English 102 - Critical Thinking/Lit » Spring 2022 » The Street First Half Reading Quiz

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Question #1
According to Ringo and Kashyap, Lutie's narrative about the Chandlers and her work in Connecticut is what aspect of the Plot?
A.   falling action
B.   inciting incident
C.   rising action
D.   flashback
E.   exposition
F.   denoument
Question #2
Which of the following best describes Lutie's character's motivation?
A.   a desire to leave her past and all its pain behind, fleeing Jim, her father, and the suicide at the Chandler's.
B.   a desire to emulate Benjamin Franklin who is a motivational figure to her.
C.   a desire to protect Bub so that he can grow up healthy and fulfill his potential.
D.   a desire to get work as a singer with Boots' band so that she can make more money
E.   a desire to leave "the street" and to find a place to live that is more fashionable.
Question #3
Which of the following choices could best be argued to be the "inciting incident" of The Street?
A.   Lutie's father's side hustle of making and selling alcohol illegally.
B.   the discovery that the Chandler's money could buy the complicity of the press and turn a suicide into an accident with a gun.
C.   the discovery that Jim has moved a young woman into his and Lutie's home.
D.   Lutie's discovery that her father's girlfriend has been giving Bub gin.
Question #4
What bests explains Lutie's reason for her angry response to Bub's shoe shine initiative?
A.   She wants to provide for Bub and not to necessitate his having to work to help pay for electricity bills, etc.
B.   She knows that the cellar where the shoe shine box was made is a dangerous, and Hellish place.
C.   She does not want him to start on a pathway to subservient and dead end jobs.
D.   She loathes Jones and does not want Bub to spend any time with him.
Question #5
In MLA, how will a the title of a short story appear?
A.   in italics
B.   all caps
C.   in quotation marks
D.   bolded
Question #6
In MLA, how does the title of a novel appear
A.   in quotation marks
B.   bolded
C.   italics
D.   all caps
Question #7
Which woman is Junto obsessed with in The Street?
A.   Mrs. Hedges
B.   Lutie Johnson
C.   Min
D.   Mrs. Chambers
Question #8
In short stories, where do we typically find the main ideas or authorial intention most clearly presented?
A.   the texts present in the short story
B.   the title of the short story
C.   the final section of the short story
D.   the opening section of the short story

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