Test Literature Modern Era Take-Home
Read the questions carefully and give complete answers. The amount of points
you can score for each question you can find in the margins. If the question
requires you to provide an argumentation, example, quotation or the use of a
source and this is missing you will receive no points for that question.
Do not provide more answers than is required. For example if you are required
to provide two examples and you provide more than two you will receive no
points for that question.
Reminder: all questions need to be answered in the language in which they are
asked (so questions in English need to be answered in English, questions in
Dutch in Dutch). If you provide answers in a different language then you will
receive no points for your answer.
This is a take-home exam which will take you about 60 minutes. It
contains 10 questions for a total of 20 points. Any illegible answers are to
be considered incorrect. Any unanswered questions will be considered
incorrect and will net you no points.
Answer your questions in a separate word-document; use Arial, font
size: 12, linespacing 1,5.
At the top of the page note your: Name of the Booktest - First Name,
Last Name - Form.
The title of your word-document should follow the same format.
(So: Test Literature Modern Era – Matthijs Baarspul – V4B )
Good Luck!
, Reproduction [R]
1p 1. What are the title, author and year of publishing of your book?
Write this down as followed:
Title:
Author:
Year:
1p 2. What is the primary mode of characterisation in your chosen narrative?
1p 3. What is the climax of your chosen narrative?
1p 4. Name the resolution of your chosen narrative.
Application 1 [T1]
2p 5. What is the setting of the narrative and how does it relate to the overall
plot?
2p 6. Provide an example of how the protagonist is characterized and indicate
what type of characterization this is.
Application 2 [T2]
2p 7. Answer one of the two options below.
A WWI had a tremendous impact across the Western world. On the one
hand great empires had fallen, on the other there was a new superpower
on the rise.
Explain how either of these events can be seen to return in your
narrative. Use at least three full sentences.
B WWI was the first conflict which is considered to be fought on an
‘industrial scale’. This left its mark upon society and its people.
Explain how this returns in your narrative. Use at least three full
sentences.
2p 8. The destruction of previously existing (societal) structures is a reoccurring
theme in Modern literature. Name two characteristics and explain how
they return in your narrative.