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Q. Rhett's "swarthy" dark skin:
causes him to be a slave for years.
is presented as the main reason women consider him ugly.
links him to black people, who the novel sees as animalistic and sexual.
is spray-on tan.
Q. Scarlett's tight corset is a symbol of:
her wide reading.
her dainty appetite.
the restrictions placed on women.
the restrictions placed on slaves.
Q. When Scarlett fires Charles's pistol, this symbolizes:
their happy marriage.
their gun-running operation.
that she's more of a man than he is.
that he is continuing to protect her even after death.
Q. The velvet curtains that Scarlett makes into a dress symbolize:
Scarlett's father, who always rode his horse over the curtains.
Ellen, who is protecting Scarlett and who Scarlett is betraying.
Mammy, who always wanted Scarlett to have a nice dress.
Rhett, who helped Scarlett choose the curtains.
Q. Dialect is used in the novel:
to protest the fact that slaves are not allowed an education.
to emphasize that the novel sees black people as uneducated and funny.
to hide dirty words.
in different ways for every different character, to show what region of the country they are each from.