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56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854a | To Kill a Mockingbird is widely read in which countries schools? | United States | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAs a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is ... |
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854b | What genre of book is To Kill a Mockingbird? | Southern Gothic novel | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAs a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is ... |
56ce31f5aab44d1400b8854c | Some of the central themes of the book are what exactly? | racial injustice and the destruction of innocence | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAs a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is ... |
56d10cda17492d1400aab823 | Which region of America was the novel set in? | Deep South | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAs a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is ... |
56d10cda17492d1400aab824 | What has caused the use of the novel in classrooms to be challenged? | racial epithets | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAs a Southern Gothic novel and a Bildungsroman, the primary themes of To Kill a Mockingbird involve racial injustice and the destruction of innocence. Scholars have noted that Lee also addresses issues of class, courage, compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is ... |
56ce330daab44d1400b88556 | Who gathered impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird from other authors and famous people? | Mary McDonough Murphy | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56ce330daab44d1400b88557 | In which year did British librarians rank To Kill a Mockingbird ahead of the Bible? | 2006 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56ce330daab44d1400b88558 | When was To Kill a Mockingbird made into a movie? | 1962 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56ce330daab44d1400b88559 | When did a play for the book begin to perform every year in Monroeville, Alabama? | 1990 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56ce330daab44d1400b8855a | Who was the director of the adaptation of the movie? | Robert Mulligan | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c4 | British librarians in 2006 ranked the book ahead of what famous volume? | Bible | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c5 | Who wrote the screenplay for the 1962 film? | Horton Foote | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c6 | Who directed the 1962 film? | Robert Mulligan | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56d114b117492d1400aab8c7 | What is Harper Lee's hometown? | Monroeville, Alabama | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nReaction to the novel varied widely upon publication. Literary analysis of it is sparse, considering the number of copies sold and its widespread use in education. Author Mary McDonough Murphy, who collected individual impressions of To Kill a Mockingbird by several authors and public figu... |
56ce3363aab44d1400b88565 | When did Harper Lee pass away? | February 2016 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nTo Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for hersel... |
56ce3363aab44d1400b88566 | What is the only other work Harper Lee published? | Go Set a Watchman | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nTo Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for hersel... |
56d1161117492d1400aab8de | What is the name of Lee's second published work? | Go Set a Watchman | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nTo Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for hersel... |
56d1161117492d1400aab8df | When was the second book published? | July 14, 2015 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nTo Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for hersel... |
56d1161117492d1400aab8e0 | When did Lee die? | February 2016 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nTo Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for hersel... |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858a | Who did Harper Lee become childhood friends with? | Truman Capote | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858c | What year did Harper Lee pack up to go live in New York City? | 1950 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858d | What job did Harper Lee start in New York City? | reservation clerk | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56ce349aaab44d1400b8858e | Which state did Harper Lee spend her childhood? | Alabama | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56d11a1217492d1400aab953 | What year was Harper Lee born? | 1926 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56d11a1217492d1400aab954 | Who was the famous writer Lee became close friends with? | Truman Capote | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56d11a1217492d1400aab955 | Where did Lee attend college? | Huntingdon College | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56d11a1217492d1400aab956 | Where did Lee attend law school? | University of Alabama | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56d11a1217492d1400aab957 | What publishing company bought To Kill a Mockingbird? | J. B. Lippincott | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nBorn in 1926, Harper Lee grew up in the Southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, where she became close friends with soon-to-be famous writer Truman Capote. She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery (1944–45), and then studied law at the University of Alabama (1945–49). While attending c... |
56ce355eaab44d1400b8859e | The first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird was named what? | Go Set a Watchman | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAfter finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled \"Go Set a Watchman\", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s. Hohoff was impressed. “[T]he spa... |
56ce355eaab44d1400b8859f | Who was the editor who got their hands on the first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird? | Tay Hohoff | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAfter finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled \"Go Set a Watchman\", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s. Hohoff was impressed. “[T]he spa... |
56d11b1c17492d1400aab991 | What was the name of the editor who helped Lee finish her book? | Therese von Hohoff Torrey | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAfter finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled \"Go Set a Watchman\", fell into the hands of Therese von Hohoff Torrey — known professionally as Tay Hohoff — a small, wiry veteran editor in her late 50s. Hohoff was impressed. “[T]he spa... |
56ce35b2aab44d1400b885b4 | What ailment did Harper Lee's mother suffer from? | mental illness | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee had lost her mother, who suffered from mental illness, six years before she met Hohoff at Lippincott’s offices. Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird."
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56ce35b2aab44d1400b885b5 | What profession did Harper Lee's father hold? | lawyer | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee had lost her mother, who suffered from mental illness, six years before she met Hohoff at Lippincott’s offices. Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird."
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56d11b8d17492d1400aab997 | Lee modeled the character Atticus after what laywer? | Her father | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee had lost her mother, who suffered from mental illness, six years before she met Hohoff at Lippincott’s offices. Her father, a lawyer on whom Atticus was modeled, would die two years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird."
] |
56ce3631aab44d1400b885d1 | What date did To Kill a Mockingbird begin to circulate? | July 11, 1960 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nUltimately, Lee spent over two and a half years writing To Kill a Mockingbird. The book was published on July 11, 1960. After rejecting the \"Watchman\" title, it was initially re-titled Atticus, but Lee renamed it \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" to reflect that the story went beyond just a char... |
56d11d0f17492d1400aab9bf | How long did Lee spend writing the book? | over two and a half years | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nUltimately, Lee spent over two and a half years writing To Kill a Mockingbird. The book was published on July 11, 1960. After rejecting the \"Watchman\" title, it was initially re-titled Atticus, but Lee renamed it \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" to reflect that the story went beyond just a char... |
56d11d0f17492d1400aab9c0 | What publication's partial reprinting gave the book wide public exposure? | Reader's Digest Condensed Books | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nUltimately, Lee spent over two and a half years writing To Kill a Mockingbird. The book was published on July 11, 1960. After rejecting the \"Watchman\" title, it was initially re-titled Atticus, but Lee renamed it \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" to reflect that the story went beyond just a char... |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88721 | Where is the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird? | Maycomb, Alabama | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional \"tired old town\" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a ... |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88722 | How many years does the story of To Kill a Mockingbird take place? | three | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional \"tired old town\" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a ... |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88723 | How many children does the protagonist, Atticus Finch, have? | two | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional \"tired old town\" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a ... |
56ce623aaab44d1400b88724 | Atticus Finch's children make friends with whom during the story? | Dill | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional \"tired old town\" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a ... |
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f1 | What is the name of the town the story takes place in? | Maycomb, Alabama | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional \"tired old town\" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a ... |
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f2 | In what historical era does the book take place? | the Great Depression | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional \"tired old town\" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a ... |
56d11fcf17492d1400aab9f3 | Who is the main character of the book? | Jean Louise Finch (Scout) | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe story takes place during three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in the fictional \"tired old town\" of Maycomb, Alabama, the seat of Maycomb County. It focuses on six-year-old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), who lives with her older brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus, a ... |
56ce6318aab44d1400b8872d | What was the name of the woman who was allegedly raped in the book? | Mayella Ewell | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nJudge Taylor appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom to the best of his ability. Other children taunt Jem and Scout for Atticus's act... |
56d121d317492d1400aaba27 | What is the name of Atticus' client in the rape trial? | Tom Robinson | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nJudge Taylor appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom to the best of his ability. Other children taunt Jem and Scout for Atticus's act... |
56d121d317492d1400aaba29 | Who stopped the mob by shaming them? | Scout, Jem, and Dill | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nJudge Taylor appoints Atticus to defend Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, Mayella Ewell. Although many of Maycomb's citizens disapprove, Atticus agrees to defend Tom to the best of his ability. Other children taunt Jem and Scout for Atticus's act... |
56ce63f7aab44d1400b88735 | What are the names of Atticus Finch's children in the book? | Jem and Scout | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAtticus does not want Jem and Scout to be present at Tom Robinson's trial. No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony. Atticus establishes that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk—ar... |
56ce63f7aab44d1400b88736 | Where do Jem, Scout, and Dill observe the trial of Tom Robinson? | balcony | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAtticus does not want Jem and Scout to be present at Tom Robinson's trial. No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony. Atticus establishes that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk—ar... |
56d1232217492d1400aaba45 | Where do the three children watch the trial? | the colored balcony | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAtticus does not want Jem and Scout to be present at Tom Robinson's trial. No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony. Atticus establishes that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk—ar... |
56d1232217492d1400aaba47 | What happens to Tom when he attempts to escape prison? | shot and killed | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAtticus does not want Jem and Scout to be present at Tom Robinson's trial. No seat is available on the main floor, so by invitation of Rev. Sykes, Jem, Scout, and Dill watch from the colored balcony. Atticus establishes that the accusers—Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk—ar... |
56ce6488aab44d1400b8873e | Who did Bob Ewell attack during the story? | Jem and Scout | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nDespite Tom's conviction, Bob Ewell is humiliated by the events of the trial, Atticus explaining that he \"destroyed [Ewell's] last shred of credibility at that trial.\" Ewell vows revenge, spitting in Atticus' face, trying to break into the judge's house, and menacing Tom Robinson's widow... |
56ce6488aab44d1400b8873f | What event did Jem and Scout attend right before they were attacked at night? | Halloween pageant | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nDespite Tom's conviction, Bob Ewell is humiliated by the events of the trial, Atticus explaining that he \"destroyed [Ewell's] last shred of credibility at that trial.\" Ewell vows revenge, spitting in Atticus' face, trying to break into the judge's house, and menacing Tom Robinson's widow... |
56ce6488aab44d1400b88740 | Who saved Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell? | Boo Radley | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nDespite Tom's conviction, Bob Ewell is humiliated by the events of the trial, Atticus explaining that he \"destroyed [Ewell's] last shred of credibility at that trial.\" Ewell vows revenge, spitting in Atticus' face, trying to break into the judge's house, and menacing Tom Robinson's widow... |
56d123c417492d1400aaba4b | Who attacked Scout and Jem? | Bob Ewell | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nDespite Tom's conviction, Bob Ewell is humiliated by the events of the trial, Atticus explaining that he \"destroyed [Ewell's] last shred of credibility at that trial.\" Ewell vows revenge, spitting in Atticus' face, trying to break into the judge's house, and menacing Tom Robinson's widow... |
56d123c417492d1400aaba4c | Who rescued Scout and Jem? | Boo Radley | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nDespite Tom's conviction, Bob Ewell is humiliated by the events of the trial, Atticus explaining that he \"destroyed [Ewell's] last shred of credibility at that trial.\" Ewell vows revenge, spitting in Atticus' face, trying to break into the judge's house, and menacing Tom Robinson's widow... |
56ce6635aab44d1400b8874f | What was the name of the police officer who discovered Bob Ewell's body? | Sheriff Tate | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nSheriff Tate arrives and discovers that Bob Ewell has died during the fight. The sheriff argues with Atticus about the prudence and ethics of charging Jem (whom Atticus believes to be responsible) or Boo (whom Tate believes to be responsible). Atticus eventually accepts the sheriff's story... |
56d1255017492d1400aaba75 | According to Sheriff Tate's story, how did Ewell die? | fell on his own knife | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nSheriff Tate arrives and discovers that Bob Ewell has died during the fight. The sheriff argues with Atticus about the prudence and ethics of charging Jem (whom Atticus believes to be responsible) or Boo (whom Tate believes to be responsible). Atticus eventually accepts the sheriff's story... |
56ce67f4aab44d1400b88761 | Harper Lee has stated that To Kill a Mockingbird is not what genre of book? | autobiography | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee has said that To Kill a Mockingbird is not an autobiography, but rather an example of how an author \"should write about what he knows and write truthfully\". Nevertheless, several people and events from Lee's childhood parallel those of the fictional Scout. Lee's father, Amasa Coleman... |
56ce67f4aab44d1400b88762 | What year did Harper Lee's father represent two black men accused of murder? | 1919 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee has said that To Kill a Mockingbird is not an autobiography, but rather an example of how an author \"should write about what he knows and write truthfully\". Nevertheless, several people and events from Lee's childhood parallel those of the fictional Scout. Lee's father, Amasa Coleman... |
56ce67f4aab44d1400b88764 | At what age did Harper Lee's mother die? | 25 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee has said that To Kill a Mockingbird is not an autobiography, but rather an example of how an author \"should write about what he knows and write truthfully\". Nevertheless, several people and events from Lee's childhood parallel those of the fictional Scout. Lee's father, Amasa Coleman... |
56d126c117492d1400aaba94 | What titles did Lee's father maintain at the local newspaper? | editor and publisher | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee has said that To Kill a Mockingbird is not an autobiography, but rather an example of how an author \"should write about what he knows and write truthfully\". Nevertheless, several people and events from Lee's childhood parallel those of the fictional Scout. Lee's father, Amasa Coleman... |
56ce68dcaab44d1400b8876c | Where did Truman Capote live in relation to Lee? | next door | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee modeled the character of Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote, known then as Truman Persons. Just as Dill lived next door to Scout during the summer, Capote lived next door to Lee with his aunts while his mother visited New York City. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imaginat... |
56ce68dcaab44d1400b8876d | What year did Lee and Capote go to Kansas together? | 1960 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee modeled the character of Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote, known then as Truman Persons. Just as Dill lived next door to Scout during the summer, Capote lived next door to Lee with his aunts while his mother visited New York City. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imaginat... |
56ce68dcaab44d1400b8876e | Murders were the base for which story that Capote wrote? | In Cold Blood | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee modeled the character of Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote, known then as Truman Persons. Just as Dill lived next door to Scout during the summer, Capote lived next door to Lee with his aunts while his mother visited New York City. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imaginat... |
56d128d017492d1400aabace | Who was the character Dill modeled after? | Truman Capote | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee modeled the character of Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote, known then as Truman Persons. Just as Dill lived next door to Scout during the summer, Capote lived next door to Lee with his aunts while his mother visited New York City. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imaginat... |
56d128d017492d1400aabacf | What did Lee and Capote write their childhood stories on? | old Underwood typewriter | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee modeled the character of Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote, known then as Truman Persons. Just as Dill lived next door to Scout during the summer, Capote lived next door to Lee with his aunts while his mother visited New York City. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imaginat... |
56d128d017492d1400aabad0 | What term did Capote use to describe Lee and himself? | apart people | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nLee modeled the character of Dill on her childhood friend, Truman Capote, known then as Truman Persons. Just as Dill lived next door to Scout during the summer, Capote lived next door to Lee with his aunts while his mother visited New York City. Like Dill, Capote had an impressive imaginat... |
56ce6aabaab44d1400b88775 | At what age was Lee when a white woman accused a black guy of rape? | 10 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe origin of Tom Robinson is less clear, although many have speculated that his character was inspired by several models. When Lee was 10 years old, a white woman near Monroeville accused a black man named Walter Lett of raping her. The story and the trial were covered by her father's new... |
56ce6aabaab44d1400b88776 | What was the name of the black man who was accused of rape in Lee's town when she was 10? | Walter Lett | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe origin of Tom Robinson is less clear, although many have speculated that his character was inspired by several models. When Lee was 10 years old, a white woman near Monroeville accused a black man named Walter Lett of raping her. The story and the trial were covered by her father's new... |
56ce6aabaab44d1400b88777 | What was the name of the black teenager that Tom Robinson was supposedly based on? | Emmett Till | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe origin of Tom Robinson is less clear, although many have speculated that his character was inspired by several models. When Lee was 10 years old, a white woman near Monroeville accused a black man named Walter Lett of raping her. The story and the trial were covered by her father's new... |
56ce6aabaab44d1400b88778 | Emmett Till's death sparked which political movement in the '50s? | Civil Rights Movement | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe origin of Tom Robinson is less clear, although many have speculated that his character was inspired by several models. When Lee was 10 years old, a white woman near Monroeville accused a black man named Walter Lett of raping her. The story and the trial were covered by her father's new... |
56d12cb517492d1400aabb54 | What purpose did Tom Robinson's trial serve in the book? | display Southern prejudices | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe origin of Tom Robinson is less clear, although many have speculated that his character was inspired by several models. When Lee was 10 years old, a white woman near Monroeville accused a black man named Walter Lett of raping her. The story and the trial were covered by her father's new... |
56d12cb517492d1400aabb55 | Who's death was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement? | Emmett Till | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe origin of Tom Robinson is less clear, although many have speculated that his character was inspired by several models. When Lee was 10 years old, a white woman near Monroeville accused a black man named Walter Lett of raping her. The story and the trial were covered by her father's new... |
56ce6d47aab44d1400b8877d | What two forms of humor are most found in To Kill a Mockingbird? | Satire and irony | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nWriting about Lee's style and use of humor in a tragic story, scholar Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin states: \"Laughter ... [exposes] the gangrene under the beautiful surface but also by demeaning it; one can hardly ... be controlled by what one is able to laugh at.\" Scout's precocious obse... |
56d13b3ae7d4791d00902049 | Lee uses which writing styles to express humor in a tragic story? | parody, satire, and irony | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nWriting about Lee's style and use of humor in a tragic story, scholar Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin states: \"Laughter ... [exposes] the gangrene under the beautiful surface but also by demeaning it; one can hardly ... be controlled by what one is able to laugh at.\" Scout's precocious obse... |
56ce6dabaab44d1400b8877f | Where does Jem trap a fellow peer of school in the story? | church basement | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nCritics also note the entertaining methods used to drive the plot. When Atticus is out of town, Jem locks a Sunday school classmate in the church basement with the furnace during a game of Shadrach. This prompts their black housekeeper Calpurnia to escort Scout and Jem to her church, which... |
56ce6dabaab44d1400b88780 | What is the name of the maid who works in the Finch's household? | Calpurnia | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nCritics also note the entertaining methods used to drive the plot. When Atticus is out of town, Jem locks a Sunday school classmate in the church basement with the furnace during a game of Shadrach. This prompts their black housekeeper Calpurnia to escort Scout and Jem to her church, which... |
56d14361e7d4791d00902051 | How does Scout respond to the audience? | distracted and embarrassed | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nCritics also note the entertaining methods used to drive the plot. When Atticus is out of town, Jem locks a Sunday school classmate in the church basement with the furnace during a game of Shadrach. This prompts their black housekeeper Calpurnia to escort Scout and Jem to her church, which... |
56d14361e7d4791d00902052 | What saves Scout's life? | ham costume | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nCritics also note the entertaining methods used to drive the plot. When Atticus is out of town, Jem locks a Sunday school classmate in the church basement with the furnace during a game of Shadrach. This prompts their black housekeeper Calpurnia to escort Scout and Jem to her church, which... |
56ce6f81aab44d1400b8878b | What genre of book is To Kill a Mockingbird typically called? | Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholars have characterized To Kill a Mockingbird as both a Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel. The grotesque and near-supernatural qualities of Boo Radley and his house, and the element of racial injustice involving Tom Robinson contribute to the aura of the Gothic i... |
56d147d5e7d4791d00902057 | What term did Lee use to describe the town's courthouse? | Gothic | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholars have characterized To Kill a Mockingbird as both a Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel. The grotesque and near-supernatural qualities of Boo Radley and his house, and the element of racial injustice involving Tom Robinson contribute to the aura of the Gothic i... |
56d147d5e7d4791d00902058 | Who does Scout revere above everyone else? | Atticus | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholars have characterized To Kill a Mockingbird as both a Southern Gothic and coming-of-age or Bildungsroman novel. The grotesque and near-supernatural qualities of Boo Radley and his house, and the element of racial injustice involving Tom Robinson contribute to the aura of the Gothic i... |
56ce70aaaab44d1400b8878f | What was the name of the neighbor that Jem speaks too after Tom Robinson's trial? | Miss Maudie | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAs children coming of age, Scout and Jem face hard realities and learn from them. Lee seems to examine Jem's sense of loss about how his neighbors have disappointed him more than Scout's. Jem says to their neighbor Miss Maudie the day after the trial, \"It's like bein' a caterpillar wrappe... |
56d18bcde7d4791d0090205e | What des Jem struggle to understand? | separations of race and class | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nAs children coming of age, Scout and Jem face hard realities and learn from them. Lee seems to examine Jem's sense of loss about how his neighbors have disappointed him more than Scout's. Jem says to their neighbor Miss Maudie the day after the trial, \"It's like bein' a caterpillar wrappe... |
56ce98e7aab44d1400b888bf | When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place? | 1955 | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe second part of the novel deals with what book reviewer Harding LeMay termed \"the spirit-corroding shame of the civilized white Southerner in the treatment of the Negro\". In the years following its release, many reviewers considered To Kill a Mockingbird a novel primarily concerned wi... |
56d198dce7d4791d0090206f | Many reviewers consider the second part of the book to be about what issue? | race relations | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe second part of the novel deals with what book reviewer Harding LeMay termed \"the spirit-corroding shame of the civilized white Southerner in the treatment of the Negro\". In the years following its release, many reviewers considered To Kill a Mockingbird a novel primarily concerned wi... |
56ce996caab44d1400b888c1 | The main jurors in Tom Robinson's trial were all which race? | white | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholar Patrick Chura, who suggests Emmett Till was a model for Tom Robinson, enumerates the injustices endured by the fictional Tom that Till also faced. Chura notes the icon of the black rapist causing harm to the representation of the \"mythologized vulnerable and sacred Southern womanh... |
56ce996caab44d1400b888c2 | How did Tom Robinson die in the novel? | shot seventeen times | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholar Patrick Chura, who suggests Emmett Till was a model for Tom Robinson, enumerates the injustices endured by the fictional Tom that Till also faced. Chura notes the icon of the black rapist causing harm to the representation of the \"mythologized vulnerable and sacred Southern womanh... |
56d19bdee7d4791d00902073 | At the time of the novel's setting, what punishment was often received by black males for percieved sexual contact with a white woman? | death | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholar Patrick Chura, who suggests Emmett Till was a model for Tom Robinson, enumerates the injustices endured by the fictional Tom that Till also faced. Chura notes the icon of the black rapist causing harm to the representation of the \"mythologized vulnerable and sacred Southern womanh... |
56d19bdee7d4791d00902074 | Who comprised Tom's jury? | poor white farmers | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholar Patrick Chura, who suggests Emmett Till was a model for Tom Robinson, enumerates the injustices endured by the fictional Tom that Till also faced. Chura notes the icon of the black rapist causing harm to the representation of the \"mythologized vulnerable and sacred Southern womanh... |
56d19bdee7d4791d00902075 | How many times was Tom shot? | seventeen | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholar Patrick Chura, who suggests Emmett Till was a model for Tom Robinson, enumerates the injustices endured by the fictional Tom that Till also faced. Chura notes the icon of the black rapist causing harm to the representation of the \"mythologized vulnerable and sacred Southern womanh... |
56ce99a5aab44d1400b888c5 | Atticus is tasked with killing what animal in the novel? | a rabid dog | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe theme of racial injustice appears symbolically in the novel as well. For example, Atticus must shoot a rabid dog, even though it is not his job to do so. Carolyn Jones argues that the dog represents prejudice within the town of Maycomb, and Atticus, who waits on a deserted street to sh... |
56d19cf4e7d4791d00902079 | What is Atticus shooting the rabid dog symbolic of? | fight against the town's racism | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nThe theme of racial injustice appears symbolically in the novel as well. For example, Atticus must shoot a rabid dog, even though it is not his job to do so. Carolyn Jones argues that the dog represents prejudice within the town of Maycomb, and Atticus, who waits on a deserted street to sh... |
56cf477faab44d1400b88f14 | Who does the cooking at the Finch's house? | Calpurnia | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nIn a 1964 interview, Lee remarked that her aspiration was \"to be ... the Jane Austen of South Alabama.\" Both Austen and Lee challenged the social status quo and valued individual worth over social standing. When Scout embarrasses her poorer classmate, Walter Cunningham, at the Finch home... |
56cf477faab44d1400b88f15 | Who is Atticus Finch's sibling? | Aunt Alexandra | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nIn a 1964 interview, Lee remarked that her aspiration was \"to be ... the Jane Austen of South Alabama.\" Both Austen and Lee challenged the social status quo and valued individual worth over social standing. When Scout embarrasses her poorer classmate, Walter Cunningham, at the Finch home... |
56cf477faab44d1400b88f16 | Who does Scout Tease and humiliate at their house? | Walter Cunningham | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nIn a 1964 interview, Lee remarked that her aspiration was \"to be ... the Jane Austen of South Alabama.\" Both Austen and Lee challenged the social status quo and valued individual worth over social standing. When Scout embarrasses her poorer classmate, Walter Cunningham, at the Finch home... |
56d19e43e7d4791d0090207b | Which author did Lee aspire to be like? | Jane Austen | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nIn a 1964 interview, Lee remarked that her aspiration was \"to be ... the Jane Austen of South Alabama.\" Both Austen and Lee challenged the social status quo and valued individual worth over social standing. When Scout embarrasses her poorer classmate, Walter Cunningham, at the Finch home... |
56d19e43e7d4791d0090207c | Both authors valued what over social standing? | individual worth | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nIn a 1964 interview, Lee remarked that her aspiration was \"to be ... the Jane Austen of South Alabama.\" Both Austen and Lee challenged the social status quo and valued individual worth over social standing. When Scout embarrasses her poorer classmate, Walter Cunningham, at the Finch home... |
56cf48feaab44d1400b88f36 | Are the Ewell's considered rich or poor? | poor | [
"To_Kill_a_Mockingbird\n\nScholars argue that Lee's approach to class and race was more complex \"than ascribing racial prejudice primarily to 'poor white trash' ... Lee demonstrates how issues of gender and class intensify prejudice, silence the voices that might challenge the existing order, and greatly complicat... |
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