Fundamentals of LIT: Tone C

Question 1

The book in “The Crime” does not burn easily.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Cyrano does not promise Roxane that he will be Christian’s friend.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Christian is greatly disturbed when Roxane tells him she would love him even if he were ugly.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

A writer must carefully consider his audience when choosing allusions.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

In “We Real Cool,” Brooks expresses a feeling of pity for the teens she describes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Cyrano de Bergerac is partly based on historical fact.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Tone is usually presented directly and clearly in a story.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Cyrano’s decision to reject Richelieu’s patronage illustrates the main conflict of the play.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

An analogy is a form of allusion.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

In Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostand uses irony to reinforce the theme of appearance vs. reality.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

For a literary work to have a positive moral tone, it must not have morally negative elements.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

A simile is a kind of analogy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The use of 3rd-person p.o.v. in “The Crime” gives readers more sympathy for the narrator.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

An overriding philosophy that dominates all other elements of a story is called point of view.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

As Cyrano’s friend, Le Bret wants him to accept worldly success.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Cyrano feels insulted by de Guiche’s allusion to Don Quixote.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Cyrano has made many enemies through his satires that attack falsehood and hypocrisy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Understatement is often more forceful than direct statements of opinion.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Drama relies on dialogue to advance the story’s action.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Drama is literature that is written to be acted.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Cyrano hesitates to woo Roxane because he is so poor.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

Cyrano de Bergerac was written in the late 1800s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Tone is greatly affected by an author’s worldview.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Cyrano hates Montfleury merely for his bad acting.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Le Bret tries to persuade Cyrano to tell Roxane that he loves her.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

The central conflict of Cyrano de Bergerac is an internal one.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

In satire, the object of scorn is usually someone or something outside the work of literature.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

In Cyrano de Bergerac, the crowd reacts to Montfleury’s acting with disgust.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Comedies are usually lighthearted but can be satirical.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Cyrano makes fun of his own nose.

Accepted Answer

True

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