Dr. Prinsky

English 1102

Quiz on Chs. 5 (Point of View), 7 (Style), and 8 (Tone) of RJ8, Plus Assigned Material in Your Composition Handbook

Follow the directions on my Quiz Directions form. Abbreviations: S = sentence and P = paragraph. S1P1 would mean sentence 1 in paragraph 1.

1. According to R& J in Ch. 5, the voice telling the story should be called any of the following except which one? (a) narrator (b) speaker (c) persona (d) protagonist

2. As explained by R& J in Ch. 5, the paintings by Claude Lorraine and Henri Matisse mainly illustrate, with reference to point of view or perspective: (a) deep vs. flat (b) ancient vs. modern (c) colorful vs. colorless (d)

3. In the visual example (cartoon) used in Roberts-Jacobs to discuss point of view, the numbering of differing points of view is up to: (a) three (b) four (c) five (d) six

4. As explained in Ch. 5, in first-person narrations, especially by a major or minor character, the narrator's remarks should be: (a) considered authoritative (b) often disbelieved (c) constantly evaluated (d) compared with second-person point of view

5. As explained in Ch. 5, the third-person point of view analogous to a hovering or tracking motion-picture camera, nearly complete and impartial, is called: (a) omniscient (b) limited omniscient (c) dramatic or objective (d) authorial

6. As explained in Ch. 5, the third-person point of view reporting what the characters are thinking is called: (a) omniscient (b) limited omniscient (c) dramatic or objective (d) authorial

7. As explained in Ch. 5, the third-person point of view that focuses on a point-of-view character is called: (a) omniscient (b) limited omniscient (c) dramatic or objective (d) authorial

8. As explained in Ch. 5, the use of dialogue within fiction principally using past tense helps: (a) bring present tense within the narration (b) retard the narrative (c) reveal female character more than male (d) create a sense of historical accuracy

9. Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" basically deals with: (a) humanity's technological triumph over nature (b) the battle between the sexes (c) the human tragedy resulting from war (d) the bringing of law and order to the Western frontier

10. In point of view, Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" makes vivid use of: (a) first person (b) second person (c) third person omniscient (d) shifts between points of view

11. The shifts in point of view in the Bierce story mainly help convey: (a) an early author’s difficulties in handling a component of prose fiction (b) problems with the protagonist’s perception (c) the vacillation of the protagonist’s wife in her romantic feelings (d) the hostility of the Northern lieutenant against the protagonist

12. The initial designation of the protagonist (section I), how he is referred to (e.g., by forename, surname, or some other way), helps create or convey all of the following except which one: (a) the closeness between the protagonist and the natural world (b) distance from the character (c) some uncertainty about the character and events (d) some mystery about the character and events

13. The technical term used to refer to pieces of timber on or near the ground to keep the railroad rails in place (in sentence 5 of par. 1, “Some loose boards . . . executioners”) relates to the motif in the story of: (a) tranquility (b) delusion (c) progress (d) rebellion

14. The key words “may have been” (in sentence 5 of par. 1, “Some loose boards laid . . . sheriff”), “if one might judge” (in sentence 2 of par. 3), and “Evidently this was” (in the penultimate sentence of par. 3) all suggest which point of view: (a) first-person (b) second-person (c) third-person omniscient (d) third-person limited omniscient or objective

15. The manipulation of point of view in the story, as well as repeated words like “seem” and “appear,” help do all of the following except which one: (a) put the reader in the protagonist’s place (b) create uncertainty (c) suggest the possibility of illusion or delusion (d) communicate the theme of the protagonist’s Christian, otherworldly values

16. What happens with the gaze of the protagonist down at the river (par. 4) symbolically parallels: (a) his rebellion against the Northerners (b) his anxiety about Northerners’ spoiling of the landscape’s beauty (c) his mind repressing the horror of his circumstances (d) his recollection of his Christian baptism

17. Peyon Farquhar’s “longing . . . for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier” (par. 8) is ironic because when he gets involved in the war: (a) he quickly will die, and his energies will cease (b) the Southern manners he learned from youth will still constrain him (c) his actions will be hampered by thoughts about his wife and children (d) he will be unable to overcome his Christian morals that dictate turning the other cheek

18. The narrator uses the wording “a gray-clad soldier rode up to the gate” (par. 9) rather than “a confederate soldier rode up to the gate” mainly to do all the following except which one: (a) create more vivid imagery for the reader (b) fool the reader (c) suggest how the world’s appearances may be deceptive (d) indicate how the Farquhars were fooled

19. The wording and imagery in the narrator’s description of how Mrs. Farquhar obliges the thirsty soldier — “Mrs. Farquhar was only too happy to serve him with her own white hands” (par. 9) — help suggest all the following except which one: (a) Mrs. Farquhar is so moved by a Confederate soldier that she will personally do the serving rather than allowing a black servant to do it (b) Mrs. Farquhar is beautiful, rich, and privileged (c) Mrs. Farquhar’s values are racist, a principal cause of the Civil War (d) Mrs. Farquhar has a moral aversion to any bloodshed in the war

20. With reference to diction or word choice (Ch. 7 and Ch. 14 of RJ8; as well as material about word choice in your composition handbook), Peyton Farquhar’s use of the phrase “a . . . student of hanging” (par. 16) constitutes: (a) dialect (b) euphemism (c) jargon (d) slang

21. A notable, relatively rare kind of sentence repeated in pars. 18-19 is which kind: (a) declarative (b) interrogative (c) exclamatory (d) imperative

22. The kind of sentence recurrent in pars. 18-19 (as referred to in the immediately preceding question) helps convey Farquhar’s: (a) determination (b) inquisitiveness (c) excitement (d) arrogance

23. In the description of how Farquhar “swung like a vast pendulum” (par. 18) occurs the figure of speech: (a) simile (b) metaphor (b) personification (c) understatement

24. The figure of speech referred to in the immediately preceding question mainly helps convey the idea of Farquhar’s: (a) vacillating resolution (b) limited lifetime (c) middle age (d) grandiose plans

25. The sentences beginning “He felt,” “He looked,” and “He noted” (par. 20) as a group have the stylistic element (discussed in the material about sentence structure and sentence style in the composition handbook) termed: (a) nominalization (b) antithesis (c) compounding (d) parallelism

26. The stylistic element referred to in the immediately preceding question helps convey about the actions in the passage all of the following except which one: (a) randomness (b) similarity (c) repetition (d) serialism

27. The last sentence of par. 20 is what particular kind of sentence (discussed in the material about sentence structure and sentence style in the composition handbook; also, look up these terms in your collegiate dictionary): (a) cumulative (b)periodic (c) balanced (d) antithetical

28. The kind of sentence referred to in the immediately preceding question helps: (a) add items gradually in order (b) compare and contrast various items (c) hold a multiplicity of items together in a single group (d) subtract items gradually in order

29. The first sentence of par. 22 (“Suddenly he heard”) has the sound effect of: (a) rhyme (b) alliteration (c) caesura (d) euphony

30. The sound effect referred to in the immediately preceding question mainly helps convey the sound and other features of: (a) yelling (b) gunfire (c) smoke (d) water

31. In Bierce's short story, the word acclivity (par. 2) means: (a) energetic action (b) rising slope (c) physical ailment (d) mirror image

32. In Bierce's short story, the word protruded (par. 2) means: (a) conquered (b) turned professional (c) stuck out (d) examined carefully

33. In Bierce's short story, the word adorn (par. 2) means: (a) beautify (b) worship (c) greet (d) love

34. In Bierce's short story, the word brooding (par. 5) means: (a) creating kinship (b) hatching warmly (c) moodily hovering (c) brightly decorating (d) strongly accenting

35. In Bierce's short story, the word ardently (par. 8) means: (a) passionately (b) unwillingly (c) plausibly (d) strenuously

36. In Bierce's short story, the word imperious (par. 8) means: (a) hindering or obstructing (b) threatening or menacing (c) scrutinizing or studying (d) commanding or domineering

37. In Bierce's short story, the word assented (par. 8) means: (a) climbed (b) concurred (c) murdered (d) evaluated

38. In Bierce's short story, the word dictum (par. 8) means: (a) imaginative swindle (b) sufferer of a crime (c) authoritative pronouncement (d) imminent expiration

39. In Bierce's short story, the word poignant (par. 18) means: (a) deeply moving (b) chronically irritating (c) strongly suppressing (d) maintaining dignity

40. In Bierce's short story, the word ramification (par. 18) means: (a) loading tool for a firearm (b)development or branching out (c) heavily defended structure (d) casual or aimless walk

41. In Bierce's short story, the word effaced (par. 18) means: (a) made a copy of (b) strongly opposed (c) wiped out (d) brought about

42. In Bierce's short story, the word oscillation (par. 18) means: (a) passionate kissing (b) curving decoration (c) artistic imitation (d) regular alternation

43. In Bierce's short story, the word undulations (par. 19) means: (a) forced disclosures (b) wavelike motions (c) disobedient actions (d) errant thoughts

44. In Bierce's short story, the word gesticulated (par. 21) means: (a) communicative physical motions (b) origination from the uterus (c) sprouting from the ground (d) a split into factions

45. In Bierce's short story, the word presaging (par. 23) means: (a) medically treating (b) completely unreasonable (c) warning (d) pondering

46. In Bierce's short story, the word ineffable (par. 36) means: (a) deeply ingrained (b) emotionally powerful (c) unaffected by alcohol (d) not describable

47. With reference to the assigned material in Ch. 7 of RJ8 as well as about word choice in your composition handbook, the last sentence of par. 2 of Bierce’s short story ("In the . . . of deference") exemplifies diction that is: (a) concrete (b) abstract (c) specific (d) metaphorical

48. The particular diction or word choice referred to in the immediately preceding question helps convey the idea of: (a) a special insight about a particular person (b) the poetry in ordinary life (c) a statement of a general truth (d) an informal, casual relationship between writer and reader

49. As pointed out in the sample essay about Bierce's short story, point of view helps convey: (a) the differing views of romantic love (b) bystanders' varying impressions of a traumatic accident (c) subjectivity of time perception (d) condemnation of humanity's inattentiveness to the surrounding world