Unit+6+Test+Review

Unit 6 Test Review

Bring: A number two pencil, a pen, looseleaf paper, your notes, and your literature book.

The test will have three parts: a fifty-point multiple-choice part (with 50 questions), a one-paragraph short-essay/CER, and an extra-credit matching section.

The multiple choice questions are on the following topics: Questions 1-3 deal with realism Questions 4-8 deal with naturalism Questions 9-10 deal with regionalism

Questions 11-15 deal with Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” Questions 16-19 deal with Kate Chopin’s “A Pair of Silk Stockings” Questions 20-21 deal w/ Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Chopin’s writing in gen. Questions 22-30 deal with Hamlin Garland, “Under the Lion’s Paw”, and types of char’s Questions 31-35 deal with Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” Questions 36-39 deal with Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat” Questions 40-44 deal with Edwin Arlington Robinson and “Richard Cory” Questions 45-47 deal with Robinson’s “Miniver Cheevy” Questions 48-50 deal with Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Douglass”

There are 30 objective questions and 20 interpretive questions in this section.

The short essay/paragraph/CER will be about a work of literature from unit 6, and it will ask you to use quotes from the literature to back up your claim. You may use your book and notes on this part of the test.

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1. Realistic writers seek to: a. portray a "slice of life" with detail and accuracy b.deal with the fantastic and mysterious c. glorify God in their writing and their lives d. further science for the sake of improving society e. c and d

2. Realism is a reaction against: a. rationalism b. Darwinism c. Puritanism d. romanticism e.naturalism

3. Naturalism can be described most simply as: a. a combination of romanticism and neo-classicism b. a combination of realism and Darwinism c. a backlash against realism d. a part of the environmental movement e. a social movement that tried to liberate slaves

4. Naturalistic writers look at people as: a. God’s most precious creation b. inherently depraved c. biological organisms struggling for survival d. above nature e. in control of their fate

5. Why is it important that Uncle Billy is “a suspected sluice robber and a confirmed drunkard”? a. it explains where all the missing sluices have been going b. it makes readers dislike the character c.it shows that the town has no real proof that Uncle Billy is guilty of a crime d. it helps readers see the outcasts as evil people e. all of the above

6. Why does Mrs. Sommers wish the trolley would keep going and never stop at the end of the story? a. she does not want to return to her normal life b. she wants to escape her abusive husband c. she and her lover are on the trolley, and she wants to run away with him d. she loves trolley rides e. there is a bomb on the trolley which will go off if the trolley drops below a certain speed

7. How was Kate Chopin’s writing received in New England during her lifetime? a. it was put on several best-seller lists b. it was not popular with women, but most men loved it c. it was not popular with men, but most women loved it  d. it was banned e. it had a cult-following of teenagers who dressed in tie-dye and followed Chopin in VW busses

8. A “round” character is one who: a. is very overweight, often because of gluttony b. has good and bad qualities c. is non-complex, stereotypical, and unrealistic d. is very realistic - like a real-life person e. b and d

9. Hamlin Garland was born: a. in Kansas b. in Indiana c. in Wisconsin d. in England e. in Alaska

10. How is the relationship between the man and his dog naturalistic? a. they show a lot of love for each other b. they are drawn to each other by supernatural forces c. each provides something the other needs or wants d. both are biological organisms struggling together for survival e. c and d

11. In Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat,” what seems non-naturalistic but really is Naturalistic? a. the setting b. the fact that everyone dies c. the fact that the correspondent lives d. e and c e. the fact that the oiler dies

12. Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy" is ironic because: a. the main character likes "iron clothing" b. the man everyone thought was happy turned out to be sad c. the man everyone envied committed suicide d. the main character was so different from the people he admired e. b and d