lit exam
Which of the following is not a character in the film Blade Runner?
Rick Deckard Gaff Rachael, Roy Batty, Harry Bryant, Hannibal Chew, Dave Holden, Leon Kowalski, Taffey Lewis, Pris Stratton, J.F. Sebastian, Dr. Eldon Tyrell, Zhora Salome
Which of the following is not a character in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Rick Deckard John Isidore Rachael Rosen Iran Deckard Pris Stratton Luba Luft Phil Resch Roy and Irmgard Baty Buster Friendly
Who is Buster Friendly in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
This guy is like the superstar of the Earth. He has a radio show and a TV show, and a lot of the main characters watch him. However, as it is, he turns out to be an android as well
According to Desmond and Hawkes, what does the term mise-en-scene refer to?
all elements placed before the camera
Which of the following are prized possessions of replicants in the film Blade Runner?
animals
Who is the first member of the 12th Expedition to die in the novel Annihilation?
anthropologist
What does the term "fidelity" mean when discussing the adaptation of a literary text to film?
carries over essential story elements and core messages
According to Desmond and Hawkes, how is a "long shot" defined?
full human body
What is one of the prominent effects of spores that the Biologist inhales in the novel Annihilation?
he becomes impervious to the psychologist's powers of suggestion and learns that she and her fellows are being programmed to enact a secret agenda on behalf of the Southern Reach, the organization that administers the exploration and study of Area X. These developments turn the biologist into the most unreliable of narrators: Has she stumbled onto a government conspiracy, or has she begun to hallucinate after being infected by the weird growth in the tunnel? Even after her suspicions are confirmed, the idea that she may still be acting on the psychologist's commands heightens the suspense.
What is the most prized reading material in the colonies in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (132)
science fiction
In the novel Annihilation, what does the Biologist describe as "This moment, which I had probably been waiting for my entire life"?
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According to Desmond and Hawkes, how is a "close-up" defined?
"Which shows the full head and shoulders of the character or object in detail"
What happens to the Biologist when examining the words cited above in the novel Annihilation?
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What is the place the Biologist always thinks of "when people ask me why I became a biologist" in the novel Annihilation?
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Which member of the 12th expedition does not cross over the border to Area X in the novel Annihilation?
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In the novel Annihilation, when the Biologist's husband returns home from Area X, how long does it take the authorities to find and remove him?
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Citing Robert Stamm, Desmond and Hawkes see the adaptation of a literary text to a film as a movement from a single-track medium to a multi-track medium. What are the five tracks a film is said to possess?
1. Theatrical Performance (live or animated)2. Music3. Sound Effects (Noise and Silence)4. Words (Spoken and Written5. Photographic Images (Moving and Still)
How long is the life span of a replicant in the film Blade Runner?
4 years
What does a Penfield mood organ do in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
A device which allows you to dial the mood you would like to have.
What detail suggests that Deckard is a replicant at the end of the film Blade Runner?
Deckard has a unicorn dream sequence earlier in the film, and Gaff's silver paper unicorn at the end signifies that he is aware of the content of Deckard's dreams because they're implants... meaning that Deckard is really a replicant.
What does Roy Baty want from Eldon Tyrell?
Eternal Life
Why is J.F. Sebastian important to Roy Baty in the film Blade Runner?
He needs the winning chess moves from him
Which of the following is an important fact about the Biologist's husband in the novel Annihilation?
He's also a Biologist
What is meant by the term "close" when describing the adaptation of a literary text to film?
How close the adaptation is to the film
Who is Wilbur Mercer and why does he matter to the people of earth in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Most people follow his religion and give them hope.
Do members of expeditions ever return from Area X in the novel Annihilation?
No
What is Luba Luft's occupation on Earth in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Opera Singer
According to Desmond and Hawkes, what does an establishing shot do in a film?
Show in long shots and extreme long shots characters and objects in spacial relation to one another within the setting
What is an empathy box in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The empathy box is a way for the few people who are left to reconnect with the majority of humanity who have left.
What do Desmond and Hawkes mean by catastrophe?
The last event also called resolution or denouement)
Citing Robert Stamm, Desmond and Hawkes see the adaptation of a literary text to a film as a movement from a single-track medium to a multi-track medium. What is a literary text's single?
The pretended text -- the words
Where does the 12th Expedition find the following words: "Where lies the strangling fruit that came from the hand..." in the novel Annihilation?
The staircase
Why are animals so highly prized as possessions in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
They are extremely rare.
What roles do androids play in the process of colonization in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
They do the hard work and act as servants.
According to the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, why would someone want to emigrate to a colony?
They would receive a custom built android servant
According to Desmond and Hawkes, what is a montage?
a collection of images
What is one of the things that the Biologist finds in the lighthouse in the novel Annihilation?
journals from past expeditions including her husbands
What is meant by the term "loose" when describing the adaptation of a literary text to film?
most elements in a text are dropped elements of film are substituted
Which of the following was not an animal associated with Rick Deckard in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
only a horse and a frog associated
According to Desmond and Hawkes what is exposition?
sets up the narrative
In the novel Annihilation what best describes the structure the Biologist call the "tower"
staircase
What does the Voigt-Kampff test measure in the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
the Voigt-Kampff test, designed to root out closeted androids by testing their innate sense of empathy.
How does the Surveyor die in the novel Annihilation?
the biologist kills the surveyor
What is the Crawler in the novel Annihilation?
the monster who wrote on the wall and killed the anthropologist
Citing Robert Stamm, Desmond and Hawkes see the adaptation of a literary text to a film as a movement from a single-track medium to a multi-track medium. What are the five tracks a film is said to possess?
theatrical performance, words, music, sound effects, photographic images
What does the Psychologist do to control the other members of the expedition in the novel Annihilation?
triggers via hypnosis
According to Desmond and Hawkes, are literary texts fixed or unfixed? What is it about literature that makes it either a fixed or an unfixed text?
unfixed, the dependency upon the reader to fill in specific details when exposed to implied details
Which of the following is a significant difference between the novel Adaptation and Adaptation directed by Alex Garland:
why area x exists & humanity
