The Birds Questions and Answers
What are three examples of foreshadowing in the first six pages of "The Birds"?
What do the birds symbolize in "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier?
What is the setting of the short story "The Birds" by Daphne Du Maurier?
What is the theme of the story "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier?
Identify an external conflict in "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier.
In "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier, what are some details that suggest that an evil force might be directing the birds to turn on people?
What are some gothic elements used in the story "The Birds"?
How do other people react to the birds in the story "The Birds"?
Do you think the scene at the Triggs's foreshadows what will happen to Nat and his family, or do you think they will survive?
In "The Birds," why did the birds attack?
In "The Birds," what is the resolution and the denouement?
How does the writer use language to describe the birds?
In "The Birds" what do the birds symbolize in this story?
What are some internal conflicts of Nat Hocken?
How does the use of personification affect the narration of the story "The Birds"?
In The Birds by Daphne du Maurier, how does Nat describe the birds' behavior after the first attack?
What are some examples of irony in "The Birds" by Daphne Du Maurier?
What is the mood of "The Birds"?
What information do Nat and his wife get from the radio in "The Birds"?
What is the exposition of "The Birds?"
In the short story "The Birds," what do the silent radio and the burning cigarette symbolize?
How is Nat Hocken a hero in the story "The Birds" by Daphne du Maurier?
What are three instances in "The Birds" in which a character behaves ignorantly or endangers themselves or others?
What is a main message that Daphne du Maurier is trying to convey by writing this short story, "The Birds?"
What's the main difference between the film adaptation of The Birds and the original story?
In The Birds, what does Nat's dream foreshadow and what has he failed to do?
What are a list of important symbolic phrases from "The Birds" by Daphne Du Maurier?
What is the meaning of the burning of the cigarette package in the last scene of "The Birds"?
What would be the climax in the book "The Birds"?
What are the cold war references in The Birds short story by Du Maurier?
What are some imagery quotes from "The Birds?"
What is the point of view in The Birds by Aristophanes?
How does personification in "The Birds" reflect on its Gothic genre?
What are the 20 most important quotes (ranked) to know for The Birds short story by Daphne Du Maurier?
According to Nat, what is odd about winter so far this year? What do you think the description of the cold and black ground early in the story foreshadows?
What does the author want to suggest about the in the end of her short novel The Birds?
In "The Birds," what are Nat Hocken's struggles, and what motivates him?
What is the setting of Daphne Du Maurier's short story The Birds? What does the author say about council houses?
What solution does Nat come up with for getting rid of the birds?
What is the theme of "The Birds"?
Identify important quotes about survival in "The Birds."
In "The Birds," how do the BBC radio announcements create suspense as the story progresses?
What are five ominous details describing the weather?
What is the metaphor in Daphne Du Maurier's short story The Birds?
In the story "The Birds," how would you describe the narrator of the story and his family?
What kind of person is Nat in "The Birds"?
In The Birds, on December 3, two apparently minor incidents occur—one involving the farmer and the other involving Nat. What are these incidents and how do they foreshadow what the story's conflict will be?
In "The Birds," what does the radio announcement say is happening?
In The Birds, how does Jim react to the birds?
Complete the ending of the story "The Birds" and also come up with a unique reason why the birds acted that way. Include a simile or a metaphor, 1 personification, 1 flashback, 1 ironical element.
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