in cold blood context

Question 1

when was the murder?

Answer 1

1959

Question 2

truman capote’s mission statement ~ “the ___________ of fact, __________ of film, the depth and freedom of _____, and the _________ of poetry”

Answer 2

credibility
immediacy
prose
precision

Question 3

what was Capote’s upbringing like?

Answer 3

neglected and locked in hotel suites by his divorced mother (16 dad 26)
raised by genteel aunts

Question 4

what were the positive values of the American Dream?

Answer 4

all men were created equal
success was possible for everyone

Question 5

what tricolon from the declaration of independence symbolises the American Dream?

Answer 5

life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Question 6

what was the major event of the late 50s?

Answer 6

the great depression after the war

Question 7

how was society categorised?

Answer 7

conservative

Question 8

in 1954 in Kansas there was a battle between who for education?

Answer 8

black and white people

Question 9

how many deaths were there under the death penalty between 1853 and 1907?

Answer 9

76

Question 10

when was the death penalty first abolished in Kansas?

Answer 10

1907

Question 11

when was the death penalty reinstated in Kansas?

Answer 11

1935

Question 12

between what years were there no hangings?

Answer 12

1954-1960

Question 13

when was the last execution in Kansas?

Answer 13

june 22 1965

Question 14

what movement was growing?

Answer 14

consumerism

Question 15

what were conditions like for farmers?

Answer 15

corporations were trying to take over small farms

Question 16

what skill does Capote claim to have

Answer 16

accurate recall of conversations - nothing was recorded