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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Sykes tell Delia he will do if she argues with him about taking in white people's laundry?
2. In what room does Delia sort the clothes she will launder?
3. What does Delia say Sykes had brought to their marriage?
4. When one of the men's wives had repelled Sykes's advances, she had told him that Delia worked so hard that she bet everything in the house tasted like sweat and what?
5. What object does Delia pick up immediately after Sykes threatens her in the kitchen?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the role of community portrayed within the scene on Joe Clarke's porch?
2. What is the significance of Joe Clarke's pronouncement that some men treat women like pieces of sugar-cane?
3. Describe the symbolism of the iron skillet.
4. In what ways do the men on Joe Clarke's porch express contempt for Sykes?
5. What is the reason for the listlessness of the men who gather on Joe Clarke's porch?
6. What is the significance of Delia's comment that she does not want to fight with Sykes because she has just come back from church services?
7. At what point does the author show the first change in Delia's character and how does she portray this change?
8. How does the author make a change in Delia's speech in order to portray her newly-won defiance toward Sykes and his attempts to control her?
9. Before Delia's decision to stand up to Sykes by raising the iron skillet in a defensive pose, how does she react to his verbal abuse?
10. How is foreshadowing incorporated into the very first encounter between Delia and Sykes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the first scene in the story when Sykes frightens Delia with his bullwhip?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the Chorus within the short story. What is the author's purpose for including the group of men who gather on the porch of Joe Clarke's store?
Essay Topic 3
What type of narrator is used within the short story Sweat and how does the narration contrast with the voices of the characters?
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