A Rose for Emily Part I-IV

1.

Multiple Choice

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What is the definition of the word encroached?

defended

intruded

surrounded

endured

2.

Multiple Choice

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Why did the Board of Aldermen send a deputation to Miss Emily's house?

to ask her what the odd smell was

to vanquish her father

to arrest her

to collect taxes

3.

Multiple Choice

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What is the definition of the word vanquish?

to defeat

to disappear

to shrink

to give up

4.

Multiple Choice

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What complaints was Judge Stevens receiving about Miss Emily from the townspeople?

she was not involved with the community enough

her house smelled bad

she needed to stop killing rats in her yard

it was unfair that she did not have to pay taxes

5.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What do the town members finally do about "the smell"?

they cleaned her house for her

Judge Stevens made her move out

sprinkle lime around and in her house

Tobe, her servant, stopped killing rats in the yard.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the name of Miss Emily's love interest?

Homer Simpson

Homer Illiad

Homer Barron

Homer Odyssey

7.

Multiple Choice

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Former mayor of jefferson. represents old style/world. absolves main character from taxes

Homer Barron

Mr. Grierson

Judge Stevens

Colonel Sartoris

8.

Multiple Choice

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Why did the townspeople disapprove of Miss Emily's relationship with Homer?

he was too good looking for her

he was a Yankee

he was a construction worker

he was a bachelor

9.

Multiple Choice

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What does Miss Emily purchase from the druggist?

Ajax

Borax

Bleach

Arsenic

10.

Multiple Choice

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Why is the transaction between Miss Emily and the druggist ambiguous?

the audience does not know what Emily is using the poison for

the audience feels that Emily is demanding

the audience knows that the druggist is scared of her

the audience does not know what he sold her

11.

Multiple Choice

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What did the townspeople think Miss Emily was going to do with the poison?

Kill rats

Kill herself

Kill her servant, Tobe

Kill her cousins

12.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Why did the townspeople think that Emily and Homer got married?

He proposed to her at a town meeting

She bought him a nightshirt and a toiletry set

He moved in with her

She moved away to be with him

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What makes the minister's visit to Miss Emily ambiguous?

He refuses to officiate the marriage between Miss Emily and Homer

He refuses to go back to her house after his first visit

he refuses to sit in the same room as Miss Emily

he refuses to drive to Mississippi

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the definition of the word virulent?

extremely volatile

extremely violent

extremely hurtful or infectious

extremely sad or depressing

15.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What change took place in Miss Emily's relationship with the town for a period of several years when Miss Emily was in her forties?

She taught china painting lessons

She opened her house for friends to visit

She began dating again

She gave tours of her house

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