Question

Re-read the opening from "The Angel Intrudes" by Floyd Dell:

[Washington Square by moonlight. A stream of Greenwich Villagers hurrying across to the Brevoort before the doors are locked. In their wake a sleepy policeman. The policeman stops suddenly on seeing an Angel with shining garments and great white wings, who has just appeared out of nowhere.]

The purpose of this opening is to --

Question 1 options:

establish the setting of the play


introduce dialogue to the play


introduce conflict to the play


establish the main characters of the play

Question 2 (1 point)
Re-read the excerpt from "The Angel Intrudes"

ANNABELLE: (tearfully) Facing the facts is one thing and being in love is another.

JIMMY: Quite so. Well, how long do you think your love for me will last?

ANNABELLE: For ever!

JIMMY: H'm! I predict that you will fall in love with the next man you meet.

ANNABELLE: I think you're perfectly horrid.

This exchange uses what literary technique?

Question 2 options:

Irony


Foreshadowing


Flashback


Figurative Language

Question 3 (1 point)
Re-read the excerpt from "The Angel Intrudes"

THE ANGEL: Thank you. I am very thirsty. (Taking the glass.) This is very different from what we have in Heaven. (He tastes it. A look of gratified surprise appears on his face.) And much better! (He drains the glass and hands it back.) May I have some more?

What do the stage directions reveal about the Angel?

Question 3 options:

He is not familiar with some human customs but is excited to try.


He is bored with the adventure but eager to finish.


He is fearful of the unknown but pushes himself anyway.


He is arrogant and thinks he is better than humans.

Question 4 (1 point)
Re-read the except from "The Angel Intrudes"

JIMMY: You are an unscrupulous wretch. If these are the manners of Heaven, I am glad it is so far away, and means of communication so difficult. A few more of you would corrupt the morals of five continents. You are utterly depraved--Here! what are you doing?

THE ANGEL: I am taking off my robes, so as to put on my new clothes.

What theme is revealed by this exchange?

Question 4 options:

People do not always behave how we expect them to behave.


Holding grudges only hurts you.


In times of anger, we say things we do not mean.


Private affairs should be kept private.

Question 5 (1 point)
Re-read the except from "The Angel Intrudes"

[He idly watches the angelic figure walk away, and then stares with amazement as it spreads its wings and soars to the top of Washington Arch. Pausing there a moment, it soars again in the air, and is seen wafting its way over the neighbouring housetops to the northeast. The policeman shakes his head in disapproval.]

[Jimmy Pendleton is dozing in an easy chair before the grate-fire in his studio in Washington Mews. A yellow-backed French novel has fallen from his knee to the floor. It is Anatole France's "La Revolte des Anges". A suitcase stands beside the chair. Jimmy is evidently about to go on some journey.]

[A clock begins to strike somewhere. Jimmy Pendleton awakes.]

The purpose of the stage directions is --

Question 5 options:

To introduce Jimmy's conflict.


To introduce Jimmy's conflict.


To resolve the policeman's conflict.


To signal a transition of setting.

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions based on the excerpts from "The Angel Intrudes" by Floyd Dell:

**Question 1:**
The purpose of this opening is to --
- **establish the setting of the play**

**Question 2:**
This exchange uses what literary technique?
- **Irony**

**Question 3:**
What do the stage directions reveal about the Angel?
- **He is not familiar with some human customs but is excited to try.**

**Question 4:**
What theme is revealed by this exchange?
- **People do not always behave how we expect them to behave.**

**Question 5:**
The purpose of the stage directions is --
- **To introduce Jimmy's conflict.**

Feel free to ask if you need further clarification or assistance!