Part 1: Consolidation exercises

1.Write down the words according to the definitions.

1. ____________ to remove all signs of something; to erase

2. ____________ a dark image, shadow, or shape, seen against a light background

3. ____________ to free someone from a debt or punishment

4. ____________ to make known, to disclose

5. ____________ full of hatred

6. ____________ being very fat, in a way that is not healthy

7. ____________ disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury

8. ____________ impossible to get free from, disentangle or undo

9. ____________ a recess in a wall, often made to hold a statue

10. ____________ to dull the luster of something as by exposure to air

2.Fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

1 On the first of the year they mailed her a tax ____________ .

2 They wrote her a formal letter, asking her to call at the office at her __________ .

3 It smelled of dust and ___________—a close, dank smell.

4 They could hear the invisible watch____________ at the end of the gold chain.

5 It was another link between the gross, ____________ world and the high and mighty Griersons.

6 Give her a____________ time to do it.

7 They____________ quietly across the lawn and into the shadow of the locusts that lined the street.

8 The newer generation became the and the spirit of the town.

9 They waited until Miss Emily was____________ in the ground before they opened it.

10 The body had apparently once lain in the ____________ of an embrace.

3.Answer the following questions in short.

1 What is the function of paragraph 2?

 

2 How did Miss Emily behave when her father died??

 

3 In what ways is Emily affected by the shadows of the past?

 

Part 2: Extension exercises

1.Fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

1 They were____________ by the old Negro into a dim hall.

2 A faint dust rose____________ about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the single sun-ray.

3 On a ____________ gilt easel before the fireplace stood a crayon portrait of Miss Emily’s father.

4 She just stood in the door and listened quietly until the spokesman came to a ____________ halt.

5 A few of the ladies had the to call, but were not received.

6 Will you ____________ a lady to her face of smelling bad?

7 Miss Emily met them at the door, dressed as usual and with no ____________ of grief on her face.

8 So she had ____________ under her roof again.

9 Meanwhile her taxes had been____________ .

10 Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the of a head.

2.Answer the following questions in short.

1. What is paragraph 57 about?.

 

2.Why is paragraph 58 so short, only containing one single sentence?

 

3.Explain the theme of death with examples.