Error Log: Literature

Which of the following discovers Stevens’ abandoned vehicle on Thornley Bush Hill?

Dave Thornton

How many resident staff members run Darlington Hall as of July 1956?

Four

For its literary merit, Remains of the Day won the

Booker Prize

What does Stevens emphasize about the servants’ hall in Lord Darlington’s days?

It hosted conversations about world affairs and professional standards

How long does Mr Farraday plan to return to the United States?

Five weeks

Stevens states his disappointment when he learns that which of the following butlers will not be showing up with his employer to Darlington Hall?

Mr Graham

Why does Stevens continue calling Miss Kenton by that name?

He knew her closely only before her marriage

Why does Stevens stop near Salisbury on the road through open meadows?

A hen crosses in front of the Ford

In the banqueting hall conversation with Sir Richard Fox, what does Lord Darlington say the treaty has done?

Made a liar out of him

All of the following attended Darlington Hall in the weeks leading up to the 1923 conference there EXCEPT:

a. Herbert Spencer

b. John Maynard Keynes

c. H. G. Wells

d. Lord Daniels

A. A number of distinguished guests visited Darlington Hall, including Keynes, Wells and Daniels. [74,1]

Mr Lewis’s role in Chapter 2 is primarily to represent

professional cynicism and manipulation

Which of the following states that William Stevens has suffered a stroke?

Mrs Mortimer

According to Stevens, how did his generation differ from his father’s?

It was more idealistic about the moral worth of employers

What does the quiet of Mortimer’s Pond lead Stevens to do?

Reconsider his behavior and ideas

Which distinguished visitor praised the silver on the night of an “off the record” visit?

Lord Halifax

Where does Stevens tell Miss Kenton about Lord Darlington’s regret at firing the two Jewish girls?

In the summerhouse

Which replacement maid does Stevens discuss after recalling the dismissed Jewish employees?

Lisa

What later possibility does Stevens consider regarding the end of the cocoa meetings?

That it may have been a key turning point

After Miss Kenton hears of her aunt’s death, why does Stevens later follow her into the dining room that same day?

Because he has been thinking how to ease her burden

Not long after Stevens arrives at the Taylors in Moscombe, the first villager to drop by is

George Andrews

The anecdote about Mr Spencer and Lord Darlington serves to:

Show Stevens’s ignorance of politics

While speaking to the villagers at Moscombe, Stevens claims to have met all of the following political figures EXCEPT

a. Winston Churchill

b. Anthony Eden

c. Lord Halifax

d. Neville Chamberlain

D. "Excuse me, sir," Mrs Taylor said eventually, "but have you ever met Mr Churchill?" "Mr Churchill? He did come to the house on a number of occasions. But to be quite frank, Mrs Taylor, during the time I was most involved in great affairs, Mr Churchill was not such a key figure and was not really expected to become one. The likes of Mr Eden and Lord Halifax were more frequent visitors in those days.“ [188, 0]

Which of the Moscombe villagers is most interested in Mr Eden?

Trevor Morgan

Which of the following has views most similar to those of Harry Smith?

Sir Leonard

In his conversation with Stevens after the embarrassing episode with Spencer, Lord Darlington praises all of the following EXCEPT

a. Germany

b. Britain

c. the U.S.

d. Soviet Union

B. Germany and Italy have set their houses in order by acting. And so have the wretched Bolsheviks in their own way, one supposes. Even President Roosevelt, look at him, he's not afraid to take a few bold steps on behalf of his people. But look at us here, Stevens. Year after year goes by, and nothing gets better. All we do is argue and debate and procrastinate. [198,5]

As Stevens reflects on the words of Harry Smith, he emphasizes that the most important characteristic in all good professionals is

loyalty

Miss Kenton cries behind closed doors the night that

she receives an offer for marriage

Why does Miss Kenton tell Stevens that she had earlier been foolish?

She got annoyed at Stevens for forgetting she had a date

What tragic news does Stevens share with Miss Kenton during their conversation in Little Compton?

Reginald Cardinal was killed in war

Stevens believes his current decline shows:

Aging and exhaustion

In the evening, what image remains most strongly with Stevens of the day he traveled to Salisbury?

The view of the English countryside

Where did Stevens lead M. Dupont so he could wait for Dr Meredith to attend to his feet?

Billiard Room

Who opens the back door of the Victorian house where Stevens stops in Dorset?

A man in shirt sleeves

What does Stevens do at Mortimer’s Pond?

He sits on a bench and watches the fishermen

What did Lady Astor say about Darlington Hall’s silver?

It was probably unrivalled

The chapter’s treatment of Herr Ribbentrop most strongly creates which kind of irony?

Historical irony, because later knowledge casts earlier admiration in a troubling light

How long does the dismissal interview with the two Jewish girls last?

About three or four minutes

How does Miss Kenton describe the pantry at night?

Like a prison cell

What question does Stevens ask Miss Kenton at the bus stop?

If she is happy

Which of the following was not allowed to sing at the Daughters of the Revolution Auditorium due to racial reasons?

Marion Anderson

Which phrase has become the most famous line of the poem?

“I took the one less traveled by”

George Orwell’ most famous work was

“As I Please”

Elizabeth Bishop attended

Vassar College

Which thinker is mentioned by name in Elizabeth Bishop’s “Questions of Travel”?

Pascal

What point does Thoreau make about ancient architects?

They finished hidden details as carefully as visible ones

At the beginning of the “The Pomegranate Lady and Her Sons,” the narrator is located at:

Mehrabad Airport in Tehran

Kathleen Wall demonstrated that a narrator’s unreliability can be located In the…

narrator’s way of writing

John Steinback characterized his road trip in Travels with Charley as a(n)

Journey of rediscovery

Whom was Audre Lorde MOST committed to elevating in her work?

Black women and queer women

The protagonist of the Epic of Gilgamesh is BEST described as

arrogant and powerful

The places on the journey in Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation are BEST described as

disturbing (features journeys into disturbing locations that appear normal but defy the laws of nature p. 14)

What is the genre of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad?

Bildungsroman

Who is a British novelist of Kazuo Ishiguro’s generation?

Martin Amis

Julian Barnes

Ian McEqan

Salman Rushdie

Jeannette Winterson

Fyodor Dostoyevsky and ANton Chekhov, like Kazuo Ishiguro today, were masters at depicting

Universal human experiences like grief, regret, and loss

Stevens complains that butlers today spend their time (not scheming and competing for status)

Drinking and talking about football

Mr Smith believes dignity is something a person

Achieves through determination

What does Mr. Lewis call Lord Darlington and his associates?

Amateurs

What is unreliable about the narrator in Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl?

She completely fabricates a narrative

Who were the signatories to the Munich Agreement?

Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Galeazzo Ciano

What is The Remains of the Day MOST critical of?

The social order of the landed gentry

Who holds a “bottom-up” understanding of dignity?

Mr. Smith (p. 44)

What does “Questions of Travel” say about our choices?

They are “never free.”

When does the journey in “The Fourth of July” take place?

1947

The literary device that governs Orwell’s analysis of technology, travel and communication in his May 12, 1944 “As I Please” column is

Paradox

All of the following scenes are subjects in Robert Frost’s poetry:

Nighttime travels through woods

choosing a path on a journey

building a wall with a neighbor

raking leaves in the yard

All of the following writers deeply emphasized the social role of the author EXCEPT…

a. John Steinbeck

b. Audre Lorde

c. Elizabeth Bishop

d. George Orwell

c. Elizabeth Bishop doesn’t really talk about expected rules in life…

In “Walking,” Thoreau compares the sky to the faculty of…

Imagination

Which book is the narrator reading near the end of Travels with Charley?

Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer

What states did Steinback travel to in Travels with Charley?

New England

Midwest

Pacific Northwest

California

southern portion

New Orleans

For what titles is Lorde famous for?

“biomythography” Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982)

The Black Unicorn (1978)

Sister Outsider (1984)

A Burst of Light (1988)

The Cancer Journals (1980)

Where was the family denied service in The Fourth of July

Breyer's ice cream

What was a major theme in Lorde's work The Fourth of July?

Breaking silence

How many Pulitzer Prizes did Robert Frost win?

4

When did Robert Frost die?

1963

Samuel Taylor Coleridge helped

begin Romanticism in literature with all the

following

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, along with

William Wordsworth and William Blake (and their

German counterparts, such as Ludwig Tieck,

Novalis, and the brothers Friedrich and August

Wilhelm Schlegel), helped inaugurate one of the

most transformative and influential periods in

literature: Romanticism.

Who claimed that Romantics believed that

poetry was a challenge to civilization?

Adam Nicolson

When did Wordsworth and Coleridge meet?

1795

How many parts are there in The Rime of the

Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor

Coleridge?

7

What year was Bishop's collection Questions

of Travel published?

1965

Questions of Travel is filled with negative

language with direct examples being all of the

following

The initial assessment of the journey is

filled with negative language, mostly focused on

the excessive sensations of their destination: “too

many,” “too rapidly,” “crowded,” “pressure.”

Rather than the physical act itself, what does

Bishop write about in Questions of Travel?

the psychological motivation

It is common to find quotes from _____ in

Thoreau's work.

Chaucer

What Airport did the Pomegranate Lady meet

the Narrator in The Pomegranate Lady and Her

Sons

Mehrabad Airport

How old is the Pomegranate Lady

83

Which novel builds its quest around exacting

revenge?

The Count of Monte Cristo

How did Jack Neighbours die, according to

Stevens in The Remains of the Day?

He was killed in World War II.

All of the following individuals rate as

"gentlemen of indisputable moral stature" to

Stevens

Stevens name-checks, in order, Lord

Wakeling, Lord Camberley, and Sir Leonard

Gray.

Which of the following characters would

MOST strongly advocate for British colonies

to

become their own nations?

Dr Carlisle

Lord Darlington proposes a meeting between

Adolf Hitler and

King Edward VIII

Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World

examines the years immediately after the

collapse of the Japanese Empire

To be “landed,” as Lord Darlington is, means

belonging to

a family with titles dating back centuries

In which war did Stevens’s brother Leonard

die?

the Second World War

What happens when the Mariner first tries to

pray?

His guilt chokes off the words.

What contrast does Orwell draw between

Europe’s Jews and the victims of the Czarist

pogroms?

The victims of pogroms had places to flee;

Nazi victims did not.

What does Anar-Banu hide in her pocket at

the body search?

a pair of ruby earrings

Which pair of works exemplifies travel writing

as an autobiographical project?

Walden and Wild

Why is M. Dupont's clothing MOST notable to

Stevens?

M. Dupont dresses as if on vacation.

Graham MacPhee’s reading casts Stevens as

a man who could never escape a(n)

role prepared for him in advance

Steinbeck says too many aging men trade

their violence for

the promise of a small increase of lifespan

Orwell closes with the warning that, so long

as the world tends toward nationalism and

totalitarianism,

scientific progress helps it along