Ethan Frome Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ethan Frome Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ethan tries to avoid accompanying his wife to bed by claiming ________________________________.
(a) He has to tend to the horses.
(b) He has work to do in his study.
(c) He has to go over the mill accounts.
(d) He has to rebuild the fire.

2. Wharton compares the chill in the Frome's kitchen to ______________________________.
(a) A darkened hearth.
(b) The landscape of Starkfield.
(c) A vault after the dry cold of a night.
(d) Zeena's heart.

3. When Zeena opens the door, Ethan is surprised by _______________________.
(a) Her gaunt appearance.
(b) Her excitement over their return.
(c) Her cold nature.
(d) Her refusal to let them enter.

4. While Mattie dances, Ethan notices ________________________________.
(a) That she uses gestures he has never seen before.
(b) That she seems eager to find a husband in the crowd.
(c) That she uses the same gestures with other men that she uses with him.
(d) That she seems detached and uninterested in other men.

5. Ethan resists following his wife upstairs because __________________________________________.
(a) He does not want Mattie to watch them go up to bed together.
(b) He does not want Mattie to be left downstairs alone.
(c) He does not want to give in to Zeena's demands.
(d) He does not want Mattie to see him show kindness to Zeena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mattie worries that Zeena ______________________________.

2. Ethan is intimidated by Michael Eady because _________________________.

3. Ethan recognizes Mattie by her _________________________.

4. Ethan claims that Mattie did not see him outside the church because _____________________________________.

5. Mattie is afraid ______________________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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