McqMate
| 1. |
In 1740 the first English novel was published. Name it. |
| A. | pamela |
| B. | robinson crusoe |
| C. | clarissa |
| D. | gulliver’s travels |
| Answer» A. pamela | |
| 2. |
Novels involving a mixture of adventure and horror are known as _________ novels. |
| A. | adventure |
| B. | autobiography |
| C. | biography |
| D. | gothic |
| Answer» D. gothic | |
| 3. |
Sir Walter Scott was the first to experiment with the _________ novel. |
| A. | gothic |
| B. | historic |
| C. | biography |
| D. | science fiction |
| Answer» B. historic | |
| 4. |
The Story of my Experiments with Truth is an example of ____________ writing. |
| A. | biographical |
| B. | mystery |
| C. | autobiographical |
| D. | animal fiction |
| Answer» C. autobiographical | |
| 5. |
___________ is well known for Waverly Novels. |
| A. | walter scott |
| B. | dh lawrence |
| C. | charles dickens |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» A. walter scott | |
| 6. |
Complexity in plot and characterization began with the novels of ________ in the nineteenth century. |
| A. | walter scott |
| B. | henry fielding |
| C. | tobias smollet |
| D. | charles dickens |
| Answer» D. charles dickens | |
| 7. |
Which of the following novels belong to the category of non realistic fiction? |
| A. | alice in wonderland |
| B. | a tale of two cities |
| C. | pride and prejudice |
| D. | sons and lovers school of distance education |
| Answer» A. alice in wonderland | |
| 8. |
A work of art that has a single theme, the working out of a single idea is called _______. |
| A. | biography |
| B. | science fiction |
| C. | autobiography |
| D. | short story |
| Answer» D. short story | |
| 9. |
Who is the author of Lucky Jim? |
| A. | dh lawrence |
| B. | george eliot |
| C. | kingsley amis |
| D. | cp snow |
| Answer» C. kingsley amis | |
| 10. |
Where does the story The Old Man and the Sea take place? |
| A. | cuba |
| B. | canary islands |
| C. | marshall island |
| D. | puerto rico |
| Answer» A. cuba | |
| 11. |
When the novel The Old Man and the Sea opens, how many days had it been since Santiago last caught a fish? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 77 |
| C. | 48 |
| D. | 84 |
| Answer» D. 84 | |
| 12. |
Hemingway says everything about Santiago is old except what? |
| A. | his neck |
| B. | his hands |
| C. | his eyes |
| D. | his legs |
| Answer» C. his eyes | |
| 13. |
Why does Manolin no longer fish with Santiago? |
| A. | he dislikes santiago |
| B. | his parents have told him to fish with others |
| C. | santiago no longer needs him |
| D. | manolin has gone to the city |
| Answer» B. his parents have told him to fish with others | |
| 14. |
How does Hemingway describe Santiago’s eyes? |
| A. | they are full of pain |
| B. | they are blank with defeat. |
| C. | they betray the weariness of his sou |
| D. | they are the color of the sea. |
| Answer» D. they are the color of the sea. | |
| 15. |
What kind of reception does Santiago receive at the terrace café? |
| A. | the fishermen regard him as a hero. |
| B. | most of the fishermen mock him. |
| C. | the successful fishermen offer him a portion of their day’s catch. |
| D. | the younger fishermen pretend that the old man doesn’t exist. |
| Answer» B. most of the fishermen mock him. | |
| 16. |
Which of the following never hung on Santiago's wall? |
| A. | tinted photograph of his wife |
| B. | picture of sacred heart of jesus |
| C. | they betray the weariness of his sou |
| D. | picture of fidel castro |
| Answer» D. picture of fidel castro | |
| 17. |
Who is Santiago's favorite baseball player? |
| A. | lou gehrig c. joe dimaggio |
| B. | babe ruth |
| C. | they betray the weariness of his sou |
| D. | jackie robinson |
| Answer» C. they betray the weariness of his sou | |
| 18. |
In what month does the story The Old Man and the Sea take place? |
| A. | september |
| B. | july |
| C. | they betray the weariness of his sou |
| D. | may |
| Answer» A. september | |
| 19. |
Where is Santiago originally from? |
| A. | mexico |
| B. | morocca |
| C. | cuba |
| D. | canary islands |
| Answer» D. canary islands | |
| 20. |
What does Santiago call the sea? |
| A. | dorado |
| B. | salao |
| C. | la mar |
| D. | el mar |
| Answer» C. la mar | |
| 21. |
What did Manolin give Santiago two of before he left? |
| A. | water bottles |
| B. | hooks |
| C. | shoes |
| D. | sardines |
| Answer» D. sardines | |
| 22. |
What does Santiago refer to as aqua mala, the wh*re? |
| A. | the sea |
| B. | an eel |
| C. | portugese-man- of –war |
| D. | a dolphin |
| Answer» C. portugese-man- of –war | |
| 23. |
Why does Santiago hope the marlin will jump? |
| A. | it will see his strength and become frightened |
| B. | it will let him see its size |
| C. | it will fill its air sacks and not be able to dive deep |
| D. | it will be close enough to drive a harpoon into |
| Answer» C. it will fill its air sacks and not be able to dive deep | |
| 24. |
What does Santiago do to increase drag on the boat? |
| A. | ties two oars together across the stern |
| B. | lowers his legs into the water |
| C. | paddles the opposite way |
| D. | drops anchor |
| Answer» A. ties two oars together across the stern | |
| 25. |
Why does Santiago not let his lines drift like the other fishermen? |
| A. | he is a stubborn man who prefers the old-fashioned way of fishing. |
| B. | he believes it is imprecise, and he strives always to be exact. |
| C. | it is dangerous, as he might become tangled with another boat |
| D. | he is no longer young or strong enough to control a drifting line. |
| Answer» B. he believes it is imprecise, and he strives always to be exact. | |
| 26. |
During his great struggle with the marlin, what does Santiago wish repeatedly? |
| A. | he wishes he were younger. |
| B. | he wishes for better equipment. |
| C. | he wishes that the fishermen who mocked him earlier were present to witness his victory. |
| D. | he wishes that the boy, manolin, were with him. |
| Answer» D. he wishes that the boy, manolin, were with him. | |
| 27. |
What does the weary warbler that lands on Santiago’s fishing line make the old man think of? |
| A. | the probability that he, like the bird, will never make it back to land |
| B. | the predatory hawks that await the bird’s arrival near land |
| C. | the hidden strength of the weak |
| D. | the beauty of the natural world |
| Answer» B. the predatory hawks that await the bird’s arrival near land | |
| 28. |
In order to help himself catch the fish, what does Santiago do? |
| A. | he promises to pay more attention to manolin upon his return |
| B. | he decides to recite ten hail marys and ten our fathers |
| C. | he lightens the boat by throwing all unnecessary weight overboard. |
| D. | he ties the skiff to a buoy so that the fish cannot pull it farther out to sea. |
| Answer» B. he decides to recite ten hail marys and ten our fathers | |
| 29. |
How does Santiago finally kill the marlin? |
| A. | he harpoons it through the heart. |
| B. | he stabs it between the eyes. |
| C. | he lashes it to the inside of the boat. |
| D. | he bashes its head with his club. |
| Answer» A. he harpoons it through the heart. | |
| 30. |
After the shark attack, Santiago reflects that destruction is inevitable. How does he articulate this philosophy? |
| A. | the world is such an inhospitable place that no death should be mourned. |
| B. | out, out, brief candle! |
| C. | even the worthiest opponents must fall. |
| D. | everything in the world kills everything else in some way |
| Answer» D. everything in the world kills everything else in some way | |
| 31. |
What happens upon the old man’s return to his fishing village in The Old Man and the Sea? |
| A. | manolin promises to sail with him. |
| B. | the fishermen mock santiago for the folly of sailing out so far. |
| C. | tourists ask the old man to recount his adventures. |
| D. | a statue is erected in his honor. |
| Answer» A. manolin promises to sail with him. | |
| 32. |
What happens at the end of the story The Phoenix ? |
| A. | poldero makes a lot of money. |
| B. | poldero becomes very famous with the death and rebirth of the phoenix. |
| C. | the flames of the phoenix’s death kill poldero and the viewers. |
| D. | the phoenix learns to love poldero. |
| Answer» C. the flames of the phoenix’s death kill poldero and the viewers. | |
| 33. |
Name the anthology from which the story Of White Hairs and Cricket is taken. |
| A. | kingdom of elfins |
| B. | swimming lessons and other stories |
| C. | interpreter of maladies |
| D. | swami and friends |
| Answer» B. swimming lessons and other stories | |
| 34. |
What is the narrative style adopted in the story Of White Hairs and Cricket? |
| A. | second person narrative |
| B. | third person narrative |
| C. | omniscient narrator |
| D. | first person narrative |
| Answer» D. first person narrative | |
| 35. |
Why is the story called Of Schools and Schools? |
| A. | old jerome warren’s house was like a school. |
| B. | neveda was not educated so it is a pun on this. |
| C. | old jerome warren ran an education business. |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. neveda was not educated so it is a pun on this. | |
| 36. |
Why did Barbara mislead Neveda on the contents of Gilbert’s letter in Of Schools and Schools? |
| A. | she wanted neveda to make a fool of herself. |
| B. | she knew gilbert loved neveda. |
| C. | barabara wanted to have a laugh. |
| D. | none of the above. |
| Answer» A. she wanted neveda to make a fool of herself. | |
| 37. |
In Of Schools and Schools how does Barbara know that Neveda’s letter is from Gilbert? |
| A. | his name is written on it. |
| B. | his stationery was different. |
| C. | it was marked by a gold palette in a corner. |
| D. | gilbert always wrote to neveda. |
| Answer» C. it was marked by a gold palette in a corner. | |
| 38. |
In the story The Diamond Necklace the narrator suggests that Mathilde’s problem is that she__. |
| A. | needs a job to give her self-worth |
| B. | was born into the wrong social class |
| C. | does not know how to spend her vast wealth |
| D. | does not really love her husband |
| Answer» B. was born into the wrong social class | |
| 39. |
In the story The Diamond Necklace Mathilde envies the social class and wealth of others because_______ |
| A. | she was born wealthy but wants to be even wealthier. |
| B. | she feels that she deserves a more beautiful life. |
| C. | her husband is very demanding. |
| D. | she has many rich friends. |
| Answer» B. she feels that she deserves a more beautiful life. | |
| 40. |
Why does Mathilde borrow a necklace from Mme Forestier in The Diamond Necklace? |
| A. | she does not have fine jewellery. |
| B. | all her jewels are in the bank. |
| C. | she is afraid of wearing diamonds as she may lose them. |
| D. | mme forestier offers her one and she cannot refuse her kindness. |
| Answer» A. she does not have fine jewellery. | |
| 41. |
In The Diamond Necklace the Loisels manage to replace the necklace by __________. |
| A. | borrowing it all |
| B. | stealing it. |
| C. | borrowing some, reducing their standard of living and working very hard. |
| D. | working very hard but not reducing their standard of living. |
| Answer» C. borrowing some, reducing their standard of living and working very hard. | |
| 42. |
At the end of the story The Diamond Necklace it becomes clear that ____________. |
| A. | the loisels will soon become wealthy |
| B. | the loisels have learned an important lesson about thrift |
| C. | the loisels have suffered needlessly |
| D. | mme. forestier will help the loisels |
| Answer» C. the loisels have suffered needlessly | |
| 43. |
Which of the following statements best summarizes The Diamond Necklace? |
| A. | a woman who wants to make a good impression goes to a dance. |
| B. | an expensive necklace is lost and needs to be replaced. |
| C. | a woman buys an expensive dress and borrows a diamond necklace. |
| D. | in pursuit of recognition, a woman is driven to financial ruin. |
| Answer» D. in pursuit of recognition, a woman is driven to financial ruin. | |
| 44. |
The point of view used by the author in The Diamond Necklace helps the reader to |
| A. | see what mme. forestier really thinks of mathilde |
| B. | understand the details of m. loisel’s life as a clerk |
| C. | know why mathilde is unhappy with her life |
| D. | know what each character thinks of mathilde |
| Answer» C. know why mathilde is unhappy with her life | |
| 45. |
What does Miss Brill imagine about both herself and the other people in the park? |
| A. | that no one can understand anyone else. |
| B. | that they are all actors in a play. |
| C. | that they are all enslaved. |
| D. | that they are all dead. |
| Answer» B. that they are all actors in a play. | |
| 46. |
When Miss Brill reaches home, she hears a cry. Where does it actually come from? |
| A. | from her fox stole |
| B. | from deep within her |
| C. | from her cat |
| D. | from the neighbour’s house. |
| Answer» B. from deep within her | |
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