Unit Two Literature Test

Question 1

The general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result.

Answer 1

Irony

Question 2

Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

Answer 2

Verbal irony

Question 3

Something happens in the story that contradicts the expectations of a character or the reader

Answer 3

Situational irony

Question 4

There is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what reader or audience knows to be true.

Answer 4

Dramatic irony

Question 5

A story or tale with two or more levels of meaning—— a literal level and one or more symbolic levels. The events, setting, and characters in an allegory are symbols for ideas and qualities.

Answer 5

Allegory

Question 6

The use of symbols to convey an idea

Answer 6

Symbolism

Question 7

Misgivings about something one feels is wrong

Answer 7

Scruples

Question 8

The form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group, may involve changes to the pronoun citation, vocabulary, and sentence structure of standard English.

Answer 8

Dialogue

Question 9

What lesson did Jim and Della learn in the story

Answer 9

They already had what they needed the gifts didn’t make any difference but they already had the most important gift of all their love

Question 10

What punctuation mark symbolizes dialogue

Answer 10

Quotation marks

Question 11

When Zarrof was explaining that he. Hunted the most dangerous game what was the epiphany that Rainsford had when he was listening

Answer 11

He thought maybe Zarrof was hunting people

Question 12

What is a theme of a story give an example of a story we read

Answer 12

The subject matter of a conversation or discussion

The necklace was be great full for what you have.

Question 13

What kind of conflict was Rainsford being hunted by Zarrof

Internal or external

Answer 13

External

Question 14

What is the differene between external and internal conflict

Answer 14

Internal is when you are at war with yourself and external is at war with someone else

Question 15

What was the irony of the necklace

Answer 15

Something that the lady really wanted to look great ended up ruining her life

Question 16

The usage that is characteristic of a specific group of people

Answer 16

Dialect

Question 17

A divine flat appearance

Answer 17

Epiphany

Question 18

A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

Answer 18

Cause

Question 19

The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

Answer 19

Effect

Question 20

Author of The Most Dangerous Game

Answer 20

Richard Connell

Question 21

Author of The Necklace

Answer 21

Guy de Maupassant

Question 22

Author of the Gift of the Magi

Answer 22

O. Henry

Question 23

Author of Blues Ain’t No Mockingbird

Answer 23

Toni Cade Bambara

Question 24

In the gift of the Magi, what lessons did the characters learn, what was the climax and resolution, what was the theme and setting

Answer 24

They learned that their gifts made no difference because they already had the greatest gift of them all, one another’s love. Climax was when they were opening the gifts and exposed their reactions. The resolution was when they discovered what their presents were so they explained everything that had happened. Love is more important than presents. Busy city, kind of ugly feeling, their apartment.

Question 25

In the Necklace, what were the lessons learned by the main characters? Cause and effect, theme and setting

Answer 25

Madame Loisel learned to be grateful for what you have because if she would have just been grateful for the dress and the ball, then she would have never borrowed the necklace which means she never would have lost it and she wouldn't have lost everything she owned. Se also learned to be more careful with borrowed things. She borrowed the necklace from Madame Forestier and lost it leading her to losing everything she cared for. Theme be grateful for what you have setting 18 or 1900s in France

Question 26

In the Most Dangerous Game, what lessons did the characters learn and what were their weaknesses/strengths. What is the theme, setting, types of conflict, climax and resolution.

Answer 26

He learned that there are crazy people in the world, he was weak in that he couldn't be one step ahead and he was strong in that his contraptions still hurt Zarof so he had an intelligent mind. The theme was man vs. man revenge hunting people is bad. A tropical isolated island in the Caribbeans that the sailors called ship trap. There was mainly man vs external climax was when he was in Zarofs room resolution he had simply said he never slept better.

Question 27

In Blues ain't no mockingbird, what was the symbolism of the hawks compare and contrast the characters setting, theme

Answer 27

Hawks represented love and that one defended the other one even though it knew it could free its mate. They ae alike in that smilin and camera were persistent even though every one told them to leave and granddaddy and granny were persistent in telling them to go away smilin talked for camera and protected him while granddaddy stuck up for granny by ripping the camera when they were standing in the flower bed. Setting 1950s outside in grandparents yard. Theme was defend things you care about