Unit 4 Point of View

Question 1

Which selection is historical fiction?

Accepted Answer

After the Battle

Question 2

When Vera in "The Open Window" asks Framton whether he knows anything about her aunt, the author is using a frame story.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

How is an autobiography different from a biography?

Accepted Answer

Told from first person

Question 4

In which viewpoint does one of the characters serve as the narrator?

Accepted Answer

first person

Question 5

Second person would probably involve the use of the pronoun:

Accepted Answer

you

Question 6

"After the Battle'' is told from which point of view?

Accepted Answer

Third person limited

Question 7

The conflict of "After the Battle'' is resolved when Dave Joyce takes revenge on Bill Ryder.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

"By Any Other Name" is a work of fiction.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Which of the following stories was an anecdote?

Accepted Answer

The Open Window

Question 10

Anecdotes are generally shorter than autobiographical essays.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

From whose perspective is "Age of Miracles" told?

Accepted Answer

the nephew

Question 12

Historical fiction can easily be written from any point of view.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The use of the pronoun "I'' to recount a story is a clue that the story is written in third person.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

What is the best synonym for genre?

Accepted Answer

type

Question 15

Which of these is the best example of a frame story?

Accepted Answer

The Forty Thieves

Question 16

Which of the following works is detective fiction?

Accepted Answer

The Age of Miracles

Question 17

The use of pronouns he/she/they is an indicator that the story is written in

Accepted Answer

third person

Question 18

Nonfiction is often written from first-person point of view.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

"The Open Window" contains a point of view shift near its ending.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Poetry is but one of three types of literary genres--including

Accepted Answer

prose and drama

Question 21

What work is The Forty Thieves located in?

Accepted Answer

A Thousand and One Arabian Nights

Question 22

There is a shift in point of view in "The Open Window"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Anecdotes usually contain a second story within them.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

The reader understands the motivations of Cassim and his wife and therefore feel sympathy for him.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

An anecdote is a short narrative of a single interesting or amusing event.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

In "By Any Other Name," the author's attitude toward her surroundings helps the reader identify the genre of the piece.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Which viewpoint or viewpoints allow the reader to "get inside'' all of the character's thoughts?

Accepted Answer

third person omniscient

Question 28

Which of the following viewpoints are anecdotes most likely to be told from?

Accepted Answer

1st person and 3rd person limited

Question 29

Persona does not refer to the personality that narrates the story.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Most of the Open Window is told from which character's perspective?

Accepted Answer

Framton Nuttel

Question 31

"The Forty Thieves'' is told in third person limited.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

The Open Window is third person omniscient throughout the text.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Which of the following best fits the genre of autobiographical essay?

Accepted Answer

By Any Other Name

Question 34

1st person in "By Any Other Name" in Rau helps generate sympathy for the reader against prejudice in the story.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

We don't know the thoughts of Dave Joyce in "After the Battle."

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

The Forty Thieves clearly conforms to a Biblical worldview.

Accepted Answer

False

Unit 4 Point of View

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Unit 4 Point of View

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