Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome Part 3 End-of-Lesson Test

Which of the following statements uses hyperbole?

Mattie would be one of "the million bread-seekers in the cities."

What type of literary device is used in the underlined part of the following passage? "Ethan rising on his elbow, watched the landscape whiten and shape itself under the sculpture of the moon. This was the night on which he was to have taken Mattie coasting, and there hung the lamp to light them!"

Metaphor

The statement "Ethan felt the blood drumming in his temples" creates imagery and uses what other type of literary device?

Personification

As the darkness begins to hide Ethan and Zeena's faces during a verbal fight, "their thoughts seemed to dart at each other like serpents shooting venom." What literary element is used in the excerpt?

Simile

After her visit with the doctor, Zeena hires a new girl to take Mattie's place.

True

What is Ethan's reply to Zeena when she wants him to repair the stove because the new girl is coming from a house with a furnace?

He tells her the girl should just stay there.

What is the significance of Shadow Pond?

It is the first place that Mattie thought about being a couple with Ethan.

What only act of defiance does Ethan accomplish to stand up to his wife?

Ethan will take Mattie himself to the train station.

What does Mattie show Ethan on the way to the train station?

Ethan's letter to Zeena

What time is it when Ethan and Mattie decide to coast down the slope one more time?

Five o'clock