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The Devil and Webster Quiz

Jean Hanff Korelitz

This Study Guide consists of approximately 63 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Devil and Webster.

The Devil and Webster by Jean Hanff Korelitz

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Prologue - Naomi Roth's Defining Moment

The Tenant of Radclyffe Hall - Into the Woods

A Long History of Capitulation - The Very Soul of Webster

He Lost a Few Years - Pseud’s Corner Office

Permission to Enter - The Ur-Rule

Just Annoying Bureaucratic Shit - The Basement of Sojourner Truth

This Is the Place - What a Long Strange Trip it’s Been

No One Is Blaming You - Speaking Truth to Power

Not That Kind of Bomb - The Point of Looking Closely

A Bit of a Mystery - The Entire Point of a College Education

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

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Jean Hanff Korelitz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who were the Weathermen? (from No One Is Blaming You - Speaking Truth to Power)

Members of The Weather Underground, a radical rightwing group in the 1970s.

Members of The Weather Underground, a radical leftist group in the 1970s.

Members of The Weather Underground, a union for meteorologists in the 1990s.

Members of The Weather Underground, a terrorist organization in the 1990s.

2.

Why was Nicholas Gall denied tenure? (from A Long History of Capitulation - The Very Soul of Webster)

He did not publish enough papers in peer-reviewed journals.

The anthropology department looked down on Gall's work in folklore.

He did not publish enough papers and plagiarized the one he did publish.

Webster had already met its quota for professors of color.

3.

Why does Naomi refer to her presidential office as "Pseud's Corner Office?" (from He Lost a Few Years - Pseud’s Corner Office)

The office's decor reminds Naomi of the British newspaper column "Pseud's Corner."

Naomi thinks of "President Roth" as a pseudonym and considers "President Roth" to be pretentious.

Naomi often rents out her office to her friend, Sigmund Pseud.

Naomi thinks of "President Roth" as a pseudonym to only be used during official events and speeches.

4.

Why have Naomi and Francine not discussed Naomi's past work with VISTA? (from Just Annoying Bureaucratic Shit - The Basement of Sojourner Truth)

Francine was a member of the Peace Corps and looks down on VISTA.

They set a boundary between their friendship and their pasts when they met.

Naomi refuses to talk about her work with VISTA with anyone.

Naomi is afraid that Francine would think about her differently if she knew the details.

5.

Why does Douglas Sidgwick think a history of Webster College should be titled "The Devil and Webster"? (from A Long History of Capitulation - The Very Soul of Webster)

Webster's history of political conservatism.

Webster's history of capitulation.

The last name of Webster's first president was "Devil."

Webster's historical connection to satanism.

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