Ethan Frome Quizzes

Ethan Frome Quiz 1

1 Edith Wharton was born in
18th century England

20th century America

19th century America

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

The Mill on the Floss

The House of Mirth

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

the elite world of New York's aristocrats

the elite world of Paris' aristocrats

the elite world of London'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 was paralyzed in a sledding accident

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

Wharton ended an affair with another woman
5 Ethan Frome is set in
Corelset, Kentucky

Nassau, New York

Starkfield, Massachusetts

Paris, Ohio
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

unnamed and from outside of Starkfield

Ethan Frome's son
7 Frome immediately made an impression on the narrator because
of his great height, physical robustness despite a lame leg, and harsh expression

the narrator studies diseases of the spine

of his shortness, vulnerability, and youthful eyes

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

the carriage driver Harmon Gow

the widowed Mrs. Ned Hale

the widowed Mrs. Mattie Frome
9 The narrator ends up having more contact with Frome when Frome
leaves Starkfield

gets a job at the power plant

comes to the narrator asking for help

starts driving the narrator to the station in his sleigh
10 The narrator is doing a job
for a nearby power plant

studying local outcroppings of granite

at a nearby grocery store

in research at the local musem
11 The narrator learns that twenty-four years ago Ethan Frome
was the best dancer in Starkfield

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

was a student at MIT

had a "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 Frome's home

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

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

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

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 cousin, Zeena, became sick with consumption
14 When the narrative shifts to the past, we first see young Ethan Frome
coming into Starkfield to take out an insurance policy on Zeena

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
15 Mattie Silver is
both Ethan's cousin and Zeena's cousin

Zeena's cousin

Ethan's cousin

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

is destitute and Zeena needs help with the housework

is studying local plantlife

is learning how to cook from one of Starkfield's matriarchs
17 Zeena could best be described as
generous and loving

a devout Christian

beautiful but cruel

a whining hypochondriac
18 What color is used as a symbol of transgression in the novel?
red

blue

violet

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

anger, resentment

passion, desire

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
autumn

spring

winter

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

comical, bountiful

abundant, beautiful

nearly barren, poor
22 The day after the church dance, Zeena leaves suddenly for Bettsbridge to
visit a doctor

see her father

go on a religious pilgrimage

participate in a suffragists march
23 That night, when Zeena is gone, Mattie wears
a red ribbon in her hair

Ethan's work clothes

a "flapper" dress

Zeena's old wedding dress
24 To make the table look pretty, Mattie sets out
a fancy red pickle-dish

a valuable set of silver

a bit of holly and some candles

two crystal glasses
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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