English Final
"A&P" is set not too far away from this major American city.
Boston
Information in Hamlet makes it clear that a war has happened and could happen again--- between what two countries?
Denmark/Norway
Which of the following makes the best thesis statement?
Even though marriage is a strong and respected institution in Russia, more and more people are choosing to live together before marriage, despite the cultural pressures.
A "round" character is one who is presented only to give additional details about a scene and to also compliment the main character.
False
A "theme" is an underlying meaning to a story: One possible theme of "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" is that children are inherently evil and bad and incapable of love.
False
A character who is "flat or static" is one who is like Shakespeare's Hamlet: This character grows and changes throughout the play.
False
According to the textbook, poetry goes back about 400 years.
False
Drama is designed to present the "full life story of its characters."
False
Drama never was performed in the church: It was always deemed evil and called, " The work of the Devil."
False
Evidence of the very first theater to exist is around the year 1600 when Shakespeare built a massive structure on the banks of the Thames River in downtown London.
False
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," At a certain part of the trip, the family gets hungry and so they stop at a primitive McDonald's and order hamburgers and fries
False
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," The son, Bailey, and his mother, the Grandmother have a loving relationship; at different times during the story, he tells his mother, "I love you so much."
False
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," at the end of the story, the Grandmother asks the man at the side of the road, "Could you please change our tire?"
False
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," at the end of the story, the family returns to their suburban home outside of Atlanta, Georgia.
False
In "A Story of an Hour," At the very end of the story, Mrs. Mallard wakes up and she realizes that for the entire story previously, she was simply dreaming.
False
In "A Story of an Hour," Evidence in the story suggests that there is a major war going on and that Mrs. Mallard's husband is involved in a dangerous battle.
False
In "A Story of an Hour," to keep her company, Mrs. Mallard has a canary, two dogs, and two cats.
False
In "A Worn Path," at the beginning of the story, the month of July is clearly identified; there are details in the story about the Fourth of July.
False
In "A Worn Path," there is a car crash near the end of the story and the main character is nearly run down by a large truck.
False
In "A Worn Path," to do her traveling in the story, the main character rides a dilapidated and rickety old bicycle.
False
In "Everyday Use," Dee tells her mother that one thing that she "simply must have" is the color TV--- something that she needs back at college.
False
In Hamlet, there is a drunken woman in Act 1, scene one; Shakespeare uses her for "comic relief."
False
In a play, it is exceptionally rare that one will find a theme.
False
In the short story "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket," the grasshopper is much more desirable and rare than the other insects.
False
The author of "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket," an extermination company is spraying for bugs inside of the elementary school.
False
The narrator--- the person telling the story---- of "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" is an inmate of a prison, looking out from his cold cell.
False
The person telling the story of a poem is the same as the author of the poem.
False
The two samples from the Powerpoint that point to a paraphrased passage that is actually plagiarized featured the name " Kellogg McReynold" and the month and the year was December.
False
When writing about literature, it is desirable to use pronouns such as, "I think that the poem, ' The Bean Eaters' is a good poem that you should read."
False
In Hamlet, what is the name of the king from the northern country who was beaten in a war and the name of the nephew who might try to restart the war?
Fortinbras
In Hamlet, which of the following characters are a common guard at the castle?
Francisco, Marcellus, Bernardo
In "Barn Burning," at the end of the story, what happens to the boy?
He runs into the wilderness
Todays story is called " A Story of an _______"
Hour
Which of the following would be a "red flag" and likely indicate plagiarism?
If the sentence structure is not consistent with the student's abilities, it is probably plagiarism.
Which of these makes the best thesis statement?
In contrast to living in a big city, I enjoy living in a smaller town because I have closer relationships with my neighbors and the pace of life is much healthier.
At the beginning of the story "Everyday Use", where is Mama?
In the front yard
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," what happens to the car, later in the story?
It is crashed
Concerning the " Works Cited" page, which of the following is true?
It needs to be on its own page and arranged alphabetically.
In "A Story of an Hour," which of the following characters are in the story?
Josephine, Richards, Brently Mallard
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," The grandchildren are named:
June Star & John Wesley
Which of the following is a thesis statement?
Knowing a foreign language is a very useful skill that can help one advance in a career, relate better to others, and open one's mind to the ideas of another culture.
Which of these is a thesis statement?
Michelangelo's artwork is powerful because of its strong spiritual undertones.
In "Trifles", which character is accused of murdering her husband?
Minnie Wright
The only poet that is still alive is Billy Collins, he wrote this poem
None of these are correct
"Trifles" is a play that contains ______ acts.
One
In "A Worn Path," what is the name of the protagonist?
Phoenix
What is the name of the narrator in the story "A&P"?
Sammy
In "Everyday Use", which of the following is true about Mama?
She can eat pork liver straight from the pig and she killed a bull calf and hung up the meat.
In "Everyday Use", Which of the following statements best describes Mama's education?
She says that "after the second grade the school closed down."
Which of these makes the best thesis statement?
Some of the major causes behind common diseases in the United States can be traced to three main factors: poor diet, lack of exercise, and smoking.
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," at the beginning of the story, the Grandmother wishes to go to the state of:
Tennessee
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," what is the name of the murderer in the story?
The Misfit
What do you NOT have to document.
The date of the Declaration of Independence
Which of these makes the best thesis statement?
The reasons why I came to the United States to study were to educate myself and then to return to Tunisia to apply my education.
In "Barn Burning," the boy in the story, Sarty, travels with his family; what do they do for a living?
They are sharecroppers
Why do the men in "Trifles" come to the cold house?
They are there to collect evidence.
In "Trifles" while at the house, the men and the women are sometimes together, downstairs. When the men go upstairs, what do the women usually do?
They talk openly and freely
A "proscenium stage" is a picture-frame stage that is like a room with one wall missing; this allows the audience to look inside and watch the play.
True
A simplified definition of analysis is to "break up / separate something up into its parts" while considering how the parts relate to the whole.
True
A thesis statement can be made more specific by listing subtopics. These statements help give your reader a clear idea of what will follow in your essay.
True
A thesis statement is a complete sentence . A thesis statement is not a question.
True
A thesis statement should not directly announce your topic by using phrases such as, "This essay will talk about..." or "I am going to tell you..."
True
A thesis statement states an attitude or opinion on a topic. It doesn't just state the topic, itself. A thesis should not be a fact.
True
According to Perinne's(textbook), when you are writing about a work that has been assigned, you should assume that the audience is familiar with it.
True
According to the textbook, poetry is so universal because "it gives the reader pleasure."
True
Although Hamlet is talked about, he is not physically present in the first scene of the play.
True
An "explication" literally means 'unfolding." This is basically pulling apart a work--such as a poem--word by word OR line by line.
True
At the end of the very first scene, Horatio proposes that he and the guards tell Hamlet that they have seen a ghost!
True
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," when the family is driving around, we find out much later that the Grandmother has a pet cat in concealed in a picnic basket.
True
In "A Story of an Hour," When looking out her bedroom window, Mrs. Mallard sees blue skies and she hears birds singing.
True
In "A Story of an Hour," the male characters, while present, say nothing: rather, the female characters have the only dialogue.
True
In "A Worn Path," there are details and elements in the story to suggest that the protagonist may not be one-hundred percent lucid/sane.
True
In "Everyday Use", toward the end of the story, Dee unsuccessfully tries to take a special quilt with her; Mama will not let her have it.
True
In "Everyday Use," Dee tells her mother that she does not like her old name; she would rather be called, " Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo."
True
In "Everyday Use," When Maggie does not know what to say, she simply says, "Uhnnnh!"
True
In "Everyday Use," we learn from the story that eventually Maggie will marry a man named John Thomas, who has "mossy teeth."
True
In the theater, all aspects of the performance are shaped and supervised by the producer and director.
True
Poetry says "more and says it more intensely than regular language"--- according to our textbook.
True
The word "chronology" speaks of the logic of time or how things are arranged according to time.
True
With the exception of the main character, no other characters in "A Worn Path have names.
True
In "Everyday Use", what kind of injury do we learn that Maggie has that has hurt her self-confidence?
When she was younger, she was severely burned.
The author of "Barn Burning" is:
William Faulkner
When writing a literary essay, which of the following is true?
Write the first draft swiftly without worrying about grammar, diction, sentence structure, and citing sources.
When it comes to "proving your point about literature," which of the following is true?
You must have developed and responsible interpretation of the work.
The most effective way to organize your essay is by -------------------------------.
Your purpose or thesis
Another poem by Shakespeare is titles. "Shall I Compare Thee to _________________?"
a Summer's Day?"
What pet is found dead--- in Trifles?
a bird
In "A Worn Path," The main character gets the same thing from a man as well as a woman. What does she get?
a nickel
In "A Worn Path," which detail is not in the story?
a smoldering fire
At the very opening of Hamlet, where is the action staged and what time is it?
atop the castle/midnight
The high point of a play where everything comes together is known as the play's:
climax
For quotes to be successfully incorporated into a literary paper, it is important to use a ____________________ directly before the quote.
comma
You would be very likely to see a complication/ conflict in or during:
during the "rising action"
What kind of bird is the poem, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, about?
eagle
You would be most likely to find a "denouement" in/ at the ______ of a play.
end
Poems rely on exact word choice as well as exact word placement. Sometimes, however, these words flow from the end of the line such as with this example: "I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox." Which term best describes how this "flow" is uninterrupted?
enjambment
According to our reading, a play can be arranged, usually, into _______ major/main sections.
five
In "Everyday Use", Which of the following best describes Dee? When Dee arrives, she:
gets out of the car in a loud dress and dangling bracelets with a strange man who has a weird beard.
In the story, "A&P," the narrator is very fascinated/ obsessed with:
girls in bathing suits
In "Barn Burning," at the beginning of the story, the young boy's father is on trial for arson; since there is no court house available, the trial happens in a :
grocery store
The setting of the story, "A&P," is inside of an/a:
grocery store
I Hamlet, when Horatio talks to the ghost, what does this apparition do?
it disappears
Oftentimes, a writer can get a good topic sentence for a literary essay by:
looking at a question/ directions itself
The rhythm or "beat" of a poem--- the specific syllabic count-- is classified as:
meter
In "A Good Man is Hard to Find," when the family stops at a restaurant, what pet does the owner have outside?
monkey
Giving human characteristics to non-human things is known as :
personification
The famous first two lines of poetry by Emily Dickinson is: " Because I could not stop for Death / He kindly stopped for me." Which poetical term would best apply to those lines?
personification
For short stories, articles, one-act plays, and poems, you should use__________ to designate these.
quotation marks
The correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry known as:
rhyme
Generally speaking, "imagery" is anything that appeals to the:
senses
In "A Story of an Hour," at the end of the story which of the following is TRUE --- about Mrs. Mallard?
she goes downstairs where she dies.
In "A Story of an Hour," how does Mrs. Mallard deal with her sadness and grief?
she goes upstairs and locks herself up in a room.
In "A Story of an Hour," what "sickness" or physical problem does Mrs. Mallard have at the beginning/ending of the story?
she has heart issues
In "A Story of an Hour," Which of the following details about Mrs. Mallard is true?
she is relatively pretty and middle-aged
In "A Story of an Hour," What bad news does Mrs. Mallard get at the beginning of the story --- that initially upsets her?
she is told that her husband has died.
In "A Story of an Hour," which relative in the story tries to help Mrs. Mallard feel better and cope with her pain?
sister
In Hamlet, when he first appears in the play, Horatio is:
skeptical
What do readers tend to do with long quotations?
skip them
The voice that is "telling the story" of the poem is the:
speaker
The paragraph is to an essay as a _______ is to a poem.
stanza
In "A Story of an Hour," what primitive inventions/ technology does the story feature?
telegraphs and trains
In "Trifles" which of the following key items is NOT an important symbol in the play?
the VCR and TV combination
Dramatic irony is when:
the audience knows something that a character does not.
The "exposition" is likely to happen in a play in/at:
the beginning
In Hamlet, as the play unfolds, a ghost appears that has taken the shape of:
the dead king of Denmark
Pages 711-712 claim that poetry is really about:
the experience
As a general rule in analytical writing, a quotation is used _____________________________.
the purpose of supporting or proving a point.
In "Trifles" what details in the play help you to understand the approximate year that the play was set in?
there is a wood stove, a "party line," and horses
In "Trifles", when the women go to the house, what are they looking for?
things to take to their friend
The very first idea or clue for the meaning of a poem can be found in the:
title
In "A Worn Path," why is the protagonist going to town?
to get medicine for her grandson
The person telling you the story of the poem has an "attitude" which is known in poetical terms as the _______.
tone
Our textbook says that if your essay contains more than ____ percent quotation, "it loses the appearance of a closely knit argument and seems instead merely a collection of quotation strung together like clothes hung out on a line to dry."
twenty
The poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est" is about:
war
In "Trifles" what information does the reader get--- concerning Mrs. Wright's marriage?
when the women talk about her, it seems as though her marriage was not a happy one.
In "A Worn Path", which hardship does the old lady in the story not experience?
wild birds chase her through the forest
William Shakespeare wrote a poem in our textbook about the season of:
winter
This poem features a baby that "cooed and laughed and rocked the pram" to illustrate innocence amidst grief.
"Mid-Term Break"
In this poem, the speaker's father drinks whiskey ; consequently, the relationship is a complicated one.
"My Papa Waltz"
The theme of Fatherhood is covered it which "poem pair?"
"My Papa's Waltz" and "Those Winter Sundays"
The strange line, "My horse must think it queer" shows how this animal is cleverly personified by the poet.
"Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Which of the following critical statements does the textbook say is "the best".
"The name Phoenix symbolizes endurance and persistence."
In "Barn Burning," evidence in the story suggests that the setting is approximately:
1895
In Trifles, how was the murder perpetrated-- in the play?
A rope was used to strangle the victim
This poem uses the symbol of the dinner table and the kitchen, as a metaphor of race relations.
" I Too"
In the story "A&P," What does the worker at the store tell his manager?
" I quit!"
This poem uses a journey in a horse-drawn carriage to symbolize a bigger journey of life.
"Because I Could Not Stop For Death"
In "A Story of an Hour," later in the story, Mrs. Mallard has a change of heart about her bad news and she whispers the line:
"Free, free, free at last!"
"Dropping a mouse into a poem" and "waterski[ing] across the surface of a poem" are impossible actions that push the poet's message in:
"Introduction to Poetry"
Because of a tragic car accident, in this poem a small boy has been killed.
"Mid-Term Break"
