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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 causes the snake to come alive and start to rattle incessantly?
2. What action does Delia say she had taken so that she could avoid being in close proximity to Sykes?
3. What is NOT one event listed as taking place during the dog days of summer in Eatonville?
4. When Sykes says that one reason he caught the snake easily was because it had just had a meal, what does he say it had just eaten?
5. To what town does Sykes often take Bertha so they can participate in stomps?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the snake's behavior change once it has taken two or three days to digest its large meal of frogs?
2. 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?
3. What does Delia say is different about Bertha in comparison to other women with whom Sykes has had affairs?
4. What is Hurston's purpose for alluding to Gethsemane and the rocks of Calvary during the period of conflict with Sykes?
5. What plans does Sykes make with Bertha and what is the significance of these plans?
6. For how long has Bertha been in Eatonville and how does she support herself?
7. How does Delia react once Sykes both refuses to remove the rattlesnake and threatens to beat her?
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. What two differing reasons does Sykes give for why he was able to catch the six-foot rattlesnake in the first place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's message regarding hard work within the short story Sweat.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's use of figurative language within the story Sweat and how the use of these literary devices helps her to get across particular thematic elements of the story.
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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