Chapter 7: Literature
Select the letter of the choice that BEST answers the question:
1.
The basic medium of literature is
a.
the written word
b.
sense
c.
spoken language
d.
narration
Answer: c
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2.
Literature is what kind of art?
a.
narrative
b.
serial
c.
sound
d.
sense
Answer: b
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3.
Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” is written in which of
the following forms?
a.
villanelle
b.
free verse
c.
sonnet
d.
sestina
Answer: a
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4.
The lyric is best described as
a.
using rhyming words exclusively
b.
an organic narrative
c.
revealing feelings
d.
an episodic narrative
Answer: c
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5.
Language used to help the participant picture what is being described is called
a.
simile
b.
metaphor
c.
symbolism
d.
imagery
Answer: d
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6.
A comparison between two things—made by the poet to help the participant
perceive new aspects of one or both of them—is called
a.
metaphor
b.
symbolism
c.
imagery
d.
diction
Answer: a
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7.
When a literary artist uses a concrete or perceptible thing to suggest something
abstract and not clearly defined, he or she is using
a.
symbolism
b.
imagery
c.
simile
d.
diction
Answer: a
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8.
Which of the following implies contradiction of some kind?
a.
symbolism
b.
simile
c.
irony
d.
diction
Answer: c
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9.
The poem “Paralytic” illustrates the fact that the first person
a.
may be employed to create a character separate from the poet
b.
is effective only when it refers to the author’s actual experience
c.
is effective only when it refers to another person’s actual experience
d.
is generally effective
Answer: a
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10.
The episodic narrative is a story
a.
relating a single episode or event
b.
relating a series of events not closely connected
c.
of someone’s search for an important goal
d.
that is unresolved
Answer: b
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11.
The quest narrative is a story in which
a.
the leading character or characters search for something of great
importance to themselves
b.
the leading character or characters have to complete certain assigned tasks
in order to receive their rewards.
c.
a series of seemingly unrelated events are related by a surprising
conclusion
d.
a mystery is solved
Answer: a
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12.
One example of a quest narrative is
a.
“Piano”
b.
“Paralytic”
c.
Huckleberry Finn
d.
“The Tyger”
Answer: c
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13.
Of the following references to symbolism, the most accurate statement is
a.
the author usually identifies clearly the meaning of the symbol
b.
symbolism is a comparison of two things, only one of which is clearly
stated
c.
symbols are not meant to be understood by most readers
d.
symbolism is not metaphoric
Answer: b
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14.
What type of comparison is contained in the line, “tissue of mist that veils a
valley’s lap”?
a.
simile
b.
metrical
c.
alliteration
d.
metaphor
Answer: d
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Essay Question
In the following Walt Whitman lyric “A Noiseless Patient Spider,” he sees a connection
between the spider and the human soul. Using language from the poem as your
examples, reveal how the poem identifies that connection. Consider the speaker, the
choice of subject matter, the diction, the metaphors, and the image. What insight into the
human soul do you gain from this meditation?
A Noiseless Patient Spider
A noiseless patient spider,
I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated,
Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding,
It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself,
Ever unreeling them, every tirelessly speeding them.
And you O my soul where you stand,
Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them,
Till the bridge you will need to form’d, till the ductile anchor hold,
Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul.