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Studysync Suspense! (Part 1)
Studysync Suspense! (Part 1)
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Let 'em Play God, The Monkey's Paw, Sorry, Wrong Number
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1
Which is not a theme in "The Monkey's Paw"
Be careful what you wish for
Don't be a "zombie"
Don't tempt fate
Reckless behavior = negative consequences
2
"Let 'em Play God" helps us understand...
The author's numerical coefficient
The author's purpose
The author's biographical details
The author's influences
3
In the movie Rope...
The audience knows who the killers are
The audience knows what's in the chest
All answers are correct
The audience witnesses a murder
4
Who wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?
Frost
Shelly
Hughes
Whitman
5
A story's theme is similar to a...
poem's setting
fable's moral
character's background
plot's narrative
6
Why should you annotate a text?
To interact with the functionality of the metasphere
You shouldn't
To practice making straight lines
To help with reading comprehension
7
No points question: Clinton or Trump?
Trump
Clinton
8
Does "The Monkey's Paw" follow Hitchcock's rules for creating suspense?
No
Yes
9
The game of chess in "The Monkey's Paw"...
Introduces character traits
All answers are correct
Is a metaphor for life
Foreshadows events
10
The monkey's paw in the story
Grants three wishes
Is a talisman
All answers are correct
Is mummified
11
Does "Sorry, Wrong Number" fit Hitchcock's definition of suspense?
No
Yes
12
Generally speaking, a story's theme must be...
disregarded
written in all capital letters
explicitly stated
inferred
13
How much money did the White family receive?
500 Pounds
300 Pounds
200 Pounds
100 Pounds
14
What is an excerpt?
A short section of a longer text
A long section of a shorter text
It looks like this "..."
A digestive abnormality
15
Which is not one of the three main story elements?
Setting
Plot
Audience
Character
16
"The Monkey's Paw" takes place in...
France
India
China
England
17
Which is not a good way of determining the meaning of a word?
Look it up in a dictionary
Analyze the context clues
Circle it six times in black sharpie
Consider its etymology
18
What does it mean to puzzle an audience?
To proscribe maleficent connotations
To challenge their beliefs
To "let 'em play God"
To keep them guessing
19
Letting the audience play God means...
The audience knows more than the characters
the audience is left to puzzle-out the crime
The audience controls their own fate
The audience knows what's going to happen
20
"Sorry, Wrong Number" is a...
poem
dramatic presentation
novella
short story
21
Annotating a text does not include...
Reading the text aloud to a friend
Using "!" and "?" marks to react
Highlighting it
Asking questions in the margins
22
What is "theme", as it pertains to literature
The central idea
Its thematic redundancy
The plot
The musical sountrack
23
Can animals be characters?
Yes
No
24
Let 'em Play god was written by...
WW Jacobs
Stephen King
Alfred Hitchcock
Orson Wells
25
How does Dally earn money?
He's a jockey
He works at a gas station
He's a roofer
He's robs banks
26
What is "Plot"?
The author's point of view
The events of the story
The author's purpose
The meaning of the story
27
The setting of a story is its...
thematic relevance
narrative complexity
literary merit
place and time
28
"Let 'em Play God" represents...
The author's elaborative media
The author's thematic density
The author's target audience
The author's point of view
