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Ethan Frome Quiz 1

1 Edith Wharton was born in
20th century England

18th century England

19th century America

20th century America
2 Edith Wharton's novels include all of the following except
The Age of Innocence

The House of Mirth

The Mill on the Floss

Ethan Frome
3 The setting of Wharton's childhood and early adulthood was
the harsh world of rural New England

the elite world of Paris' aristocrats

the elite world of London's aristocrats

the elite world of New York's aristocrats
4 In 1908, something happened to Wharton that may have had some influence on the writing of Ethan Frome. What was it?
Wharton began an adulterous affair

Wharton divorced her husband after he was paralyzed in a sledding accident

Wharton was paralyzed in a sledding accident

Wharton ended an affair with another woman
5 Ethan Frome is set in
Paris, Ohio

Starkfield, Massachusetts

Nassau, New York

Corelset, Kentucky
6 The novel is framed by a narrator who is
named Edgar and is the last son of the local aristocracy

a wealthy businesswoman who has been married several times

Ethan Frome's son

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

the narrator studies diseases of the spine

he showed symptoms of the late stages of consumption
8 The narrator lodges with
Zeena Pierce, formerly Zeena Frome

the widowed Mrs. Ned Hale

the carriage driver Harmon Gow

the widowed Mrs. Mattie Frome
9 The narrator ends up having more contact with Frome when Frome
gets a job at the power plant

leaves Starkfield

comes to the narrator asking for help

starts driving the narrator to the station in his sleigh
10 The narrator is doing a job
at a nearby grocery store

in research at the local musem

studying local outcroppings of granite

for a nearby power plant
11 The narrator learns that twenty-four years ago Ethan Frome
had a "smash-up"

was the best dancer in Starkfield, before the "smash-up"

was the best dancer in Starkfield

was a student at MIT
12 One night, the narrator learns more about Frome when
a blizzard forces the narrator to take refuge in an abandoned mine

he receives some of Frome's mail by mistake

Frome is called in to fight a local fire

a blizzard forces the narrator to take refuge in Frome's home
13 Ethan once pursued studies in science, but he was forced to return home because
his father became ill and died, and someone needed to care for the farm and Ethan's mother

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

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

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 buy a train ticket to Boston

coming into Starkfield to load his beef into the train

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

coming into Starkfield to take out an insurance policy on Zeena
15 Mattie Silver is
both Ethan's cousin and Zeena's cousin

Ethan's cousin

Zeena's cousin

Zeena's sister
16 Mattie came to the Frome farm because she
is writing a novel on rural life

is studying local plantlife

is destitute and Zeena needs help with the housework

is learning how to cook from one of Starkfield's matriarchs
17 Zeena could best be described as
a whining hypochondriac

generous and loving

beautiful but cruel

a devout Christian
18 What color is used as a symbol of transgression in the novel?
violet

blue

red

orange
19 Ethan's feelings for Mattie could best be described as
loathing, fear

passion, desire

anger, resentment

both passion, desire and anger, resentment
20 The novel, in both the time of the main action and the time of the narrator, is set in
summer

autumn

winter

spring
21 The Frome farm could best be described as
both abundant, beautiful and comical, bountiful

nearly barren, poor

abundant, beautiful

comical, bountiful
22 The day after the church dance, Zeena leaves suddenly for Bettsbridge to
visit a doctor

go on a religious pilgrimage

participate in a suffragists march

see her father
23 That night, when Zeena is gone, Mattie wears
Zeena's old wedding dress

Ethan's work clothes

a "flapper" dress

a red ribbon in her hair
24 To make the table look pretty, Mattie sets out
a bit of holly and some candles

a fancy red pickle-dish

a valuable set of silver

two crystal glasses
25 During dinner, the cat breaks
the crystal glasses

the red pickle-dish

Zeena's Christmas ornaments

Ethan's lantern

Why does Ethan feel a strong connection to Mattie Silver?

b) she listens to him and share his appreciation for beauty and knowledge

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