Final Exam 11 pt. 1

1.

1 point

In A Rose For Emily, Which event actually happens first in the
sequence of Miss Emily’s life?

Miss Emily's father passes away

Miss Emily Rides with Homer Barron

The town paves its sidewalks

Townman place lime around her house

2.

1 point

Which of following is characteristic of Modern Fiction?

symbolism

non traditional values

basic writing patterns

both a&c

3.

1 point

In A Rose for Emily, Why do some townspeople avoid asking Miss
Emily about the smell?

The find it improper to tell her that she smells

It is impossible to reach Miss Emily

They suspect that she committed murder

The smell might come from somewhere else

4.

1 point

Use your knowledge of the greek affix poly- to answer the following question: If a pairing is described as POLYchromatic, what sort of color scheme can you infer it has?

black and white

many, varied colors

several shades of green

all one color

5.

1 point

In The Yellow Wallpaper, Writing is difficult for the narrator because she?

find is hard to keep her writing a secret

is absorbed by her baby

is feeling to weak from an illness

fears a loss of her self-control

6.

1 point

What is an example of Modernism?

The Great Gatsby

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

The Story of an Hour

Winter Dreams

7.

1 point

Give an example of Imagist Poetry

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Road Less Traveled

Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town

The Devil and Tom Walker

8.

1 point

In A Rose for Emily, Miss Emily’s attitude toward her taxes helps
foreshadow her

ignorance of other rules and conventions

teaching of china painting to her neighbors

willingness to disregard the law

inability to keep up with rising cost

9.

1 point

At the end of the story, where does the narrator say that she belongs at night?

on the nailed down bed

outside the road

behind the paper

on the floor against the wall

10.

1 point

Who comes in the end of The Story of an Hour

Her Pastor

Her Son

Her Husband

Her Sister

11.

1 point

Why does Miss Emily stop giving chinapainting
lessons?

Few people can afford to pay her high prices.

Students of the new generation stop attending.

Miss Emily’s kinsfolk persuade her to stop.

The smell in her house chases students away.

12.

1 point

Which reference could best help you determine the meaning of the word corpulent in this sentence?-- The doctor warned my corpulent uncle that if he did not lose fifty pounds in the next year, he would be risking serious health problems.

a thesaurus

a dictionary

a book of quotations

an encyclopedia

13.

1 point

From The Yellow Wallpaper; What does this excerpt tell you about the firstperson
narrator?
“I don’t want to leave now until I have found
it out. There is a week more, and I think that
will be enough.”

She has come to like the house

She is obsessed with the wallpaper

she is afraid John will solve the puzzle

She thinks the wallpaper will cure her

14.

1 point

In the 1900s African Americans moved in masses towards the north, this was referred to as the

mass movement

Great migration

slave freedom movement

freed slave migration

15.

1 point

Before Mark Twain was an author, he was a

Steam Boat Conductor

Army Veteran

Airplane Pilot

Chef

16.

1 point

In The Yellow Wallpaper, what does the narrator’s hiding her
disagreement with her treatment tell you about
the social context of the late 1800s?

Women has better suggestions for their treatment

Women found it hard to accept their illnesses.

Women had to obey their husbands in all things

Women respected only a physician's opinion

17.

1 point

What does Stream of Consciousness mean?

writing to present the thoughts of the past

structure of writing with one theme

structure of writing with more than one theme

writing to present the flow of thoughts

18.

1 point

We read which story by Charlotte P Gilman?

A Rasin in the Sun

The Green Wallpaper

Ethan Frome

The Yellow Wallpaper

19.

1 point

In what year were women given the right to vote?

1925

1919

1917

1926

20.

1 point

In The Story of an Hour, what is wrong with the main character?

Heart Defect

Lung disease

Brain Cancer

Breast Cancer

21.

1 point

In The Yellow Wallpaper; What does this excerpt tell you about the firstperson
narrator?
“But I must say what I feel and think in some
way—it is such a relief! But the effort is
getting to be greater than the relief.”

she still wants to write as much as before

She is starting to get worn down

She has decided to reveal her writing to John

She is considering accepting Johns treatment

22.

1 point

Which syllable of the word malnutrition contains a latin root meaning "bad'?

third

first

forth

second

23.

1 point

Choose the correct word for the sentence:

Your children look very ______

health

healthy

healthful

none of the above

24.

1 point

Chose the correct word for the sentence:

I was _____ tired that I went to bed right away.

extremely

so

very

much

25.

1 point

What was the name of the british ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat?

Abyssinia

USS Charles

Lusitiania

Titanic

26.

1 point

In The Notorious Jumping Frog, who is Dan'l Webster?

The Frog

The Cow

The Narrator

The Dog

27.

1 point

Which word best completes this analogy?

lieutenant: platoon :: principal:

students

highest

school

office

28.

1 point

Which of the following is a characteristic of modern poetry?

Open Form

Iambic Pentameter

couplet

rhyme scheme

29.

1 point

In A Rose for Emily the word that best sums up Miss Emily’s
attitude toward those who try to collect taxes
from her is

bored

superior

puzzles

timid

30.

1 point

In the Notorious Jumping Frog, What is Jim Smileys favorite past time?

Betting

Farming

Hunting

Shopping

31.

1 point

In They yellow wallpaper, The narrator throws the key from the window
so that

no one can get into the room

she can burn down the house

she can get some rest

Jennie will have to knock

32.

1 point

Which prepositional phrase in this sentence serves as an adjective?-- On our last vacation, the transmission on our car broke down in Arizona and left us stranded in the desert.

in Arizona

in our car

in the desert

on our last vacation

33.

1 point

The description of Miss Emily’s house filled
with “dust and shadows” after her death
contributes to the mood of

confusion

comfort

decay

formality

34.

1 point

In The Notorious Jumping Frog who's wife did Jim Smiley bet against?

The bankers wife

The ministers wife

His own wife

The farmer wife

35.

1 point

The word PERIL means "exposure to harm" Which choice is most likely the correct etymology or origin of the word?

from the latin word periculum, which means danger

from the french pere, meaning father

from latin paria, meaning equals

from the middle french word pareil, meaning equal

36.

1 point

What is Dialect?

a form of a language that is spoke by children only

a form of a language that is spoken in theaters

a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area

a form of a language that is spoken in other countries only

37.

1 point

To depict the thoughts which pass through the mind is called

stream of consciousness writing

thought process writing

mind writing

mood writing

38.

1 point

In A Rose for Emily; the townspeople are curious about Miss
Emily because she

refuses to leave her house later in her life

had many suitors when she was young

has a large house with many servants

behaves extremely kindly and generously

39.

1 point

Name a Harlem Renaissance Poet

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Robert Frost

Edgar Lee Master

John Steinbeck

40.

1 point

Which of the following happened during the Harlem Reniassance?

The Jazz Age

World War I

Mass Media

The Great Depression

41.

1 point

Mark Twain wrote?

The outcast of the Poker Flat

The Yellow Wallpaper

The Notorious jumping frog of calaveras county

Ethan Frome

42.

1 point

Modernistic Poetry was brought on by

political development

imagism

all of the above

literary advancement

43.

1 point

In A Rose for Emily, Which of the following phrases best describes
the way that Miss Emily’s father treated her?

with occasional dignity and grace

in an authoritarian yet kindly way

with a great deal of concern for her happiness

in a controlling way that limited her life

44.

1 point

In which period was American Literature most strongly marked by regionalism and realism?

Just after the civil war

just after the American Revolutions

The colonial period

The Jazz Age, The roaring twenties

45.

1 point

In The Yellow Wallpaper, John’s cure for the narrator’s illness is for her to

write down all her feelings

rest and avoid all work

spend all her time outdoors

do only a little house work

46.

1 point

Use your knowledge of the Greek prefix AUTO- to infer the meaning of the word AUTOcracy. What sort of government is an Autocracy?

absence of organized government

a two-party system

a tribal council, cooperative rule

a dictatorship, ruled by one

47.

1 point

What does the woman in the wallpaper tell
you about the social context of the late 1800s?

Husbands could not really love their wives

Women disliked living in houses with wallpaper

Women's sicknesses controlled their minds

Husbands rules made some women feel trapped

48.

1 point

In A Rose for Emily, Miss Emily at her death has “her gray head
propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with
age and lack of sunlight.” How does this
description contribute to the story’s mood?

It stresses the comfort and silence of death.

It creates a timeless sense of loss for the town.

It emphasizes the age and decay around her.

It indicates a feeling of joy surrounding her death.

49.

1 point

What advantages does an internet newsmagazine usually have over a print magazine?

the internet site is better written

the internet site is more accurate

The internet site is more up-to-the-minute

the internet site is more visually appealing

50.

1 point

Chose the correct word for the sentence:

Please be quiet _____ the teacher is talking.

beside

when

while

during