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LIT 2010 Final Exam
LIT 2010 Final Exam
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A review of the interpretive strategies and formal elements we've discussed this semester
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1
What binary oppositions are presented in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"?
Tradition vs. Progress
Books vs. Television
The North vs. The South
Republicans vs. Democrats
2
What was the primary focus of the new critics
postmodernism
the text
the author's biography
social relevance
3
In "A Man to Send Rain Clouds," the narrative PoV shifts between what two characters?
Leon & Father Paul
Teofilo & Leon
Leon & Ken
Teofilo & Father Paul
4
What text is least likely to be the focus of discussion on multicultural literature?
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
"Everyday Use"
"A Man to Send Rain Clouds"
Beatrice & Virgil
5
Foucault shows that public torture became replaced by
deviant behavior
police states
incarceration
democracy
6
A narrator whose account readers trust is known as what?
omniscient
reliable
unreliable
limited omniscient
7
In "Everyday Use," what binary oppositions does Alice Walker explore?
Answers 1 & 2
hunter vs. hunted
wisdom vs. knowledge
cultural appropriation vs. cultural preservation
8
What is the name of the model that explains the traditional action in a plot
Foucault's Pendulum
Action Triangle
Freytag's Pyramid
Delta Theory
9
What is the social relevance of the text your listed in the previous question
I have so many answers. (Place your hand up to participate.)
I'm confident in my response. I'll discuss.
I'm unwilling to risk anything right now
I have a strong idea here. I think I'll also participate.
10
"Yes'm, I suppose so" is an example of what literary device?
dialogue
dialect
imagery
action
11
Which one of our stories contains an
allusion
in the title?
We3
"Antlers"
Beatrice & Virgil
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
12
What strategy makes explicit use of another argument?
Patterns
Cultural Context
Social Relevance
Theoretical Lens
13
This ______, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others . . .
self-perception
veil
surveillance
double-consciousness
14
Foucault describes the shift [away] from the _________ as the target of penal repression.
actions
writing
mind
body
15
Tension between expectation and reality is broadly knows as __________?
Irony
Metaphor
Conflict
Action
16
Foucault is ultimately interested in how behaviors become _________.
uncontrollable
normalized
individualized
the focus of literary analysis
17
Which of the following texts has a third-person, omniscient (limited/fully) narrator?
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
"Morning Song"
"Antlers"
"Girl"
18
Finish the sentence: An
allegory
is a comparison that/in which _________________.
uses the words like or as.
analyzes the text.
a "thing" is described as being something else.
people/events in a text represent specific ideas/concepts.
19
Foucault suggests that our society functions like a
torture chamber
panopticon
mirror
veil
20
Which of the following texts uses flashbacks to reveal information about the characters?
"A Man to Send Rain Clouds"
"Antlers"
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
"How Monkey . . ."
21
Palahniuk's description of the cheese uses what literary device?
Setting
Characterization
Imagery
Alliteration
22
Which one of the following is NOT a part of a text's setting?
historical or cultural time & place
descriptions of buildings
weather, climate, or atmosphere
character's thought sequences
23
What was the central conflict in Silko's ?
There is no conflict
Human vs. Society: Leon vs Euro Col &Father Paul vs. Laguna
Human vs. Nature: Leon vs. Death
Human vs. Human: Theophilo vs. Leon
24
Which text uses a first-person narrative PoV
Beatrice & Virgil
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
We3
"Everyday Use"
25
What was your favorite text of the semester? Explain how 2 formal elements connect to the theme
You have to be first
First person to get up here and do it gets the points
Fine, I'll take the first two people
Don't worry. You'll have your chance
26
Which text(s) relies on characters who transcend the traditional human/animal binary?
We3
Beatrice & Virgil
Answers 2 and 4
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
27
In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a lady
setting
dialogue
resolution
foreshadowing
28
Why is Virgil so nervous
he knows that the taxidermist will kill him
he's a howler in a world that doesn't want howler monkeys
he knows that Beatrice wants to talk about the Horrors
that's just his nature
29
What example below is a metaphor?
The baby was pleased as punch
This semester is a train wreck.
He's as good as Michael Jordan
The Misfit killed the grandmother.
30
What is the traditional order of Freytag's pyramid?
epigraph, action, epilogue
exposition, rising act. climax, falling act, resolution
surface depth claim, pattern example, analysis
beginning, middle, end
31
What is connotation?
the emotional or cultural meanings of a word
the literary device of exaggeration
the way a word can be shown to include its own opposition
the literal meanings of a word
32
Which one of the following is round, dynamic character?
the Misfit
June Star
Red Sammy Butts
Bailey
33
What dictionary should you use if you are interested in the historical meanings of words?
The Old English Dictionary
The OED
Merriam-Webster's
All dictionary's are the same.
