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The Monkey's Paw Questions with Correct AnswersWhat is the name of the author of "The Monkey's Paw"? Correct
Answer-W.W. Jacobs
EXPOSITION Correct Answer-The beginning. The back story.
SETTING: Place Correct Answer-...inside and around the White family
home, called Laburnam Villa.
SETTING: Time Correct Answer-The main setting of "The Monkey's
Paw" is The story is probably set around the time it was published, in
1902.
...dark and stormy night. Inside things are warm and cheery, with chess,
knitting, and a roaring fire.
India is heard about but not seen in the story.
MAIN CHARACTERS Correct Answer-Protagonist - Mr. & Mrs.
White, Herbert
Antagonist - Themselves, Sergeant-Major Morris, Supernatural
Powers/Monkey's Paw
SECONDARY CHARACTERS Correct Answer-Sergeant Major Morris
The Man with the $$$ - delivers money and bad news
, What point of view is the story told in? Correct Answer-The third-
person narrator can even see inside the characters' heads and comment
on their thoughts, making him omniscient (he knows everything). For
example, this passage allows us to get inside Mrs. White's head:
Mrs. White [...] was very happy at the expense of her husband's
credulity. All of which did not prevent her from scurrying to the door at
the postman's knock, nor prevent her from referring somewhat shortly to
retired sergeant-majors of bibulous [drunken] habits when she found that
the post brought a tailor's bill.
CONFLICT Correct Answer-opposition in a work of drama or fiction
between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the
development of the plot)
Conflict Correct Answer-Character vs. Supernatural/Fate - Does the
monkey's paw really have magical powers that will change a person's
fate?) Does tempting fate always end in sorrow?
RISING ACTION Correct Answer-the series of events after the
Exposition that lead up to the Climax
What country do we learn the monkey's paw comes from? Correct
Answer-The paw comes from India.
Rising Action Event 1 Correct Answer-Mr. White purchases the
monkey's paw from Morris and later makes his first wish for 200 pounds
to pay
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