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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What adjective does Old Man Anderson use to describe his view of what kind of man Sykes had always been?
2. Before Delia begs Sykes to kill the rattlesnake he has brought home, what does she ask him to do with it?
3. Delia tells Sykes that she now hates him to the same degree that what?
4. Sykes assures Bertha that he is the "swellest man in the whole" (5) what?
5. When Delia is described as trying to avoid meeting places in town, what does the narrator say she is trying to accomplish?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about Sykes's statement to Bertha that the town is his and that she can have it if she wants it?
2. What does Sykes mean when he tells Delia not to ask him for anything and comments on her attempt to "goin' roun' trying 'tuh be so damn asterperious"? (6)
3. What arguments do the men present when they are trying to get Joe Clarke to bring out a watermelon for them to share?
4. What is Hurston's purpose for alluding to Gethsemane and the rocks of Calvary during the period of conflict with Sykes?
5. For how long has Bertha been in Eatonville and how does she support herself?
6. How do Delia's actions and feelings in regard to the rattlesnake change once she sees its fangs wrapped around the wire mesh of its box?
7. How does Delia react once Sykes both refuses to remove the rattlesnake and threatens to beat her?
8. How does Delia try "to be blind and deaf" (5) to Sykes's gallivanting around town with Bertha?
9. How are Delia's efforts to remain "blind and deaf" (5) to Sykes's adulterous actions thwarted?
10. Which elements of Bertha's character are disparaged by the group of men at Joe Clarke's store once she leaves with Sykes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the conflict of racial tension presented within the short story Sweat?
Essay Topic 2
Perform a thorough analysis of the story's denouement and how the author uses this stage to make her message clear to the reader.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the author uses various characterization methods to depict the protagonist of the story, Delia.
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