Dr. Prinsky

English 1102

Quiz on the First Class Sessions, Plus RJ7, Ch. 1 (First Half)

Directions: Fill out — in pencil — the answers to the following on a Scantron (882) form, making sure to use pencil to bubble in your answers. Make sure your name, the class name (including section letter), and the subject (which is the title of this quiz: Quiz on RJ7, Ch. 1 - first half) 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 RJ7, 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”).

General

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. As indicated in class lecture, Dr. Prinsky also may like the literature textbook because of which particular page: (a) p. lxxvii (b) p. 279 (c) p. 569 (d) p. 779 (e) p. 1167

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

Guy De Maupassant’s Short Story “The Necklace”: Vocabulary

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

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

15. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guy De Maupassant’s Short Story “The Necklace”: Analysis

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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