Anne of Green Gables

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1. In what year was "Anne of Green Gables" published? 1911 1897 1920 1908

2. In the novel, how does Matthew Cuthbert die? He dies of a heart attack in the field where he was bringing the cows home He does not die He dies of a heart attack just after giving Anne her blue dress He collapses in the doorway of Green Gables after receiving bad news from the bank

3. Of the many virtues Anne emphasizes throughout the novel, what is the most important and fulfilling? imagination intelligence beauty grace

4. Where is the real Green Gables? Halifax, Nova Scotia Cavendish, Prince Edward Island Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

5. What word does Anne use to call the catastrophes and accidents she causes? mortal flaws her lot in life scrapes tragic flaws

6. What does Anne give Minnie May to save her from dying of the croup? ipecac castor oil a purgative liniment

7. The first paragraph in "Anne of Green Gables" illustrates a babbling brook which meanders past the most attentive citizen of Avonlea. What babbling character is the reader introduced to in the beginning of the novel? Cordelia Montemorency Josie Pye Rachel Lynde Marilla Cuthbert

8. What does Anne rename "The Avenue"? "The White Way of Delight" "The Haunted Wood" "Fairy Lane" "Shimmering Lea"

9. What poem do Anne and her friends recite when they dramatize the death of the Lily Maid in the humorous chapter titled "An Unfortunate Lily Maid"? Eliot's "The Wasteland" White's "The Once and Future King" Tennyson's "Elaine" Malory's "Morte D'Arthur"

10. How was L.M. Montgomery inspired to write "Anne of Green Gables"? She wanted to enter a literary contest focusing on Canadian rural fiction She encountered a newspaper article about a couple who wanted to adopt a boy and were accidentally sent a girl instead She had a niece named Anne who had a vivid imagination She wanted to create a novel based on her extensive childhood journals about Prince Edward Island