The True Story behind Trifles

Question 1

Hemingway uses to develop the character of the narrator in this passage.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

indirect characterization

Question 2

What does this passage reveal about the narrator?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He is respected by the drivers and by his superiors.

Question 3

What effects does this indirect characterization have on the story? Check all that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It allows the reader to fill in the details.; It develops multiple characters at once.; It allows the action to continue.

Question 4

In Chapter 9, Passini has speeches that are longer than anyone else’s. How does this style help characterize him as the exemplar?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Passini’s questions and logic illustrate that he is expressing his own understanding of war rather than accepted beliefs.

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