9th Grade Literature Unit 3: Theme

Question 1

"He seemed to see the whole community before him, he pictured...how this silver mine would destroy one after another."

Accepted Answer

Symbol

Question 2

Reader awareness of a plot development of which the characters are unaware...

Accepted Answer

Dramatic Irony

Question 3

An extended metaphor used to form a story on two levels...

Accepted Answer

Allegory

Question 4

In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", the butterfly acts as a symbol of lost youth and hopes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

An event in a story that violates normal expectations...

Accepted Answer

Situational Irony

Question 6

Which sentence below best sums up Bontemp's main message?

Accepted Answer

African-Americans were robbed of their rewards due their labors.

Question 7

A reader begins finding the work's theme by...

Accepted Answer

analyzing the characters and conflicts of the story.

Question 8

"Go Down, Death" is based on a folk song.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Which idea best relates to the central theme of "The Silver Mine"?

Accepted Answer

Wealth has corrupting power.

Question 10

Which of the following is not true of a moral?

Accepted Answer

It most often appears in novels.

Question 11

By participating in the experiment, Dr. Heidegger's guests finally learn...

Accepted Answer

nothing.

Question 12

The theme of "When You Are Old" is implicit.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the central theme of "Go Down, Death"?

Accepted Answer

Believers should not view death without hope.

Question 14

A literary work's theme is...

Accepted Answer

the central recurring idea of the work.

Question 15

"The tall mirror is said to have reflected the figures of the three old, gray, withered grandsires..."

Accepted Answer

Dramatic Irony

Question 16

The meaning of a statement differing from what is expressed in the words...

Accepted Answer

Dramatic Irony

Question 17

Which two of the following works contain explicit themes?

Accepted Answer

"Do not go gentle into that good night.", "Go Down, Death"

Question 18

In "Quality", Galsoworthy developed his theme primarily through his characters.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

"I scattered seed enough to plant the land...Can hold at once is all that i can show"

Accepted Answer

Situational Irony

Question 20

"A Black Man Talks of Reaping" is an example of persuasive writing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Considering the narrator's assessment of the last boots Mr.Gessler made for him, which statement best supports the theme

Accepted Answer

They are the finest boots that Mr. Gessler has ever made for him.

Question 22

All of the men in "Do not go gentle into that good night" experience some sort of regret.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Which of the following themes is not explored in "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"?

Accepted Answer

Science can reveal only partial truths.

Question 24

Which two of the following true statements best qualify as universal themes?

Accepted Answer

Appearances do not always reflect reality., Man's nature is inherently flawed.

Question 25

In the story "Quality" , against whom or what do the Gessler brothers primarily struggle?

Accepted Answer

a growing industrial society

Question 26

Which two of the following themes work together to create the central message of "Beauty and the Beast"?

Accepted Answer

Inner beauty is more valuable than outer beauty., Surface appearances are often misleading.

Question 27

In Yeat's poem, an old woman remembers her first love.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

What is the central message of "When You Are Old"?

Accepted Answer

Real love should be cherished lest it be lost.

Question 29

The theme of "Quality" is an explicit theme.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

A person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself...

Accepted Answer

Symbol

Question 31

Of what does the poet primarily warn his listener in "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

Accepted Answer

of dying without a struggle.

Question 32

Which of the following is not true of universal themes?

Accepted Answer

Universal themes are less useful than highly specific themes.

Question 33

"A Black Man Talks of Reaping" came from what era of African-American history?

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s

Question 34

The central conflict of Hawthorne's story is man vs man.

Accepted Answer

False

9th Grade Literature Unit 3: Theme

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9th Grade Literature Unit 3: Theme

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