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

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