Short Story Summative

What is the relationship between Emily and the town?

• They resent her status and enjoy feeling superior to her.

• They feel sorry for her because she is crazy, like her aunt Lady Wyatt.

• They see their care of her as required since she paid for their services.

• They ignore her and could not care less about what she does or does not do.

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How does the change or gap in generations complicate the relationship between Miss Emily and the town?

• The younger generation continues to patronize Miss Emily and sends their children to her home for painting lessons.

• As the older generation dies and the younger generation comes into power, they rebel against treating Miss Emily differently.

• As the older generation dies and the younger generation comes into power, they insist on Miss Emilly receiving special treatment.

• The older generation only takes care of Miss Emily as long as her father is alive. After his death, she is treated like a second-class citizen.

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Which of the following images best serves as foreshadowing in the passage?

• the servant

• the strand of hair

• the dust in Miss Emily’s home

• the smell coming from Miss Emily’s home

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In paragraph 5, the narrator describes Miss Emily’s living room. What does this setting reveal about Miss Emily?

• Miss Emily has a servant and lives in a posh, well-cared-for home.

• Even though she is regarded as a high-class lady, she lives in squalor and poverty.

• Since Miss Emily is a high-class lady, her servant has helped her maintain her home.

• Even though she is regarded as an important lady in town, someone has destroyed her house and ruined her furniture.

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What are some characteristics of the Southern Gothic genre in the story?

• happy and cheerful characters, modern and well-maintained settings, themes of love and friendship

• realistic and relatable characters, vibrant and lively settings, themes of success and ambition

• ordinary and average characters, clean and organized settings, themes of everyday life and routine

• grotesque characters, decayed or haunted settings, themes of violence and the supernatural

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Why is Emily Grierson isolated from the community?

• Lack of social skills and inability to connect with others

• Fear of judgment and rejection from the community

• Physical or mental health issues that prevent social interaction

• Reclusive nature and refusal to conform to societal norms

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What is the relationship like between John and the narrator?

• It is a loving relationship, in which both parties have an equal say in matters.

• John is a pushover to the narrator's every whim and complaint.

• The narrator secretly hates John and wants out of their marriage as quickly as possible.

• The narrator resents John's control over her, but she remains silent.

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How would you describe the narrator's attitude towards her husband?

• Caring

• Jealous

• Defiant

• Submissive

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The narrator’s mental illness is most clearly demonstrated in which of the following quotes

• I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good.

• It is the strangest yellow, that wallpaper! It makes me think of all the yellow things I ever saw—not beautiful ones like buttercups, but old foul, bad yellow things.

• John knows I don’t sleep very well at night, for all I’m so quiet! He asked me all sorts of questions, too, and pretended to be very loving and kind. As if I couldn’t see through him!

• I wonder if they all come out of that wallpaper as I did? I suppose I shall have to get back behind the pattern when it comes night, and that is hard!

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The speaker's husband is best described as

• controlling and practical
• loving and thoughtful
• skilled and sarcastic 
• cold and serious

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