1.What does Shirley Jackson accomplish by using stock characters in "The Lottery" instead of complex characters?
A.Readers meet many different stock characters in "The Lottery."
B.Readers forces on the mysterious plot events instead of the characters.
C. Readers known that each character plays an important role in the story.
D. Readers desire to learn more about each stock character motivations.

Question

1.What does Shirley Jackson accomplish by using stock characters in "The Lottery" instead of complex characters? 
A.Readers meet many different stock characters in "The Lottery." 
B.Readers forces on the mysterious plot events instead of the characters. 
C. Readers known that each character plays an important role in the story. 
D. Readers desire to learn more about each stock character motivations.

cecil_the_weasel · Answer

I'd say B. The characters in "The Lottery" were very generic which made them the secondary focus. Meanwhile, the reader is focused on "What is the lottery for? What are the stones for?"

cookiemonster18 · Answer

2.Which of the following lines from Marge Piercys poem "To Be of Use" best demonstrates the speaker's view that work is gratifying? 
A."Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust." 
B." Greek amphoras for wine or oil," 
C." The pitcher cries for water to carry" 
D."and a person for work that is real." 

3.Choose the word that best completes the sentence. 

One of the girls left ___tennis shoes in the gym. 
A.her 
B.hers 
C.thier 
D.them 

4.Choose the word that best completes the sentence. 

Matt studied all afternoon with Marcus and 
A.I
B.me 
C.they
D.we

5.Choose the word that best completes the sentence. 

Gabriel and ___ are repairing my father's car. 
A.he 
B.him 
C.me 
D.us 

I think the answers are 
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.B
5.D
but I'm not sure please correct me if I'm wrong.

angiedoesschool2275 · Answer

Hi! Do you mind posting your questions seperately? There is no need to flood this post. I will gladly help you when you finish, thanks! ^-^

cookiemonster18 · Answer

oh okay, sorry. can we start with #1 and work our way through to #5?

angiedoesschool2275 · Answer

Of course! I believe in leading you to the answer rather than just handing it to you so you can understand the topic more :3

angiedoesschool2275 · Answer

Just close this question and make a new post :3

cookiemonster18 · Answer

Okay that will help. So for #1 I came up with B,because at first I thought it was A or C but someone said no,that aurthor is looking for the action not the characters and etc so it was either B or D and I'm guessing B since it speaks on mystery which talk about an action and not the character. So am I correct? :)

cookiemonster18 · Answer

Okay. I'll tag you to the new one

angiedoesschool2275 · Answer

Okay!