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- 1. Multiple Choice
The story "Rules of the Game," by Amy Tan, ends with the narrator imagining herself playing a chess match against her mother, choosing her next move. Which type of conflict is this?
conflict with society
conflict with nature
conflict with technology
conflict with another person
conflict with the self
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which two scenarios are examples of internal conflict?
Rosa can hear her teacher’s voice inside her head telling her to finish her essay, but she really wants to go shopping with her friends instead. Rosa cannot decide what to do.
The landslide has interfered with Mitchell's plans and now he is past his curfew.
Gina is mulling over the idea of tearing up her husband's frightening medical report and ignoring the problem. However, in her heart, she knows that the right thing to do is to get her husband the best treatment possible.
Ralph is driving to a baseball game with his friend Elle. She asks him to stop at a shopping mall on the way and help her find a new dress. Annoyed, Ralph drops Elle at the mall without saying a word to her and drives off to the game.
Sanjay wants to reach home early for a dinner on the patio. As he steps out of the office, the sky grows dark, and it begins to hail.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which plot element refers to the events that help move the action toward a climax?
climax
falling action
exposition
resolution
rising action
- 4. Multiple Choice
You are waiting in line for the bus. You feel a nudge
from behind. As you stagger forward, you find yourself
seated inside the bus. “Is this some kind of magic?”
you wonder to yourself.
Which point of view is being used in this statement?
first person
second person
third person limited
third person omniscient
- 5. Multiple Choice
How does the circumstantial struggle in O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” add to the situational irony in the story?
Jim and Della's lack of money is magnified when they sell their priceless possessions for gifts that turn out to be meaningless.
The love that Jim and Della have for each other is greater than their lack of money.
Jim and Della’s poverty is of no consequence because their sacrifices for each other are of more value.
Jim and Della sell their possessions to show how much they love each other and not because they are poor.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the situational irony in the story “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio?
Monna marries Federigo in the end, although she is not in love with him.
Monna’s son has a terminal illness, so the falcon can't save him.
The only time Monna asks Federigo for something, he can't give it to her.
Federigo’s falcon dies a pointless death.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What are two themes in the story “The Gift of the Magi “by O. Henry?
Love is the greatest gift you can give anyone.
It is important to buy expensive gifts on Christmas.
Love is more precious than material possessions.
It is difficult to make ends meet in a city.
It is easy to spend money.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. What is the tone of the opening passage?
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.
unhappy
dissatisfied
humorous
sarcastic
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which three sentences from O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" reflect outdated stereotypes of men and women?
And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat
And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.
And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.
And now suppose you put the chops on."
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which three lines in this excerpt from Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers” contribute to the story’s setting?
When Martha Hale opened the storm-door and got a cut of the north wind, she ran back for her big woolen scarf.
But what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted.
She hated to see things half done; but she had been at that when the team from town stopped to get Mr. Hale, and then the sheriff came running in to say his wife wished Mrs. Hale would come too.
"Martha!" now came her husband's impatient voice. "Don't keep folks waiting out here in the cold."
- 11. Multiple Choice
Based on this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher,” what is the best location for the House of Usher?
During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
a park in autumn
a crowded shopping area
a village marketplace
a deserted place
a small town
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which two elements define a story’s setting?
geographical location
character descriptions
time and weather conditions
plot structure
dialogue and action
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which two of the following are universal themes in literature?
quest for knowledge
fall from grace
coming of age
hope for peace
plea for mercy
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which options best complete the sentence to give it a parallel structure?
Matt walked outside, opened the garage door, and was
showing us his new car.
showed us his new car.
shows us his new car.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which options best complete the sentence to give it a parallel structure?
This year, Jen wants to learn a new language,____________, and learn to drive.
learn to play the drums
play the drums
learns to play the drums
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" uses an auxiliary verb to express necessity?
Yet the sound increased—and what could I do?
Why would they not be gone?
Oh God! what could I do?
I felt that I must scream or die!
- 17. Multiple Choice
Pam is writing a literary analysis essay on Giovanni Boccaccio's story "Federigo's Falcon." Which two of the following should she include in the introduction paragraph of her essay?
Even though Monna was unable to fulfill her dying son's wish, she found it in her heart to forgive Federigo after a period of mourning.
An Italian writer and poet, Giovanni Boccaccio grew up in Florence. His mentor, the great poet Petrarch, translated Homer's Iliad and Odyssey at Boccaccio's request.
Despite the tragic deaths of Monna's son and Federigo's falcon, Monna and Federigo find happiness with each other. Giovanni
"Mother, if you can arrange for me to have Federigo's falcon, I think I would be well very soon." (Boccaccio)
Boccaccio's "Federigo's Falcon" is about Federigo, who is in love with Monna. He sacrifices his beloved falcon to prepare a meal fit for her, not knowing that she has come to request the falcon to save her dying son.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which two elements should be included in parenthetical citations when citing information from a literary work in an essay?
author's full name
author's last name
year of publication
title of the literary work
page number
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of a literary analysis?
to provide a detailed summary about the plot of a literary work
to provide biographical information about the author of a literary work
to provide historical information about the time when a literary work was written
to determine the genre of a literary work based on its structure
to examine different elements of a literary work to better understand and appreciate it
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