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Literary Critique Test Review
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1
Which trait most definitively describes Roger in "Thank You, Ma'am"?
Frail
Hard-working
Moral
Cruel
2
Name one similarity between Frederick Douglass' book and the slave overseer's journal.
Both are clearly primary sources
Both depict the unrelenting cruelty of slavery
Both show severe whipping
Both show slaves being denied food and basic care
3
Roger could barely even say thank you because...?
No one had ever done anything like this for him before.
He did not appreciate Mrs. Jones treating him like she did.
He was overcome with emotion.
He had no experience thanking someone before.
4
"The children lay...on the jungle mattress and heard it sigh and squeak underneath them..alive"
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Alliteration
Personification
5
"All Summer in a Day" provides what type of narration?
(EX: They hated her for...her possible future.)
2nd person
3rd person
1st person
Biased
6
Based on his vocabulary and writing style, what can we most easily infer about Douglass?
He was able to educate himself.
He is treated better than other slaves.
He is well taken care of.
He is uneducated.
7
In "All Summer in a Day," all of the following are troubling trends in Venus's society, EXCEPT:
Global warming
Lack of authority
Environmental difficulties
Bullying
8
Which of the following is NOT a part of a Literary Critique?
Representation
Deconstruction
Social Action
Reconstruction
9
Reconstruction allows us to play with the power, perspective, and ____________ of a text.
Perdition
Bias
Position
Predictions
10
"They always awoke to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces..."
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
11
The Harlem Renaissance occurred in the 19___.
20s
10s
30s
40s
12
Name that literary device: "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it"
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Imagery
13
All of the following show Mrs. Jones' power in "Thank You, Ma'am," EXCEPT:
She "permits" him to fix his mistakes.
Lack of wealth
He is in her home.
Physical strength over Rodger
14
Multicultural Literature is important because it provides ________________.
Excitement
Representation
Stereotypes
Information
15
Literary Critique allows us to put many different ________________________.
Perspectives in power
Literary devices in texts
Reconstructions in the author's original point of view
Texts in opposition
16
"All Summer in a Day" primarily deals with themes of...
Realistic prospects for the future
Bullying and empathy
Nature and conserving resources
Gaining power over others
17
All of the following were conditions faced by slaves on their passage to America, EXCEPT:
Being whipped for not eating
Constant risk of being killed by guards
No room to move around
Poor air quality
18
Knowing Harlem culture, what is the best possible reason for why Mrs. Jones went out of her way to help Roger?
All people in Harlem help those less fortunate
Harlem had a wealthy community, and Mrs. Jones was a citizen
She feared Roger's parents being angry with her
People of a similar culture often stuck together
19
Name the literary device! "The children pressed to each other, like so many roses."
Personification
Repetition
Metaphor
Simile
20
Which literary device describes the way the characters spoke in "Thank You, Ma'am"?
Antonyms
Dialect
Alliteration
Similes
21
The Harlem Renaissance added all of the following to American culture,
except
:
Poetry
Impressionistic art
Rap
Jazz
22
"The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass," an
autobiography
, is written in which point of view?
2nd
3rd
1st
4th
23
"No words, no tears, no prayers, from his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart."
Paradox
Personification
Alliteration
Repetition
24
How do the children in "All Summer in a Day" taunt Margot?
They tell the teacher she is lying about having seen the sun
They deliberately push her down.
They pretend to be nice to her.
They say the sun is not coming out.
25
Frederick Douglass knows what about himself?
His birthday
His exact age
His father's name
His mother's name
26
The slave overseer's journal logbook was often difficult to read with mispellings, slang, & unusual _______.
Figurative Language
Imagery
Dialect
Hyperbole
27
In "Thank You, Ma'am," Mrs. Jones gains what from Roger?
His respect
His love
His shoes
His money
28
The third and final stage of Literary Critique
could
include which of the following tactics:
Annotating for literary devices
Public speaking
Rewriting a story
Analysis
29
Langston Hughes made most of his fame from which of the following genres of writing?
Novels
Poetry
Jazz music
Operas
30
In "All Summer in a Day," Margot has what kind of power?
Power of compassion
Power of knowledge
Power of fear
Power of authority
31
In "The Narrative Life...," how does Douglass deal with the loss of his mother?
He feels a normal amount of grief for losing a close parent.
He feels almost as if a stranger died because he knows her so little.
He feels scared of what may happen to him now that she can't protect him.
He feels overwhelmingly empathetic for her difficult life.
32
"Shoes come by devilish like that will burn your feet."
Metaphor
Imagery
Hyperbole
Alliteration