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Oh, Henry!
Oyster Saloon Musings
Who goes there?
Literary Terms
Hodge Podge
100
In what century does the novel take place?
What is the 19th Century?
100
How old is Doctor Sloper when we begin the novel?
What is 50?
100
"I will present her with a pair of spectacles!"
Who is Doctor Sloper?
100
Some might mistake Malfoy for one of these.
What is an antagonist?
100
The color of Catherine's gown that she purchases at the beginning of the novel.
What is red with gold fringe?
200
In what year was Washington Square first published?
What is 1881?
200
Doctor Sloper would like to use this adjective to describe Catherine.
What is "Clever"?
200
"He certainly has not the cut of a schoolmaster."
Who is Mrs. Almond?
200
Ron Weasley makes an excellent example of this type of character.
What is a foil?
200
The doctor seems more concerned about the loss of this from his cellars than his daughter.
What is wine?
300
Washington Square is located in what U.S. city?
What is New York?
300
This is a game that the boys liked to play along with Catherine until their "trousers lengthened."
What is "Leap Frog"?
300
"I frankly confess that I have been wild, that I have been foolish."
Who is Morris?
300
Death, death, and so much death...and we are still only in the first chapter of Washington Square! All of these deaths are probably doing this.
What is "foreshadowing"?
300
Mrs. Penniman likes to wear these items on her person?
What are flowers, buckles, and bangles?
400
Henry James became a citizen of this country right before his death.
What is the United Kingdom or Britain?
400
The amount of time that Doctor Sloper initially thinks Catherine will think him a tyrant for trying to get her to forget Morris.
What is a twelve months?
400
"That is a good word--a noble word: It will make her happy for many days. She is very touching, very brave."
Who is Mrs. Penniman?
400
Catherine isn't quite certain whether her father truly means the compliments that he gives her or if he is being ironic. However, we know the truth.
What is Dramatic Irony?
400
Morris tends to do this action when he is bothered.
What is wave his cane around?
500
Henry James felt this way about one of his most famous works, Washington Square.
What is "he despised it"?
500
Doctor Sloper believes this this inanimate object has more liveliness and intelligence than his own daughter.
What is a bundle of shawls?
500
"He is artistic--tremendously artistic; but the more celebrated places we visited, and the more he admired them, the less use it would have been to plead with him."
Who is Catherine?
500
Doctor Sloper states that he wants to prevent his daughter from living a miserable, loveless life by marrying Morris. He then nearly disinherits her and we see that by the end of the novel, she will spend the rest of her life sitting alone in her parlor, doing "fancy work."
What is situational irony?
500
If Mrs. Penniman had her way with getting a second husband like Morris, she would like to feel a little bit of this way with him.
What is fear?