English 104 - Critical Analysis and Literature » Fall 2021 » Week 2 Quiz

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Question #1
The denotation of a word is:
A.   its literal meaning and its dictionary definition
B.   the feelings or ideas that the word suggests and its emotional association
Question #2
When writing about literature, do not retell the plot or text at length.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Which of the following examples correctly integrates the source?
A.   Dee protests to her mother that her sister does not know the true value of the quilts. “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use” (Walker 490).
B.   Dee protests to her mother that her sister does not know the true value of the quilts; “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use” (Walker 490).
C.   Dee protests to her mother that her sister does not know the true value of the quilts: “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use” (Walker 490).
D.   Dee protests to her mother that her sister does not know the true value of the quilts, “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use” (Walker 490).
Question #4
It is customary to use the past tense when writing about literature.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
Active critical reading involves asking questions about the ________
A.   author, cultural context, and reader
B.   text
C.   author and publisher
Question #6
Titles of books, plays, and periodicals (magazines, newspapers, etc.) should be _______
A.   in bold
B.   underlined
C.   italicized
Question #7
Which of the following examples correctly uses an MLA in-text citation?
A.   "Her experience should finally be viewed not as a final catastrophe but as a terrifying, necessary stage in her progress toward self-identity and personal achievement" (Johnson 523).
B.   Johnson contends that although the heroine seems tormented, she actually finds her interaction with the wallpaper "liberating and redemptive" (523).
C.   On page 230, Gilman's narrator sadly reports that her husband considers her disorder to be just a "slight hysterical tendency."
D.   Dubriwny is concerned that TV reports on postpartum conditions use medical authorities to emphasize "biological causes" rather than "the social context of mothering." (290)
Question #8
Metacognition means:
A.   all of these
B.   thinking about thinking
C.   becoming aware of our higher-order thinking skills
D.   beyond the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought
Question #9
Titles of poems, short stories, and essays should be put in ________
A.   bracket
B.   box
C.   quotation marks
D.   parenthesis

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