Ethan Frome Quizzes

Ethan Frome Quiz 1

1 Edith Wharton was born in
20th century America

20th century England

19th century America

18th century England
2 Edith Wharton's novels include all of the following except
The Mill on the Floss

The House of Mirth

Ethan Frome

The Age of Innocence
3 The setting of Wharton's childhood and early adulthood was
the elite world of New York's aristocrats

the elite world of London's aristocrats

the elite world of Paris' aristocrats

the harsh world of rural New England
4 In 1908, something happened to Wharton that may have had some influence on the writing of Ethan Frome. What was it?
Wharton was paralyzed in a sledding accident

Wharton began an adulterous affair

Wharton ended an affair with another woman

Wharton divorced her husband after he was paralyzed in a sledding accident
5 Ethan Frome is set in
Corelset, Kentucky

Starkfield, Massachusetts

Nassau, New York

Paris, Ohio
6 The novel is framed by a narrator who is
Ethan Frome's son

a wealthy businesswoman who has been married several times

named Edgar and is the last son of the local aristocracy

unnamed and from outside of Starkfield
7 Frome immediately made an impression on the narrator because
of his shortness, vulnerability, and youthful eyes

of his great height, physical robustness despite a lame leg, and harsh expression

he showed symptoms of the late stages of consumption

the narrator studies diseases of the spine
8 The narrator lodges with
the widowed Mrs. Mattie Frome

the carriage driver Harmon Gow

the widowed Mrs. Ned Hale

Zeena Pierce, formerly Zeena Frome
9 The narrator ends up having more contact with Frome when Frome
leaves Starkfield

starts driving the narrator to the station in his sleigh

gets a job at the power plant

comes to the narrator asking for help
10 The narrator is doing a job
in research at the local musem

studying local outcroppings of granite

at a nearby grocery store

for a nearby power plant
11 The narrator learns that twenty-four years ago Ethan Frome
was the best dancer in Starkfield

was a student at MIT

had a "smash-up"

was the best dancer in Starkfield, before the "smash-up"
12 One night, the narrator learns more about Frome when
he receives some of Frome's mail by mistake

a blizzard forces the narrator to take refuge in an abandoned mine

a blizzard forces the narrator to take refuge in Frome's home

Frome is called in to fight a local fire
13 Ethan once pursued studies in science, but he was forced to return home because
his mother became ill and died, and someone needed to care for the farm and Ethan's father

his father became ill and died, and someone needed to care for the farm and Ethan's mother

his cousin, Zeena, became sick with consumption

both his father became ill and died, and someone needed to care for the farm and Ethan's mother and his cousin, Zeena, became sick with consumption
14 When the narrative shifts to the past, we first see young Ethan Frome
coming into Starkfield to load his beef into the train

coming into Starkfield to take out an insurance policy on Zeena

coming into Starkfield to walk home Mattie Silver from a church dance

coming into Starkfield to buy a train ticket to Boston
15 Mattie Silver is
Zeena's sister

Zeena's cousin

Ethan's cousin

both Ethan's cousin and Zeena's cousin
16 Mattie came to the Frome farm because she
is destitute and Zeena needs help with the housework

is writing a novel on rural life

is learning how to cook from one of Starkfield's matriarchs

is studying local plantlife
17 Zeena could best be described as
a whining hypochondriac

beautiful but cruel

a devout Christian

generous and loving
18 What color is used as a symbol of transgression in the novel?
orange

blue

red

violet
19 Ethan's feelings for Mattie could best be described as
anger, resentment

passion, desire

both passion, desire and anger, resentment

loathing, fear
20 The novel, in both the time of the main action and the time of the narrator, is set in
spring

autumn

summer

winter
21 The Frome farm could best be described as
abundant, beautiful

both abundant, beautiful and comical, bountiful

nearly barren, poor

comical, bountiful
22 The day after the church dance, Zeena leaves suddenly for Bettsbridge to
see her father

participate in a suffragists march

visit a doctor

go on a religious pilgrimage
23 That night, when Zeena is gone, Mattie wears
Ethan's work clothes

a "flapper" dress

a red ribbon in her hair

Zeena's old wedding dress
24 To make the table look pretty, Mattie sets out
a valuable set of silver

a fancy red pickle-dish

two crystal glasses

a bit of holly and some candles
25 During dinner, the cat breaks
Ethan's lantern

the crystal glasses

the red pickle-dish

Zeena's Christmas ornaments

in what way does the social and economic context of the passage most clearly help develop a theme

From the author's own introduction to the novel, written in 1922 and included in most editions, there is a sense of frustration with earlier portrayals of rural life in New England. Wharton is reacting against a kind of literature that...

Asked by sarah p #1330827

Answered by Aslan on 12/12/2023 6:39 PM

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Style Analysis

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Asked by Tallan L #472600

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Was Mattie silver smart?

Being smart in any sense is subjective. I know you are looking for an answer but it really is up to you. I don't think she was cunning or had intentions to usurp Ethan's wife. She loved Ethan and really didn't know what to do about it. She doesn't...

Asked by Bailey E #1290149

Answered by Aslan on 2/16/2023 7:40 AM

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