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A quiz on how Hurston frames Janie's story and gives power to speech, dialect, and poetic narration.
#literature
20 questions
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Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
After porch gossip opens the novel, which statement best describes control of the central life story?
The porch watches Janie return before the reader learns her history. What does this frame set up?
Janie says Pheoby may tell the others what she chooses. What does that permission do to the porch audience?
Which moment belongs to Janie's framed past rather than the Eatonville frame scenes?
The dialogue is written in dialect while much narration uses standard, poetic English. Why make those registers different?
When Eatonville men trade porch stories and mock Matt Bonner's mule, what does the dialect chiefly carry?
Tea Cake invites Janie into checkers and playful talk. What does his dialectal dialogue help show?
Mrs. Turner praises whiteness and light skin, yet Hurston writes her speech in vernacular dialogue. What is the effect?
Which term best names the language Hurston represents in much of the novel's dialogue?
The novel opens, "Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board." What does this image establish?
In the pear tree scene, bees and blossoms become the language for Janie's awakening desire. Which craft choice is central?
During the hurricane, the title phrase appears as survivors face forces they cannot control. What does the poetic narration emphasize?
After Joe dies, Janie lets down the hair he kept covered and faces herself privately. What does the figurative narration reveal?
At the town celebration, Joe says Janie should not make a speech. What does the moment establish?
When Janie answers Joe's insults in the store by exposing his aging body, why is the scene a turning point in voice?
Janie keeps quiet about many hurts, but after shooting rabid Tea Cake she must speak in court. What does her testimony do?
Nanny's speech about protection sends Janie into marriage with Logan. What does that use of voice show?
Near the close, Pheoby responds as a changed listener rather than a gossiping judge. What does Janie's narration do?
Much of the story is not a single first-person monologue; the third-person narrator often stays close to Janie's thoughts. Which term best fits that blend?
The closing image gathers Janie's horizon inward while she sits with Tea Cake's memory. What point of view does the ending privilege?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 16 to 31
25 questions
