Verbal irony in the rocking horse winner

Question 1

The setting of the story is ironic because __________.

there are parallels between summer and winning the lottery

beautiful summer day in June is an ideal day to win the lottery

a ritual murder takes place on a beautiful summer (June) day

children engaged in boisterous play are juxtaposed with querulous adults

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Question 2

One can conclude from the passage that ____________.

The protagonist wins

The antagonist wins

There are no winners and losers

The characters would begin to question the lottery

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Question 3

What human characteristic is thematized in the excerpt?

People do not know it when they commit evil.

Life is not fair.

Following traditions is bad.

Rational people can act irrationally.

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Question 4

How the excerpt opens and how it ends ___________.

Offer little or no surprises

Serves as an example of understatement

Is mundane

Exemplifies irony

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Question 5

How the story opens and how it ends ________________.

Offers little or no surprises

Shock its readers

Is mundane

Is example of bathos

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Question 6

Pre-eighteenth century men were rationalists who believed in induction-deduction.
True

False

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Question 7

"My love and my Faith,…of all nights in the year this one must I tarry away from thee." Who made this statement?

The devil

Deacon Gookin

Goody Cloyse

Goodman Brown

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Question 8

Short fiction began in Britain with Shakespeare, who dealt with fantasy and humor.
True

False

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Question 9

"Two nights before the Derby, she was at a big party in town, when one of her rushes of anxiety about her boy, her first-born, gripped her heart till she could hardly speak."

"The Child by Tiger"

"The Lottery"

"Young Goodman Brown"

"The Rocking-Horse Winner"

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Question 10

Read this excerpt from “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and answer the question that follows:
"Dearest heart," whispered [Faith], … "pray thee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she's afeard of herself, sometimes. Pray, tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year!"
"My love and my Faith," replied young Goodman Brown, "of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done 'twixt now and sunrise.

Which of the following phrases best explains how Goodman Brown feels about his departure?

He is reluctant to leave his wife, but feels compelled to do so.

He is eager to leave his wife because he feels the wife doubts him.

He decides not to leave because he loves his wife.

He departs because his wife insists that he should leave.

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Question 11

Read this excerpt from “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and answer the question that follows:
"Dearest heart," whispered [Faith], … "pray thee, put off your journey until sunrise, and sleep in your own bed to-night. A lone woman is troubled with such dreams and such thoughts, that she's afeard of herself, sometimes. Pray, tarry with me this night, dear husband, of all nights in the year!"
"My love and my Faith," replied young Goodman Brown, "of all nights in the year, this one night must I tarry away from thee. My journey, as thou callest it, forth and back again, must needs be done 'twixt now and sunrise.

It may be inferred from the passage that Faith, the wife, is __________.

faithless

indecisive

afraid

fickle

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Question 12

Pre-eighteenth century rationalists accepted the validity of reason.
True

False

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Question 13

In "The Rocking Horse Winner," Paul's compulsive efforts to satisfy his mother's insatiable quest for money finally kill him.
True

False

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Question 14

The American author who added an interest in people's personalities, emotions, and attitudes to the writing of short narrative fiction was the

Harry James

William Faulkner

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Henry James

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Question 15

"Young Goodman Brown" was authored by

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Flannery O'Connor

Shirley Jackson

Graham Greene

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Question 16

The term used to describe a situation where the author tells the story using the third person, but is limited to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what that one character thinks….

First-person point of view

Third-person limited point of view

Dramatic point of view

Objective point of view

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Question 17

The natural law of jurisprudence (or whatever is, is right) was posited by

Rousseau

Kierkegaard

Hegel

Kant

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Question 18

Old Misery's lav survived even though the house next door was destroyed by a bomb.
True

False

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Question 19

A character that profits from experience and undergoes a change or development is called.

stock character

foil character

dynamic character

hybrid character

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Question 20

""Wren built that house, father says." "The man who built St. Paul's." This quotation appears in

"Greenleaf"

"The Destructors"

"The Rocking-Horse Winner"

"The Lottery"

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Question 21

Conflict is a clash of actions, ideas, desires, or wills.
True

False

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Question 22

Sir Christopher Wren designed many structures in England in the early 1500s.
True

False

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Question 23

Any force arranged against the protagonist is the antagonist.
True

False

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Question 24

_____ is an optimistic belief in induction/deduction, i.e., a belief that particulars can be gathered to formulate universals.

Determinism

Rationalism

Optimism

Surrealism

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Question 25

Which of the following authors writes a story (published in 1933) in which a house whispers, "There must be more money!"?

Lawrence

White

O'Connor

Greene

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Question 26

A "stock" character is stereotypical.
True

False

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Question 27

Poetic language in short story analysis is the unusual use of rhyme occurring in the primary character's speeches.
True

False

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Question 28

The antonym (word with opposite meaning) for a round character is

flat character

foil character

dynamic character

hybrid character

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Question 29

Psychological or internal conflict is a type of conflict that describes

man against himself

man against society

dramatic conflict

conflict with others

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Question 30

Old Man Warner in the "The Lottery" is a bigoted reactionary who has a contempt for youth.
True

False

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Question 31

The "-er" suffix is used to mean "one who does an action."
True

False

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Question 32

What is fantasy?

An everyday event

A story that has a second meaning beneath the surface

A story that transcends the bounds of known reality

A credible story

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Question 33

In "The Rocking-Horse Winner," Bassett is

The gardener

Paul's classmate

The name of the winning horse

Paul's uncle

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Question 34

The use of repetition is a vital signal because the author is drawing the reader's attention to something of significance.
True

False

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Question 35

A Bank Holiday in Britain is a four day holiday.
True

False

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Question 36

The plot is both action and the way the author arranges the action toward a specific end.
True

False

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Question 37

Climax is when a character must choose between two courses of action, both desirable.
True

False

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Question 38

Plot is the sequence of incidents or events through which an author constructs a story.
True

False

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Question 39

Probability of action can be presented via foreshadowing.
True

False

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Question 40

Onomatopoeia, Cacophony, and Euphony are examples of sound clues.
True

False

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Question 41

"The Destructors" was authored by

Flannery O'Connor

Shirley Jackson

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Graham Greene

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Question 42

The mother in "The Rocking Horse Winner" is truly lucky in many ways: she's beautiful, married for love, had bonny children, and "started with all the advantages."
True

False

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Question 43

An example of verbal irony in "The Rocking Horse Winner" is the opening statement that the mother "had no luck."
True

False

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Question 44

The part of the plot that shows how the conflict is settled is called

denouement

exposition

rising action

crisis

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Question 45

"Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. . . ."

"The Lottery"

"The Prodigal Son"

"Young Goodman Brown"

"The Rocking-Horse Winner"

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Question 46

Mr. Summers, Old Man Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Adams, and Mrs. Hutchinson are characters in "The Lottery."
True

False

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Question 47

D. H. Lawrence authored "The Destructors."
True

False

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Question 48

The longest part of a short story, or the part that develops the conflict(s) that will lead to the climax, is termed

climax

complication

denouement

exposition

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Question 49

A character's point of view is always reliable.
True

False

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Question 50

"We'd be like worms, don't you see, in an apple. When we came out again there'd be nothing there, no staircase, no panels, nothing but just walls..."

Mr. Greenleaf

Trevor

Mrs. May