Winesburg, Ohio Quizzes

Winesburg, Ohio Quiz 1

1 Winesburg is a small town in which state?
Oregon

Ohio

Maine

Illinois
2 Who is the main character of the Winesburg, Ohio?
Helen White

Seth Richmond

George Willard

Louise Trunnion
3 What type of text is Winesburg, Ohio?
collection of poetry

screenplay

collection of short stories

novel
4 In "The Book of the Grotesque", the old writer feels more alive when he lies in bed and thinks of what problem he is likely to encounter?
lung cancer

bankruptcy

depression

heart attack
5 Because of a past scandal, Wing Biddlebaum panics when he ________ George Willard.
shouts at

snubs

tricks

touches
6 Symbolically, why must Doctor Reefy's paper balls of truth be spilled from his pocket every once in a while?
His pocket is too full

He is unable to decide whether the thoughts have formed a truth

He grasps one truth too absolutely, making it false

The paper fades as the truth because less important to him
7 Drab and walking around in silence except for the passion in her soul, Elizabeth Willard is a classic representation of which of Anderson's themes?
Rebellion against values dominating American culture

Life in death

The antiheroic

Rite of passage
8 What thematic reason is there for Dr. Parcival's vagueness surrounding the location of his youth?
He is trying to trick George, representing the deceit inherent in man

The pastoral functions as a vague representation of old America

He is an everyman as Winesburg is a microcosm of the universal

He is vague because he is an ineffective communicator
9 After George Willard's experience with Louise Trunnion, what did George want "more than anything else to" do?
run in the rain

see Louise again

go home to bed

talk to some man
10 How does Jesse Bentley represent a modern man?
He is greatly religious and rejects a life on the farm to be a minister in the city

He does not allow his wife to work but wishes to bring in all of their income himself

He is very masculine and strong

He ignores his human bonds and searches for money and power
11 Which of these characters knew first that David Hardy had been found after being lost?
Louise Hardy

Katherine Bentley

John Hardy

Jesse Bentley
12 Which is a reason that Louise Hardy is a universal character?
She eagerly experiences the cycle of rebirth, initiation, and death

She wishes society would leave her alone

She embraces her maternal duties

She wants to love and be loved
13 As "Terror" parallels the biblical David and Goliath story, which characters play these parts?
David Hardy, Jesse Bentley

Mary Hardy, Albert Hardy

David Hardy, Louise Hardy

Jesse Bentley, John Hardy
14 What is Joe Welling's character most aptly compared to?
dynamite

forest fire

volcano

earthquake
15 When Alice Hindman strips naked and runs into the street, her action symbolizes which archetypal pattern?
death

flexibility

rebirth

initiation
16 What does Wash William's step mother do to cause him to try to kill her?
She refuses to allow her daughter to return home after committing adultery

She throws away all of the letters Wash has sent his wife

She does nothing but Wash snaps when he sees how happy his wife is without him

She strips her daughter naked and sends her into the room where Wash is waiting
17 Which of these quotations represents the climax in the story, "The Thinker" ?
"You know Helen White better than I do. I want you to tell her what I said."

"When it comes to loving someone, it won't never be me. It'll be...someone who talks a lot..."

"Several years after the death of her husband, Virginia Richmond had become alarmed at the growing demands upon her income"

"Releasing the hand of the girl, he thrust his hands into his trouser pockets."
18 What is Tandy's name before she is given her new name by the stranger?
Her name is not given

Mandy

Tandy

Elizabeth
19 What is Kate Swift doing the last time Reverend Curtis Hartman peers through his broken window at her?
She is lying in bed naked reading a book

She is looking out of her window back at the minister

She is kneeling beside her bed and praying

She is smoking a cigarette and dancing around the room
20 While the minister sat waiting for the last time to peek at Kate Swift's body, where was Kate?
At her school house

Walking down the Trunion Pike

At the office of the Winesburg Eagle

Leaving Winesburg for Cleveland
21 The narrator tells the reader that "Loneliness" is almost more the story of a _____ than a man.
woman

room

painting

city
22 In "An Awakening", for whom does the story represent a static episode in his/her life?
Ed Handby

George Willard

Elizabeth Willard

Belle Carpenter
23 Which one of these reasons does NOT explain why Elmer Cowley is a grotesque figure?
He can tragically not escape beyond the cycle of grotesquerie echoed by Mook and his father

Thematically, he is a tragic life in death character

Elmer cannot effectively communicate his feelings

Elmer's journey is a personal one where he mentally progresses
24 Which of these events is symbolic of Ray Pearson's awakening?
Ray throws off his old torn overcoat

Ray follows his wife back to their home

Ray does not return home, but walks right on past

Hal shakes Ray like a dog
25 What does Tom Foster say while drunk that antagonizes George Willard?
He says that he had made love to Helen White

Tom's silence antagonizes George

He spoke of George being a life in death figure

He says that Winesburg is a broken community