English 1102 - English Composition II » Spring 2022 » Fiction Quiz 1

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Question #1
Which of the following is NOT an assumption the narrator makes about blind people?
A.   They use canes.
B.   They have beards.
C.   They do not laugh.
D.   They do not smoke.
Question #2
Which of the following is true of the narrator’s wife’s history?
A.   She tried to commit suicide.
B.   She wrote short stories.
C.   She used to work as a maid.
D.   She had divorced two men before she married the narrator.
Question #3
The narrator’s wife met Robert after she did which of the following?
A.   helped him cross the road
B.   sat next to him on an airplane
C.   joined Alcoholics Anonymous at the same time that he did
D.   answered a “Help Wanted” ad
Question #4
Robert is characterized by which of the following?
A.   his nervousness and anxiety
B.   his tendency to prejudge people and situations
C.   his interest in and openness to the world around him
D.   his bitterness about his blindness
Question #5
Which of the following happens while Robert and the narrator are talking about the cathedral?
A.   Robert asks for silence so he can draw well.
B.   Robert asks the narrator to get a pen and paper to draw a cathedral.
C.   The wife corrects some of their mistakes.
D.   The narrator says he would rather go to bed.
Question #6
According to the story, the cathedral building is notable for which of the following reasons?
A.   It expresses the vision of a single architect.
B.   It involved hundreds of workers, laboring over generations.
C.   It could be built in a remarkably short period of time.
D.   It uses only materials local to the cathedral’s setting.
Question #7
Which of the following is NOT a genre of literature according to the book?
A.   Nonfiction
B.   Poetry
C.   Drama
D.   Novel
E.   Fiction
Question #8
Which of the following is NOT one of the subgenres that can be found in all of the genres of literature?
A.   essay
B.   pastoral
C.   satire
D.   parody
E.   romance
Question #9
Which of the following is NOT a tip the book offers for understanding literature?
A.   Take a literary work on its own terms.
B.   Assume there is a reason for everything.
C.   Remember that literary texts exist in time, and times change.
D.   Look deeply at everything because everything is symbolic.
Question #10
A story or tale is usually short, whereas a narrative may be any length from a sentence to a series of novels and beyond.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #11
Match the term with the length of the work it describes. Novel
A.   40,000 words or more
B.   up to 1,000 words
C.   1,000 - 20,000 words
D.   17,000 - 40,000 words
Question #12
Match the term with the length of the work it describes. Novella
A.   1,000 - 20,000 words
B.   40,000 words or more
C.   up to 1,000 words
D.   17,000 - 40,000 words
Question #13
Match the term with the length of the work it describes. Short Story
A.   40,000 words or more
B.   up to 1,000 words
C.   1,000 - 20,000 words
D.   17,000 - 40,000 words
Question #14
Match the term with the length of the work it describes. Short short Story
A.   up to 1,000 words
B.   40,000 words or more
C.   17,000 - 40,000 words
D.   1,000 - 20,000 words
Question #15
Nonfiction and historical fiction are the same thing
A.   False
B.   True

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