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

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