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1
What is Charlie's main internal conflict throughout the story?
Trying to figure out what causes people to laugh at others
Trying to learn to read and spell correctly
that he has to communicate with Miss Kinnian on a simple level
trying to understand his own mind and the nature of intelligence
2
What do the factory workers mean by saying someone "pulled a Charlie Gordon"?
Someone did something stupid
Someone had an operation
Something did something funny
Someone lost something
3
Educator/activist who founded the Palmer Institute, promoting academic excellence & social refinement for Blacks in NC:
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Oprah Winfrey
Zora Neale Hurston
WEB DuBois
4
Which of the following best describes a central theme of Flowers for Algernon?
The hope in technological progress
The danger of government control
The ethical limits of scientific experimentation
The importance of traditional education
5
Who wrote "Karintha"?
Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
WEB Dubois
Claude McKay
6
Literature from the 1990s often explored which of the following themes?
Civil War nostalgia and agricultural values
Magical realism and medieval allegory
Postmodern identity and the effects of globalization
American frontier life and westward expansion
7
Which of these is NOT one of Isaac Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics
A robot must protect itself
A robot must protect its environment
A robot must obey commands given by humans
A robot must not harm a human
8
Which of the following is a recurring theme in 1950s–1980s literature?
Celebration of modern warfare
Religious revival
Urban development
Social control and fear of change
9
What makes Charlie sad when he takes Miss Kinnian out for dinner?
Miss Kinnian thinks she was wrong to encourage him to have the operation
Miss Kinnian doesn't love him
He knows he will leave her behind intellectually
Miss Kinnian will refuse to have anything to do with him
10
In
I, Robot
, what law do robots follow that creates tension in the story?
The Law of AI
The First Law of Robotics
The Law of Ethics
The Law of Gravity
11
What technique does Stephen King use in
Quitters, Inc.
to comment on 1970s/80s self-improvement culture?
First person narrative
Allegory
Science fiction
Irony and Satire
12
Themes of the Harlem Renaissance include celebration of Black identity, exploration of racial pride, and ___.
connection to African heritage
critique of white authors
defiance of anti-Black voting laws
resistance against police brutality
13
All of these were innovators of HR era music, EXCEPT
Ray Charles
Fats Waller
Duke Ellington
Bessie Smith
14
Charlie fails his first inkblot test because he...
is afraid of making a mistake in front of Dr. Strauss
thinks the test is boring
cannot understand what he is supposed to see besides the ink
sees images that upset him in the inkblots
15
Which song compares the singer to a nursery rhyme character called "Little Jack Horner"?
Downhearted Blues
Saint Louis Blues
When the Saints Go Marchin' In
Ain't Misbehavin'
16
Which value is most strongly emphasized in
Charlotte’s Web
?
Adventure
Friendship
Rebellion
Power
17
When Charlie becomes a genius, his most important discovery is ...
that Dr. Nemur doesn't know about the work on intelligence in India
that Algernon will die young
the Algernon-Gordon Effect
that he has to communicate with Miss Kinnian on a simple level
18
In Maus, the use of animals to represent different nationalities highlights:
Ethnic and cultural identity during the Holocaust
The hierarchy of evolution
Agricultural conditions
Economic status
19
What common theme is shared by
All Summer in a Day
and
The Body Snatchers
?
Scientific advancement
Environmental destruction
Golden Age of Horror
Fear of isolation and conformity
20
All of these were well-known authors of the 1970s/80s EXCEPT:
Anne Rice
Stephen King
Isaac Asimov
Toni Morrison
21
conflict experienced by people who see themselves both through their own identity & a society that devalues blackness
double identity
double consciousness
systemic injustice
Harlem Renaissance
22
Why does Charlie agree to have the operation?
He wants to be able to get a better job
He wants to beat Algernon in the maze test
He wants to be smart and know things like other people do
He wants to please Dr. Strauss and Miss Kinnian
23
"Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston is primarily about:
a family who participates in the Great Migration
a woman who moves to New York to find a better life
a woman who resists her abusive husband
a young black woman who discovers her sexuality
24
The ____ was a cultural, social, & artistic explosion that took place in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Recognizance
Great Migration
New Negro Movement
25
Which Cold War-era fear is best represented in The Body Snatchers?
The loss of individuality through mass conformity
Technological underdevelopment
Foreign invasion
Environmental collapse
