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Question 1 The two main characters in the story are brought together by: |
The objective of this activity is to review the main ideas and parts of “Views of an Artist” to test your comprehension of the story.
You will be answering the questions “what” and “why,” but the answers are not written directly in the story. You need to understand the story well in order to answer each question.
Read the questions and choose from the multiple-choice answers provided. You may go back at any time to reread the story if needed by clicking the text icon.
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Question 1 The two main characters in the story are brought together by: |
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The setting and the history of the characters are not defined. All the reader knows is that the action takes place in a crowded room at a silent auction.
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The setting and the history of the characters are not defined. All the reader knows is that the action takes place in a crowded room at a silent auction.
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The reader can tell that it is a silent auction by the presence of sheets of paper beside the works of art and the fact that the participants are moving around a crowded room where food is being served.
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The reader can tell that it is a silent auction by the presence of sheets of paper beside the works of art and the fact that the participants are moving around a crowded room where food is being served. |
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Question 2 What is Ellen’s main preoccupation at the beginning of the story?
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Ellen’s main preoccupation is winning the bid for an oil painting.
b Ellen’s main preoccupation is eating as many of the hors d’oeuvres as possible. c Ellen’s main preoccupation is finding out the identity of the woman in black. d Ellen’s main preoccupation is selling her oil painting for a high price. |
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From the beginning of the story, Ellen is obsessed with obtaining the painting and preventing others from seeing or expressing interest in it.
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While Ellen observes another person eating the hors d’oeuvres, there is no mention of her interest in eating them herself. She is too preoccupied with the oil painting.
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Ellen is interested in the woman in black but is not trying to discover her identity, only her motivation regarding herself and the oil painting.
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Ellen is not selling a painting; she is trying to purchase one.
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Question 3 What do Ellen and Diane have in common? |
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In fact, Ellen and Diane’s outfits are very different. Ellen is wearing a “tulip-printed” dress with a blue bow in her hair, while Diane is wearing a “neat black dress” and “lacquered red fingernails.”
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The history of the characters is not defined. The reader does not know where the characters come from or why they would be at an auction.
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The history of the characters is not defined. The reader does not know where the characters come from or why they would be at an auction. They could be artists or simply art lovers.
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Although the women initially attend the auction for the art, they become more interested in each other for different reasons. |
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Question 4 What is Diane’s main preoccupation throughout most of the story? |
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Although Ellen thinks that Diane is interested in the same painting as she is, for most of the story Diane’s main interest is in observing Ellen’s odd appearance and behaviour.
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Although Diane does eat a “bacon-wrapped fig,” there is no other mention of her eating throughout the story.
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Although Ellen thinks that Diane is interested in the same painting as she is, for most of the story Diane’s main interest is in observing Ellen’s odd appearance and behaviour.
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The history of the characters is not defined. The reader does not know what motivated Diane to attend the auction.
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Question 5 Why does Ellen change her mind about the painting at the last minute? |
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Since it is a silent auction, Ellen can bid as much as she wants on the painting and, for the duration of the story, she has the latest bid.
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Even though Ellen cannot know what Diane is thinking, she assumes that because she does not place a bid on the painting, it is not worth buying and therefore, she withdraws her own bid.
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Throughout the story, Ellen’s only interest is in the one painting. She does not bid on any others.
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Ellen never speaks to Diane. Her actions are a direct result of what she imagines the other woman to be thinking.
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