Unit 4: Irony Unit (Elements of Literature)

Question 1

In "Grave Grass Quivers," why were Doc Martindale's father and brother killed?

Accepted Answer

for the gold they were taking to the bank

Question 2

Cleghorn’s poem ”The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill” conveys its theme primarily though what irony?

Accepted Answer

situational

Question 3

What is the main target of irony in "A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)"?

Accepted Answer

mindless writing

Question 4

What is the real message of “Letter from a West Texas Constituent?

Accepted Answer

government farm subsidies are illogical and wasteful

Question 5

In "Grave Grass Quivers," who does Goble help Doc Martindale find?

Accepted Answer

his father and brother

Question 6

“At the Aquarium” forms and example of what?

Accepted Answer

situational irony

Question 7

What question does J.B. Lee, Jr., not ask his congressman?

Accepted Answer

if he can be exempt from the government policy

Question 8

What punishment does Doc Martindale insist upon for Eli Goble?

Accepted Answer

donate money for a hospital and free medical care

Question 9

irony of situation in which the reader is aware of information that the character is ignorant

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dramatic irony

Question 10

In "A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)," what about the speck fascinates the speaker the most?

Accepted Answer

its intelligence

Question 11

The Screwtape Letters as a whole exemplifies what?

Accepted Answer

structural irony

Question 12

What is the situational irony in "The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill"?

Accepted Answer

men are playing while the children are working

Question 13

Where does the name Scylla come from?

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mythology

Question 14

What does the speaker of "Earth" believe has happened to the earth?

Accepted Answer

intelligent life caused it to explode

Question 15

Screwtape refers to the peaks and troughs of human life as the law of what?

Accepted Answer

undulations

Question 16

The entire book The Screwtape Letters must be interpreted through the lens that the narrator is a fallen angel.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 17

Generally speaking, what does Screwtape least understand?

Accepted Answer

God’s love

Question 18

“Scylla Toothless” forms and example of hyperbole and what other technique?

Accepted Answer

understatement

Question 19

Who did Doc Martindale and the townspeople always suspect for the murders?

Accepted Answer

strangers

Question 20

What kind of irony is present throughout "Letter from a West Texas Constituent"?

Accepted Answer

verbal

Question 21

In "Earth," what is the poet's attitude toward human intelligence?

Accepted Answer

questions it

Question 22

What is the main theme of “Jade Flower Place”?

Accepted Answer

the future is unpredictable

Question 23

C.S. Lewis initially began writing The Screwtape Letters as a series of installments in a newspaper.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 24

What is the "considerable speck" Frost sees on the paper?

Accepted Answer

a mite

Question 25

Who are the observers at the aquarium?

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fish

Question 26

To what category of irony do pun, foreshadowing, and understatement belong?

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verbal irony

Question 27

What is the real meaning of "Scylla Toothless"?

Accepted Answer

she talks too much

Question 28

“Letter from a West Texas Constituent” best exemplifies what technique?

Accepted Answer

structural irony

Question 29

What is verbal irony that takes the form of mock praise?

Accepted Answer

sarcasm

Question 30

To what does Screwtape refer when he speaks of “that abominable advantage of the Enemy”?

Accepted Answer

the Incarnation

Question 31

What does Tu Fu use at the end of ”Jade Flower Place” to sum up his theme?

Accepted Answer

a rhetorical question

Question 32

The poem “Earth” is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

sarcasm

Question 33

In “A Considerable Speck (Microscopic),” what techniques does Frost use to characterize the “speck”?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 34

Why is the friend in "Letter from a West Texas Constituent" happy after not raising hogs?

Accepted Answer

He had never made so much money before that

Question 35

What is not a similarity of the humans and the fish in "At the Aquarium"?

Accepted Answer

have trouble sleeping

Question 36

Doc Martindale’s initial comments about Eli Goble’s tracking knowledge form an example of what?

Accepted Answer

foreshadowing

Question 37

What is the tone of "The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill"?

Accepted Answer

indignation

Question 38

What does Eli Goble say must be true about his gift to the town?

Accepted Answer

Arbor Day trees must be planted in the new park

Question 39

Why is Doc Martindale surprised by Goble's gift?

Accepted Answer

giving gifts is inconsistent with Goble's character

Question 40

In "Letter from a West Texas Constituent," what is J.B. Lee, Jr. satirizing?

Accepted Answer

the federal government's farm subsidy program

Question 41

Who is the speaker in "Earth"?

Accepted Answer

a Martian astronomer

Question 42

What is true in both "Earth" and "A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)"?

Accepted Answer

the irony relates to human intelligence

Question 43

“A Considerable Speck (Microscopic)” overall is what kind of irony?

Accepted Answer

situational

Question 44

Who is the narrator of The Screwtape Letters?

Accepted Answer

Screwtape

Question 45

What hyperbole is used in "Scylla Toothless"?

Accepted Answer

her tongue wore her teeth away

Question 46

Which of the following statements is NOT true about irony?

Accepted Answer

elevates the coincidental

Question 47

What is the purpose of the irony in "The Golf Links Lie So Near the Mill"?

Accepted Answer

to stir the reader's indignation

Question 48

What evidence is used to identify the remains unearthed by Doc Martindale and his assistant?

Accepted Answer

an engraved pocket piece

Unit 4: Irony Unit (Elements of Literature)

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Unit 4: Irony Unit (Elements of Literature)

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