Engaging Literature Final

What were the names of the men with The Misfit?

Hiram and Bobby Lee

In "Are You All Right?", the narrator is concerned about his neighbors, who have been cut off from communication by a flood. What are the names of the neighbors?

Arthur and Martin Rowanberry

Berry's story is set in the countryside surrounding a town. What is the name of that town?

Port William

Match the elements of Aristotle's Complex Plot to the correct sequence.

Incentive moment, Rising Action, Peripeteia (Reversal), Anagnorisis (Recognition), Catastrophe

As readers, we remain in the nursery stage so long as we cannot [[1]] between [[2]] and [[3]], so long, that is, as the only possible [[4]] we can pass on a book are two: this I like; this I don’t like.

distinguish, Like, Dislike, Verdicts

Select three of the five possible verdicts Auden states are possible for an adult reader.

1.I can see this is good and I like it;
2.I can see this is good but I don't like it;
3.I can see this is good and, though at present I don't like it, I believe that with perseverance I shall come to like it;
4.I can see that this is trash but I like it;
5.I can see that this is trash and I don't like it.

In fiction, Bildungsroman refers to what kind of story?

a coming of age story

A Bildungsroman story deals with a character’s [[1]] years or [[2]] education.

youth, formative

Select three features of a Bildungsroman story.

•Forced away from home on a journey
•Psychological and moral growth
•Goal is maturity
•Self-discovery
•Conflict with society
•Grand struggle

In the opening half of the novel, prior to his murder, Santiago Nasar and his family meet the bishop who is passing through town.

False

Select one aspect of the theory of Santiago as a salvific figure.

Santiago’s knife wound in the hand

His unjust death

The townspeople blame Angela Vicario for Santiago Nasar’s death.

False

How does Father Amador handle the autopsy of Santiago Nasar?

He performs it incompletely because he has no medical training

What does Bayardo San Román do after returning Angela Vicario to her family?

He leaves town and disappears for years his stigma

How does the narrator attempt to reconstruct the events of Santiago Nasar’s death?

By gathering testimonies from the townspeople

Which of the following is the correct plot sequence for the Comic-U?

Order, Disorder, Chaos, Restoration, Renewal

Select three elements of the Comic-U plot.

Disorder, Chaos, Restoration

Which of the following is present at the end of a Comedy:

Renewal

Willy Loman works as a successful and respected salesman at the beginning of the play.

False

The play ends with Biff following in his father’s footsteps, deciding to become a salesman.

false

What job does Willy’s boss, Howard, give him when he comes into the office?

He fires him

Biff discovers Willy’s affair by finding him with another woman during a business trip.

True

In "Diving into the Wreck," what is Rich referring to when she says, "I put on the body-armor of black rubber"?

a wet suit

As one of the basic elements of fiction, what is the term for "a sequence of events" in a story?

plot

As one of the basic elements of fiction, what do we call the "time frame and physical location" of a story?

Setting

The most important character in a story is called the _________ .

protagonist

As one of the basic elements of fiction, what is the term for the narrator’s perspective on the story’s action?

point of view

As one of the basic elements of fiction, what is the term for a dominant idea that runs the entire length of the story?

theme

In Wiman's poem, what is the meaning of the term "riven"?

split, torn, broken

Freytag's Pyramid is a diagram that helps us in the analysis of poetry.

false

Which of the following is the first part of Freytag's Pyramid?

exposition

The climax of a story in Freytag's Pyramid is always at the very end of the narrative.

false

What are the two principal aims of Gothic stories?

To evoke fear and to explore the darker side of humanity

According to the lecture slides, the Gothic Mode represents fiction that was first popularized in eighteenth-century _______ .

England

According to the lecture slides, Gothic stories include what three elements?

Setting, Character, Plot

Which one of these stories is an example of a Kunstlerroman?

Two Kinds by Amy Tan

A Kunstlerroman story is the story of [[1]] development wherein the [[2]] (the artist, the musician) moves from [[3]] to [[4]].

artistic, protagonist, juvenilia, maturation

According to "Literary Styles in the Bible," ____% of the Bible consists of narrative.

43

According to "Literary Styles in the Bible," ____% of the Bible consists of poetry.

33

According to "Literary Styles in the Bible," ____% of the Bible consists of prose discourse.

24

According to "Literary Styles in the Bible," good stories always have a character who wants something.

true

According to "Literary Styles in the Bible," poetry in the Bible forces you off your familiar path into new territory.

true

According to the video "Literary Styles of the Bible," you don't need to be concerned about the different literary styles that are present in the Bible.

false

What are the three types of narratives mentioned in "Literary Styles in the Bible"?

Historical Narrative, Biographical Narrative, Parables

According to "Literary Styles in the Bible," prose discourse in the Bible forces you to think logically and consistently but it does not necessarily expect you to do anything about it.

false

Literature is a form of creative writing that tells a compelling story about what?

the human experience

All of the best literature ever written is put into a list called what?

literary cannon

According to the lecture slides, which of these three works of literature are considered "canonical" works?

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare's Hamlet, Bronte's Jane Eyre, Miller's Death of a Salesman

Which one of the choices would not be considered a characteristic of "realism"?

Myth

As a mode, Magic Realism gives us a language for talking about ________________ occurrences

Naturual/supernatural

Select three elements that are a part of the “magic” portion of Magic Realism.

Myth, fairytale, dream, faith

Select three elements that are a part of the “realism” portion of Magic Realism.

literal, empirical, data

In Magic Realism, "magic" is concerned with veritas, which means _________.

truth

In Magic Realism, "realism" is concerned with scientia, which means ___________ .

knowledge

What does Wagoner say is his father's kind of garden?

The scrapyard

According to the lecture slides, narrative nonfiction tells a real-life story about real people and ______ .

real events

A memoir is a first-person account of _____________ .

a specific experience in one’s life

The novel is a subgenre of what form of literature?

Prose Fiction

In poetry, the term "assonance" means repeated ______ sounds.

vowel

In poetry, the term "consonance" means repeated ______ sounds.

consonant

Definition of form in poetry

the overall structure or shape of a poem

Definition of Stanzas in poetry

grouped sets of lines within a poem

Definition of lineation in poetry

the way lines are broken, arranged, and spaced on the page

Definition of enjambment in poetry

when a sentence or thought continues past the end of a line without a pause

What is Jack Worthing's primary reason for inventing his "brother" Ernest?

to have an excuse to go to the city

What does Gwendolen say she loves most about "Ernest"?

his name

What is Lady Bracknell's reaction to Jack's proposal to Gwendolen?

she immediately forbids it

Which of the following themes is NOT satirized in The Importance of Being Earnest:

sincere love?

According to the video "The Story of the Bible," Jesus is God become human to be for Israel and for all humanity what we could never be for ourselves.

True

According to the video "The Story of the Bible," humans were made as God's image, which means that they're commissioned to rule the world on God's behalf by harnessing all of its potential and creating even more beauty and order.

True

What is the definition of "triage" provided in Kerstetter's essay?

a process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment

In "Triage," Kerstetter tells a story about a simulated mass casualty scenario. What did he do when a disturbed patient took a hostage?

He “shot” the disturbed patient

Kerstetter states that triage is an accommodation that hasn't changed since what war?

World War 1

According to the video "What is the Bible?", technically, the Bible is...

a divinely inspired library of writings that all tell one unified story leading to Jesus

According to the video, What is the Bible? the Hebrew scriptures are referred to as...

The Tanakh