Ethan Frome Quizzes

Ethan Frome Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed November 26, 2000

1 Edith Wharton was born in

19th century America

20th century America

20th century England

18th century England
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 elite world of Paris' aristocrats

the elite world of New York's aristocrats

the harsh world of rural New England

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 was paralyzed in a sledding accident

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

Wharton began an adulterous affair

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

Paris, Ohio

Starkfield, Massachusetts

Corelset, Kentucky

Nassau, New York
6 The novel is framed by a narrator who is

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

Ethan Frome's son
7 Frome immediately made an impression on the narrator because

the narrator studies diseases of the spine

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

he showed symptoms of the late stages of consumption

of his shortness, vulnerability, and youthful eyes
8 The narrator lodges with

Zeena Pierce, formerly Zeena Frome

the carriage driver Harmon Gow

the widowed Mrs. Mattie Frome

the widowed Mrs. Ned Hale
9 The narrator ends up having more contact with Frome when Frome

gets a job at the power plant

comes to the narrator asking for help

starts driving the narrator to the station in his sleigh

leaves Starkfield
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 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

Frome is called in to fight a local fire

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

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 cousin, Zeena, became sick with consumption

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 father became ill and died, and someone needed to care for the farm and Ethan's mother
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 take out an insurance policy on Zeena

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

Zeena's cousin

Zeena's sister

Ethan's cousin

both Ethan's cousin and Zeena's cousin
16 Mattie came to the Frome farm because she

is writing a novel on rural life

is studying local plantlife

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

is destitute and Zeena needs help with the housework
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?

orange

red

blue

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

passion, desire

anger, resentment

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

comical, bountiful

abundant, beautiful

nearly barren, poor

both abundant, beautiful and comical, bountiful
22 The day after the church dance, Zeena leaves suddenly for Bettsbridge to

participate in a suffragists march

go on a religious pilgrimage

visit a doctor

see her father
23 That night, when Zeena is gone, Mattie wears

a "flapper" dress

Ethan's work clothes

a red ribbon in her hair

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

the crystal glasses

Zeena's Christmas ornaments

the red pickle-dish

Ethan's lantern

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