Dhalgren | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter I, pgs. 1-54

1. What is the first line of the novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany?

To wound the autumnal city.

2. Why does the woman in the cage consider Kidd to be so worldly?

Because he has been to many places.

3. After the two make love, what does Kidd feel?

Confusion, because he has lost something.

4. Why does the woman think that Kidd must be older than 27?

He says he was born in 1948.

5. What does the woman Kidd met turn into before his eyes?

A tree.

6. As KIdd runs away from the woman, who does he find next?

A group of men loading artichokes onto a bus.

7. Where is Kidd finally dropped off?

A bridge across the river from Bellona.

8. What do the women whom Kidd meets in Chapter 1 give...
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