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A Death in the Woods
Sherwood Anderson
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Themes, Motifs and Symbols Quiz
1
of 5
What act of creation arguably forms the story's main subject matter?
America's creation
The story's creation
The invention of telephones
The invention of rituals
2
of 5
What motif plays upon the conception of women as nourishing and nurturing figures?
Silence
The land
Feeding
Watering
3
of 5
What geometric motif links the dogs' ritual with the form of the narrator's story?
Peaks
Squares
Circles
Intersecting lines
4
of 5
What motif links the eerie atmosphere in the forest clearing to the story's relative lack of dialog?
Mystery
Fear
Silence
Circles
5
of 5
What symbolic object first represents the possibility of freedom for Mrs. Grimes, and later her state of confinement?
The buggy
Her body
The root cellar
The log
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