Liberty University ENGL 102 test 1 complete solutions correct answers key

Question 1 • 1.6 out of 1.6 points The fact that most of the villagers participate in the lottery suggests that ____________. Correct Answer: • Question 2 1.6 out of 1.6 points Mrs. Hutchinson is representative of the whole community because ______________. Correct Answer: • Question 3 0 out of 1.6 points Which of the following is NOT true? The story uses the symbol of the lottery to communicate ____________. Correct Answer: • Question 4 0 out of 1.6 points One of the most notable ironies about the characters is that __________. Correct Answer: • Question 5 1.6 out of 1.6 points That little Davy Hutchinson, the small son of the victim, is given a few pebbles to throw at his mother suggests that __________. Correct Answer: • Question 6 1.6 out of 1.6 points A dynamic character and developing character are synonymous, meaning they both undergo a permanent change. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 7 1.6 out of 1.6 points The term used to describe the reasons a character behaves as he does Answer Correct Answer: • Question 8 1.6 out of 1.6 points The protagonist is simply the central character. Correct Answer: • Question 9 1.6 out of 1.6 points Which of the following authors explored the Puritan past of New England in his short story published in 1835? Correct Answer: • Question 10 1.6 out of 1.6 points Read this excerpt from “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and answer the question that follows: “The loo stood like a tomb in a neglected graveyard. The curtains were drawn. The house slept. Blackie lumbered nearer the saw and the sledge-hammer. Perhaps after all nobody had turned up; the plan had been a wild invention; they had woken wiser. But when he came close to the back door he could hear a confusion of sound hardly louder than a hive in swarm; a clickety-clack, a bang bangbang, a scraping, a creaking, a sudden painful crack.” References to “tomb,” “graveyard,” and “bang bangbang” suggest imminent doom. This is an example of __________. Correct Answer: • Question 11 0 out of 1.6 points An example of a plot pattern is metaphysical structure. Correct Answer: • Question 12 1.6 out of 1.6 points Mr. Summers, Old Man Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, and Mrs. Hutchinson are characters in "The Lottery." Correct Answer: • Question 13 0 out of 1.6 points The term used to describe a situation where the author tells the story using the third person, but is limited to reporting what the characters say or do; the author does not interpret their behavior or tell us their private thoughts or feelings Correct Answer: • Question 14 1.6 out of 1.6 points "Young Goodman Brown" was authored by Correct Answer: • Question 15 0 out of 1.6 points A Bank Holiday in Britain is a four day holiday. Correct Answer: • Question 16 1.6 out of 1.6 points "The Child by Tiger" ends with General Zaroff's and Dick Prosser's deaths. Correct Answer: • Question 17 1.6 out of 1.6 points According to the lectures (PointCast), literature reading forces the person to interact with material in order to sustain mental activity. Correct Answer: • Question 18 1.6 out of 1.6 points Conflict is a clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 19 0 out of 1.6 points In "The Rocking Horse Winner," the irony of situation is manifested when Hester thinks she's lucky because she "married for love" and "had bonny children." Answer Correct Answer: • Question 20 1.6 out of 1.6 points The term used to describe a situation where the author tells the story using the third person, knowing all and free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking... Answer Correct Answer: • Question 21 1.6 out of 1.6 points Plot is about cause and effect. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 22 1.6 out of 1.6 points "He sat down calmly on the bank and, as quietly as if he were seated on his cot in an Army barracks, he unlaced his shoes, took them off, placed them together neatly at his side, and then stood up like a soldier, erect, in his bare bleeding feet. . . ." Answer Correct Answer: • Question 23 1.6 out of 1.6 points In "The Rocking-Horse Winner," Bassett is Answer Correct Answer: • Question 24 1.6 out of 1.6 points A flat character and round character are synonymous. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 25 1.6 out of 1.6 points The term used to describe the angle of vision from which a story is told Answer Correct Answer: • Question 26 1.6 out of 1.6 points In "The Destructors" the gang has twelve members. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 27 0 out of 1.6 points Read this excerpt from “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and answer the question that follows: “There was no sign of anybody anywhere. The loo stood like a tomb in a neglected graveyard. The curtains were drawn. The house slept.” “The house slept” is a metaphor for __________. Answer Selected Answer: death Correct Answer: quiet • Question 28 1.6 out of 1.6 points The three major areas in examining any story are character, plot, and setting. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 29 1.6 out of 1.6 points The term used to describe the position from which details in a narration/short story are perceived and related is Answer Correct Answer: • Question 30 1.6 out of 1.6 points The antonym (word with opposite meaning) for a round character is Answer Correct Answer: • Question 31 1.6 out of 1.6 points "Dearest heart," whispered she softly and rather sadly when her lips were close to his ear, "prithee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed tonight." Answer Correct Answer: • Question 32 1.6 out of 1.6 points In “The Child by Tiger,” Dick Prosser's final act is removing his shoes, standing up like a soldier, and facing the mob. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 33 1.6 out of 1.6 points A character that profits from experience and undergoes a change or development is called. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 34 1.6 out of 1.6 points "It's got a staircase two hundred years old like a corkscrew. Nothing holds it up." This quotation appears in Answer Correct Answer: " • Question 35 0 out of 1.6 points The plot is the same as the work's content. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 36 1.6 out of 1.6 points In "The Rocking-Horse Winner" the whispers are symptoms, not causes. And Paul only makes them worse. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 37 1.6 out of 1.6 points A direct revelation of character is when the traits are mentioned by the author or by another character. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 38 1.6 out of 1.6 points Fables are stories about animals that are often used to teach a moral. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 39 1.6 out of 1.6 points "I tell you it wasn't fair. You didn't give him time enough to choose. Everybody saw that." Answer Correct Answer: • Question 40 1.6 out of 1.6 points "Is luck money, mother?" he asked, rather timidly. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 41 1.6 out of 1.6 points "The Most Dangerous Game" was authored by Answer Correct Answer: • Question 42 1.6 out of 1.6 points "My love and my Faith,…of all nights in the year this one must I tarry away from thee." Who made this statement? Answer Correct Answer: • Question 43 1.6 out of 1.6 points Climax is when a character must choose between two courses of action, both desirable. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 44 1.6 out of 1.6 points Another possible name for a character who undergoes no change. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 45 1.6 out of 1.6 points A "stock" character is stereotypical. Correct Answer: • Question 46 1.6 out of 1.6 points In "The Rocking Horse Winner," Paul's mistake of confusing "luck" with "lucre" causes the unhappiness and tragedy in the story. Answer Correct Answer: • Question 47 0 out of 1.6 points The American author who added an interest in people's personalities, emotions, and attitudes to the writing of short narrative fiction was the Answer Correct Answer: &