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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a motif (recurring element) in the story?Dust/Gossip & people watching herDead bodiesCryingIsolation
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Board of Aldermen send a deputation to Miss Emily's house?to ask her what the odd smell wasto vanquish her fatherto arrest herto collect taxes
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat complaints was Judge Stevens receiving about Miss Emily from the townspeople?she was not involved with the community enoughher house smelled badshe needed to stop killing rats in her yardit was unfair that she did not have to pay taxes
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat do the town members finally do about "the smell"?they cleaned her house for herJudge Stevens made her move outsprinkle lime around and in her houseTobe, her servant, stopped killing rats in the yard.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of Miss Emily's love interest?Homer SimpsonHomer IlliadHomer BarronHomer Odyssey
- 6. Multiple ChoiceFormer mayor of jefferson. represents old style/world. absolves main character from taxesHomer BarronMr. GriersonJudge StevensColonel Sartoris
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the townspeople disapprove of Miss Emily's relationship with Homer?he was too good looking for herhe was a Yankeehe was a construction workerhe was a bachelor
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Miss Emily purchase from the druggist?AjaxBoraxBleachArsenic
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy is the transaction between Miss Emily and the druggist ambiguous?the audience does not know what Emily is using the poison forthe audience feels that Emily is demandingthe audience knows that the druggist is scared of herthe audience does not know what he sold her
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the townspeople think Miss Emily was going to do with the poison?Kill ratsKill herselfKill her servant, TobeKill her cousins
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the townspeople think that Emily and Homer got married?He proposed to her at a town meetingShe bought him a nightshirt and a toiletry setHe moved in with herShe moved away to be with him
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes the minister's visit to Miss Emily ambiguous?He refuses to officiate the marriage between Miss Emily and HomerHe refuses to go back to her house after his first visithe refuses to sit in the same room as Miss Emilyhe refuses to drive to Mississippi
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat 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 lessonsShe opened her house for friends to visitShe began dating againShe gave tours of her house
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the final scene take place?A graveyardThe second floor of Emily's houseOn the lawn in front of Emily's houseAt the sheriff's office
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the narrator find on the pillow at the end of the short story?A gray hairA roseA handkerchiefHer father's watch
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the definition of the word encroached?defendedintrudedsurroundedendured
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the definition of the word vanquish?to defeatto disappearto shrinkto give up
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the townspeople think that Emily and Homer got married?He proposed to her at a town meetingShe bought him a nightshirt and a toiletry setHe moved in with herShe moved away to be with him
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the townspeople think Miss Emily was going to do with the poison?Kill ratsKill herselfKill her servant, TobeKill her cousins
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes the minister's visit to Miss Emily ambiguous?He refuses to officiate the marriage between Miss Emily and HomerHe refuses to go back to her house after his first visithe refuses to sit in the same room as Miss Emilyhe refuses to drive to Mississippi
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the definition of the word virulent?extremely volatileextremely violentextremely hurtful or infectiousextremely sad or depressing
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat 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 lessonsShe opened her house for friends to visitShe began dating againShe gave tours of her house
- 23. Multiple Choice
In the opening of the story, what is the occasion?A weddingA funeralA lynchingA dance - 24. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the story take place?Boston, MassachusettesWashington D.C.Atlanta, GeorgiaJefferson, Mississippi
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the historical era of the story?Reconstruction (after the Civil War)Colonial PeriodJim Crow SouthThe Roaring Twenties
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe story focuses on the life of Emily after she has already died. What is the term for this story structure?AllusionMetaphorFlashbackAllegory
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the final scene take place?A graveyardThe second floor of Emily's houseOn the lawn in front of Emily's houseAt the sheriff's office
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich describes one of the conflicts in the story 'A Rose for Emily'?Man vs. Man: Miss Emily's Dad is a draft dodgerMan vs. Society: Emily refuses to pay the town's taxesMan vs. Society: Emily isn't allowed to go to college because she is a womanMan vs. Nature: Emily's house is very run down
- 29. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the figurative language in the following passage:
"She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue."HyperbolePersonficationMetaphorSimile - 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich answer best characterizes Miss Emily?Delusional, stubborn, lonelyJealous, angry, hostileLoving, caring, niceFriendly, outgoing, social
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Miss Emily's father rob her of?MoneyTheir homeLoveHer youth
- 32. Multiple ChoiceHow does the following dialogue add to Miss Emily's characterization?
"See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson... See Colonel Sartoris, (Colonel Sartoris had been dead almost ten years.) I have no taxes in Jefferson"It shows she is really stubbornIt shows she has no respect for authorityIt shows she is cheapIt shows she is delusional, and continues to live in the past - 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat narration was used in this story?1st person- "I was then.."3rd person- "So the next night.."2nd person- "We had long thought..."
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhich answer best characterizes Homer Barron?Isolated, withdrawnLoving, caring, not selfishOutgoing, social, charismaticMean, angry, hostile
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes the themes in the story?RevengeIsolation, family, traditionDo one to others as you would have done to youFriendship, family, race
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Emily's house symbolize?Like Emily, the house is old and deteriorating both mentally and physicallyThe town being racist because its a slave plantationThe conflicts Emily has with the town's peopleEmily's lost loves
- 37. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the irony in the story?That the story starts with Miss Emily dyingIt is ironic that Emily doesn't care her father diedThat William Faulkner did not own slavesThat everyone thinks Emily buys poison to kill herself but really she buys it to murder her ex boyfriend
- 38. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the underlined vocabulary word using context clues:
"That was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust."the opposite ofimpossible to disentangle or separate.much bigger, greater in size thanthe same color as - 39. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the underlined vocabulary word using context clues:
""Being left alone, and a pauper, she had become humanized. Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more of less."A poor personA rich personAn ugly personAn awkward person - 40. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the figurative language in the following passage:
"When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument"SimileHyperboleMetaphorPersonification - 41. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the underlined vocabulary word using context clues:
"So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before the smell."To light them on fireTo invite inside in a friendly mannerTo defeat thoroughlyInvited them to an intricate party - 42. Multiple ChoiceWhich best describes the Man Vs. Society conflict in the story?Emily fights for her right to vote in the storyEmily doesn't have a husband so the townspeople judge her harshlyEmily fights for her right to vote in the storyEmily is gossiped about and constantly judged by the townspeople because she doesn't follow basic conventions of society
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