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Lit. Lenses & Short Story (ELA 12)
Lit. Lenses & Short Story (ELA 12)
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1
What visual and auditory clue first foreshadows Mary's husband's bad news?
the whiskey
the other woman's name
his slippers
the leg of lamb
2
In Dahl's "The Landlady", Billy Weaver stays at...
The Bell and Dragon
a bed and breakfast
work
a pub
3
What symbolic images are used to suggest the power of freedom in "Story of an Hour"?
all of these
trees
sky
rain
4
What may "Skin" satirize?
all of these are satirized
"No skin off my back."
reality and decption
the good life
5
What literary devices add suspense to "The Landlady" before the final conflict?
dialogue
foreshadowing
all of these
symbolic imagery
6
What analytical literary lens is based upon the concept of psychoanalysis and the work of psychologist, Sigmund Freud?
Feminist Lens
Archetypal Lens
Marxist Lens
Psychoanalytical Lens
7
What is Mary Maloney's alibi?
all of these
Sam and the grocery store
the leg of lamb
the detectives
8
What analytical literary lens explores differences between males and females as they struggle for identity and power?
Archetypcal Lens
Feminist Lens
Marxist Lens
Deconstructivist Lens
9
What does macabre mean?
all of these
tragic
disturbing
horrifying
10
A tragic flaw...
could be having too much of a good quality. (i.e. too honest)
is a quality that leads to one's own death or downfall.
is all of the above.
was applied in plays by Aristotle and Shakespeare.
11
What literary analysis lens is based upon the socialist ideas of Karl Marx?
Psychoanalytical Lens
Feminist Lens
Marxist Lens
Archetypal Lens
12
"When the doctors came they said that she [Mrs. Mallard] died of heart disease--of joy that kills" (Chopin 3).
all of these
simile
metaphor
irony
13
What literary lenses apply to "Taste", "The Hitchhiker" and "Skin"?
Marxist
Archetypal
Psychoanalytical
All of the aforementioned
14
What analytical literary lens focuses on the historical context of a text?
Historical Lens
Deconstructivsit Lens
Feminist Lens
Marxist Lens
15
What analytical literary lens focuses on stereotypical characters, imagery, and motifs that are repeated in patterns?
Archytpal Lens
Marxist Lens
Feminist Lens
Deconstructivist Lens
16
Literary Lenses...
all of these.
may overlap.
help writers become more sophistocated.
help readers read on a higher level.
17
What analytical literary lens is based upon breaking the text down into smaller parts through a reader response?
Feminist Lens
Marxist Lens
Historical Lens
Deconstructivist Lens
18
Why may Dahl have waited until page 3 to reveal Mary's husband's name, Patrick?
to keep the focus on the protagonist
to show his insignificance
all of these
to build suspense
19
What symbolic image/s act as foreshadowing in Dahl's "Skin"?
Hotel Bristol in Cannes
All of the aforementioned
brown, crisp duck
canary glove
20
"The murderer...may have thrown it [murder weapon] away or hidden it somewhere on the premises" (Dahl 5).
all of these
situational irony
dramatic irony
indirect characterization
21
A major conflict occurs immediately in the exposition of "Story of an Hour".
False
True
22
What redeeming qualities does the hitchhiker, Micahel Fish, ironically display?
smart
helpful
entertaining
all of the aforementioned
23
Satire aims at criticizing some aspect of humanity through...
all of these
hyperbole or exaggeration
humor
irony
24
Why is the concluion of "Taste" ironic?
The maid saves the day.
Mike Schofield wins the bet.
Mike Schofield loses the bet.
Margaret Schofield is angry about her husband's bet.
25
"No, I've got meat, thanks. I got a nice leg of lamb from the freezer" (Dahl 3).
dramatic irony
simile
metaphor
all of these
26
During the introduction of "Lamb to the Slaughter", Mary Maloney can be characterized as...
loving
all of these
naive
obedient
27
Roald Dahl was...
divorced as a result of an affair.
a fighter pilot during WW II.
all of these.
a Bristish novelist.
