Unit 3: Into the Twenty-First Century: Contemporary
Literature (Post Test) 2023 Complete
Because Whitney felt she had only a ______ grasp on the material presented in
class, she decided to go to the teacher for additional help.
Tenuous
Dentists fill any ______ within teeth with composite resin or porcelain; in
layman's terms, these holes are called cavities.
Cleavage
The teacher ______ their study of plants with a research project on any plant-
related topic the students chose.
Consummated
Your feelings of ______ toward Margaret are getting in the way of what could be a
great friendship.
Enmity
Which aspect of the excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain best exemplifies
how American Indian culture and themes can be passed down and changed over
time?
Momaday watching and evaluating his grandmother praying in the traditional Kiowa
manner
Why would a modernist author write about the consequences of greed when an
author from the age of reason wrote a book with a similar theme?
To show how the consequences have changed or remained the same over time
A commercial that compares dry skin to a desert is using which literary device?
Metaphorical language
Which part of this excerpt from Jhumpa Lahiri's "Once in a Lifetime" indicates
Hema's mother's Bengali heritage?
My mother considered the idea of a child sleeping alone a cruel American practice
Which of these excerpts from "Once in a Lifetime" by Jhumpa Lahiri most clearly
uses second-person point of view?
Your father was in the suit and tie he always wore, his handsome, bespectacled face
leaning toward someone in conversation.
How many characters' thoughts does the reader have access to in a second-
person narrative?
One
Pullao
A rice dish
Sari
A garment worn by Indian women
Baba
Father
Ghee
Liquid or clarified butter
Vermillion
A red dye
Literature (Post Test) 2023 Complete
Because Whitney felt she had only a ______ grasp on the material presented in
class, she decided to go to the teacher for additional help.
Tenuous
Dentists fill any ______ within teeth with composite resin or porcelain; in
layman's terms, these holes are called cavities.
Cleavage
The teacher ______ their study of plants with a research project on any plant-
related topic the students chose.
Consummated
Your feelings of ______ toward Margaret are getting in the way of what could be a
great friendship.
Enmity
Which aspect of the excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain best exemplifies
how American Indian culture and themes can be passed down and changed over
time?
Momaday watching and evaluating his grandmother praying in the traditional Kiowa
manner
Why would a modernist author write about the consequences of greed when an
author from the age of reason wrote a book with a similar theme?
To show how the consequences have changed or remained the same over time
A commercial that compares dry skin to a desert is using which literary device?
Metaphorical language
Which part of this excerpt from Jhumpa Lahiri's "Once in a Lifetime" indicates
Hema's mother's Bengali heritage?
My mother considered the idea of a child sleeping alone a cruel American practice
Which of these excerpts from "Once in a Lifetime" by Jhumpa Lahiri most clearly
uses second-person point of view?
Your father was in the suit and tie he always wore, his handsome, bespectacled face
leaning toward someone in conversation.
How many characters' thoughts does the reader have access to in a second-
person narrative?
One
Pullao
A rice dish
Sari
A garment worn by Indian women
Baba
Father
Ghee
Liquid or clarified butter
Vermillion
A red dye
