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nwachiok.docENG 102: English Composition II
A. Fiction terms: Write the letter of the term that each example below illustrates. You will not use all of the terms; no term is used twice. (20 pts.)
a. genre g. fiction m. short story r. plot x. conflict
b. climax h. resolution n. foreshadowing s. flashback y. irony
c. character i. protagonist o. flat character t. setting z. round character
d. theme j. point of view p. internal conflict u. narrator aa. external conflict
e. style k. symbolism q. allegory v. foil bb. metaphor
f. parable l. first-person point of view w. third-person point of view
1. The three “coming of age” stories, “Araby,” “The Lesson,” and “A & P,” are all told
from this point of view. 1.____
2. Aminadab and Aylmer in “The Birth-Mark”, and George and the padrone in “Cat in
the Rain,” are examples of this term. 2.____
3. Miss Emily’s confrontations with various male authority figures in the town illustrate
this term. 3.____
4. It is when Mrs. Mallard begins to hope that “life might be long” that she dies. 4.____
5. Montresor tells the story of his murder of Fortunato fifty years after it happened. 5.____
6. The narrator of “Bartleby, the Scrivener” feels compassion for Bartleby, but as a businessman, cannot tolerate his eccentricities. 6.____
7. “Hills Like White Elephants” takes place in Spain; “Araby” takes place in Ireland. 7.____
8. The author of “The Lesson” chooses to use nonstandard English for the children’s
dialogue to illustrate their contrast to Miss Moore, who speaks grammatically
correct English. 8.____
9. Fortunato’s insistence that he will “‘not die of a cough’” illustrates this term. 9.____
10. In “Interpreter of Maladies,” Mr. Kapasi’s impressions of the Das family are related
from this point of view: “They were all like siblings, Mr. Kapasi thought as they
passed a row of date trees.” 10.____
B. Quotations: Identify the source (title), speaker, and briefly explain the significance of any five of the quotations below: (15 pts.)
1. “‘Don’t you think it would be a good idea if I let my hair grow out?’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
2. “‘And we could have everything and every day we make it more impossible.’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
3. “‘You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter.’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
4. “As I tell everybody, I draw my own conclusions.”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
5. “She can run if she want to and even run faster. But ain’t nobody gonna beat me at nuthin.”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
6. “‘You didn't have to embarrass them.’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
7. “If I go, I said, I will bring you something.”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
8. “‘My peerless bride, it is successful! You are perfect!’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
9. “‘It means that I’m tired of feeling so terrible all the time. Eight years . . . I’ve been in pain eight years. I was hoping you could help me feel better, say the right thing. Suggest some kind of remedy.’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
10. “‘You know that question I asked you before . . . how a man is remembered after he’s gone? I know the answer now. I know because I remember my father, who was a very poor struggling man all his life. I remember him as a man that I would never want to be.’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
11. “‘She’d been brought up in an institution like my mother was and like I thought I would be too. And you were right. We didn’t kick her [Maggie]. . . . But, well, I wanted to. I really wanted them to hurt her. I said we did it, too. You and me, but that’s not true. And I don’t want you to carry that around. It was just that I wanted to do it so bad that day—wanting to is doing it.’”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
12. “He is useful to me. I can get along with him. If I turn him away, the chances are he will fall in with some less-indulgent employer, and then he will be rudely treated, and perhaps driven forth miserably to starve. Yes. Here I can cheaply purchase a delicious self-approval.”
Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________
Significance:__________________________________________________________________
C. Symbols: For any five of the following, fill in the symbol that corresponds to the description: (5 pts.)
1. symbol of Jig’s conflict in “Hills Like White Elephants”
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2. symbol of Guy’s failed dream of a better life in “A Wall of Fire Rising”
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3. “The Red Convertible” both begins and ends with references to this symbol of Henry’s intent to die.
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4. symbol of the protection which a stranger, rather than her husband, provides for the American wife
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5. symbol of the isolation of Bartleby and all of “humanity”
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6. symbol of life cut short in “Good People” __________________________________________________________________
7. symbol of Mr. Kapasi’s realization that his hope of a future relationship with Mrs. Das is an illusion (“Interpreter of Maladies”)
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8. symbol of the nonconformity that the three girls represent to Sammy in “A & P”
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9. symbol of the contrast between Lyman’s and Henry’s luck in “The Red Convertible”
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10. symbol of immediate gratification vs. future success in “The Lesson”
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11. symbol of failed attempts at communication in “Bartleby, The Scrivener”
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12. symbol of Sister’s decision to break with her family in “Why I Live at the P.O.”
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D. Write the letter of the item (person, place, or thing) that corresponds to each description below. Each letter is used once. (30 pts.)
a. Sugar k. court jester u. the red convertible
b. Josephine l. Lane v. sugar mill
c. Homer Barron m. Sheri Fisher w. Italy
d. St. Bonny’s n. Aminadab x. long hair
e. Vietnam o. a dead priest y. Maggie
f. Mr. Kapasi p. uncle in "Araby" z. sheep
g. Uncle Rondo q. Georgiana aa. Homer’s corpse
h. Mr. Whitaker r. pride bb. Sister
i. Richards s. Mr. Grierson cc. narrator of “Bartleby . . .”
j. Louise Mallard t. American wife dd. Miss Moore
1. the country where both "The Cask of Amontillado" and "Cat in the Rain" take
place 1. ____
2. While this woman character loves her husband more for his failures and imperfections, he
clearly does not return the sentiment. 2. ____
3. the first dead body Miss Emily attempts to keep 3. ____
4. This deaf and dumb character “with legs like parentheses” embodies the absent mothers of both
Twyla and Roberta. 4. ____
5. For some inexplicable reason, he wears a kimono from Stella-Rondo’s trousseau. 5. ____
6. symbol of the dark, dreary, deathlike world of adults in "Araby" 6. ____
7. Fortunato's character flaw which leads to his demise 7. ____
8. what Sammy contemptuously calls the women pushing their shopping carts down
the aisle 8. ____
9. the costume that Fortunato appropriately wears 9. ____
10. He describes his reaction to a personal crisis as one of “frozenness” because of his
inability to act decisively. 10. ____
11. This character tells his master that he “would never part with that birth-mark.” 11. ____
12. the character who tries to shock the neighborhood children into striving for a better
life 12. ____
13. what the American wife says she wants so that she can look more feminine 13. ____
14. The fact that this character “was not a marrying man” proves to be his demise. 14. ____
15. This character contributes to a tragic outcome by acting too early at first, but too late
at the end. 15. ____
16. symbol of the bond between Henry and Lyman which changes in meaning as their
relationship changes 16. ____
17. This character's drunkenness causes the narrator to get a late start to the bazaar, thus
making fulfilment of his quest impossible. 17. ____
18. the character who ultimately finds the freedom she yearns for in death 18. ____
19. The impact of this war is the subject of "The Red Convertible." 19. ____
20. This character’s claim that he "was never socially acquainted with any forgers"
is ironic as he is somewhat fake himself. 20. ____
21. The way in which this character is referred to throughout the story suggests a
lack of strong personal identity, particularly in her husband’s eyes. 21. ____
22. Emily retains this symbol of death and decay just as the South clings to its phony
pre-Civil War image of refinement and gracious living. 22. ____
23. Sylvia is disgusted with this character for admitting that she has understood Miss
Moore’s lesson. 23. ____
24. the sister who fears that Mrs. Mallard “will make [herself] ill” 24. ____
25. the place that is good enough for Guy to work at, according to his wife,
but not their son 25. ____
26. the orphanage at which Twyla and Roberta were the only girls who weren’t
“real orphans” 26. ____
27. The “maladies” of this character are interpreted and cured, while those of Mrs. Das are
not. 27. ____
28. While this character never actually speaks in the story, her partner speculates about
what she might think or say. 28. ____
29. The narrator claims that she went out with this character before her sister
“broke [them] up” and married him. 29. ____
30. This character feels that her whole family has turned against her. 30. ____
