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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. Delia tells Sykes that she now hates him to the same degree that what?
2. To what animal does Dave compare Bertha after she has left the store with Sykes?
3. When the men all grunt in approval in response to Old Man Anderson's suggestion that they kill Sykes, what does the narrator say then melts with the heat?
4. What two deity names does Delia yell out when she first lays eyes on the snake Sykes has brought home?
5. What event does Sykes cite as the only one that will prompt him to get rid of the snake?
Short Essay Questions
1. What causes a "determined silence" (4) to fall over the porch when the men are about to slice the watermelon?
2. How does Sykes go about showing the rattlesnake to Delia after he has brought it home?
3. What is ironic about Sykes's statement to Bertha that the town is his and that she can have it if she wants it?
4. How does Delia try "to be blind and deaf" (5) to Sykes's gallivanting around town with Bertha?
5. What plans does Sykes make with Bertha and what is the significance of these plans?
6. What does Sykes mean when he tells Delia not to ask him for anything and comments on her attempt to "goin' roun' trying 'tuh be so damn asterperious"? (6)
7. What is Delia's reason for not trying to get rid of Bertha in some way in order to solve the problems in her marriage?
8. What arguments do the men present when they are trying to get Joe Clarke to bring out a watermelon for them to share?
9. How does the snake's behavior change once it has taken two or three days to digest its large meal of frogs?
10. How does Sykes use the occasion of bringing home the rattlesnake in order to once again attack Delia's physical appearance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of sexuality within the short story Sweat?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the rising action and climax stages of the story and discuss how the story's themes are brought forth within these two plot arc stages.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of death within the short story Sweat.
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