Quiz A kiss before dying

Quiz A Kiss Before Dying
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Quiz A Kiss Before Dying

Slide 1 - Slide

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When does the story take place?
A
1960s
B
1940s
C
1970s
D
1950s

Slide 2 - Quiz

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What does Leo Kingship's (Dorothy's father) business work with?
A
Diamonds
B
Gold
C
Copper
D
Silver

Slide 3 - Quiz

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How do we find out more about Dorri's life in chapter 1?
A
from letters
B
She talks about her life with her roommate
C
Her father tells us about her
D
Bud brags about her

Slide 4 - Quiz

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Who is Bud Corliss?

Slide 5 - Open question

Dorothy's boyfriend (fiancee) and killer
How did he try to kill Dorothy?

Slide 6 - Open question

by giving her pills that were poisonous
Why does Bud so "gallantly" let the old lady go into the lift before him?
A
He is always trying to charm people
B
That's who he is: gallant and polite.
C
He doesn't want to be seen as a couple
D
He prefers to use the stairs

Slide 7 - Quiz

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Quote:
"Come on, get your last look at the world as an unmarried woman." 

Slide 8 - Slide

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What promise did Bud make to Dorothy while never intending to keep it?

Slide 9 - Open question

That he will marry her
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An act of God, the crazy kind of little thing that was always screwing up perfect plans, - and he had anticipated it. Jesus! He ran a hand over his hair, wishing there were a mirror." 
p57, ch 12
What do you think when you read this?

Slide 10 - Slide

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What effect does it have on you as a reader that it is hard for him to open the door to the outside space on the top floor of the building? (p56, ch 11)

Slide 11 - Mind map

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What is the real name of Mr Dettweiler?
A
Gordon Gant
B
Bud Corliss
C
Mr Kingston
D
Mr Kingship

Slide 12 - Quiz

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How did Bud get the suicide note?

Slide 13 - Open question

by having her translate a few Spanish sentences
How did Bud get Dorothy to the municipal building?
A
It was the prettiest building for a wedding.
B
It was the highest building in the area.
C
They could get the marriage license here.
D
He wanted to propose to her in a special place

Slide 14 - Quiz

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How did Dorothy die?

Slide 15 - Open question

She was pushed off the roof
Who is Ellen?

A
A friend of Dorothy
B
Someone who heard about the death on the news
C
A cousin of Bud Corliss
D
Dorothy's sister

Slide 16 - Quiz

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What details about Dorothy led Ellen to believe Dorothy was getting married?
A
her bag
B
her eyes
C
her clothes
D
her letter

Slide 17 - Quiz

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Who does Ellen visit after arriving at Blue River?
A
Gordon Gant
B
Mrs Arquette
C
Dorothy's grave
D
Cousin Hester

Slide 18 - Quiz

He is one of Dorothy's fellow students whao matches the description of her boyfriend
Who was Ellen's second suspect?
A
Gordon Gant
B
Dwight Powell
C
Mr. Dettweiler
D
Bud Corliss

Slide 19 - Quiz

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Why are Marion's knees shaking at the end of chapter 5?
A
The food she had is making her sick
B
She has a date with her sister's presumed killer
C
Her muscles are aching from running away from Dwight
D
She has fallen in love with the waiter at the restaurant

Slide 20 - Quiz

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How did Dwight Powell prove that he wasn't the killer?

Slide 21 - Open question

He said he loved Dorothy but that she could not have been expecting his baby, because he had been in New York the whole of the previous spring. He does tell her, however that he felt responsible for her suicide. Ellen believes him
Who says: "I'm sick of these college girls (...). You get one of them on your neck (...) and you can't get her off. "
A
Dwight Powell
B
Gordon Gant
C
Bud Corliss
D
Mrs Arquette

Slide 22 - Quiz

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He told her these things with irritation and contempt. This girl with her hands over her mouth in horror and had everything given to her on a silver platter; she didn't know what it was to live on a swathing catwalk over the chasm of failure, stealing perilously inch by inch toward the solid ground of success so many miles away."

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Whose thoughts are in the quote in the previous slide?
A
Dwight Powell
B
Gordon Gant
C
The Dean
D
Bud Corliss

Slide 24 - Quiz

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How was Ellen killed?

Slide 25 - Open question

she was shot
How did Bud first get into contact with Marion?
A
He followed her
B
He ran into her
C
He planned a date with her
D
He called her

Slide 26 - Quiz

He tells her that he was a friend of Ellen's and that he wants to return a book that he borrowed from her. 
What did Bud lie about during his time with Marion and why?

Slide 27 - Open question

his time at Stoddard University (with Dorothy)
Who told Leo Kingship about Bud Corliss?
A
Gordon Gant
B
Mr Dettweiler
C
He found out himself
D
Dwight Powell

Slide 28 - Quiz

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What was the plan between Gordon Gant and Leo Kingship?

Slide 29 - Open question

Confront Bud with everything they know about him inf ront of Marion
Who killed Bud Corliss?
A
Leo Kingship
B
Marion
C
Gordon Gant
D
He committed suicide

Slide 30 - Quiz

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What link is there between the way Bud dies and his experiences in the war?

Slide 31 - Open question

during the war, he relished scenarios in which he exerted power over his adversaries. The moment in which he felt the most power was after wounding a Japanese sniper. Incapacitated and fearing for his life, the soldier wet his pants, prompting Corliss’s simultaneous feelings of disgust and superiority. 

He wets his pants, mirroring the Japanese sniper whom he killed in the Pacific, confirming his powerlessness and cowardice. Unable to stand up straight, he trips off the platform, falling into the molten copper psychopathic tendencies and suggests that he is deeply broken beneath his calm and bright exterior.
What is the ironic significance of copper?

Slide 32 - Open question

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Who says: There were times when being so handsome was a definite handicap .

Slide 33 - Mind map

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What is /are the themes of A Kiss Before Dying?
A
love and marriage
B
greed
C
deceit
D
murder

Slide 34 - Quiz

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Who wrote A Kiss Before Dying?
A
Charles Dickens
B
George Orwell
C
Ira Levin
D
William Shakespeare

Slide 35 - Quiz

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What did we think of the story?
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Slide 36 - Poll

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What do we think of the ending
Stupid
Expected
Alright
Unexpected
Deserved

Slide 37 - Poll

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Give the book a mark between 1 and 10
010

Slide 38 - Poll

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What to do for the rest of the lesson..
We are going to discuss what to expect on your booktest next week

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