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Short Story Exam Review
Test Description: Rules of the Game, Three Questions, The Gift of the Magi, The Cask of Amontillado, The Scarlet Ibis, The Necklace
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1) In the quote The play area was bordered by wood-slat benches where old-country people sat cracking roasted watermelon seeds with their golden teeth and scattering the husks to an impatient gathering of gurgling pigeons, which of the following terms
A
personification
B
imagery
C
metaphor
D
simile
2) Something that stands for or represents something else (like the combin The Rules of the Game) is a(n)
A
hyperbole
B
allusion
C
symbol
D
paradox
3) Which of the following BEST fits a theme from The Gift of the Magi?
A
The woman cut her hair to give her husband the gift he wanted most.
B
The ultimate sacrifice is giving of yourself.
C
Don't sacrifice who you are for someone else.
D
The couple both gave up their prized possession for the other.
4) The oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle is an example of...
A
Symbol
B
Personification
C
Metaphor
D
Simile
5) A grindstone stands where the bleeding tree stood, just outside the kitchen door is an example of
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Personification
D
Symbol
6) I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death is an example of...
A
Metaphor
B
Hyperbole
C
Personification
D
Simile
7) Which of the following characters is NOT an example of a round character?
A
Mme Forrestier in The Necklace
B
Montressor in The Cask Of Amontillado
C
the narrator in The Scarlet Ibis
D
Mme. Loisel in The Necklace
8) Which of the following is the setting in Three Questions?
A
A cold, snowy day in January
B
The King wants three questions answered.
C
The hermit's house in the woods
D
A peasant's house in the kingdom
9) Several allusions were used in The Gift of The Magi. Which of the following is NOT an allusion in the story?
A
Sir James Dillingham Young
B
King of Solomon
C
The Magi
D
Queen of Sheba
10) In The Scarlet Ibis, the narrator was the main character in the story. From which point of view was this story told?
A
Third Person
B
Second Person
C
First Person
D
Omniscient
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