Miscellaneous
What is the yard like in Hula?
Ironically, the yard in Hula is incredibly fertile (mimosa tree, pears, blackberries, apples, mulberry bush). However, it is not a place for the girls to thrive as they grow up.
Who is Doxology?
Sam Hamilton's horse.
Where does the story take place?
Virginia.
Who refused to help Antigone bury her brother's body?
Ismene
Give at least 2 examples of eavesdropping
Claudius and Polonius spy on Hamlet and Ophelia. "Get thee to a nunnery"
Poloinus spies on Gertrude and Hamlet through the curtain.
(Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are always spying on Hamlet.)
Which of the following is not a setting of East of Eden?
Salinas, Connecticut, King City, Seattle,
Seattle.
How did Caleb make the money to give as a gift?
He went into business with Will Hamilton to sell beans, knowing the prices would increase during WWI.
Who is the narrator of Hula?
The younger sister (unnamed).
Who loved Antigone and was going to marry her?
Haemon
Which contrasting worlds exist in Hamlet?
Appearance v. Reality
Living v. Dead (King Hamlet's ghost)
Old Denmark v. New Denmark
True.
A failed business venture of refrigerating lettuce on trains to send it East.
Who torments the sister and their mother?
The father.
Who was the brother who was left unburied because he was viewed as a traitor and threat to Creon's power?
Polynieces
Give an example of a disguised character.
Hamlet puts on "an antic disposition"
The Players put on a play.
Clausius pretends to be innocent
Antigone demonstrates the importance of civil ________________.
From which characters do the identical inheritances of $100,000 come?
Cyrus to his sons.
Kate to Aron.
Charles to Adam and Kate.
The girls viewed the father killing this animal.
A sheep (Lee Henry - named after convict)
Creon's wife who kills herself from grief
Eurydice
What is an example of the supernatural in Hamlet?
King Hamlet's ghost
Hamlet contemplates death and the afterlife
Hamlet has premonitions about the future "Let be"
Which book of the Bible contains the story of Cain and Abel?
Genesis
Explain the symbolism of Caleb's name?
Ca - leb combines "Cain" and "Abel" . Cal represents both good and evil. Therefore, Steinbeck's theme that each character must choose if they will do good or evil relates directly to Cal. (Timshel = thou mayest)
Who is the blind prophet who knew the truth?
Tiresias
Which characters seek revenge for their fathers?
Fortinbras vs. King Hamlet
Hamlet vs. Claudius
Laertes vs. Prince Hamlet