Literature 6 & 7: The Monkey's Paw & The Woman in Black

Literature 6 & 7:
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& The Woman in Black
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Literature 6 & 7:
The Monkey's Paw
& The Woman in Black

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Literature Test
What to study?
- Literature 1-7 background information
- Literature 1-7 questions (check your answers on Its Learning)
- LessonUps

Mostly multiple choice, some short open questions, some true/false questions

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Literature 6:
The Monkey's Paw

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

1. Take a guess: The story of The Monkey's Paw was written in what year?
A
1602
B
1702
C
1802
D
1902

Slide 4 - Quizvraag

2. Take a guess: True or False "The Monkey's Paw is part of a book full of short stories."
A
True
B
False

Slide 5 - Quizvraag

3. Take a guess: In the Monkey's Paw, the main character gets to do several wishes. How many?
A
2
B
3
C
4
D
5

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

4. Take a guess: True or False "The main character in the book gets a magical paw from an army officer."
A
True
B
False

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

5. Take a guess: The story uses the plot, setting and dialogue to hint at the future. What is this called?
A
Forehinting
B
Foregoing
C
Foreshadowing
D
Foregathering

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

The Monkey's Paw
- 1902 by William Wymark Jacobs
- Short story
- Published in The Lady of the Barge
- Short story collection with horror stories

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Plot
- Set in England in early 20th century
- Mrs. & Mrs. White + their son Herbert
- Sergeant-Major Morris visits
- Army in India got a Monkey's paw
- Three wishes that will come true
- Paw is cursed and wishes will turn out badly

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Plot
- Herbert doesn't believe the paw is real
- Mr. White wishes for 200 pounds to pay his mortgage
- Nothing happens
- Next day, Herbert goes to work
- Later, a man stops by from the company Herbert works for
- Herbert got stuck in a machine and died
- Mr. White gets 200 pounds as financial compensation

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Plot
- Herbert is buried
- Mr. and Mrs. White try to deal with Herbert's death
- Mrs. White pushes Mr. White to wish Herbert back
- Mr. White makes the wish and someone knocks on the door 
- He then thinks Herbert will be a zombie or want revenge
- Mr. White wishes Herbert away again
- Mrs. White opens the door and no one is there

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

Literature 7:
The Woman in Black

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

The Woman in Black
- 1983 by Susan Hill
- In the style of earlier Gothic stories
- Also adapted for theatre, television
   and a movie

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

Plot
- Arthur Kipps, main character, telling a story on Christmas Eve
- Retelling of what happened to him in the past
- As a solicitor (notaris) was sent to Eel Marsh House
- Home of Mrs. Alice Drablow, who had passed away
- Meets Sam Daily, little too interested in him 
- Townspeople get nervous when he asks them 
- Home lies near the coast, road is cut off by water

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

Plot
- Funeral of Mrs. Drablow, Arthur sees a woman in black 
- Mr. Keckwick drives Arthur to the house
- Stays for a few days & sees scary things 
   (a moving rocking chair, child screaming, etc.)
- Speaks to Sam Daily again
- Mrs. Drablow's sister, Jennet, had a child 
- Mrs. Drablow took the child in, but it died in an accident

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Plot
- Mrs. Drablow's sister, Jennet, sees the boy dying in the 
   marshes (moeras) near the house
- 12 years later Jennet dies
- Every time her ghost is seen a child dies
- Arthur returns home, but at a fair (kermis) he sees the ghost
- His wife and son have an accident in a horse carriage
- His son dies immediately and his wife a few months later

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6. Which of the following is not an element of a Gothic novel in The Woman in Black?
A
Unrealistic setting: Eel Marsh House
B
Scary events: ghost of the Woman in Black
C
Sensational plot: Arthur Kipps' son dying
D
Mysterious behaviour: nervous townspeople

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

7. True or False: "The entire story of the Woman in Black is a retelling by Arthur Kipps at Christmas Eve."
A
True
B
False

Slide 19 - Quizvraag

8. Who does Arthur Kipps meet early on in the story, who seems a little too interested in him?
A
Sam Daily
B
Sam Sainly
C
Sam Caitly
D
Sam Maisly

Slide 20 - Quizvraag

9. Who turns out to be the Woman in Black?
A
Mrs. Drablow
B
Jennet
C
Sam Daily
D
Keckwick

Slide 21 - Quizvraag

10. True or False: "Both Arthur Kipps' son and wife die after he sees the ghost of the Woman in Black."
A
True
B
False

Slide 22 - Quizvraag

Check the reader:

Literature 6 & 7:
- Read the background information
- Answer the questions (using the internet)
- Check your answers (see Its Learning)

+ Start studying for the literature test

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