9th Lit Test 3

Which of the following works contain explicit themes? (2 are right)

Which of the following is true of a moral?

"Beauty and the Beast" qualifies as an allegory.

What is the central message of "When You Are Old"?

The theme of "Quality" is an explicit theme.

Heidegger's four friends return to sins similar to those that ruined them in youth.

"He seemed to see the whole community before him, and pictured how this silver mine would destroy one after another."

"Go Down, Death" is based on a folk song.

Which sentence below best sums up Bontemp's main message?

the meaning of a statement differing from what is expressed in the words

"When You Are Old" presents a view of love similar to that in "Beauty and the Beast."

Which of the following themes work together to create the central message of "Beauty and the Beast"? (2 are right)

In Yeats's poem, an old woman remembers her first love.

The central conflict of Hawthorne's story is man vs. man.

Which of the following is NOT true of universal themes?

an extended metaphor used to form a story on two levels

In the narrator's assessment of the last boots Mr. Gessler made for him, which statement best supports the theme?

"A Black Man Talks of Reaping" came from what era of African-American history?

Which of the following best describes the central theme of "Go Down, Death"?

Of what does the poet primarily warn his listener in "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," the butterfly acts as a symbol of lost youth and hopes.

The theme of "When You Are Old" is implicit.

a person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself

Which of the following themes is NOT explored in "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"?

Which of the following true statements best qualify as universal themes? (2 are right)

an event in a story that violates normal expectations

A literary work's theme is

A reader begins finding a work's theme by

All the men in "Do not go gentle into that good night" experience some sort of regret.

The theme of "Beauty and the Beast" is universal.

In "Quality," Galsworthy developed his theme primarily through his characters.

reader awareness of a plot development of which the characters are unaware

"The tall mirror reflected the figures of the three old, gray grandsires, contending for the ugliness of a grandmam"

"I scattered seed to plant the land/from Canada to Mexico, /For reaping only the hand/Can hold at once is all I can show

In the story "Quality," against whom or what do the Gessler brothers primarily struggle?

"A Black Man Talks of Reaping" is an example of persuasive writing.

Which idea best relates to the central theme of "The Silver Mine"?

By participating in the experiment, Dr. Heidegger's guests finally learn