Language Arts Cumulative
Read the excerpt from "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth.
[Chopin's] first short story collection, Bayou Folk—mostly local-color stories of Cloutierville-area people—gained nationwide acclaim.
According to the excerpt, which best describes the public's re...
Language Arts Cumulative
Read the excerpt from "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth.
[Chopin's] first short story collection, Bayou Folk—mostly local-color stories of Cloutierville-
area people—gained nationwide acclaim.
According to the excerpt, which best describes the public's response to Chopin's first collection?
ans: Chopin was widely accepted by literary critics as a regional writer
According to "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth, how do Chopin's personal
experiences influence the portrayal of sensuality in her writing? ans: Chopin's indulgent
behavior on her honeymoon inspired female characters eager to enjoy sensual experiences.
According to "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth, how do Chopin's personal
experiences with divorce and early widowhood influence the portrayal of marriage in her
writing? ans: NOT They prompt a renewed sense of the importance of marriage.
According to "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth, how do Chopin's personal
experiences influence the women characters in her writing? ans: Chopin's experiences with the
self-reliant women in her family inspired her fiercely independent women characters.
Read the excerpt of Frances Porcher's review from The Mirror, May 1899.
It absorbs and interests, then makes one wonder, for the moment, with a little sick feeling, if all
women are like the one, and that isn't a pleasant reflection after you have taken in this character
study whose "awakening" gives title to Mrs. Chopin's novel.
What is Porcher's response to Chopin's writing? ans: Porcher criticizes Chopin's main character.
Read the excerpt from an unsigned review in Literature, June 23, 1899.
One cannot refrain from regret that so beautiful a style and so much refinement of taste have
been spent by Miss Chopin on an essentially vulgar story.
What is this reader's response to Chopin's writing? ans: The reader is critical of Chopin's choice
of themes.
Read the excerpt of Lucy Monroe's review from Book News, March 1899.
It is an intimate thing, which in studying the nature of one woman reveals something which
brings her in touch with all women—something larger than herself. That it is which justifies the
audacity of The Awakening and makes it big enough to be true. The author has shown herself an
artist in the manipulation of a complex character, and faulty as the woman is, she has the
magnetism which is essential to the charm of a novel.
,What is Monroe's response to Chopin's writing? ans: Monroe praises the realism and universal
appeal of The Awakening.
Read the excerpt from The Awakening, by Kate Chopin.
He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a
mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with
his brokerage business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on
the street, and staying at home to see that no harm befell them. He talked in a monotonous,
insistent way.
How does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context? ans: It illustrates the prevailing
gender expectations within a marriage in the 1800s.
Read the excerpt from The Awakening, by Kate Chopin.
In short, Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The mother-women seemed to prevail that
summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting
wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women
who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface
themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.
How does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context? ans: It illustrates the maternal
expectations of "true womanhood" that
Read the excerpt from Kate Chopin and Her Creole Stories, by Daniel Rankin.
In The Awakening under her touch the Creole life of Louisiana glowed with a rich exotic beauty.
The very atmosphere of the book is voluptuous, the atmosphere of the Gulf Coast, a place of
strange and passionate moods.
What is Rankin's response to Chopin's writing? ans: Rankin is complimentary of Chopin's
regional style.
Read the excerpt from "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth.
[Chopin's] first short story collection, Bayou Folk—mostly local-color stories of Cloutierville-
area people—gained nationwide acclaim.
According to the excerpt, which best describes the public's response to Chopin's first collection?
ans: Chopin was widely accepted by literary critics as a regional writer
Read the excerpt from The Awakening, by Kate Chopin.
"You are burnt beyond recognition," he added, looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable
piece of personal property which has suffered some damage. She held up her hands, strong,
shapely hands, and surveyed them critically, drawing up her fawn sleeves above the wrists.
Looking at them reminded her of her rings, which she had given to her husband before leaving
for the beach. She silently reached out to him, and he, understanding, took the rings from his vest
pocket and dropped them into her open palm.
How does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context? ans: NOT It illustrates the "new
woman" seeking possession of personal
, Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening.
He walked down the gallery and across the narrow "bridges" which connected the Lebrun
cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of the main house. The parrot
and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the
noise they wished. Mr Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to
be entertaining.
What is the correct meaning of the word "privilege" based on its usage in the excerpt? ans:
LIBERTY
Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening.
He fixed his gaze upon a white sunshade that was advancing at snail's pace from the beach. He
could see it plainly between the gaunt trunks of the water-oaks and across the stretch of yellow
camomile.
Which phrase from the excerpt gives the best evidence that "gaunt" means "thin"? ans: "He
could see it plainly"
Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of The Awakening.
They chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water
—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had
gone to the Chênière; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the Farival twins,
who were now performing the overture to "The Poet and the Peasant."
What is the correct meaning of the word "assumed" based on its usage in the excerpt? ans: taken
on
Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening.
He stopped before the door of his own cottage, which was the fourth one from the main building
and next to the last. Seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there, he once more applied
himself to the task of reading the newspaper. The day was Sunday; the paper was a day old. The
Sunday papers had not yet reached Grand Isle.
Which best explains why the author chose to describe Mr. Pontellier's cottage as "the fourth one
from the main building and next to the last"? ans: to help the reader picture the layout of
buildings in the novel's setting
Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening.
He walked down the gallery and across the narrow "bridges" which connected the Lebrun
cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of the main house. The parrot
and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the
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