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Quiz 5: Character

1. A ________________ is any personage in a literary work who acts, appears, or is referred to as playing a part.

2. True or False? A personage in a literary work must be human.

3. True or False? In Fiction, protagonist is the same as a hero.

4. What is the name of the narrator in "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"?

5. What dance does the narrator try to learn in "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"?

6. What is the specific crisis faced by the young couple in "Good People"?

7. Identify the protagonist (the main character) and the antagonist (who/what facilitates the main conflict of the story) in Wallace's "Good People." Provide thorough explanation for your choice of both. 

8. Identify the protagonist and the antagonist in "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves." Again, provide a thorough explanation for your choice of both.

9. How does "Good People" define "good people"? How does Lane Dean, Jr.'s understanding of what it means to be a "good person" evolve? 

10. In what ways is "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" a story about transition? Also, explain how this story, even with all its "otherness," parallels people and society today?