Short Story Quiz

Question 1

In Paradise Lost, the title “Great Commander” refers to whom

Answer 1

Satan

Question 2

In Paradise Lost, the fallen angels caught sleeping on the island serve to represent ___________…

Answer 2

various pagan deities described in the Old Testament (the first half of the Bible that deals with the times before Jesus) that the Israelites worshipped (sinfully) alongside God.

Question 3

How does Satan describe Adam and Eve upon seeing them in the garden

Answer 3

“For contemplation he and valor formed, / For softness she and sweet attractive grace.” He looks strong, and she looks soft and sweet.

Question 4

Satan’s reaction to Adam’s and Eve’s life can best be characterized as

Answer 4

Jealousy

Question 5

A work in which characters, events, or settings symbolize, or represent, something else

Answer 5

Allegory

Question 6

A humorous writing or speech intended to point out errors, falsehoods, foibles, or failings

Answer 6

Satire

Question 7

_______ refers to the author’s choice of words

Answer 7

Diction

Question 8

What is the setting of Great Expectations?

Answer 8

19th century England, London, and Kent

Chapter 8 was in Miss Havisham’s dark and eerie home

Question 9

The darkness in Great Expectations symbolizes the fact that Pip is ______

Answer 9

Lost

Question 10

The locks and Keys in the Havisham household indirectly make the comparison between the house and a ________

Answer 10

Jail

Question 11

The stopped clocks in the Havisham household symbolize Ms. Havisham’s refusal to ___________________________________________.

Answer 11

Grow up and move on

Question 12

What is Jane Eyre’s, someone thirsty for adventure, favorite activity

Answer 12

going up to the roof of Thornfield and looking across the landscape.

Question 13

What is the dog’s name in from Jane Eyre

Answer 13

Pilot

Question 14

The man whom Jane helped with the sprained ankle turns out to be ___ ________________________. Why is this significant?

Answer 14

Mr. Rochester, he is the master of the house in which she lives

Question 15

In a plot, the ________________ provides background information, often about the characters, setting, or conflict

Answer 15

Exposition

Question 16

In Mayor of Casterbridge, whom does Michael Henchard turn out to be? Why is this important?

Answer 16

The mayor of Casterbridge
He was a sad, unsuccessful drunk when he said his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Elizabeth-Jane, to Newson at a county fair years prior

Question 17

A ___________ is the series of events related to a central conflict, or struggle.

Answer 17

Plot

Question 18

What is the main conflict in The Mark of the Beast

Answer 18

A British civil service officer desecrates the statue of a Hindu god and begins turning into a werewolf. The conflict is between him and the Hindu religion

Question 19

What is the inciting incident, rising action, and climax of The Mark of the Beast

Answer 19

Desecrating statue, turning into werewolf gradually, Capturing leper

Question 20

A long narrative poem that portrays the heroic acts of legendary figures and mythical gods

Answer 20

Epic

Question 21

What is the irony in Shooting an Elephant

Answer 21

The white men have the guns and are the ones with the control but he has no control at all

Question 22

What are the 6 advantages in A Modest Proposal

Answer 22

• Lessen number of Papists
• Poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own
• nation’s stock will be thereby increased fifty thousand pounds per annum (money will circulate among themselves)
• Breeders will be rid of their charge after maintaining them for the first year
• Taverns will get customers
• Men would treat their wives better

Question 23

Theme of The Lagoon

Answer 23

Moral questions

Human psychology

Question 24

Mood of The Lagoon

Answer 24

Depressing

Question 25

Araby point of view

Answer 25

First person limited

Question 26

Araby epiphany

Answer 26

You can’t buy love

Question 27

Irony Araby

Answer 27

Relationship doesn’t work out, changes his mind

Bazaar isn’t even good

Question 28

Araby foreshadowing

Answer 28

bazaar isn’t what it should be

Neither is relationship

Question 29

Room of One’s Own critique

Answer 29

She critiques traditional views of women and how they could do so much more

Question 30

Setting Churchill speech

Answer 30

May 19, 1940
Beginning of WWII
(1939-1945)

Question 31

Goal of Churchill speech

Answer 31

Encourage the crowd and provide spirit

Question 32

Purpose of Churchill speech

Answer 32

Inform and encourage

Question 33

Conflict in Shooting an elephant

Answer 33

European man (police officer) in Lower Burma (Moulmein) was hated by the Burmese and Buddhist priests. He struggled to fit in and “not look like a fool”

Question 34

Room of One’s own rhetorical questions

Answer 34

Used to persuade the audience to change their mind because her whole story is about society’s view on women and that they need to change it and be unbiased

Question 35

Rhetorical questions are:

Answer 35

a question that you ask without expecting an answer. The question might be one that does not have an answer. It might also be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make a point, to persuade or for literary effect.