English Lit

Question 1

In this story, Louise Mallard dies of a heart attack after her husband mysteriously returns alive.

Answer 1

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

Question 2

In this novel, Edna Pontellier drowns herself in the Gulf of Mexico after Robert Lebrun leaves her.

Answer 2

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 2

In this story, Louise Mallard repeats the words “free, free free” after she finds out that her husband has died.

Answer 2

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

Question 3

In this novel, Edna Pontellier is best friends with Adele Ratignolle, who encourages her to conform to society.

Answer 3

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 4

In this novel, piano player Mademoiselle Reisz represents independence and freedom.

Answer 4

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 5

A parrot in this novel repeats “Allez vous-en!” to Leonce Pontellier.

Answer 5

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 6

In this novel, Edna has an awkward and dissatisfactory affair with Alcee Arobin.

Answer 6

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 7

The protagonist of this novel uses the money she makes selling sketches to leave her home on Esplanade Street in favor of a bungalow that she calls a “pigeon house”.

Answer 7

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 8

This novel begins with the protagonist and her family vacationing at Grand Isle.

Answer 8

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 9

In this novel, Victor sings the song “Ah! Si tu savais!”

Answer 9

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Question 10

In this novel, Miles and Flora are haunted by Miss Jessel and Peter Quint.

Answer 10

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Question 11

In this novel, Miles claims that he was expelled from school because he “said things to those he liked.”

Answer 11

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Question 12

In this novel, the servant Luke is unable to find a letter because Miles has stolen and burned it.

Answer 12

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Question 13

This novel’s frame story is a manuscript being read at a party by Douglas.

Answer 13

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Question 14

This novel details the journey of Addie Bundren’s family and their quest to bury her in Jefferson, Mississippi.

Answer 14

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 15

This novel’s 59 chapters are narrated by 15 different characters, such as Addie’s sons Cash and Vardaman.

Answer 15

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 16

In this novel, Dewey Dell is given abortion pills that are just talcum powder.

Answer 16

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 17

In this novel, Jewel runs away after Anse sells his horse.

Answer 17

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 18

In this novel, Anse takes Dewey Dell’s money to buy “new teeth”.

Answer 18

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 19

One chapter in this book consists only of the line “My mother is a fish.”

Answer 19

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 20

In this novel, Darl is sent to an insane asylum for burning down Gillespie’s barn.

Answer 20

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 21

In one chapter of this book, Cash gives thirteen reasons why he made a coffin “on the bevel.”

Answer 21

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Question 22

In this play, Phil Hogan instructs his daughter Josie to seduce their landlord.

Answer 22

A Moon for the Misbegotten by Eugene O’Neill

Question 23

In this play, the morphine-addicted Mary plays the piano in her wedding dress.

Answer 23

A Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill

Question 24

In this novel, the main character gained fame by defeating a wrestler named “Amalinze The Cat”.

Answer 24

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 25

In this novel, the main character wants to dispel his father Unoka’s legacy of unpaid debts and cowardice at the sight of blood.

Answer 25

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 26

In this novel, Okonkwo is selected to become the guardian of Ikemefuna, part of a peace settlement between villages.

Answer 26

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 27

In this novel, Okonkwo kills Ikemefuna against the advice of the elder Ezeudu.

Answer 27

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 28

In this novel, the main character accidentally kills Ezeudu’s son during Ezeudu’s funeral after a gun salute accident.

Answer 28

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 29

In this novel, Okonkwo and his family are exiled to the village of Mbanta.

Answer 29

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 30

After burning down a church, villagers in this novel are taken prisoner by the District Commissioner pending payment of two hundred bags of cowries.

Answer 30

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 31

In this novel, District Commissioner Gregory Irwin includes the main character’s suicide for his book: “The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger.”

Answer 31

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 32

In this novel, villagers are shocked when the main character beats his wife during the Week of Peace.

Answer 32

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 33

In this novel, the main character shoots at his wife but misses when she criticizes his hunting abilities as she is wrapping food with banana leaves.

Answer 33

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 34

In this novel, the main character’s wife tells the story of the Tortoise going to a feast of the birds, which explains why they do not have soft shells.

Answer 34

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 35

This novel describes how special glasses are responsible for the survival of some characters in the Evil Forest.

Answer 35

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 36

In this novel, the main character’s wife Ekwefi is the only one known to talk back to him.

Answer 36

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 37

One character in this novel follows as her daughter is taken to nine different villages by the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves.

Answer 37

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Question 38

In this novel, Ezinma is the favored daughter of the main character, and she refuses to marry during her family’s exile.

Answer 38

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe