Liberty University - ENGL 102 Test 1. Questions With Answers.Question 1
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That little Davy Hutchinson, the small son of the victim,
... [Show More] is given a few pebbles to throw at his
mother suggests that __________.
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Everyone, including the victim’s family, participates in the tradition
Question 2
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How the story opens and how it ends ________________.
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Shock its
readers
Question 3
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The setting of the story is ironic because __________.
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a ritual murder takes place on a beautiful summer (June) day
Question 4
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How the excerpt opens and how it ends ___________.
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Exemplifies
irony
Question 5
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Which of the following is NOT true? The story uses the symbol of the lottery to
communicate ____________.
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an anti-tradition
message
Question 6
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The mother in "The Rocking Horse Winner" is truly lucky in many ways: she's beautiful,
married for love, had bonny children, and "started with all the advantages."
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Fals
e
Question 7
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Which of the following terms identifies the falling action?
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denoueme
nt
Question 8
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In "The Prodigal Son," the story/plot of the angry older son develops after the return of
the younger son.
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Tru
e
Question 9
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In "The Rocking Horse Winner," the irony of situation is manifested when Hester thinks
she's lucky because she "married for love" and "had bonny children."
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Fals
e
Question 10
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A character's point of view is always reliable.
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Fals
e
Question 11
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"The Lottery" can be interpreted via biblical hermeneutics.
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Tru
e
Question 12
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The following characters, Mr. Summers, Old man Warner, and Mrs. Hutchinson, appear in
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"The
Lottery"
Question 13
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The term used to describe information presented in an earlier part of the story that tends
to make us accept as probable an event occurring in a later part is
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Foreshadowi
ng
Question 14
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These are actual (historical) persons that appear in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman
Brown," and were executed at the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692.
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Goody Cloyse, Goody Cory, and Martha
Carrier
Question 15
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The moment of greatest tension in the action of a short story is called
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clima
x
Question 16
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“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have
food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
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The Prodigal
Son [Show Less]