2. Which of the following quotes from The Call of The Wild best demonstrates a central theme?
He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness.
He saw, once and for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club.
Buck stood...the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill...
The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
3. The quote: "Buck felt vaguely that there was no depending on these two men and the woman. They did not know how to do anything." Is an example of:
Indirect characterization
Direct characterization
Rising Action
Tone
4. "Dat Buck for sure learn queek as anyt'ing" is an example of what?
theme
dialect
point of view
exposition
5. Symbolism is:
how the reader learns when the story takes place
descriptions that appeal to the five senses
the author's attitude toward a subject
when a writer uses one thing to represent something abstract.
Read the quotes, then decide whether or not they are examples of symbolism in The Call of the Wild
6. "That club was a revelation. It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law."
Is an example of symbolism
In NOT an example of symbolism
7. "Buck took up the duties of leadership, and where judgment was required, and quick thinking and quick acting he showed himself superior even of Spitz, of whom Francois had never seen an equal."
Is an example of symbolism
Is NOT an example of symbolism
8. "At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept. On such occasions his elbows were on his knees, his hands clasped above his head as though to shed rain by the hairy arms."
Is an example of symbolism
Is NOT an example of symbolism
Answer the following questions about plot in The Call of the Wild.
9. When Buck joins a wolf pack after Thornton's death, it is part of which plot element in The Call of The Wild?
rising action
conflict
resolution
exposition
10. Buck and Spitz's fight for leadership is part of which plot element?
rising action
conflict
resolution
exposition
