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According to The Norton Introduction to Literature, stories often use setting to establish mood, situation, and character. Examine the following quotation from Eudora Welty’s short story “Why I Live at the P.O.”: Of course, there’s not much mail. My family are naturally the main people in China Grove. (par. 142) Which of the following does this quotation convey?

Which of the following details is NOT an example of dramatic irony in A Raisin in the Sun?

In which of the following cities do the events of A Raisin in the Sun take place?

What is the structure of the poem “The Ruined Maid?”

  At the end of the play, who is the “leader” of the family?  

  What does Walter Lee do for a living?  

In A Raisin in the Sun, the characters Walter Lee and Mama decide to sell their new house back to the Clybourne community for a profit.

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, upon whose eyes does Puck first apply the love potion?  

  Why did the short story first become a popular genre during the nineteenth century?  

Identify the speaker of the following quotation from A Midsummer Night’s Dream“: Lord, what fools these mortals be.”