ENC1102 Question and answers
correctly solved 2025/2026
According to the text, it is often useful to evaluate characters in a literary text
the way you might analyze a real person. - correct answers True
Genres of literature include (check all that apply): - correct answers drama,
fiction, essays, poetry
Philosophical issues explored in texts include ideas of free will, the formation
of human identity, the nature of sin, or questions of ethic. - correct answers
True
Subgenres of drama include tragedy and comedy. - correct answers True
Comparing and contrasting characters or even texts is not usually a good way
to discuss the meaning or value of a work. - correct answers False
A literary theme refers to ________. - correct answers the attitude or point
about specific subject that the work deals with
Examining the cultural context of a work can involve examining gender roles,
race relations, class boundaries, and the historical time period. - correct
answers True
In addition to looking at the formal elements in a literary text, writers might
also look at (choose all that apply): - correct answers (1) the philosophies that
the work addresses (2) the work's cultural context
,Words are the most basic tool of the writer; therefore, an author's word choice
is worth analyzing. - correct answers True
Formal textual aspects of a literary work include (choose all that apply): -
correct answers (1) theme (2) form and genre (3) character (4) language,
such as symbols and imagery
The only job of writers who analyze a work using comparison and contrast is
write a list of comparisons and contrasts in their papers. - correct answers
False
Similes and metaphors establish comparisons between two dissimilar things.
Which of the following is a metaphor? (Choose all that apply): - correct
answers (1) The fog comes/on little cat feet (2) my boss Rob was waiting for
me when I showed up for work five minutes late today—the snake!
What are some questions the text says you might consider in analyzing a
character? (Choose all that apply): - correct answers (1) Why might the author
have presented a character such as this? (2) How trustworthy are the
evaluations of the narrator? (3) What is the meaning of the character's name?
(4) How does the development of the character affect the meaning of the
work?
Careful, analytical reading is the first step in preparing to write an essay. -
correct answers True
Similes and metaphors establish comparisons between two dissimilar things.
Which of the following is a simile? (Choose all that apply): - correct answers
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks
,Eva's decision to set Plum on fire after he returns from WWI addicted to
heroin is based on ________. - correct answers her belief that Plum is
regressing to babyhood and she is not willing to raise him again
The novel takes place in a town which is on the hills of a city called Medallion.
- correct answers True
Chicken Little dies ________. - correct answers when he slips from Sula's
hands as she swings him and he falls into the river
Nel and Sula become friends precisely because they are so similar. - correct
answers False
The gray ball of fur just outside Nel's field of vision most likely serves as a
symbol of ________. - correct answers the submerged repression of her
feelings
When Helene and Nel enter the train car for white people in error and the
conductor asks to "get [their] butts on in" to the black train car, ________. -
correct answers Helene smiles up at him
Match the character (in the novel: Sula) with the respective role they play in
the novel. - correct answers (1) Sula: leaves the Bottom and comes back 10
years later (2) Nel: gets married and has children (3) Helene: Nel's mother (4)
Hannah: Sula's mother (5) Eva: Sula's grandmother (6) Shadrack: WWI
veteran who founds National Suicide Day (7) Ajax: Sula's lover (8) Jude: Nel's
husband
When Hannah asks Eva if she (Eva) ever loved her children, Eva responds
directly by saying that ________. - correct answers she didn't have time to
play with them because she was busy trying to keep them fed and alive
, The Bottom refers to the joke of a white farmer who says the town is the
bottom of heaven. - correct answers True
When Eva tells Sula that she should get married and have children, Sula
replies that ________. - correct answers she doesn't want to make anybody
else; she wants to make herself
Shadrack institutes National Suicide Day in order to ________. - correct
answers reduce the fear of the unexpected nature of death
Which sentence seems most true about Shadrack's word, "always?" - correct
answers While Sula was not sure what Shadrack meant by "always," for
Shadrack it meant permanence, a way to comfort her against the certainty of
death.
What does Sula overhear Hannah saying about her (Sula)? - correct answers
Hannah says she loves Sula but does not like her.
Which sentence seems most true about the nature of Sula and Nel's
situation? - correct answers Whereas Nel has to distance herself from her
mother to gain her identity, the Peace women must find ways to connect with
one another.
The purpose of introductions is to capture the reader's attention and explain
the main point of the essay. - correct answers True
The most effective way to conclude an essay is by repeating the idea of the
thesis. - correct answers False
correctly solved 2025/2026
According to the text, it is often useful to evaluate characters in a literary text
the way you might analyze a real person. - correct answers True
Genres of literature include (check all that apply): - correct answers drama,
fiction, essays, poetry
Philosophical issues explored in texts include ideas of free will, the formation
of human identity, the nature of sin, or questions of ethic. - correct answers
True
Subgenres of drama include tragedy and comedy. - correct answers True
Comparing and contrasting characters or even texts is not usually a good way
to discuss the meaning or value of a work. - correct answers False
A literary theme refers to ________. - correct answers the attitude or point
about specific subject that the work deals with
Examining the cultural context of a work can involve examining gender roles,
race relations, class boundaries, and the historical time period. - correct
answers True
In addition to looking at the formal elements in a literary text, writers might
also look at (choose all that apply): - correct answers (1) the philosophies that
the work addresses (2) the work's cultural context
,Words are the most basic tool of the writer; therefore, an author's word choice
is worth analyzing. - correct answers True
Formal textual aspects of a literary work include (choose all that apply): -
correct answers (1) theme (2) form and genre (3) character (4) language,
such as symbols and imagery
The only job of writers who analyze a work using comparison and contrast is
write a list of comparisons and contrasts in their papers. - correct answers
False
Similes and metaphors establish comparisons between two dissimilar things.
Which of the following is a metaphor? (Choose all that apply): - correct
answers (1) The fog comes/on little cat feet (2) my boss Rob was waiting for
me when I showed up for work five minutes late today—the snake!
What are some questions the text says you might consider in analyzing a
character? (Choose all that apply): - correct answers (1) Why might the author
have presented a character such as this? (2) How trustworthy are the
evaluations of the narrator? (3) What is the meaning of the character's name?
(4) How does the development of the character affect the meaning of the
work?
Careful, analytical reading is the first step in preparing to write an essay. -
correct answers True
Similes and metaphors establish comparisons between two dissimilar things.
Which of the following is a simile? (Choose all that apply): - correct answers
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks
,Eva's decision to set Plum on fire after he returns from WWI addicted to
heroin is based on ________. - correct answers her belief that Plum is
regressing to babyhood and she is not willing to raise him again
The novel takes place in a town which is on the hills of a city called Medallion.
- correct answers True
Chicken Little dies ________. - correct answers when he slips from Sula's
hands as she swings him and he falls into the river
Nel and Sula become friends precisely because they are so similar. - correct
answers False
The gray ball of fur just outside Nel's field of vision most likely serves as a
symbol of ________. - correct answers the submerged repression of her
feelings
When Helene and Nel enter the train car for white people in error and the
conductor asks to "get [their] butts on in" to the black train car, ________. -
correct answers Helene smiles up at him
Match the character (in the novel: Sula) with the respective role they play in
the novel. - correct answers (1) Sula: leaves the Bottom and comes back 10
years later (2) Nel: gets married and has children (3) Helene: Nel's mother (4)
Hannah: Sula's mother (5) Eva: Sula's grandmother (6) Shadrack: WWI
veteran who founds National Suicide Day (7) Ajax: Sula's lover (8) Jude: Nel's
husband
When Hannah asks Eva if she (Eva) ever loved her children, Eva responds
directly by saying that ________. - correct answers she didn't have time to
play with them because she was busy trying to keep them fed and alive
, The Bottom refers to the joke of a white farmer who says the town is the
bottom of heaven. - correct answers True
When Eva tells Sula that she should get married and have children, Sula
replies that ________. - correct answers she doesn't want to make anybody
else; she wants to make herself
Shadrack institutes National Suicide Day in order to ________. - correct
answers reduce the fear of the unexpected nature of death
Which sentence seems most true about Shadrack's word, "always?" - correct
answers While Sula was not sure what Shadrack meant by "always," for
Shadrack it meant permanence, a way to comfort her against the certainty of
death.
What does Sula overhear Hannah saying about her (Sula)? - correct answers
Hannah says she loves Sula but does not like her.
Which sentence seems most true about the nature of Sula and Nel's
situation? - correct answers Whereas Nel has to distance herself from her
mother to gain her identity, the Peace women must find ways to connect with
one another.
The purpose of introductions is to capture the reader's attention and explain
the main point of the essay. - correct answers True
The most effective way to conclude an essay is by repeating the idea of the
thesis. - correct answers False
