LitLovers - Quiz: A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

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	LitCourse 6 How to Read: Plot Name: 1. What hints do we get that Emily lives in the past? A. Her chain watch is invisible though still ticking B. Her father peers out from his portrait on a tarnished easel C. The parlor smells of dust and disuse D. She instructs the aldermen to talk to Col. Sartoris E. All of the above 2. Faulkner's story is told from the point of view of A. Homer Barron B. Emily herself, looking down from heaven C. The communal "we" D. A third-person narrator E. None of the above 3. The community's attitude toward Emily is A. Resentful B. Curious C. Protective D. Hypocritical E. All of the above 4. Foreshadowing occurs when A. Emily refuses to give up her father's corpse B. Emily gives painting lessons C. The community complains about the smell D. Emily dies E. All of the above 5. Justice Stevens refuses to intervene in the matter of the smell because ... A. He doesn't want to implicate Miss E. B. Telling her would violate rules of etiquette and chivalry C. He thinks there may be more serious problems afoot D. It is airborne pollution from a nearby textile plant E. All of the above 6. The strand of iron-gray hair on the pillow indicates that A. Emily had turned prematurely gray B. Homer had turned prematurely gray C. Emily had been sleeping with Homer's corpse for years D. Emily hadn't been keeping up with the laundry E. All of the above 7. Faulkner uses suspended revelation when A. Emily haughtily dismisses the tax-collecting delegation B. Emily forgets Col. Sartoris has been dead for 10 years C. We're given the image Emily's father silhouetted in the doorway D. We're told about the hair on the pillow only at the end E. All of the above 8. Why would Faulkner have used a non-linear timeline?

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