English 30-1-2: Unit Test 1 Review (Part A) Question Preview (ID: 52586)
Boys And Girls
The Rocking Horse Winner
On The Rainy River
Tragedy And The Common Man.
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TRAGEDY AND THE COMMON MAN - According to Arthur Miller, what is the thing that tragedy requires the most?
a) balance
b) dignity
c) responsibility
d) fear
TRAGEDY AND THE COMMON MAN - What is the one thing a character wants to secure?
a) dignity
b) feelings
c) reputation
d) intelligence
TRAGEDY AND THE COMMON MAN - What do we get from the unchangeable environment according to Arthur Miller?
a) sadness and sorrow
b) terror and fear
c) happiness and gladness
d) excitement and fulfillment
TRAGEDY AND THE COMMON MAN - What kind of fear is the one that makes us shake from watching a play?
a) being made fun of
b) being displaced
c) being buried
d) being made royalty
TRAGEDY AND THE COMMON MAN - Who does Arthur Miller say that the common man is almost equal to?
a) Kings
b) Princes
c) Queens
d) He doesn't say.
ON THE RAINY RIVER - What is O'Brien's summer job?
a) He works in a sewage plant.
b) He works in a weapons manufacturing factory.
c) He works in a meat packing plant.
d) He works at a fast food restaurant.
ON THE RAINY RIVER - Which best describes Elroy Berdahl's motivation for taking the narrator to the Canadian shore?
a) He wanted to give him a quick, safe escape to Canada.
b) He wanted O'Brien to see the beauty of the United States from the distant shore.
c) He believes escaping the draft is the right thing for O'Brien to do.
d) He wanted to give O'Brien a way to look at both options to make a clear choice.
ON THE RAINY RIVER - What decision must O'Brien make?
a) whether or not to attend a protest rally that will anger his parents
b) whether or not to flee the country to avoid enlistment
c) whether or not to kill a man in combat
d) whether or not to shoot off his toe to avoid enlistment
ON THE RAINY RIVER - Why does O'Brien ultimately choose to go to war?
a) He realizes he loves his country and wants to fight for it.
b) His father convinces him it is the right thing to do.
c) He doesn't want to disappoint other people.
d) He does not go to war; he flees to Canada instead.
ON THE RAINY RIVER - Why has Tim O'Brien never told his story about the Rainy River before?
a) He doesn't want other people to be embarrassed because of their actions.
b) He thought it might get him into trouble.
c) He is ashamed of how he behaved.
d) He doesn't want other people to feel like he is bragging about himself.
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER - What does Paul go searching for?
a) success
b) money
c) luck
d) his mother's love
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER - If you're lucky, you will always get more _____.
a) money
b) fame
c) luck
d) love
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER - The story begins by introducing which character?
a) Paul's mother
b) Paul
c) Bassett
d) Paul's father
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER - What do the children hear whispered in the house?
a) Gambling is evil.
b) We must live in style.
c) Something is wrong.
d) There must be more money.
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER - What meaning does the phrase WE ARE BREATHING! have in the story?
a) a sudden realization
b) something tactily understood
c) an everyday problem
d) something boring and obvious
BOYS AND GIRLS - The theme of this story is
a) the search for one's identity
b) the search for the meaning of life
c) the journey into the unknown
d) the battle between generations
BOYS AND GIRLS - In the narrator's dreams at the beginning of the story, she
a) rescues people
b) is tortured by primitive tribesmen
c) is saved from a burning building
d) saves her brother from falling off the roof of the barn
BOYS AND GIRLS - By the end of the story, the narrator
a) rebels against her fate as a girl
b) is resigned to her fate as a girl
c) leaves the farm to go to the city
d) is intent on taking over the farm from her father
BOYS AND GIRLS - The narrator's father keeps horses in order to
a) ride them
b) grind them up for feed for the animals
c) race them
d) grind them up to sell to the glue factory
BOYS AND GIRLS - The narrator helped her father by doing chores such as
a) watering the animals
b) grooming the animals
c) removing the animals' fur
d) selling the fur to the local trading post
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