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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 event does Sykes cite as the only one that will prompt him to get rid of the snake?
2. What kind of silence does the narrator say falls on the porch when Sykes and Bertha arrive at the store?
3. What pet name does Sykes call Bertha when they are in the store?
4. What does the narrator say "pleased him for Delia to see" (4) when Sykes is ordering at Joe Clarke's store?
5. What term is used to describe the color of the rattlesnake's fangs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about Sykes's statement to Bertha that the town is his and that she can have it if she wants it?
2. What is the significance of the snake baring its "scimitar" (6)-like fangs at Delia?
3. How does the snake's behavior change once it has taken two or three days to digest its large meal of frogs?
4. How does Delia try "to be blind and deaf" (5) to Sykes's gallivanting around town with Bertha?
5. When Old Man Anderson suggests that the men kill Sykes, what is the men's reaction?
6. How do Delia's actions and feelings in regard to the rattlesnake change once she sees its fangs wrapped around the wire mesh of its box?
7. What plans does Sykes make with Bertha and what is the significance of these plans?
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 are Delia's efforts to remain "blind and deaf" (5) to Sykes's adulterous actions thwarted?
10. For how long has Bertha been in Eatonville and how does she support herself?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of religion within the short story and how do its messages about religion intersect with the religious beliefs of Zora Neale Hurston?
Essay Topic 2
What is the significance of the short story's title and how does it relate to the themes present within the story's narrative?
Essay Topic 3
Perform a Marxist criticism of the short story Sweat.
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