slucher english final

(Sonnets) How many Lines is a sonnet?

14

*Which of the following is NOT true of the sonnet? Because of its brevity and discipline, only the most conservative poets use it.* A) Its origins lie in the Middle Ages, in Italian and French poetry. B) The two most popular varieties in English are called the C) Shakespearean (three quatrains and a final couplet) and Petrarchan (one octave and one sestet) sonnets. D) Though most sonnets exhibit a strict rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter, the only absolute rule is that sonnets have fourteen lines.

A (Because of its brevity and discipline, only the most conservative poets use it.)

*How is the plot of a story different from its action?* A) The action is merely the events in a story, whereas the plot involves the way the author recounts the events to shape readers' responses. B) The action of a story does not provide introductory details about the characters in a story, whereas the plot does. C) Action always ends in a climax, whereas plot ends in resolution. D) Fictional plots always have flashbacks and flashforwards, whereas action is always chronological.

A (The action is merely the events in a story, whereas the plot involves the way the author recounts the events to shape readers' responses.)

*Which of the following best describes the crucial difference between drama and the other major genres of fictional prose and poetry?* A) Unlike prose and poetry, drama is written primarily to be performed. B) Drama is midway in length between poetry (shortest) and novels (longest). C) Drama relies completely on its audience to supply its meaning. D) Unlike prose and poetry, most plays do not depend on any printed text at all.

A (Unlike prose and poetry, drama is written primarily to be performed.)

*A theater stage in which the audience sits around three sides of the acting area is called* A) a thrust stage. B) a proscenium stage. C) an amphitheater. D) an arena stage.

A (a thrust stage.)

*What kind of metrical foot accounts for the majority of Wendy Cope's "Emily Dickinson" (quoted in its entirety below)?* Higgledy-piggledy Emily Dickinson Liked to use dashes Instead of full stops. Nowadays, faced with such Idiosyncrasy, Critics and editors Send for the cops. A) dactyl B)spondee C) iamb D) troche

A (dactyl)

(R&J) Which of the following does Juliet NOT say she would rather do than marry Paris? A) Become a nun B) jump from a tower C) be buried alive D) be put in a pit with snakes

A) become a nun

*Why is it important, when first encountering a poem, to consider its title?* A) The title often contains the essential meaning of the poem. B) A poem's title is the poet's first opportunity to shape a reader's expectations. C) Knowing the title and author can establish the identity of the poem's speaker. D) Titles always supply clues to the poem's themes.

B (A poem's title is the poet's first opportunity to shape a reader's expectations.)

*Why did the short story first become a popular genre during the nineteenth century?* A) The industrial revolution shortened the amount of time average people had for reading longer works. B) The rise of periodicals like newspapers and magazines meant that more space was available for publication of short stories. C) Writers like Henry James and Nathaniel Hawthorne popularized the form, and others wished to follow their examples. D) Passengers on short train routes required a genre that could be finished before reaching their destinations.

B (The rise of periodicals like newspapers and magazines meant that more space was available for publication of short stories.)

*Which of the following questions do you need to ask yourself when reading a play that you do not need to ask when you see a play performed live?* A) What are the main themes of the play? B) What does the setting of this play look like? C) Who is the primary antagonist? D) Does this play fit into a recognizable dramatic genre?

B (What does the setting of this play look like?)

*In drama, a foil is* A) the antagonist, sometimes called a villain. B) a character designed to illuminate another character by contrast. C) the heroine in a romantic comedy. D) the leader (or first member to speak) of the chorus in an ancient Greek tragedy.

B (a character designed to illuminate another character by contrast)

*Verbal irony* A) is a subset of dramatic irony (in drama, all irony is dramatic). B) is dialogue that seems to mean one thing but really means something else. C) occurs only when one character is trying to hide a certain fact or event from another character. D) is conveyed entirely by an actor's tone.

B (is dialogue that seems to mean one thing but really means something else.)

*The speaker of a poem is* A) the poet. B) not necessarily the poet. C) the poet's alter ego. D) a stand-in for the reader.

B (not necessarily the poet.)

*"The vacuum cleaner sulks in the corner closet," a line from Howard Nemerov's "The Vacuum," is an example of which of the following figures of speech?* A) simile B) personification C) allegory D) allusion

B (personification)

*The voice that tells an audience a fictional story is referred to as* A) the author. B) the narrator. C) the narratee. D) the protagonist.

B (the narrator.)

(Sonnets) Which is NOT a sonnet form? A) Italian/Petrarchan B) Blank Verse C) English/Shakespearean

B) Blank Verse

(R&J) The actions in the play take place in... A) three days B) Less than a week C) two weeks D) a month

B) Less than a week

(Sonnets) Which of the following is NOT true of traditional sonnet structure? It may be in... A) two parts: an octave (8 lines) and a sestet (6 lines) B) A series of couplets C) Octave and a sestet, which is four lines and a couplet D) three quatrains followed by a couplet

B) a series of couplets

You should end your sentence with a period before using a regular in-text citation (in MLA format) a)True b)false

B) false

(R&J) Who gives Romeo the message that Juliet has died?

Balthasar

(R&J) Whom do the Montagues ask to find out what is wrong with Romeo?

Benvolio

*Why is it important, when first encountering a poem, to pay attention to its form?* A) A poem's form (especially rhythm and rhyme) is what makes a poem fun to read. B) A poem's entire meaning, including its tone and situation, are bound up within its form. C) A poem's form can tie it to generic traditions and help set readers' expectations for what the poem will mean. D) Scanning a poem's form will tell you immediately how long the poem is.

C (A poem's form can tie it to generic traditions and help set readers' expectations for what the poem will mean.)

*How is an antihero distinguished from a conventional protagonist?* A) Antihero is another term for the antagonist, the character who opposes a story's hero (the protagonist). B) The antihero is the protagonist's main foil—a minor character who illuminates the character of the hero by contrast. C) An antihero is a protagonist who does not act in typically heroic ways. D) An antihero is an archaic term for a story's heroine, a female protagonist.

C (An antihero is a protagonist who does not act in typically heroic ways.)

*How do a poem's theme and tone differ?* A) Theme is the poem's situation; tone is the formal shape of a poem. B) Theme is the poem's underlying meaning; tone is its subject matter. C) Theme is what the poem says about its topic; tone is its attitude toward its topic. D) Theme is the poem's subject matter; tone is its argument for the reader.

C (Theme is what the poem says about its topic; tone is its attitude toward its topic.)

*Which of the following describes a flat character?* A) a character who is not very interesting B) a protagonist who feels oppressed by larger forces C) a character who behaves and speaks in predictable, repetitive ways D) a character who represents a specific social or cultural group

C (a character who behaves and speaks in predictable, repetitive ways)

*In terms of a play's setting, "unity of time" refers to* A) the amount of time during which actors are on stage from beginning to end. B) the convention by which a play lasts only a two or three hours, though the audience knows that the events would have taken much longer to unfold. C) a limitation on the play's action to a short span of time, usually no more than a day. D) a technique for dividing the acting area into several spaces, each representing a different time period in the action.

C (a limitation on the play's action to a short span of time, usually no more than a day.)

*What is the rising action of a fictional plot?* A) the life story and character background of the protagonist B) introductory information that allows a reader to understand the conflict C) a series of troubling events that leads to the plot's major conflict D) the turning point of the plot, in which the conflict finds resolution

C (a series of troubling events that leads to the plot's major conflict)

*Which of the following most appropriately defines a story's theme?* A) a general summary of the story's action B) a comparison between one character, action, or setting and some other concept or idea that the audience will recognize C) a story's central idea or message D) a description of the story's subject, often deriving from its title

C (a story's central idea or message)

*Which of the following is the correct definition of a novella?* A) a short work of fiction of 1,000 words maximum, like a fable or parable B) a short work of fiction of about 5,000 to 15,000 words, which can be read in one sitting C) a work of fiction of about 17,000 to 40,000 words, which focuses on one character D) a narrative of at least 40,000 words, designed for reading over several days

C (a work of fiction of about 17,000 to 40,000 words, which focuses on one character)

*What term describes a poem's word choice?* A) expression B) selection C) diction D) articulation

C (diction)

*Which of the following terms describes the time period in which the characters in a play live and act?* A) performance time B) authorial time C) plot time D) unity of time

C (plot time)

*Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind," the first six lines of which are quoted below, is an example of which poetic form?* O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed A) ottava rima B) sestina C) terza rima D) ballad stanza

C (terza rima)

Which is the correct way to cite a quote in a thesis essay? A) "The test is almost over" (Slucher p. 34) B) "The test is almost over." (Slucher, 34) C) "The test is almost over" (Slucher 34). D) "The test is almost over" (Slucher pg. 34).

C) "The test is almost over" (Slcuher 34)

(Sonnets) The conventions of courtly love for a beautiful, unattainable lady do NOT include that... A) love is excruciatingly painful B) love is a religion, the practive of which ennobles the lover C) poetry dies with the poet D) angelically beautiful, virtuous lady rejects the poet's love

C) poetry dies with the poet

(R&J) Tybalt can be characterized by which of the four humors?

Choleric

(R&J) The deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo's punishment can be seen as the...

Climax

*In a dramatic performance, how does the exposition occur?* A) It is stated in the stage directions of the play. B) It is outlined in the dramatis personae, which are printed in the program. C) It is explained to the audience in the introduction. D) It is conveyed implicitly through the play's dialogue.

D (It is conveyed implicitly through the play's dialogue.)

The first four lines of Liz Rosenberg's "Married Love" are "The trees are uncurling their first / green messages: Spring, and some man / lets his arm brush my arm in a darkened / theatre. Faint-headed, I fight the throb." *Why might we call this poem a monologue?* A) The poem records a conversation between a woman and a man in a theater. B) The poem is about isolation and loneliness. C) The poem presents an attempt by a man to imagine a woman's thoughts. D) The poem transcribes a single person's thoughts.

D (The poem transcribes a single person's thoughts.)

*How do symbols function within an allegory?* A) They are unusually hard to decipher. B) They refer to common hallmarks (particular plots, characters, motifs) that appear across cultures. C) They are used again and again, to a different effect with each repetition. D) They set up a series of correspondences throughout the entire work, often for a specific moral or religious purpose.

D (They set up a series of correspondences throughout the entire work, often for a specific moral or religious purpose.)

*The typical structure of a dramatic plot involves which stages in the progression of the conflict?* A) introduction of characters, development of characters, resolution, conclusion B) introduction of conflict, climax, resolution of conflict, conclusion C) exposition of conflict, development of the protagonist's part in the conflict, antagonist's reaction, resolution of conflict, conclusion D) exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion

D (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion)

*What is historical fiction?* A) fiction that was written many centuries ago B) fiction that begins with a real event and then completely rewrites what comes next C) fiction that deals with characters who are historians D) fiction that incorporates real people and events

D (fiction that incorporates real people and events)

*The theme of a play is* A) clearly articulated by one of the characters during the exposition. B) described in the stage directions at the beginning of the work. C) a side-effect of the play's tone. D) inferred by the viewer from the action.

D (inferred by the viewer from the action.)

*From what other genres did the novel originate?* A) poetry and epic B) short stories and novellas C) drama and historical fiction D) prose romances and travel writing

D (prose romances and travel writing)

*What term describes the suggestions provided by the playwright for how to produce and perform a drama?* A) dramatis personae B) proscenium C) dramatic narrator D) stage directions

D (stage directions)

*To understand the situation of a poem, the reader needs to know* A) the speaker's identity and motives. B) the poem's major themes and concerns. C) from when and where the speaker speaks. D) the basic circumstances depicted in the poem.

D (the basic circumstances depicted in the poem.)

*The setting of a story is* A) the structural pattern formed by the plot's events. B) the expository details the narrator presents about the main character. C) the time and place in which the story was first published. D) the time and place in which the story is set.

D (the time and place in which the story is set.)

(R&J) "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?/Deny thy father and refuse thy name?" Paraphrase: A) Romeo, where are you? I wish you were here with me. B) Romeo, listen! Let's ask our fathers to end the feud. C) Why did you come to the party? Your father would not approve? D) Why do you have to be Romeo Montage? Leave your family.

D) Why do you have to be Romeo Montage? Leave your family.

(R&J) "For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo," which is/are... A) end rhyme, making them a couplet B) Blank Verse C) meter known as iambic pentameter D) end rhyme and iambic pentameter

D) end rhyme and iambic pentameter

(R&J) The Prince states that the punishment for any more street fights will be...

Death

The thesis essay may use a combination of verb tenses.

False

You may use contractions in a thesis essay.

False

Your essay title may just be the title of the book/play/story you are writing about.

False

It is acceptable to use first person or second person in academic writing.

False.

(Sonnets) Who is credited with developing the sonnet?

Franco Petrarch

(R&J) The person who fails to deliver a letter is...

Friar John

(R&J) The person who sees the marriage of Romeo and Juliet as a way to terminate the feud is...

Friar Lawrence

(R&J) Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast." The speaker is...

Friar Lawrence

(R&J) "O, happy dagger,/ This is thy sheath. There rust, and let me die." These are the last words of...

Juliet

(R&J) The person who dies of grief is...

Lady Montague

(Sonnets) Who were these original sonnets dedicated to?

Laura

(R&J) "She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes/In shape no bigger than an agate-stone," says...

Mercutio

(R&J) In the play, the person first to be killed is...

Mercutio

(R&J) The person who tells Juliet to forget about Romeo is...

Nurse

(R&J) Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire sick health, Still-waking sleep" are examples of...

Oxymoron

(R&J) Who asks Capulet for permission to marry Juliet?

Paris

(R&J) What impels the apothecary to sell poison to Romeo?

Poverty

(R&J) "With a kiss I die" These are the last words of...

Romeo

(R&J) Who Kills Paris?

Romeo

(R&J) At the beginning of Act I, Romeo thinks he is in love with...

Rosaline

(R&J) Bewilderment, mental pain, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, a pale complexion connect Romeo to...

The courtly love tradition

(R&J) Capulet initially resists Paris's proposal to marry Juliet because he thinks she is...

Too young

Where does the page number go in MLA format?

Top right corner

(MLA) Titles of books and plays are italicized.

True

(Sonnets) T/F: In sonnets, Christian and classical imagery coexist.

True

(Sonnets) T/F: Life is short and art, fortunately, is long.

True

(Sonnets) T/F: Love usually begins at first sight.

True

(Sonnets) T/F: The god of love, Cupid (Eros), is unpredictable, powerful, and cruel.

True

(Sonnets) T/F: The sonnet is a "fixed form" of poetry.

True

(Sonnets) T/F: Traditional sonnets normally use Italian or English rhyme schemes.

True

(Sonnets) T?F: The Prologues to Acts I and II of Romeo and Juliet are sonnets.

True

Each paragraph should contain a quotation from the text you are writing about. (MLA)

True

MLA format includes a header with the writer's name, teacher's name, class name, and date.

True

MLA format is 12-point, Time New Roman, double spaced. (true/false)

True

MLA format requires a running head on each page with the writer's last name and page number.

True

Titles of short stories and songs should have quotation marks around them.

True

Use single quotations inside double quotations to indicate dialogue within quoted text.

True

Your concluding commentary should tie back to your thesis.

True

(R&J) How many acts does the Chorus introduce?

Two

(R&J) Most of the play takes place in...

Verona

(R&J) The prince decides that Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt will be...

exile

Works Cited are indented by ______ and this is called a ________.

half inch; hanging indent

(R&J) Romeo's suicide when Juliet is actually alive is an example of...

irony

(R&J) Friar Lawrence is an expert about...

plants and flowers

(R&J) Romeo's decision to attend Capulet's party is the...

rising action/exciting force

(Sonnets) In between octave and sestet, there is often a shift, a changing of gear, called the...

volta or turn