English Unit 3 study guide

Which sentence best sums up Bontemps's main message?

African Americans were robbed of the rewards due their labors.

Which two of the following true statements best qualify as universal themes? Select two answers.

Appearances do not always reflect reality. Man's nature is inherently flawed.

How does requesting a rose symbolize Beauty's nature in contrast to her sisters' natures?

Beauty's request reveals her unpretentious spirit in contrast to her sisters' greedy demands.

Which of the following best describes the central theme of "Go Down, Death"?

Believers should not view death without hope.

What does the prince in "Beauty and the Beast" mean by the advice he gives Beauty in her dream: "Do not trust too much to your eyes"?

Do not make judgments based on outward appearances only.

"Go Down, Death" is based on a folk song. T/F

False

In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" the butterfly acts as a symbol of lost youth and hopes. T/F

False

In Yeats's poem an old woman remembers her first love. T/F

False

In the story "Quality," the theme of hardships caused by a commitment to quality is explicitly stated. T/F

False

The central conflict of Hawthorne's story is man vs. man. T/F

False

Why does Dr. Heidegger refuse to pursue the Fountain of Youth any more? Select all that apply. He decides that he has no wish to repeat his youthful errors.

He knows that he can't undo the painful consequences of his youth.

In "When You Are Old," the speaker contrasts his love with that of others. What is the main difference he mentions?

His love of her soul in contrast with others' love of her beauty.

Which two of the following themes work together to create the central message of "Beauty and the Beast"? Select two answers.

Inner beauty is more valuable than outer beauty. Surface appearances are often misleading.

Which of the following is not true of a moral?

It most often appears in novels

What is the central message of "When You Are Old"?

Real love should be cherished lest it be lost.

13. Which of the following themes is not explored in "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"?

Science can reveal only partial truths.

In "The Silver Mine" how does the parson's tale shape the king's decision? T/F

Since the parson's story reveals that honest and loyal citizens are more valuable than wealth, the king realizes that he does not need the money he originally thinks he needs.

Though only mentioned once in the story, what important part does the concept of quality play in Galsworthy's short story "Quality"?

Striving for quality leads to the Gessler brothers' downfall because of social changes.

What does Hawthorne's story reveal about his view of man's nature?

The besetting sins that the old friends return to on becoming young again reveal that man's nature is fundamentally flawed.

When considering the narrator's assessment of the last boots Mr. Gessler made for him, which statement best supports the theme?

They are the finest boots that Mr. Gessler has ever made for him.

Identify the example of irony from Bontemps's poem, "A Black Man Talks of Reaping."

Though the speaker sowed wisely, his brother's sons gather the harvest

"A Black Man Talks of Reaping" is an example of persuasive writing. T/F

True

"Beauty and the Beast" qualifies as an allegory. T/F

True

"When You Are Old" presents a view of love similar to that in "Beauty and the Beast." T/F

True

All the men in "Do not go gentle into that good night" experience some sort of regret. T/F

True

Heidegger's four friends return to sins similar to those that ruined them in youth. T/F

True

In "Quality" Galsworthy developed his theme primarily through his characters. T/F

True

The theme of "Beauty and the Beast" is universal. T/F

True

The theme of "When You Are Old" is implicit. T/F

True

Which of the following is not true of universal themes?

Universal themes are less useful than highly specific themes.

The themes of both poems are explicitly expressed. Which idea best relates to the central theme of "The Silver Mine"?

Wealth has corrupting power.

Does Galsworthy sympathize with the Gessler brothers, encouraging his readers to sympathize with them as well?

Yes. He communicates that the brothers' ideals are admirable and he regrets the loss of them.

In the story "Quality" against whom or what do the Gessler brothers primarily struggle?

a growing industrial society

an extended metaphor used to form a story on two levels

allegory

Match each definition or example with the term that best describes it. Answers may be used more than once.

an event in a story that violates normal expectations Correct Answer: situational irony

A reader begins finding a work's theme by

analyzing the characters and conflicts of the story.

"The tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, gray, withered grandsires, ridiculously contending for the skinny ugliness of a shriveled grandam."

dramatic irony

reader awareness of a plot development of which the characters are unaware

dramatic irony

To whom is Dylan Thomas speaking through his poem?

his dying father

By participating in the experiment, Dr. Heidegger's guests finally learn

nothing.

Of what does the poet primarily warn his listener in "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

of dying without a struggle

"I scattered seed enough to plant the land / In rows from Canada to Mexico, / But for my reaping only what the hand / Can hold at once is all that I can show."

situational irony

"He seemed to see the whole community before him, and he pictured to himself how this silver mine would destroy one after another."

symbol

a person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself

symbol

"A Black Man Talks of Reaping" was written during which era of African-American history?

the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s

A literary work's theme is

the central recurring idea of the work.

the meaning of a statement differing from what is expressed in the words

verbal irony