Question

When Saki wrote "The Interlopers," he intentionally created a mood that suggested something bad might happen by the end of the story.

A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Authors always intentionally set moods when they write. It's part of being a good writer. In this case, Saki used foreshadowing to create a mood that suggested something bad might happen.

Answer 2

True.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Glad I helped :)

Answer 5

Which of the following options is the best definition for the word skirling as it's used in this excerpt from "The Interlopers"?

He strayed away by himself from the watchers whom he had placed in ambush on the crest of the hill, and wandered far down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth, peering through the tree-trunks and listening through the whistling and skirling of the wild and the restless beating of the branches for sight or sound of the marauders (149).
A. Tree bark
B. Unpredictable movement
C. A shrill wailing sound
D. Rustling

Answer 6

do you know this one by chance ? @Mark0Trez

Answer 7

I would think C. Because skirling means make a shrill, wailing sound. :)

Answer 8

To*

Answer 9

agreed @Mark0Trez

Answer 10

Of course. c; @abi_carter

Answer 11

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Answer 12

can you help me with a few more ?(:

Answer 13

What does Saki leave us to infer at the very end of "The Interlopers"?

A. The men become friends.
B. Znaeym's men come and kill von Gradwitz and save Znaeym.
C. Von Gradwitz's men come and kill Znaeym and save von Gradwitz.
D. Wolves kill both men.

Answer 14

@abi_carter @Mark0Trez

Answer 15

D. Wolves kill both men

Answer 16

Pick the option below that is the best definition for dispossess in the context in which it appears in this excerpt from "The Interlopers."

A famous lawsuit, in the days of his grandfather, has wrested it from the illegal possession of a neighbouring family of petty landowners; the dispossessed party had never acquiesced in the judgment of the Courts, and a long series of poaching affrays and similar scandals had embittered the relationships between the families for three generations (148).
A. One who suffers an injustice
B. Angry
C. Crazy
D. To deprive someone or a group of people of the possession of occupancy of something

Answer 17

um, i would say d.

Answer 18

^^ Yee

Answer 19

Which of the following most specifically describes the setting in "The Interlopers"?

A. A forest on the eastern spurs of the Carpathians
B. A mixed-growth forest in eastern Europe
C. Somewhere in eastern Europe
D. A forest somewhere in the Carpathians

Answer 20

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Answer 21

a is the setting.

Answer 22

I know Thanks c;

Answer 23

A.

Answer 24

Which of the following is not an example of a detail about the setting in Saki's "The Interlopers"?

A. "'Are they your men?' asked Georg, 'Are they your men?'"
B. "In the cold, gloomy forest, with the wind tearing in fitful gusts through the naked branches and whistling round the tree trunks..."
C. "He strayed away by himself from the watchers whom he had placed in ambush on the crest of the hill, and wandered far down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth...."
D. "The forest lands of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with game; the narrow strip of precipitous woodland that lay on its outskirt...."

Answer 25

i would say a because it doesn't say anything about where they are.

Answer 26

Read the following excerpt from Saki's "The Interlopers" and then pick the option below that best describes it.

The roebuck . . . were running like driven things to-night, and there was movement and unrest among the creatures that were wont to sleep through the dark hours. Assuredly there was a disturbing element in the forest, and Ulrich could guess . . . from whence it came. (149)
A. It adds an element of suspense to the piece and suggests that the wolves that kill the men later may already be nearby in the woods at this point of the story.
B. It adds an element of suspense to the piece.
C. It does not add to the mood of the piece.
D. It adds to the mood of the piece.

Answer 27

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Answer 28

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Answer 29

@abi_carter

Answer 30

ummm, i'm not sure on this one but i think a would be your best bet :)

Answer 31

A. Don't know

Answer 32

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Answer 33

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Answer 34

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Answer 35

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Answer 36

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Answer 37

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Answer 38

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Answer 39

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Answer 40

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Answer 41

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Answer 42

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Answer 43

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Answer 44

well abbie but yeah

Answer 45

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Answer 46

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Answer 47

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Answer 48

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Answer 49

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Answer 50

Hey, You guys Come chat in English Chat. :)

Answer 51

English chat?

Answer 52

I don't know how to do that ):

Answer 53

Go to that bottom right thing and click english

Answer 54

Do you have to be on a Computer ?

Answer 55

Yeah It's on here

Answer 56

Bottom right circle thing

Answer 57

I think I got it