wingfield?
500
This is what the jonquils symbolize... FINAL JEOPARDY
Amanda's disconnection from reality
500
What universal theme does "A Wagner Matinee" portray?
Human yearning and appreciation for beauty are unfailing. (or other similar answers)
500
Character whom the narrator bonds with; does not believe in bravery and appreciates the Italian language.
Who is the major?
500
The death of the major's wife represents what themes... FINAL JEOPARDY
uselessness of modern med random nature of tragedy permanence of loss