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In “Petrified Man,” Leota saw the Petrified man at a _______________.  

In the Hurston story, “Sweat,” Sykes tries to kill Delia with a ___________.  

What happens when Willy goes to talk to Howard about a New York job?  

Toni Morrison won the ______________ prize.  

The characters in “Drown” break into the _____________ at night.  

In London’s “To Build a Fire,” the main character loses the fire because _______________.  

What theme is the most important to 20th century poets (both mid-century and the modernist)?  Justify your answer.  

Frost’s poetry is emblematic of the Modernist ideal of creating obscure, difficult, academic poetry.  

George Williard was a _________.  

Passage Explication 3: It didn’t stop. The rain came down for hours in alternate waves of storm and drizzle and I very soon had burnt up all the fuel within reach.  No matter.  I stretched out in the coyote den, pillowed my head on my arm and suffered through the long long night, wet, cold, aching, hungry, wretched, dreaming claustrophobic nightmares.  I was one of the happiest nights of my life.