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Chapter I: The Ride pp. 1-22
magnate, unmarred, gauntlet, cataleptic, spavine, capacious, apex, abyss, donned, autocrat, indignities, bovine, pervade, rampage, asphalt, patronize, variegated
Chapter II: The Lease: pp. 23-50
wild-catting, toiling, lament, celluloid, exasperating, rotund, ominous, apportion, wrangle, fractional, benevolent, metropolitan, sordidness, bickering, anticline, judiciously, Romanist
Chapter III: The Drilling pp. 51-79
ordained, strenuous, derrick, tract, khaki, unpretentious, joshing, spindly, curlicue, landau, barouche, patronize, threshing, rivet, birching, fraudulent, tarnished, ingenious
Chapter IV: The Ranch pp. 80-107
renounced, fretting, peril, arroyo, Gospel, stow, ravings, incantation, conspicuous, morsel, fornication, calico, anaemic, pretext, equity, jist, prominent, immolation
Chapter V: The Revelation pp. 108-134
gnome, esoteric, bout, rubbish, infidel, cardinal point, dispensation, supersede, yokel, kaleidescope, jabber, spawn, benefactor, crockery, touselled, deputation, carmine, muckymuck, bougainvillea
Chapter VI: The Wildcat pp. 136-164
spiel, probe, demure, consecration, abrogate, remitted, geyser
Chapter VII: The Strike pp. 165-197
latter, stills, speculation, grafter, plying, sentries, personification, sabbath, abound, Pentacostal, full-fledged, breach, throng, denounce, condescend, belligerency, propaganda, impartial, mimeograph exhortation, conferred, goatee, fervor
Chapter VIII: The War pp. 198-217
Puritan, convulsion, villanies, Huns, foibles, exemption, insatiable, ravenous, prevailing, allurement, decorous, Bolshevik, prattling, dissipations, chaos
Chapter IX: The Victory pp.218-238
cantonment, propaganda, foreboding, hosanna, furlough, Bohemians, mercenaries, veranda, stein, allies, censorship, toddle over, tenter-hooks
Chapter X: The University pp. 239-264
deferential, scrutiny, voluble, allurement, prestige, primness, unorthodox, elucidate, indemnity, munificent, repudiate, compel, tirade, subsidize, vermin, invincible, marshalled, apoplectic
Chapter XI: The Rebel pp. 265-290
tacitly, repast, tarpaulin, steerage, balalaika, plumb, cholera, manifold, shunting, contradict, prerogative, locusts, chrysalis, qualm, hob-nailed, oration, badgered, browbeaten, notoriety, rebuke, provocateur
Chapter XII: The Siren pp. 291-315
gusto, cattlepuncher, rhetorical, terminal, vaudeville, inscriptions, chronic, incite, mahatma, aura, elusive, modesty, chastity, till, vindicated, revival
Chapter XIII: The Monastery pp. 316-343
faction, blacklist, orthodox, clamoring, contemptuously, repelled, crenellation, machicolations, luminary, roystering, sinewy, fathomless, bootlegger, ventriloquist, skeezick, codger, clamber, swarthy, orgies, chain mail, profligate, miser
Chapter XIV: The Star pp. 344-376
precarious, enmity, boycott, scant, lagoon, aristocratic, toxin, cordiality, hunkydory, zodiac, gaunt, goy, Yiddish, infringement, harrowing, keen-witted, ascertain, naturalization, incommunicado, habeas corpus, injunction, kike, suffuse, ineffably, scintillating, kleig, ermine, lavished, haughty, degenerate, concoct, odious, insolent, convulsed, caste, loathsome
Chapter XV: The Vacation pp. 377-403
fatuous, discourse, bamboozled, gregarious, wrought, whim, subsidize, geniality, buffoonery, hokum, clandestinely, endowment, shoddy, renegade, wrangling, minx, tempestuous, pageantry
Chapter XVI: The Killing pp 404-426
unventilated, alcove, advocate, exploitation, scheming, connive, farcical, gladiator, emissary, pachyderm, subpoena, fastidious, behest, geologist, feeble, cunning
Chapter XVII: The Exposure pp. 427-453
reputed, inception, sumptuous, proverbial, tabernacle, indignation, collaborator, placard, telepathic
Chapter XVIII: The Flight pp. 454-478
divert, tarry with, palatial, popinjay, indictment, diversion
Chapter XIX: The Penalty pp. 479-499
quizzical, medium, seance, surly, incarnation, eminent, debauch, urchin, coquetry
Chapter XX: The Dedication pp. 500-517
repentance, jollity, expulsion, tangible, haggard, sectarian, bourgeois
Chapter XXI: The Honeymoon pp. 518-548
stammer, sedate, reticent, importunities, vigil, incoherent, bangle, paraplegia, maniacal, fervid, prodigal son
Study and discussion ideas for Oil! by Upton Sinclair:
1. The Harding administration\'s policies enraged Sinclair Lewis. Explain his viewpoint.
2. Critics have noted that OIL is a powerful example of social injustice. Do you agree with this statement? Why? Why not? Support your theories.
3. Sinclair Lewis paints a picture of the early development of the oil industry in southern California. What scandals surprise/alarm you? Discuss the implications of business in 1927 at the time the novel was written.
4. Discuss examples of avarice and corruption.
5. Choose two characters who contribute meaningfully to the story in Oil!. |
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