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| What is George's problem in "Who's Afraid.."? |
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| Living in the past; living in illusions |
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| What's Martha's problem in "Who's Afraid.."? |
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| Her domineering father; her inability to have children |
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| What does George's game of "Get the Guests" involve? |
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| Telling Honey he knows about her hysterical pregnancy |
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| What does the reference to Virginia Woolf probably represent? |
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| The need for self-determination |
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| Where did Albee get the title for the play? |
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| It was written on a subway wall |
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| Who in "Who's Afraid..." is described as being a "church mouse" with red eyes that steals money from the faithful? |
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| What line did Edward Albee borrow from Tennessee Williams to use in "Who's Afraid.."? |
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| "Flores para los muertos" |
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| What's the significance of the time at which "Who's Afraid.." ends? |
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| What does "Walpurgesnacht" refer to? |
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| Martha says to George, "You can stand it! You married me for it!" For what? |
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| What moment is Honey's "Salvation" in the play? |
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| When she decides she wants to have children |
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| What's the significance of George and Nick's academic specialties? |
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| George's represents humanity, which is Nick's abstraction |
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| What does George think Nick is going to do with his research? |
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| A catharsis follows which event in "Who's Afraid.."? |
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| George pointing a toy rifle at Martha |
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| What is the message in the speech given by Ellison's Invisible Man? |
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| From whom does the Invisible Man get the ideas in his speech? |
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| Which term do the white men in Ellison's "Battle Royal" object to? |
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| What is the name of Miss Emily's boyfriend? |
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| Who does Faulkner seem to be suggesting is ultimately responsible for Miss Emily's crime? |
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| Who probably Moved Miss Emily's body to the moldy bed downstairs? |
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| How, probably, did Miss Emily kill her boyfriend? |
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| What is the last thing you see in the movie version of "Who's Afraid.."? |
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| Clasped hands in front of a window |
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| What does Martha declare that George is in the History department? |
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| What is George's novel about in "Who's Afraid.."? |
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| A boy who kills his parents |
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| Why does Nick marry Honey? |
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| Her father has money AND she's supposedly pregnant |
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| What happens in the boxing story Martha tells? |
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| Who was Martha's first husband? |
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| The gardener at her school |
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| What might have happened to George's parents? |
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| What are the 3 objects mentioned in the lecture as being used as phallic symbols in "The Chrysanthemums"? |
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| Cigarettes, tractor, plow |
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| Who narrates Faulkner's "A rose for Emily"? |
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| What is "noblesse oblige"? |
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| The obligations of the upper class to the lower class |
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| What does the grey hair on the pillow next to the corpse in "A Rose for Emily" suggest? |
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| Emily has been sleeping with the corpse |
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| What are we told at the beginning of the story is the only concern that the women of the town have for Emily? |
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| To see the inside of her house |
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| What is the message in the speech given by Ellison's "Invisible Man"? |
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| What is in the briefcase that the men at the smoker give the Invisible Man in "Battle Royal"? |
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| What does the Invisible Man grab off the electrified carpet? |
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| Where is the Invisible Man while he is recalling the battle royal? |
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| In a cellar full of light bulbs |
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| What is the message in the "bucket" image in the speech given by the Invisible Man? |
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| Be satisfied with what you have |
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| Who else is humiliated along with the fighters and the Invisible Man in Ellison's "Battle Royal"? |
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| What happens when Miss Emily's father dies? |
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| She refuses to let them take the body away |
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| What is the name of Miss Emily's boyfriend? |
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| Who probably moved Miss Emily's body to the moldy bed downstairs? |
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| According to the lecture, her neighbors sometimes called Emily Dickson: |
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| What is one of the "games" they play in "Who's afraid.."? |
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| What object in the play "Who's Afraid.." might be read as a phallic symbol? |
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| What happens to the boy in George's book? |
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| Why don't George and Martha have real children? |
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