Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what way is Artie related to Luke in the story entitled "Under the Bridge"?
2. To which state does the husband in "Monkey Junk" return at the end of the story?
3. In the story entitled "Sweat," what does Delia Jones do for a living?
4. In the story entitled "Under the Bridge," Luke is 58, while his new wife Vangie is how old?
5. What is the first name of the storyteller featured in the story entitled "'Possum or Pig"?
Short Essay Questions
1. The story entitled "Book of Harlem," not to be confused with the story "The Book of Harlem," focuses on what kind of journey?
2. Who offers to secure a job for Pinkie, and what is the outcome of that offer?
3. In what way is foreshadowing associated with the portrait featured in the story "The Back Room"?
4. What is Hurston's message regarding the phenomenon of May-December marriages in the story entitled "Under the Bridge"?
5. What is the plot of the very brief story entitled "Possum and Pig"?
6. From what location does Pinkie hail and why is this fact significant?
7. How does Sykes meet his demise at the end of the story entitled "Sweat"?
8. Who is Panic?
9. For what reason does Hurston use a Biblical allusion to rename New York City in the story entitled "Book of Harlem"?
10. In what way does Hurston elicit compassion for Daisy Taylor's plight in the story called "The Eatonville Anthology"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the theme of hypocrisy treated within Hurston’s text and with which of the text’s messages does the theme closely connect?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Hurston's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Hurston’s collection Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick. What message is Hurston sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
|
This section contains 1,057 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
