A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather pages 614-619

Directions: Answer each question on a separate sheet of paper using a complete sentence and incorporating the question as part of the answer.

1. Summarize the sequence of events leading up to the matinee.

2. Describe Aunt Georgiana in your own words.

3. When and under what circumstances did the narrator live with Aunt Georgiana?

4. What happens to make the narrator realize that “it never really dies, then, the soul”?

5. How does Aunt Georgiana react when the concert end?

6. Did you feel sorry for Aunt Georgiana. (do not answer with a simple “yes” or “no.”) Explain.

7. At one pint, the narrator suggests that it would have been better to have sent Aunt Georgiana back to Red Willow “without waking her.” Do you agree? (do not answer with a simple “yes” or “no.”) Explain.

8. Aunt Georgiana gave up her greatest joy – music – for the chance to marry the man she loved. Did she make the right choice? (do not answer with a simple “yes” or “no.”) Explain.

9. What does Aunt Georgiana mean when she says, “Don’t love it so well, clark, or it may be taken from you”?

10. How are people’s personalities shaped by the environment in which they live?