Monday, December 12, 2011

Practice Quiz

Go ahead and take the practice quiz located at the link below. Simply click on the link and answer the questions. At the end, you should see a screen that tells you which questions you answered incorrectly. Then, the correct answer should be displayed. It would be very advantageous to you to record notes as you take this test (and look at the correct answers as these questions will be covered in some way on the quiz). Please also keep in mind that although the issues we discussed in class about "To Build a Fire" are not on this quiz, they will be touched on in tomorrow's quiz.

Link:
http://www.classmarker.com/online-test/start/?quiz=mr34ee6a68cba690

Here is the content of the quiz just in case the link doesn't work.


Question 1

Realism literature tended to focus on the working class rather than the upper class.
CorrectA)True
B)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the time Realism started?
A)1900s
CorrectB)1860s
C)1820s
D)1770s
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 3

Which year best describes the start of Naturalism?
CorrectA)Early 1900s
B)1860s
C)1770s
D)1820s
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a defining feature of Realism?
A)The writing is very character focused.
B)The writing focuses on day-to-day life and happenings.
C)The writing includes dialect and regional details.
CorrectD)The writing dramatizes and idealizes life and people.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT true about Naturalism writing?
A)The writing includes detachment from the characters.
B)The writing focuses on inevitability and scientific fact.
CorrectC)The writing uses vivid characterization to describe the characters' feelings.
D)The writing reveals the over-powering forces working against humans.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 6

Jack London is a Naturalist writer
CorrectA)True
B)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 7

Mark Twain is a Transcendentalist.
A)True
CorrectB)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 8

Mark Twain is a Realist author.
CorrectA)True
B)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 9

Who wrote "The Outcasts of Poker Flat?"
A)Mark Twain
B)Jack London
C)Upton Sinclair
CorrectD)Bret Harte
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 10

Who wrote "To Build a Fire?"
A)Mark Twain
CorrectB)Jack London
C)Upton Sinclair
D)Bret Harte
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 11

Who wrote "How to Tell a Story?"
CorrectA)Mark Twain
B)Jack London
C)Upton Sinclair
D)Bret Harte
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 12

Who wrote "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County?"
CorrectA)Mark Twain
B)Jack London
C)Upton Sinclair
D)Bret Harte
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a character from "The Outcasts of Poker Flat?"
A)Mother Shipton
B)Uncle Billy
C)Mr. Oakhurst
CorrectD)Goody Putnam
E)The Dutchess
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT true about "To Build a Fire?"
CorrectA)The man had taken proper precautions given the situation he was involved in.
B)The man was only traveling with a dog.
C)The man knew it was very cold, but he wasn't initially aware HOW cold it was.
D)The man was able to start several fires, but not enough to keep himself alive.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 15

Which of the following statements about "How to Tell a Story" is NOT true?
A)The Humorous story is an American work of art.
B)The Comic story includes a "nub" that is repeated several times.
CorrectC)The witty story disguises the fact that there is a "snapper," and the teller acts surprised when it happens.
D)The comic and witty stories are similar in most ways other than where they originated from.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 16

Which of the following statements about "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is NOT true?
A)Simon Wheeler is very talkative.
CorrectB)Jim Smiley was very conservative with his money and would never be caught betting.
C)The narrator of the story wanted to learn about a man named Leonidas W. Smiley.
D)Simon Wheeler spent a lot of time telling the narrator about a man named Jim Smiley, which did nothing to help the narrator learn about Leonidas W. Smiley.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 17

"The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an example of Naturalism
A)True
CorrectB)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 18

"How to Tell a Story" is an example of Realism.
CorrectA)True
B)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 19

"How to Build a Fire" is an example of Naturalism.
CorrectA)True
B)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 20

"The Outcasts of Poker Flat" is an example of Naturalism.
A)True
CorrectB)False
Type: True/False
Category: Generic
Points: 1

Question 21

Which of the following best describes apathy?
A)A strong ability to relate to the emotions and feelings of others.
CorrectB)A lack of concern about the emotions and feelings of others.
C)A desire for peace in religion and politics.
D)Intense obsession with another human being.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 22

Which of the following best describes the word depravity?
A)Strong morals and values.
CorrectB)Unethically and morally corrupt or "bad."
C)Sentimental feelings about other humans.
D)Focus on the beautiful aspects of life.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 23

Which of the following best defines pragmatic?
A)A type of writing that focuses on the rational versus irrational aspects of the human mind.
B)A way of speaking that demonstrates where a person is from or living.
C)Intense fear of human betrayal.
CorrectD)Relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters: practical as opposed to idealistic.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 24

Which of the following best defines satire?
CorrectA)Use of sarcasm, irony, or ridicule.
B)Writing that is about a particular event or time in someone's life.
C)Use of figurative language to create interpretive meaning.
D)The construction and formation of sentences.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 25

Which of the following best defines memoir?
A)Use of irony, ridicule, or sarcasm.
B)Separation of church and state.
CorrectC)Autobiographical writing that focuses on a particular time in a person's life.
D)A short, witty story about a person.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 26

What is diction?
A)Sentence structure
CorrectB)Word choice
C)Sentence Fluency
D)Writing purpose
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 27

What is syntax?
CorrectA)Sentence structure
B)Word choice
C)Sentence Fluency
D)Writing purpose
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 28

What is rhetoric?
A)Sentence structure
B)Word choice
CorrectC)The art of communication that features of presenting an idea or opinion.
D)A short, witty, and often revealing story.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 29

What is an anecdote?
A)Sentence structure
B)Sentence fluency
C)Word choice
CorrectD)A short, witty, and revealing story.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 30

Which of the following best defines detachment?
CorrectA)Aloofness from worldly affairs and the concerns of others.
B)To rid or free of enchantment, illusion, or credulity.
C)A focus on the scientific aspects of life and the inability to choose your own destiny.
D)The genetic traits that are passed down through generations.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 31

Which of the following best defines heredity?
A)Undesirable, disliked, and appalled.
B)The study of humans as animalistic beings.
C)Eternal optimism and hopefulness.
CorrectD)Transmission of characteristics to offspring.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 32

Which of the following best defines dialect?
CorrectA)A language variation that is specific to a particular region or location.
B)A character that is the opposite of another character in order to emphasize the other.
C)Writing that presents a claim and then supports it.
D)A figure of speech that compares two things indirectly by using "like" or "as."
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 33

Which of the following did NOT occur during Realism?
A)Abolishment of Slavery
CorrectB)Word War I
C)The Civil War
D)Educational advancements
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 34

Which of the following did NOT occur during Naturalism?
A)Prohibition
B)World War I
C)The Great Depression began
CorrectD)The Declaration of Independence was signed.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT a Realism author?
A)Mark Twain
CorrectB)Jack London
C)Bret Harte
D)Upton Sinclair
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No

Question 36

Which of the following best describes the differences between Realism and Naturalism?
A)Realism really idealized characters and Naturalism didn't.
CorrectB)Realism included more characterization and was slightly more optimistic than Naturalism.
C)Realism was very serious and Naturalism was somewhat humorous.
D)Realism was told in first person and Naturalism was told in third person.
Type: Multiple choice
Category: Generic
Points: 1
Randomize answers: No
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