Title | Quiz 1 Fiction |
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Author | Mary Louise |
Course | american literature |
Institution | Houston Community College |
Pages | 4 |
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Quiz fiction...
Question 1 5 / 5 pts Daisy Miller is the focus of the story "Daisy Miller" and the character that undergoes the most change in perspective. -
True False
Question 2 5 / 5 pts The work of Henry James can be most precisely characterized as -
understated realism psychological realism natural realism dramatic realism
Question 3 5 / 5 pts “Daisy Miller” is known for presenting all characters' points of view thoroughly and objectively. -
True False
Question 4 5 / 5 pts In 1865, industrialized settings were uncommon in literature. -
True False
Question 5 5 / 5 pts "Hills Like White Elephants" is best characterized as both comedy and tragedy because of its fertility/sterility symbolism. -
True False
Question 6 5 / 5 pts
Naturalism is a type of realism that focuses more on the earthly environment. -
True False
Question 7 5 / 5 pts Modernist literature tends to be didactic and give the reader clear moral and social guidance. -
True False
IncorrectQuestion 8 0 / 5 pts When Winterbourne offers to take Daisy to Chateau de Chillon he expects her to be ____________ but she is actually ________. -
angry, happy bold, shy excited, bored offended, unfazed
Question 9 5 / 5 pts James tells us that Winterbourne "engaged to do more than proved feasible" when he promises Daisy to introduce her to his aunt. Why? -
Because Because Because Because
his his his his
aunt aunt aunt aunt
hates Americans. thinks Daisy is too common. is to feeble to manage an introduction. thinks Daisy is too pretty.
Question 10 5 / 5 pts What does Winterbourne learn from Daisy? -
That That That That
he has lived too long in foreign lands. American girls are the best girls. European women aren't interesting. he is too old for love.
Question 11 5 / 5 pts Daisy has been sleeping with Giovanelli all along. -
True False
Question 12 5 / 5 pts Jig speaks Spanish, but the American does not. -
True False
IncorrectQuestion 13 0 / 5 pts One might argue that Daisy's demise, her death, is due in part, to the overly rule bound Europe Daisy finds herself in. -
True False
Question 14 5 / 5 pts "The girl" in "Hills Like White Elephants" is also called: -
Sedonia the American Jig the Spaniard
Question 15 5 / 5 pts The story "Hills Like White Elephants" takes place in about a day. -
True False
Question 16 5 / 5 pts Which of the following was not a common literary form in American literature from 1865 to 1914?
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Newspapers Telegrams Novels Magazines
Question 17 5 / 5 pts Winterbourne went to college in Africa. -
True False went to college in Geneva
Question 18 5 / 5 pts Winterbourne is the protagonist in "Daisy Miller." -
True False
Question 19 5 / 5 pts By 1915, regionalism as a theme in American literature completely died out. -
True False
Question 20 5 / 5 pts When Jig and the American discuss having “everything,” they both consider “everything” to include a family. -
True False
Jig and the American are of different backgrounds and likely different ages - True...