In answering your question, please be sure to refer to or use at least one piece of textual evidence (either quoted with a page number, or just referenced by a page number).

Limit your answer to no more than 100 words.

WEEK FOUR: Quaker City

1) Why might Lippard include the footnote "No reader who wishes to understand this story in all its details will fail to peruse this chapter" for chapter six?

2) How are men and women portrayed in Quaker City thus far? Does Lippard seem to favor one sex over the other?

3) There are two main love plots so far in Quaker City: Lorrimer/Mary and Fitz-Cowles. Why might Lippard feel the need to include two plots rather than one?

4) Take some time to look closely at the descriptions of the characters in this section of Quaker City. Why might Lippard choose to describe people in the way that he does? Pay particular attention to the descriptions of Devil Bug on pages 327-328 and Lorrimer on pages 389-390.

5) Control is a central issue for Lippard. Pick a character who exercises control and explain how they do it.

6) In the extended seduction scene between Lorrimer and Mary in chapter thirteen of Quaker City, what strategies and forms of rhetoric does Lorrimer use to seduce Mary?

7) What evidence do you find in this section which might allow you to argue that Quaker City is more salacious and titillating than strictly edifying (as Lippard has claimed in his Preface)?

Submit your question and answer