A & P Quiz 2

1. Which of the following is correct about narrative point of view? Third-person point of view cannot be that of a character. First-person point of view tends to be objective and impersonal. “The Story of an Hour” is told from a third-person but selective point of view. The narrator of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is quite emotionally involved in the story. <PowerClick><Answer>3</Answer><Option>4</Option><Point>2</Point></PowerClick>

2. Which of the following is not part of Sam’s descriptions of the girls 1. He gives them nicknames such as Queenie, Plaid and Big Tall Goony-Goony. 2. He describes their appearances in great details. 3. He appreciates their mind and physical beauty equally. 4. He imagines what happens in Queenie’s house party. <PowerClick><Answer>3</Answer><Option>4</Option><Point>2</Point></PowerClick>

3. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Sam’s language? It is original with a lot of coined words such as “cat-and-dog-food-breakfast-cereal-macaroni- ….aisle.” It is vivid with metaphors such as “sheep” and “house-slaves.” It is colloquial with a lot of dashes and inserted phrases such as “a kind of dirty-pink—beige maybe, I don't know—bathing suit.” It is objective in describing one of the girls as “very ‘striking’ and ‘attractive’ but never quite [making] it.” <PowerClick><Answer>4</Answer><Option>4</Option><Point>2</Point></PowerClick>

4. Which of the signs does NOT show class difference? Fancy herring snack "Hello (bing) there, you (gung) hap-py pee-pul (splat)"— Schlitz in tall glasses they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them <PowerClick><Answer>2</Answer><Option>4</Option><Point>2</Point></PowerClick>

5. "It was they who were embarrassing us 5. "It was they who were embarrassing us."   I started to say something that came out “___." It's a saying of my grandmother's, and I know she would have been pleased. "I don't think you know what you're saying," Lengel said. "I know you don't," I said. "But I do." <PowerClick><Answer>2</Answer><Option>4</Option><Point>2</Point></PowerClick> The blank is: 1. Suits yourself 2. Fiddle-de-doo 3. You didn't have to embarrass them 4. I said I quit.

6. Which of the following Chinese translations is correct? … if she'd been born at the right time they would have burned her over in Salem [(非國教徒的)禮拜堂] women with six children and varicose (靜脈曲張的) veins mapping their legs I just saunter (閒逛) into the electric eye a powder-blue Falcon station wagon(四輪運貨馬車) <PowerClick><Answer>2</Answer><Option>4</Option><Point>2</Point></PowerClick>

7. Open Q: What’s wrong with going to a supermarket in bikinis? Would you do that?

7. Open Q: The Film vs. The Short Story http://www.spike.com/video/p/978359