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Winesburg, Ohio Quiz 1

  • 1. Winesburg is a small town in which state?
    •     Oregon
    •     Ohio
    •     Maine
    •     Illinois

  • 2. Who is the main character of the Winesburg, Ohio?
    •     Seth Richmond
    •     Helen White
    •     George Willard
    •     Louise Trunnion

  • 3. What type of text is Winesburg, Ohio?
    •     collection of poetry
    •     screenplay
    •     collection of short stories
    •     novel

  • 4. In "The Book of the Grotesque", the old writer feels more alive when he lies in bed and thinks of what problem he is likely to encounter?
    •     lung cancer
    •     depression
    •     bankruptcy
    •     heart attack

  • 5. Because of a past scandal, Wing Biddlebaum panics when he ________ George Willard.
    •     tricks
    •     touches
    •     snubs
    •     shouts at

  • 6. Symbolically, why must Doctor Reefy's paper balls of truth be spilled from his pocket every once in a while?
    •     He grasps one truth too absolutely, making it false
    •     The paper fades as the truth because less important to him
    •     His pocket is too full
    •     He is unable to decide whether the thoughts have formed a truth

  • 7. Drab and walking around in silence except for the passion in her soul, Elizabeth Willard is a classic representation of which of Anderson's themes?
    •     The antiheroic
    •     Rite of passage
    •     Rebellion against values dominating American culture
    •     Life in death

  • 8. What thematic reason is there for Dr. Parcival's vagueness surrounding the location of his youth?
    •     The pastoral functions as a vague representation of old America
    •     He is an everyman as Winesburg is a microcosm of the universal
    •     He is trying to trick George, representing the deceit inherent in man
    •     He is vague because he is an ineffective communicator

  • 9. After George Willard's experience with Louise Trunnion, what did George want "more than anything else to" do?
    •     run in the rain
    •     talk to some man
    •     see Louise again
    •     go home to bed

  • 10. How does Jesse Bentley represent a modern man?
    •     He is very masculine and strong
    •     He ignores his human bonds and searches for money and power
    •     He does not allow his wife to work but wishes to bring in all of their income himself
    •     He is greatly religious and rejects a life on the farm to be a minister in the city

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