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The main lesson in “The Interlopers” concerns the __________________. What inference can you make about Ulrich's state of mind at the beginning of the story? What prompts Ulrich to go into the woods on the night of the story? Based on your prior knowledge and experience, what can you infer about Ulrich's motive for straying away from his foresters on the night he finds Georg in the woods? 5. In “The Interlopers,” both men had expected to fight one another. Instead, they struggle to free themselves from a huge fallen tree that pins them to the ground. Which literary term best describes this sudden reversal? 6. Georg's elaborate description of the two men's new life as friends might be regarded as ironic because ________________. 7. In “The Interlopers,” what causes Ulrich to utter a cry of joy? 8. How do Ulrich's and Georg's feelings toward each other change during the story? 9. Why might the following excerpt from the dialogue in Saki's story be considered ironic? “‘How many of them are there?’ asked Georg. ‘I can't see distinctly,’ said Ulrich; ‘nine or ten.’ ‘Then they are yours,’ said Georg; ‘I had only seven out with me.’ ‘They are making all the speed they can, brave lads,’ said Ulrich gladly.” 10. What makes the resolution of Saki's story surprising? 11. At the end of Saki's story, to which of the following might you apply the word interlopers from the title? 12. How would you best describe the tone at the end of “The Interlopers”? 13. Confusion underlies the plot of “The Invalid's Story.” About whom or what are the characters confused? 14. In “The Invalid's Story,” the person who dies is ___________________. 15. What is the setting for “The Invalid's Story”? 16. What literary element does this sentence from “The Invalid's Story” illustrate? “Pfew! I reckon it ain't no cinnamon't I've loaded up thish­year stove with!” 17. Why does Mark Twain choose to set “The Invalid's Story” in winter? 18. In “The Invalid's Story,” in which parts of the tale does Mark Twain use dialect? 19. Twain probably included Thompson's monologue on the inevitability of death in order to _____________________________. 20. An idiom is a phrase or expression not meant to be taken literally. Dialects are often rich in idioms. Which of the following best expresses the underlined idiom from Twain's story? “Well­a­well, we've all got to go, they ain't no getting around it.” 21. In “The Invalid's Story,” the two men are motivated to smoke cigars because _______. 22. In “The Invalid's Story,” what point of view does Mark Twain use? 23. Visualizing the action in this passage from “The Invalid's Story” allows you to appreciate which of the following literary elements at this point in the story? “We went in again after we were frozen pretty stiff; but my, we couldn't stay in, now. So we just waltzed back and forth, freezing and thawing, and stifling, by turns.” 24. In “The Invalid's Story,” from the narrator's point of view the situation in the express car is _____________________________. 25. According to the narrator in “The Invalid's Story,” the permanent breakdown in his health is due to ______________________________. 26. Which sentence from “The Invalid's Story” creates an image that appeals to your sense of hearing? 27. Several details in “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” make it clear that the story is set in _________________________________. 28. In “The Man to Send Rain Clouds,” we can infer from Leon's and Ken's responses to finding Teofilo that the Pubelo Indians view death with ________________. 29. In Silko's story, the conflict between the Pueblo and Christian cultures is evident when __________________. 30. Which is the most important example of the cultural setting in “The Man to Send Rain Clouds”? 31. What is Father Paul's relationship with the Pueblos? 32. In what way are the Christian and Pueblo people in “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” alike? 33. “The Most Dangerous Game” is best described as a story about ________________, 34. How does Connell create suspense at the very beginning of the story? 35. What can you infer from Zaroff's careful studying of Rainsford during their first dinner together? 36. Describe the problem Zaroff experiences before he devised his “most dangerous game”. 37. Why does General Zaroff not consider his sport immoral? 38. What is the main conflict of “The Most Dangerous Game”? 39. When Zaroff tells Rainsford that his visitors always choose to go hunting, we can infer that ____________________. 40. In the conflict with Rainsford, Zaroff is defeated by Rainsford's hunting skills and also by his ____________________. 41. As he tries to escape from Zaroff, Rainsford also struggles to overcome his own feelings of ___________________ 42. You can infer that Rainsford succeeds largely because ___________________. 43. What is the resolution of “The Most Dangerous Game” main conflict? 44. What can you infer from the following sentence about what Rainsford sees after he falls from the yacht? “The lights of the yacht became faint and ever­vanishing fireflies; then they were blotted out entirely by the night.” 45. Which statement by General Zaroff adds to the suspense of the story? 46. At the beginning of “The Necklace,” what is the main cause of Madame Loisel's constant unhappiness? 47. What literary technique is used in the following passage from “The Necklace”? “Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she tossed the invitation on the table and muttered, annoyed: “What do you expect me to do with that?” 48. From her thoughts, speeches, and behavior, we can conclude that Madame Loisel admires a society that values, above all, ________________. 49. Based on the life that Madame Loisel craves, what can you conclude about her character? 50. What can you conclude about the personality of Madame Loisel's husband, based on his treatment of her? 51. Which quotation best reveals Monsieur Loisel's attitude toward his wife? 52. Why does Madame Loisel feel “anguish” when she asks to borrow the necklace? 53. What best characterizes Madame Loisel's friendship with Madame Forestier? 54. What is an effect that results from Madame Loisel's loss of the necklace? 55. What does this passage suggest about Madame Loisel? “Madame Loisel came to know the awful life of the poverty­stricken. However, she resigned herself to it with unexpected fortitude. The crushing debt had to be paid. She would pay it.” 56. What is most likely the author's purpose in this passage from “The Necklace”? “But sometimes, when her husband was at the office, she would sit down by the window and muse over that party long ago when she had been so beautiful, the belle of the ball.” 57. Madame Forestier reveals that the diamond necklace she had lent Madame Loisel was fake. What literary element is Maupassant using in this surprise ending? 58. The theme, or underlying message, of “The Necklace” concerns the danger of _________________. 59. An appropriate word to describe the steep, sheer woodlands in which Ulrich encounters Georg is ___________________. 60. Which word best describes the weakness felt by Ulrich and Georg after they have been pinned under the tree for some time? 61. Define deleterious 62. Define prodigious 63. Define indolently. 64. Define futile 65. Define rueful 66. Define resplendent 67. Define perverse 68. At the beginning of “The Interlopers,” Saki writes that before Georg or Ulrich has a chance to act on his hatred for the other, “Nature's own violence overwhelmed them both.” In an essay, describe how “Nature's own violence” overwhelms the men at this point in the story and also at the end of the tale. Why might Saki have chosen to have nature destroy the men rather than have the men destroy themselves? What message might the author be conveying about the role of nature and the role of human plans and wishes? 69. At the beginning of the story, Rainsford states that there are only two classes of people in the world—the hunters and the huntees. Do you agree? Write a brief essay in which you explain your answer. How has your understanding of “The Most Dangerous Game” clarified your opinion? 70. In an essay, explain the significance of the necklace in Guy de Maupassant's story. How does the necklace symbolize Madame Loisel's character and her life? What might the necklace symbolize in Madame Loisel's society or cultural context? How does the necklace relate to the theme of the story?