Anne of Green Gables

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? Josie Pye Cordelia Montemorency Marilla Cuthbert Rachel Lynde

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"? Tennyson's "Elaine" Malory's "Morte D'Arthur" White's "The Once and Future King" Eliot's "The Wasteland"

10. How was L.M. Montgomery inspired to write "Anne of Green Gables"? She wanted to create a novel based on her extensive childhood journals about Prince Edward Island 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