"How to React to Familiar Faces" / "The Bean Eaters"

Read the first few sentences in "How to React to Familiar Faces." How does Eco create an image here to which all readers can relate? He mentions a famous movie star whose name everyone recognizes. He tells about being recognized by someone who talks about him as if he weren't there. He tells about a celebrity being mobbed by fans. He relates the very common experience of walking along the sidewalk and seeing someone he recognizes.

He relates the very common experience of walking along the sidewalk and seeing someone he recognizes.

In "How to React to Familiar Faces," what does the author do when he realizes the person he's looking at is Anthony Quinn? He walks past without making eye contact. He smiles broadly at him but does not speak. He nods and waves. He goes over and introduces himself.

He walks past without making eye contact.

In "How to React to Familiar Faces," the author relates his personal experiences with reacting to familiar faces. How does this affect the tone of the essay? It makes the essay friendly and easy to relate to. It makes the essay seem silly because Eco relates insignificant incidents. It adds excitement because his experiences involved movie stars. His experiences were so personal that they are hard for readers to relate to.

It makes the essay friendly and easy to relate to.

Which of the following best states the theme of "How to React to Familiar Faces"? People are very rude when they meet celebrities. Celebrities resent the treatment they get at the hands of the general public. The mass media create a mask of mystery around the celebrities, which causes them to behave strangely in public. People get confused when they see a face out of context, particularly when it is a face they know from the media.

People get confused when they see a face out of context, particularly when it is a face they know from the media.

What is the overall message of the second stanza from "The Bean Eaters"? Bad things can happen to good people. The two people live in utter despair. The two people putter endlessly, putting things away compulsively. The people are old, but they carry out their simple routine each day.

The people are old, but they carry out their simple routine each day.

In "The Bean Eaters," what does the poet mean when she writes that the people remember "with twinklings and twinges" (line 10)? They remember the past, but are absorbed now with the twinges and pain of old age. They always remember to put things away. They fondly remember their lives when they were younger and lived in happier circumstances. The beads and other objects in the room twinkle as they sit and remember the past.

They fondly remember their lives when they were younger and lived in happier circumstances.

According to "How to React to Familiar Faces," what do people normally do when they see someone they don't know personally? They simply pay no attention to the person. They neither stare nor point nor speak loudly about the person. They may comment on the person's clothing or make other remarks. They greet the person amiably.

They neither stare nor point nor speak loudly about the person.

What is the setting of "The Bean Eaters"?

a rented back room

What is the tone of the following paragraph from "How to React to Familiar Faces"? "I might as well have grabbed Anthony Quinn by the lapel, dragged him to a phone booth, and called a friend to say, 'Talk about coincidence! I've run into Anthony Quinn. And you know something? He seems real!' (After which I would throw Quinn aside and go on about my business.)"

humorous

What are the connotations of the title of Brooks's poem, "The Bean Eaters"?

simplicity

A word's connotations are the feelings and emotions associated with the word. the various meanings of the word. the words from which the English word originates. the different contexts in which the word can be used.

the feelings and emotions associated with the word.

In "How to React to Familiar Faces," why does the author include the second-to-last paragraph (see above) in the essay? to let readers know what he really wanted to do when he met Quinn to point out the absurdity of people's behavior to give evidence by telling what someone once did to him to relate an incident that he witnessed

to point out the absurdity of people's behavior