VIEWED AS A THEME/CONCEPT

Minimal Damage

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Here are your quiz four questions. All responses must be comprised of grammatically correct sentences. Your quiz is due to my mailbox by 11:59 p.m. on March 2.

QUIZ QUESTION ONE: CONSIDER H. LEE BARNES'S COLLECTION TITLE _MINIMAL DAMAGE_. THE TITLE IS THE TITLE OF ONE OF THE COLLECTION'S SHORT STORIES, BUT THE TITLE CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AS A THEME/CONCEPT THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE WORK'S STORIES. THINK ABOUT THE MEANING YOU GIVE TO THIS TERM, APPLY IT TO SOME OF THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE STORIES YOU'VE READ IN THE COLLECTION. THEN IN A 6-10 SENTENCE RESPONSE SPEAK TO THE TITLE'S SIGNIFICANCE AS IT APPLIES TO THESE STORIES. 

QUIZ QUESTION TWO: HOW DOES POINT OF VIEW AFFECT THE TELLING OF THE SHORT STORY "GROUNDWORK"? YOU MUST IDENTIFY WHOSE POINT OF VIEW THE STORY IS TOLD FROM IN YOUR ANSWER. YOU MUST ALSO EXPLAIN HOW THIS CHOICE AFFECTS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE STORY'S EVENTS.

QUIZ QUESTION THREE: IN "A PULLING THING" ARE THE CHARACTERS OF KEAGLER AND NORA PATERSON FOIL CHARACTERS (BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF A FOIL CHARACTER PRIOR TO ANSWERING THIS QUESTION. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED HELP.)? BE VERY SPECIFIC IN YOUR RESPONSE. YOUR RESPONSE YOU SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PAST AND PRESENT ACTIONS OF BOTH CHARACTERS.

QUIZ QUESTION FOUR: WHY DOES THE NARRATOR--PATE--OF "SNAKE BOY" BEGIN IN THE PRESENT--PROVIDING A STORY FRAME--RATHER THAN EXPLORE THE EVENTS OF HIS LIFE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER? BE SPECIFIC IN YOUR RESPONSE; CONSIDER THE STORY'S SECTIONS. 

QUIZ QUESTION FIVE: PICK ONE THEME--ANY IDEA THAT INSISTS ITS PRESENCE UPON A WORK--FROM "SNAKE BOY" AND DISCUSS IT IN SIX TO TEN SENTENCES.