ENGL 102 TEST 1

14 May ENGL 102 TEST 1

Question 1 

1. The setting of the story is ironic      because __________.

 

there are parallels   between summer and winning the lottery

 

beautiful summer   day in June is an ideal day to win the lottery

 

a ritual murder   takes place on a beautiful summer (June) day

 

children engaged in   boisterous play are juxtaposed with querulous adults

1.6 points

Question 2 

1. One can conclude from the passage      that ____________.

 

The protagonist   wins

 

The antagonist wins

 

There are no   winners and losers

 

The characters   would begin to question the lottery

1.6 points

Question 3 

1. What human characteristic is      thematized in the excerpt?

 

People do not know   it when they commit evil.

 

Life is not fair.

 

Following   traditions is bad.

 

Rational people can   act irrationally.

1.6 points

Question 4 

1. How the excerpt opens and how it      ends ___________.

 

Offer little or no   surprises

 

Serves as an   example of understatement

 

Is mundane

 

Exemplifies irony

1.6 points

Question 5 

1. How the story opens and how it      ends ________________.

 

Offers little or no   surprises

 

Shock its readers

 

Is mundane

 

Is example of   bathos

1.6 points

Question 6 

1. Pre-eighteenth century men were      rationalists who believed in induction-deduction.

True

False

1.6 points

Question 7 

1. “My love and my Faith,…of all      nights in the year this one must I tarry away from thee.” Who made      this statement?

 

The devil

 

Deacon Gookin

 

Goody Cloyse

 

Goodman Brown

1.6 points

Question 8 

1. Short fiction began in Britain      with Shakespeare, who dealt with fantasy and humor.

True

False

1.6 points

Question 9 

1. “Two nights before the Derby,      she was at a big party in town, when one of her rushes of anxiety about      her boy, her first-born, gripped her heart till she could hardly      speak.”

 

“The Child by   Tiger”

 

“The   Lottery”

 

“Young Goodman   Brown”

 

“The   Rocking-Horse Winner”

1.6 points

Question 10 

1. Read this excerpt from “Young      Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and answer the question that follows:

“Dearest heart,” whispered [Faith], … “pray thee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she’s afeard of herself, sometimes. Pray, tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year!”
“My love and my Faith,” replied young Goodman Brown, “of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done ‘twixt now and sunrise.

Which of the following phrases best explains how Goodman Brown feels about his departure?

 

He is reluctant to   leave his wife, but feels compelled to do so.

 

He is eager to   leave his wife because he feels the wife doubts him.

 

He decides not to   leave because he loves his wife.

 

He departs because   his wife insists that he should leave.

1.6 points

Question 11 

1. Read this excerpt from “Young      Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and answer the question that      follows:

“Dearest heart,” whispered [Faith], … “pray thee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she’s afeard of herself, sometimes. Pray, tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year!”
“My love and my Faith,” replied young Goodman Brown, “of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done ‘twixt now and sunrise.

It may be inferred from the passage that Faith, the wife, is __________.

 

faithless

 

indecisive

 

afraid

 

fickle

1.6 points

Question 12 

1. Pre-eighteenth century      rationalists accepted the validity of reason.

True

False

1.6 points

Question 13 

1. In “The Rocking Horse      Winner,” Paul’s compulsive efforts to satisfy his mother’s insatiable      quest for money finally kill him.

True

False

1.6 points

Question 14 

1. The American author who added an      interest in people’s personalities, emotions, and attitudes to the writing      of short narrative fiction was the

 

Harry James

 

William Faulkner

 

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

Henry James

1.6 points

Question 15 

1. “Young Goodman Brown”      was authored by

 

Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

Flannery O’Connor

 

Shirley Jackson

 

Graham Greene

1.6 points

Question 16 

1. The term used to describe a      situation where the author tells the story using the third person, but is      limited to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us      only what that one character thinks….