Questions From Short Stories Flashcards
Why does Zaroff invent a new kind of game in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
He is bored with the animals he has already hunted.
What are the conflicts in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
Rainsford fighting against the sea(man vs nature)
Rainsford fighting against general Zaroff(man vs man)
Rainsford struggling to realize he is prey(man vs self)
Why does Zaroff consider humans the most dangerous game?
They can reason
What happens in the resolution of the story in “The Most Dangerous Game”?
Rainsford kills Zaroff
Setting in “The Sniper”
Dublin, Ireland , during the civil war,1922
Possible theme of “The Sniper”
War is pointless; pits brother against brother
Why does the sniper shoot the man in the armored car and the woman?
He takes his job seriously and believes they could be informants.
Who does the sniper realize he has killed when he turns over the body?
His brother
Who is the antagonist in “The Landlady”?
The landlady
Who is the protagonist in “The Landlady”?
Billy
Irony of “The Landlady”
Landlady insisting billy sign the guest book because it’s the law yet she is killing people.
Suggest a possible fatal demise for billy in “The Landlady”
Taxidermy at the bed and breakfast, tea tastes funny, only two guests have signed guest book and she says they have never left.
Why was Madame Loisel unhappy in “The Necklace”?
She wished for material possessions she did not have.
How did the Loisels solve their conflicts in “The Necklace”?
Borrowing a necklace and going into debt
The main conflict in “The Necklace”?
Realizing the necklace was missing.
What was the motivation of borrowing the necklace?
She wanted to appear elegant and well dressed at the party.
What was the unexpected plot twist in “The Necklace”?
She finds out that the necklace was a fake.
What have the lost boys never experienced before in America?
Cold weather
What was the original number of boys that fled to Sudan?
17,000
Many of the lost boys were killed by what?
Lions and crocodiles
How many miles did the lost boys walk?
1,000 miles
What is the symbolic connection between Doodle and the scarlet ibis?
Delicate, frail, unusual beauties with short lives and tragic deaths
Why does brother run away from doodle in the rain storm?
He is frustrated with him and wants to punish him
What does brother force doodle to look at?
His coffin
