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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 the narrator say "pleased him for Delia to see" (4) when Sykes is ordering at Joe Clarke's store?
2. When Delia sees the snake's fangs, she does not run away like usual, nor does she do what with her eyes as she has done in the past?
3. For how long has Bertha been living in Eatonville on the day Sykes takes her to the store?
4. What two deity names does Delia yell out when she first lays eyes on the snake Sykes has brought home?
5. Who pays Bertha's rent in Eatonville?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Delia react once Sykes both refuses to remove the rattlesnake and threatens to beat her?
3. How are Delia's efforts to remain "blind and deaf" (5) to Sykes's adulterous actions thwarted?
4. What is Sykes's reply to Delia's insistence that he remove the rattlesnake from their home?
5. What causes a "determined silence" (4) to fall over the porch when the men are about to slice the watermelon?
6. What argumentative method does Delia use in order to convince Sykes that he needs to take the snake away from her home?
7. How does the author demonstrate the village's viewpoint regarding Sykes's keeping of the rattlesnake?
8. Which elements of Bertha's character are disparaged by the group of men at Joe Clarke's store once she leaves with Sykes?
9. What is ironic about Sykes's statement to Bertha that the town is his and that she can have it if she wants it?
10. What is the significance of the snake baring its "scimitar" (6)-like fangs at Delia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the author uses various characterization methods to depict the protagonist of the story, Delia.
Essay Topic 2
Perform a Marxist criticism of the short story Sweat.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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