Dr. Prinsky

English 1102

Quiz on the First Class Sessions, Plus Roberts & Jacobs, Ch. 1, RJ8

Directions: Fill out the answers to the following on a Scantron (882) form, using pencil to bubble in your answers. Make sure your name, the class name, and the subject (which is the title of this quiz: Quiz on RJ8, Ch. 1) are supplied by you on the Scantron form. Do not neglect Prinsky’s Notes and Questions, as well as assigned material from the textbook. For any unfamiliar terms, check the glossary in RJ8, the index to the composition handbook, or your collegiate dictionary. For a different and perhaps superior views of the paintings reproduced in this and other textbooks, go to google.com on the Internet, click the “tab” for “images,” and then type in the artist’s name and artwork’s title, using the plus sign and quotation marks (e.g.: Edgar Degas + “The Absinthe Drinkers”).

1. As indicated on his ASU website, Dr. Prinsky has published approximately how many articles about literature in various reference book sets (many of them to be found in the Reese/ASU library, as well as most other college and university libraries): (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 43 (e) 53

3. As indicated on his ASU website, the name of Dr. Prinsky’s Rock group was: (a) The Beau Brummels (b) The Dell Vikings (c) The Hollies (d) The Marvelettes (e) The Rumors (f) The Tokens (g) The Who

4. As indicated on his ASU website, one or both of the songs by Dr. Prinsky’s group several decades later appeared on how many different CD’s or CD sets: (a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four (e) five

5. As indicated on his ASU website, Dr. Prinsky’s main musical instrument was (and is): (a) drums (b) keyboard (c) guitar (d) bass (e) saxophone

6. As your check that you have a collegiate dictionary, the word callipygian means: (a) widely-scattered (b) swift-footed (c) profoundly studied (d) attractively-buttocked (e) fiercely-defended

7. As indicated in class lecture, Dr. Prinsky thinks the literature textbook by Roberts and Jacobs is superior to all of the many other such textbooks on the market because of all of the following except which one: (a) it consistently relates literature to the visual arts (b) it has the most sample essays of all lit. textbooks (c) it has a very wide variety of poetry, including many picture poems (d) it has several very short plays (e) it includes a novel as well as short stories

8. Dr. Prinsky’s name may be found in the literature textbook on page: (a) xx (b) liii (c) lxxi (d) lxxx

9. According to Roberts and Jacobs in Ch. 1, literature helps us, both personally and intellectually, to: (a) sublimate desires (b) grow in knowledge and culture (c) succeed in the professional world (d) better comprehend the sciences

10. As used in Roberts and Jacobs (and literary criticism generally), the term genre refers to: (a) literature dealing with reproduction (b) a general category of literature (c) sound effects in poetry (d) portrayal of character in novels

11. According to Roberts and Jacobs, the number of main genres in literature is: (a) two (b) three (c) four (d) five

12. According to Roberts and Jacobs, literature at times may not be true to: (a) facts of news, science, and history (b) life and human nature (c) current theories of psychoanalysis (d) students' own experiences

13. A difference between nineteenth-century France and twentieth (or twenty-first) century America, as revealed by Guy De Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” is that: (a) central heating isn’t considered a luxury any more (b) government departments no longer hold department parties (c) women today don’t lend each other items of dress or accessories (d) big cities like Los Angeles or New York don’t have streets famous for being fashionable

14. The symbolism of the government department (“ministry”) that Mr. Loisel works for, and is giving a party, is: (a) France’s need of a good army on the brink of European war (b) the Loisels’, especially Mrs. Loisel’s, diligent housekeeping since childhood (c) the French people’s lack of religious tolerance (d) the Loisels’, especially Mrs. Loisel’s, learning from the experience

15. The irony of the first sentence of the second paragraph of Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is that: (a) men as well as women are concerned about dressing well (b) having servants can produce poverty through thieving (c) Europe outlawed racial slavery before the United States (d) a middle-class woman exaggerates unhappiness by reference to something imaginary that she will actually experience

16. With reference to what Mr. Loisel anticipates when bringing the ball invitation home, Mrs. Loisel’s actual reaction creates overtones that are all the following except which one: (a) unexpected (b) haughty (c) sad (d) funny

17. Mrs. Loisel’s initial reaction to the ball invitation is based on a female complaint that might be expected from a woman of: (a) the seventeenth century (b) the eighteenth century (c) the nineteenth century (d) the twentieth century (e) almost all eras

18. In his revelation of what he has been saving money for (pars. 7-28), Mr. Loisel reveals about himself: (a) selfishness (b) desire for social advancement (c) altruism (d) marital consideration

19. In the final disposition of Mr. Loisel’s monetary cache (pars. 7-28) are revealed all the following except which one: (a) Mrs. Loisel’s selfishness (b) Mr. Loisel’s sacrifice (c) Mrs. Loisel’s nobility (d) Mr. Loisel’s marital consideration

20. When Mrs. Loisel first looks over her friend’s jewelry collection (pars. 41-51), the symbolism of the item of jewelry described in most detail, enhanced by Mrs. Loisel’s rejection of the item, is: (a) greed (b) industriousness (c) fame (d) unselfishness

21. The item of jewelry Mrs. Loisel chooses as part of her “accessorization” for the upcoming party symbolizes all the following except which one: (a) egocentrism (b) authentic aristocracy (c) false values and hopes (d) social climbing

22. The humorous differentiation between the genders in how the women and men have responded to the party, in the description of Mrs. Loisel coming to collect her husband at 4 a.m. (par. 54) is that: (a) men more than women enjoy shoptalk at company parties (b) women more than men enjoy formal social affairs and dancing (c) men more than women enjoy alcoholic imbibing (d) women more than men enjoy criticizing associates

23. As suggested by the annotation of the “sample reader” in the margin of par. 60, the symbolism of the name of the street on which the Loisels initially live has to do with their subsequent learning about: (a) suffering (b) drinking (c) working (d) parenting

24. The very human psychological process that might largely account for why the Loisels simply don’t tell Mrs. Forrestier that they’ve lost the necklace after it disappears is: (a) their habitual practice of concealment at home and on the job (b) fear of arrest (c) embarrassment after making a production out of borrowing something (d) the strict avoidance of scandal in Mr. Loisel’s ministry

25. The symbolism of the name of the street on which Mrs. Loisel meets Mrs. Forrestier, after all the years of working off the debt for the necklace (par. 106), is: (a) paganism (b) hell (c) pastoralism (d) heaven

26. The onomastic symbolism of Champs Elysees (par. 106) (look up “onomastic” in your collegiate dictionary) might be: (a) Mrs. Forrestier’s angelic quality (b) Mr. Loisel’s industriousness (c) Mrs. Loisel’s moral improvement (d) the Loisels’ having a child

27. The onomastic symbolism of Champs Elysees (par. 106) (look up “onomastic” in your collegiate dictionary) might be that: (a) Mrs. Forrestier will finally learn to relax and enjoy herself (b) Mrs. Loisel will never get what she wished for in the story’s beginning (c) Mr. Loisel will finally get to purchase the race horse he’s wanted (d) the Loisels will not be able to retain their vacation house in the country

28. A pattern of imagery and allusion running through the item of jewelry rejected (par. 44), the name of the first street on which the Loisels live (par. 60), and the name of the street on which Mrs. Loisel meets Mrs. Forrestier after many years (par. 106) all connects with symbolism of: (a) religion (b) politics (c) business (d) art

29. The sample essay in Ch. 1 (pp. 49-53) focuses on how many principal examples of setting in Maupassant’s “The Necklace”: (a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four (e) five

30. As revealed by the demonstrative essay’s analysis of setting (pp. 49-53), Mrs. Loisel emerges as what kind of person overall: (a) bad (b) good (c) both bad and good (d) almost too good to be believed

31. In Maupassant's "The Necklace" the word desolation (par. 3) means: (a) individuality (b) brightness (c) tardiness (d) dreariness

32. In "The Necklace," the word anterooms (par. 3) means: (a) bathrooms (b) game rooms (c) waiting rooms (d) bedchambers

33. In "The Necklace," the word culottes (par. 3) means: (a) portions of meat (b) widecut short trousers (c) narrow valleys or ravines (d) sudden temperature drops

34. In "The Necklace," the word inestimable (par. 3) means: (a) priceless (b) worthless (c) grave (d) intelligent

35. In "The Necklace," the word tete-a-tetes (par. 3) means: (a) confidential meetings (b) sliced potatoes (c) ballroom dances (d) fancy gardens

36. In "The Necklace," the word ecstatically (par. 3, 47) means: (a) with electrical force (b) angrily (c) rapturously (d) anxiously

37. In "The Necklace," the word sphinxlike (par. 3) means: (a) combative (b) twisted (c) imitative (d) mysterious

38. In "The Necklace," the word frugal (par. 23) means: (a) productive (b) thrifty (c) distant (d) spinning

39. In "The Necklace," the word blanched ("he [Mr. Loisel] blanched slightly at this"[par. 26]) means: (a) coughed (b) smiled (c) paled (d) hesitated

40. In "The Necklace," the word quay (par. 59) means: (a) five (b) avenue (c) gesture (d) dock

41. In "The Necklace," the word vestibule (par. 71) means: (a) entry hall (b) small glass (c) sleeveless garment (d) bankruptcy proceedings

42. In "The Necklace," the word enervated (par. 81) means: (a) full of life (b) detoured (c) exhausted (d) fascinated

43. According to Chapter 1 of RJ8 (as well as your composition handbook), the discussion or analysis of the content or plot of literary works should use: (a) past perfect verb tense (b) past verb tense (c) present tense (d) future tense

44. According to Chapter 1 of RJ8, in an essay about a literary work quotations from the literary work should not: (a) be used (b) be dropped in, standing alone, to an essay (c) be overused (d) b & c

45. As shown in Chapter 1 of RJ8, including visual diagrams, probably the biggest mistake of most beginners when writing a literary analysis paper is: (a) searching for too much symbolism (b) straying from analysis of a particular point into simple plot summary (c) scorning help from previous analyses of the literary work (d) showing off the use of too much technical terminology from literary analysis

46. According to Chapter 1 of RJ8, concerning reference to the name of the author of the literary work being analyzed: (a) the first time the author is mentioned, the author’s full name (first and last) should be cited (b) the first time the author is mentioned, only the author’s surname should be cited (c) the first time the author is mentioned, only the author’s first name should be cited (d) none of the foregoing

47. According to Chapter 1 of RJ8, concerning reference to the name of the author of the literary work being analyzed, after the first reference to the author’s name: (a) the author should be referred to by first name (b) ordinary respectful titles such as “Mr.” or “Miss” should be used (c) only the author’s surname should be used (d) none of the foregoing