English-literature unit 7
Is Aylmer successful at removing the birthmark from his wife in the story "The Birthmark"? What happened to Georgiana as the birthmark disappears?
Yes. Georgiana fades away.
Do you think that Aylmer and Georgiana were in love in the story "The Birthmark"?
No, because Aylmer didn't love Georgiana as she was.
What was Rip Van Winkles favorite sport in the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
Squirrel shooting.
What story does this quote: "Peyton Farquhar was a well to do planter, of an old and highly respected Alabama family. Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician, he was naturally an original secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause.
"An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge"
What story does this quote: "He would never refuse to assist a neighbor even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man at all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone-fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them." Describe?
"Rip Van Winkle"
What story does this quote: "This, however, always provoked a fresh volley from his wife; so that he was fain to draw off his forces, and take to the outside of the house—the only side which, in truth, belongs to a hen-pecked husband." Describe?
"Rip Van Winkle"
What story does this quote: There was a silence for a little while, when an old man replied, in a thin, piping voice, "Nicholas Vedder! why, he is dead and gone these eighteen years! There was a wooden tombstone in the churchyard that used to tell all about him, but that's rotten and gone too."
"Rip Van Winkle"
What story does this quote: "Had she been less beautiful,--if Envy's self could have found aught else to sneer at,--he might have felt his affection heightened by the prettiness of this mimic hand, now vaguely portrayed, now lost" Describe?
"The Birthmark"
What story does this quote: "Nay, pluck it,"; answered Aylmer,--"pluck it, and inhale its brief perfume while you may. The flower will wither in a few moments and leave nothing save its brown seed vessels; but thence may be perpetuated a race as ephemeral as itself; Describe?
"The Birthmark"
What story does this quote: "Noblest, dearest, tenderest wife,; cried Aylmer, rapturously, doubt not my power. I have already given this matter the deepest thought--thought which might almost have enlightened me to create a being less perfect than yourself. Georgiana, you have led me deeper than ever into the heart of science." Describe?
"The Birthmark"
What story does this quote: "How strange"; said a lady, ;that a simple black veil, such as any woman might wear on her bonnet, should become such a terrible thing on Mr. Hooper's face!" Describe?
"The Minister's Black Veil"
What story does this quote: "Such was the effect of this simple piece of crape, that more than one woman of delicate nerves was forced to leave the meeting-house. Yet perhaps the pale-faced congregation was almost as fearful a sight to the minister, as his black veil to them. Describe?
"The Minister's Black Veil"
What story does this quote: "Why do you look back?" said one in the procession to his partner." Describe?
"The Minister's Black Veil"
What story does this quote: "For at dawn of that day proud Maclean of Lochbuy to the hunt had waxed wild, And he cursed at old Alan till Alan fared off with the hounds For to drive him the deer to the lower glen-grounds: "I will kill a red deer," "Maclean, "in the sight of the wife and the child." Describe?
"The Revenge of Hamish"
What story does this quote: "Then the clansmen departed, by this path and that; and over the hill Sped Maclean with an outward wrath for an inward shame; And that place of the lashing full quiet became; And the wife and the child stood sad; and bloody-backed Hamish sat still."
"The Revenge of Hamish"
What story does this quote: "Three does and a ten-tined buck made out" spoke Hamish, full mild, And I ran for to turn, but my breath it was blown, and they passed; I was weak, for ye called ere I broke me my fast." Describe?
"The Revenge of Hamish"
How long did the neighbors think he was gone and where did Rip Van Winkle go in the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
20 years and the Kaatskill mountains.
Who was the author of the story "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bride"?
Ambrose Bierce
What was the color of the veil in "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Black
What did Hamish ultimately do in the story "The Revenge of Hamish"?
Dangle Maclean's child off the side of the mountain and eventually dropped him.
Who was the ministers wife in the story "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Elizabeth
Who had the birthmark on her cheek in the story "The Birthmark"?
Georgiana
Who was the name of the characters in the story "The Birthmark"?
Georgiana and Aylmer (married).
What was the crisis in the story "The Birthmark"?
Georgiana was perfect/beautiful in all the ways, but she had a birthmark on her cheek.
What happened later on in the story to Rip Van Winkle in the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
He got drugged.
What is noticeable about Rip Van Winkle in the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
He was liked by every person in his neighborhood. Plus, whenever he would go outside the children would flock to him and follow him. He was liked by all the wifes of the village besides his own wife.
What did Hamish do in the story "The Revenge of Hamish"?
He would beat Maclean if he didn't do what he asked of him.
Whom did Maclean want to kill the deer in front of in the story "The Revenge of Hamish"?
In front of his wife and child
Who were the characters in the story "The Revenge of Hamish"?
Maclean and Hamish
What is the ministers occupation in the story "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Minister/pastor
Who was the minister in the story "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Mr. Hooper
Who were the characters in the story "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Mr. Hooper, the sexton, Goodman Gray, Elizabeth, Mr. Clark.
Who was the author of the story "The Birthmark"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Who was the author of the story "The Minister's Black Veil"?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
What sport were they playing in the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
Nine-pins.
What is the theme in the story "The Birthmark"?
Perfection is imposible.
Who was the character in the story "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge"?
Peyton Farquhar.
What color was the deer that Maclean wanted to kill in the story "The Revenge of Hamish"?
Red
Who were the characters in the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
Rip Van Winkle, Rip, (his son), Wolf (his dog), Dame Van Winkle (his wife), Nicholas Vedder (landlord of inn), Van Bummel (the schoolmaster),
Who is the author of the story "The Revenge of Hamish"?
Sidney Lanier
Who couldn't see behind the black veil even though the minister was dead in the story "The Minister's Black Veil"?
The ministers wife.
What is the story "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" talking about?
The story talks about a man who is about to get hung from a bridge. He then gets hung, but during the process, has a dream that he escapes and meets his wife while, in real life, he gets knocked unconscious by the initial jerk of the rope.
Who was the author of the story "Rip Van Winkle"?
Washington Irving
What did Maclean want to do in the story "The Revenge of Hamish"?
To kill a deer.
