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Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
"The Book of the Grotesque," "Hands," "Paper Pills"
"Mother," "The Philosopher," "Nobody Knows"
"Godliness," Parts I-II
"Godliness," Parts III-IV: "Surrender," "Terror;" "A Man of Ideas"
"Adventure," "Respectability," "The Thinker"
"Tandy," "The Strength of God," "The Teacher"
"Loneliness," "An Awakening"
"Queer," "The Untold Lie," "Drink"
"Death," "Sophistication," "Departure"
Analytical Overview
Characters
Further Study
Context
Full Book Quiz
Section Quizzes
Short Summary
'The Book of the Grotesque,' 'Hands,' 'Paper Pills'
'Mother,' 'The Philosopher,' 'Nobody Knows'
'Godliness,' Parts 1-2
'Godliness,' Parts 3-4: 'Surrender,' 'Terror;' 'A Man of Ideas'
'Adventure,' 'Respectability,' 'The Thinker'
'Tandy,' 'The Strength of God,' 'The Teacher'
'Loneliness,' 'An Awakening'
'Queer,' 'The Untold Lie,' 'Drink'
'Death,' 'Sophistication,' 'Departure'
Characters
Context
Study Questions
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further study
'Queer,' 'The Untold Lie,' 'Drink' Quiz
'Queer,' 'The Untold Lie,' 'Drink' Quiz
1
of 5
A newcomer to Winesburg, Elmer Cowley thinks the people of Winesburg believe what?
Winesburg is heaven
Winesburg is ordinary
His family is strange
Everyone is equal
2
of 5
Whom or what does Elmer rob?
His father
The train office
George
The flower shop
3
of 5
In “The Untold Lie,” Ray wants to want to tell Hal what?
To get married
To have children
To marry for love
Not to get married
4
of 5
In “Drink,” Tom Foster decides to do what?
Poison his grandmother
Get drunk
Go swimming
Go to a brothel
5
of 5
After getting drunk, Tom tells George about having done what?
Killed his parents
Stolen the alcohol
Faked his own death
Made love to Helen
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