Read the passage Madame Célestin’s Divorce, and then answer the following question(s).Read the following sentence from the story.“Not a picayune, not one, not one, have I lay my eyes on in the pas’ fo’ months that I can say Célestin give it to me or sen’ it to me.”What is the meaning of the word picayune?

Read the passage Origins of Western Theater, and then answer the following question(s).What was the greatest similarity between a trilogy of tragic plays and the satyr play that followed?

Read the passage Madame Célestin’s Divorce, and then answer the following question(s).Kate Chopin, who wrote during the late 1800s, is known for her feminist writing.How does the author use dialogue to express the theme that women are trapped in their lives by society’s rigid rules and expectations?

Read the passage Madame Célestin’s Divorce, and then answer the following question(s).What is Madame Célestin’s ethnic background?

Read the passage Roughing It, and then answer the following question(s).What is the author’s tone in this story?

Read the passage Origins of Western Theater, and then answer the following question(s).What does the author use to support the suggestions she makes about the meaning of tragedy and the purpose of satyr plays?

Read the passage After Twenty Years, and then answer the following question(s).Why did Jimmy and Bob agree to meet in twenty years?

Read the passage Madame Célestin’s Divorce, and then answer the following question(s).According to Madame Célestin, how do her husband’s words contrast with his actions?

Read the passage Madame Célestin’s Divorce, and then answer the following question(s).Every time Lawyer Paxton sees Madame Célestin, she is wearing a pretty dress and sweeping. Why do you think the author chose to present her in this way?

Read the passage Origins of Western Theater, and then answer the following question(s).Read the following sentence.In The Birds, he satirizes the character of the Athenian people.What is the meaning of the word satirizes?