World Literature Fall 2014-2015 Final Exam Study Guide
Your exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions. Use the following tips and guidelines to help you
study.
Section 1: Reading Comprehension on new passages (skill based):
55 questions total
Passage 1 Short Story (11 questions)
 Words in context
 Summarization: Paragraphs __ and __ are mainly about.., Which of these is the best plot
summary of the story
 Reading comprehension fact and inference
 Setting
 Significance of event: In paragraph __, why is it significant that…
 Conflict: Which sentence best emphasizes the conflict faced by
 Reader’s conclusion from author’s word choice: In paragraph __, the author uses the words
“___” and “____” to emphasize
Passage 2 Editing (4 questions)
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Spelling
Part of speech
Except vs. accept
Support statement
Passage 3 Short Story (11 questions)
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Words in context
Summarization: Which aspect of the selection affected the narrator most
Reading comprehension fact and inference
Theme
Author’s word choice: In paragraph __, the author uses the word “_____” to help the reader
understand that she was
Passage 4 Excerpt from Short Story (9 questions)
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Flashback
Conflict: What is the principal source of the conflict in this narrative
Reading comprehension fact and inference
Imagery: Which senses are evoked by the images
Significance of title:
Passage 5 Excerpt (7 questions)
 Narrator view point/inference meaning: The narrator most probably views ______ as
 Symbolism
 Flashback
Passage 6 Poem (3 questions)
 Inference meaning
 Symbolism: (line 15) represents the narrator’s
Passage 7 Non-fiction excerpt (10 questions)
 Reading comprehension fact and inference : What can you learn about the author from this
selection
 Generalization/Summarization: What generalization can you make about the author, based on
the evidence in the selection
Section 2: Vocabulary :
10 questions total
Vocabulary
Cumulative from all words this semester, but heavy focus on lists 5 and 6.
Section 3: Content we studied this semester:
30 questions total
Passage 8 Short story (5 questions)
 Magical Realism: From the preceding passage, you can tell that the story is an example of
magical realism because
 Point of View: How would the passage be different if it were told from the old man’s point of view
 Words in context
Magical Realism and specifically “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” (2 questions)
 Which of the following is an element of magical realism?
 Purpose and message of the short story
The Art of Translation/ The Thousand and One Nights (5 questions)
 Characteristics of a frame narrative
 Characteristics of a folk tale
 Study of translation
 Study of Arabian Nights
Philosophy and Spirituality Unit (18 questions)
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Existentialism and Camus’ “The Guest” (7 questions)
The Bhagavad-Gita (3 questions)
Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching and Confucius’ The Analects (4 questions)
Chinese poetry/ sensory details (1 question – skill based)
Zen Parables (3 questions)