Haunting of Hill House Quiz Assignment (full)

What figurative language was used to describe hill house at the beginning of the book?

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  Personification

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

In page 9 the phrase "Sometimes the people who knock you down never turn once to look" refers to...

• The old lady explaining to Eleanor the struggle of older generations and the task they have to commit.

• Eleanor's innocence and reflection of how she has been knocked out her whole life and no one has looked back at her but eventually something will change.

• The old ladies experiences of being push down and no one ever looking back.

How is Luke Sanderson described in the book?

• 
  Kind/Loving

• Liar/Thief

• 
  Funny/Charismatic

The phrase "joyful loneliness" was used to describe Eleanor, what figurative language is shown?

• Personification

• Juxtaposition

• Allusion

In page 20 the word "scowling" is used to describe the ground keeper of hill house, what does it mean?

• dumb/pathetic

• joyful/happy

• frown/bad-tempered

What was the purpose of Dr. Montague sending letters?

• To gain recognition by studying the paranormal

• To ask people who have experienced paranormal activities to stay in hill house, therefore he studies them and gains recognition.

• to not be alone

What phrase provides a tone of irony?

• "Theodora was not at all like Eleanor"

• "she caught glimpses of what must be the roofs, perhaps a tower, of Hill House"

• "Hill House, she thought, you're as hard to get into as heaven"

In the book Eleanor continuously uses the word "little" to describe certain things or items. How did Shirley Jackson help the readers compare the word "little" to the character that kept repeating it?