Dr. Prinsky

English 1102

Quiz on Chapter 2 (“Fiction: An Overview”) of Roberts & Jacobs, Eighth Ed.

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. 2) 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.

1. According to Roberts and Jacobs, although fiction and drama share the literary component of plot, they differ because of fiction’s great emphasis on: (a) dialog (b) narration (c) symbolism (d) character portrayal (e) realistic setting

2. According to Roberts and Jacobs, fiction had a very early association with: (a) journalism (b) pornography (c) business (d) religion

3. As indicated in Ch. 2, ancient fictional forms included all the following except which one: (a) novel (b) parable (c) fable (d) epic

4. As indicated in Ch. 2, the first true works of European fiction were concerned more with which one of the following: (a) society (b) adventure (c) morality (d) politics

5. As indicated in Ch. 2, one of the first great theorists about the short story was: (a) Nathaniel Hawthorne (b) Thomas Jefferson (c) Edgar Allan Poe (d) Washington Irving (e) Charles Brockden Brown

6. As indicated in Ch. 2, an important literary term for the main or central character of a work of fiction is: (a) foil (b) hero (c) agent (d) protagonist

7. As indicated in Ch. 2, key elements in plot are all the following except which one: (a) time (b) cause and effect (c) sequence (d) organic unity (e) space

8. As indicated in Ch. 2, perhaps the key impetus or mainspring of plot is: (a) conflict (b) harmony (c) emotion (d) knowledge

9. A main reason for Faulkner’s scrambling of the structure of “A Rose for Emily” (the story is not told straightforwardly from beginning to end) is: (a) comparison and contrast of the modern generation with the older generation (b) the author’s following of Mississippi tradition in storytelling (c) paralleling the reader’s confusion with the main character’s feeble-mindedness (d) a de-emphasis on any exciting or intriguing action in the plot

10. The one solid date that can be used to establish a chronology in the story is: (a) 1787 (b) 1832 (c) 1894 (d) 1929

11. The two actions of Colonel Sartoris that are described (par. 3) depict him as all the following except which one: (a) racist (b) freethinking (c) sexist (d) compassionate

12. The two actions of Colonel Sartoris described (par. 3) counterpose what two eras in American history: (a) pre Civil War and post Civil War (b) Colonial Period and Revolutionary Period (c) the Roaring Twenties and the Depression (d) the Federalist Age and the Romantic Age

13. The first action of the next generation of town leaders after Colonel Sartoris with reference to Emily Grierson (par. 4) suggests their: (a) Southern Pride (b) diffidence (c) Northern business connections (d) unchivalrousness

14. What Emily Grierson does not do, with reference to her meeting with the town leaders in her parlor (par. 7), suggests her: (a) ingrained sense of Southern hospitality (b) shyness around men of marriageable age (c) irritated wish for them to leave as soon as possible (d) hostility toward any male authority figure

15. An underlying link in action and theme between sections I and II of the story (especially from pars. 1-14 to par. 15), though the time periods are separated by many years, is that: (a) Emily triumphs over the town’s leaders (b) the Grierson family expands (c) Emily remains committed to her religious values (d) the town continues to drift toward loss of religious faith

16. The parallelism and contrast built into the sentence “After her father’s . . . at all” (sentence 3, par. 15) help convey through the reference to Emily’s action that she: (a) had greater love for her father than for her suitor (b) had greater understanding of men than women (c) held balanced love and hatred toward the key men in her life (d) had greater love for her suitor than for her father

17. How the town leaders split about what to do with reference to the complaints from Emily’s neighbors in section II (pars. 15-24) helps reveal: (a) the hatred of the Republican party in the South for years after the Civil War (b) the contrast between the genteel older generation and the practical modern generation (c) the resentment of politicians toward increasingly vocal citizens (d) the underlying money-orientation of all politicians of all generations

18. The reference to the behavior of “old lady Wyatt” (sentences 1-2 of par. 25; cf. par. 31) is a foreshadowing of which element in Emily Grierson’s behavior: (a) insanity (b) dignity (c) anxiety (d) noblesse oblige

19. The way Emily Grierson behaves just after her father’s death (par. 27) foreshadows her action toward: (a) Tobe (b) Colonel Sartoris (c) Homer Barron (d) Judge Stevens

20. The similes in sentence 2, par 29; the third-from-last sentence, par. 24; sentence 3, par. 51; and sentence 1, par. 1 — all suggest about Emily Grierson: (a) her need for (b) a more-than-human quality (c) her libidinousness (d) her down-to-earth quality

21. Homer Barron’s actions when first in town (par. 30) characterize him as which one: (a) a sensitive introvert (b) an unabashed homosexual (c) a coarse extrovert (d) a hypocritical puritan

22. Possible motivations of Emily in taking up with Homer Barron (pars. 25, 29-33) are all the following except which one: (a) financial need for a “sugar daddy” (b) supercilious defiance of the town (c) rebellion against the dead father (d) fear of losing a last chance for romantic love

23. In the drugstore episode (pars. 34-42), in her wilful not answering of the druggist’s question, Emily demonstrates the positive trait of: (a) shyness in talking about matters of sex or romance (b) defiance of unjustified male authority (c) loathing toward drugs of any kind (d) honorable or moral refusal to lie

24. What the druggist does after going to the store room (par. 42) demonstrates all the following except which one: (a) fearfulness of the ferocious Grierson hauteur (b) timidity because of Emily’s threatening Amazon stature (c) acquiescence to the Grierson iron will (d) triumph through getting the last word

25. The label on the bottle Emily purchases at the drugstore (par. 42) has an ironic symbolic appropriateness because its contents are used on: (a) a dog (b) a businessman (c) a rat (d) a lover (e) a fox

26. As suggested by par. 44, most devoted to decorum and propriety in the town are some of the town’s: (a) women (b) Episcopalians (c) men (d) Baptists (e) young people

27. The episode with the Baptist minister (par. 44) echoes most nearly that with: (a) Colonel Sartoris (par. 3) (b) the new aldermen (pars. 4-14) (c) the preceding aldermen (pars. 17-24) (d) the druggist (pars. 34-42)

28. The last sentence of par. 45 reveals that the townspeople’s joyful anticipation is ironically mixed with expectation of: (a) getting rid of some troubling Griersons (b) gaining prosperity for the town from Northerners (c) stopping Homer Barron’s sexual escapades around town (d) corruption increasing among the town’s aldermen

29. How Homer Barron enters Emily’s house after he returns to town (par. 46) suggests: (a) commercialism (b) secrecy (c) brashness (d) politeness

30. The repeated phrasing to describe the exact shade of Emily’s hair color (pars. 48 and 60) helps to convey Emily’s personality traits of all the following except which one: (a) inflexibility (b) determination (c) magnetism (d) strength

31. The kind of lessons Emily chooses to give to students (pars. 49-50) could be characterized as all the following except which one: (a) old-fashioned (b) delicate (c) intellectual (d) feminine (e) artistic

32. Her actions with regard to the updating of the postal service in town (par. 50) suggest about Emily all of the following except which one: (a) poverty (b) stubbornness (c) gentility (d) rebellion

33. As repeated in the story, probably the most notable feature of the interior of Emily’s house (a point noted several times in most of the story’s five sections) is: (a) silk fabrics (b) dust (c) glaring light (d) paintings

34. The feature repeatedly emphasized about the interior of Emily’s house (as per the immediately preceding question) helps convey, cumulatively, the symbolism of: (a) romanticism (b) death (c) meticulousness (d) enlightenment (e) artfulness

35. Not long after Emily’s death, the action taken by Tobe (the name cited in par. 14) after letting in the town’s ladies (par. 54) reveals about him: (a) fidelity to his employer’s dead father (b) dread of legal fees (c) loyalty to his employer (d) fear of racist lynching

36. What is revealed about her sleeping habits for many years (pars. 57-60) reveals about Emily all the following except which one: (a) her interpretation of the marriage vows (b) her perseverance or stubbornness (c) her unusual practice of necrophilia (d) her iron will