Fundamentals of Literature Unit III: Theme

The merchant's journey to retrieve the cargo from his lost ship was successful.

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

The theme of beauty and the beast is implicit.

Which of the following was not a characteristic of the Beast's castle?

How did Beauty respond to her family's loss of wealth?

Beauty believes the Beast intends to eat her.

What price does the merchant have to pay for taking one rose from the Beast's garden?

Beauty was not as pretty as her sisters, but she possessed inner beauty which they did not.

Readers begin finding a work's theme by

Beauty's brothers and sisters blamed her for causing their father's problem with the Beast.

The Beast appears gentle at first but becomes gruffer and more frightening as the story progresses.

How long does Beauty ask to visit her family?

In "Beauty and the Beast" how many sons and daughters did the merchant have?

Which of the following best describe Beauty and her sisters?

What does the Beast ask Beauty every evening after supper?

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

Beauty and the Beast does not qualify as an allegory.

A literary work's theme is

The simplest form of theme is a

"Beauty and the Beast" was originally written in French.

What is the term for an extended metaphor used to form a story on two levels?

"Beauty and the Beast" contains universal themes.

Beauty realizes she loves the Beast when she thinks he is dying.

Beauty is hesitant to go back with her father to the Beast's castle.

Which of the following is not true of a moral?

What did Beauty ask her father to bring back from his journey?

Who visits Beauty in her dreams?

Which of the following is not true of universal themes?

Most long-lasting works contain universal themes.

The themes of Beauty and the Beast are both universal and biblical.